# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 15–16 August.
The United States dominated, taking the lead from the start and never looking back, but not with the overwhelming show of force of some past championships. David Verburg passed first to silver medalist Tony McQuay who broke first and stayed out of traffic. Behind them, the race was quite competitive, with Russia's Maksim Dyldin closing the first lap in a rush then Lev Mosin running a strong curve to close off the break. Great Britain's Martyn Rooney had to go wide around the turn to pass the Russians, only to be passed himself by Belgium's Kevin Borlée. After Jonathan had led off, he passed to a third Borlée, Dylan. The team of brothers pulled to within two meters of the leading Americans with 500 meters to go, but then the gap widened to five meters. With gold medalist LaShawn Merritt pulling away, Russia's Vladimir Krasnov quickly passed Belgium's Will Oyowe at the handoff. Down the backstretch Jamaica's Javon Francis passed Great Britain, Belgium and Russia to move into second. Krasnov came back but Francis held him off at the line to take silver.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson) | 2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 |
| Championship record | United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson) | 2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 |
| World Leading | United States (Torrin Lawrence, Manteo Mitchell, Bershawn Jackson, Tony McQuay) | 3:00.91 | Philadelphia, PA, United States | 27 April 2013 |
| African Record | Nigeria (Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong) | 2:58.68 | Sydney, Australia | 30 September 2000 |
| Asian Record | Japan (Shunji Karube, Koji Ito, Jun Osakada, Shigekazu Omori) | 3:00.76 | Atlanta, GA, United States | 3 August 1996 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson) | 2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 |
| South American Record | Brazil (Eronilde de Araújo, Cleverson da Silva, Claudinei da Silva, Sanderlei Parrela) | 2:58.56 | Winnipeg, Canada | 30 July 1999 |
| European Record | Great Britain (Iwan Thomas, Mark Richardson, Jamie Baulch, Roger Black) | 2:56.60 | Atlanta, GA, United States | 3 August 1996 |
| Oceanian record | Australia (Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan, Richard Mitchell, Darren Clark) | 2:59.70 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | 11 August 1984 |

## Qualification standards

| A time | B time |
| 3:05.00 ||

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 15 August 2013 | 19:05 | Heats |
| 16 August 2013 | 21:30 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | United States (USA) | James Harris, David Verburg, Joshua Mance, Arman Hall | 2:59.85 | Q, WL |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Jamaica (JAM) | Rusheen McDonald, Javere Bell, Edino Steele, Javon Francis | 3:00.41 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | Renny Quow, Jarrin Solomon, Lalonde Gordon, Deon Lendore | 3:00.48 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Conrad Williams, Michael Bingham, Jamie Bowie, Martyn Rooney | 3:00.50 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Belgium (BEL) | Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée, Dylan Borlée, Kevin Borlée | 3:00.81 | q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | 8 | Brazil (BRA) | Pedro Luiz de Oliveira, Wagner Cardoso, Anderson Henriques, Hugo de Sousa | 3:01.09 | q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Poland (POL) | Kacper Kozłowski, Rafał Omelko, Łukasz Krawczuk, Marcin Marciniszyn | 3:01.73 | SB |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Russia (RUS) | Maksim Dyldin, Lev Mosin, Sergey Petukhov, Vladimir Krasnov | 3:01.81 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Venezuela (VEN) | Arturo Ramírez, Alberto Aguilar, José Meléndez, Freddy Mezones | 3:02.04 | SB |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Japan (JPN) | Kengo Yamazaki, Yuzo Kanemaru, Hideyuki Hirose, Hiroyuki Nakano | 3:02.43 | SB |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Australia (AUS) | Steven Solomon, Craig Burns, Alexander Beck, Tristan Thomas | 3:02.48 | Q, SB |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Germany (GER) | David Gollnow, Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider, Jonas Plass | 3:02.62 | SB |
| 13 | 3 | 7 | Bahamas (BAH) | Chris Brown, Wesley Neymour, LaToy Williams, O'Jay Ferguson | 3:02.67 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | Arismendy Peguero, Gustavo Cuesta, Yon Soriano, Luguelín Santos | 3:03.61 | |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | Italy (ITA) | Marco Lorenzi, Isalbet Juarez, Eusebio Haliti, Matteo Galvan | 3:03.88 | SB |
| 16 | 1 | 3 | Spain (ESP) | Roberto Briones, Samuel García, Mark Ujakpor, Pau Fradera | 3:04.07 | SB |
| 17 | 3 | 4 | Cuba (CUB) | Yoandys Lescay, Raidel Acea, Orestes Rodríguez, Osmaidel Pellicier | 3:04.26 | |
| 18 | 1 | 1 | Nigeria (NGR) | Noah Akwu, Abiola Onakoya, Tobi Ogunmola, Isah Salihu | 3:04.52 | |
| 19 | 3 | 5 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Daniel Němeček, Pavel Maslák, Petr Lichý, Jan Tesař | 3:04.54 | SB |
| 20 | 3 | 8 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | Ismail Al-Sabani, Yousef Masrahi, Mohamed Ali Al-Bishi, Mohammed Al-Salhi | 3:04.55 | |
| 21 | 2 | 6 | Ukraine (UKR) | Vitaliy Butrym, Myhaylo Knysh, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov | 3:04.98 | SB |
| 22 | 1 | 4 | Botswana (BOT) | Pako Seribe, Obakeng Ngwigwa, Isaac Makwala, Thapelo Ketlogetswe | 3:05.74 | SB |
| 23 | 2 | 1 | Kenya (KEN) | Mike Mokamba Nyang'Au, Alphas Kishoyian, Anthony Chemut, Moses Kipkorir Kertich | 3:06.29 | SB |
| 24 | 2 | 2 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | Priyashantha Dulan, Dilhan Aloka, Chanaka Kalawala, Kasun Kalhar Seneviratne | 3:06.59 | |

### Final

The final was started at 21:30.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | United States (USA) | David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Arman Hall, LaShawn Merritt | 2:58.71 | WL |
| | 4 | Jamaica (JAM) | Rusheen McDonald, Edino Steele, Omar Johnson, Javon Francis | 2:59.88 | SB |
| DQ | 6 | Russia (RUS) | Maksim Dyldin, Lev Mosin, Sergey Petukhov, Vladimir Krasnov | 2:59.90 | SB |
| 3 | 7 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Conrad Williams, Martyn Rooney, Michael Bingham, Nigel Levine | 3:00.88 | |
| 4 | 1 | Belgium (BEL) | Jonathan Borlée, Kevin Borlée, Dylan Borlée, Will Oyowe | 3:01.02 | |
| 5 | 3 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | Renny Quow, Lalonde Gordon, Jehue Gordon, Jarrin Solomon | 3:01.74 | |
| 6 | 2 | Brazil (BRA) | Pedro Luiz de Oliveira, Wagner Cardoso, Anderson Henriques, Hugo de Sousa | 3:02.19 | |
| 7 | 8 | Australia (AUS) | Steven Solomon, Alexander Beck, Craig Burns, Tristan Thomas | 3:02.26 | SB |