2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the 2017 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4 × 100 m relay		men		women
4 × 400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the London Olympic Stadium on 12 August.

Records

Before the competition, the records were as follows:^[1]

Record	Perf.	Team	Date	Location
World	2:54.29	United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Duane Johnson	22 Aug 1993	Stuttgart, Germany
Championship
World leading	2:59.95	Texas A&M University Richard Rose, My'Lik Kerley, Robert Grant, Fred Kerley	7 Jun 2017	Eugene, United States
African	2:58.68	Nigeria Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong	30 Sep 2000	Sydney, Australia
Asian	3:00.76	Japan Shunji Karube, Koji Ito, Jun Osakada, Shigekazu Omori	3 Aug 1996	Atlanta, United States
NACAC	2:54.29	United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson	22 Aug 1993	Stuttgart, Germany
South American	2:58.56	Brazil Eronilde de Araújo, Cleverson da Silva, Claudinei da Silva, Sanderlei Parrela	30 Jul 1999	Winnipeg, Canada
European	2:56.60	Great Britain Iwan Thomas, Mark Richardson, Jamie Baulch, Roger Black	3 Aug 1996	Atlanta, United States
Oceanian	2:59.70	Australia Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan, Rick Mitchell, Darren Clark	11 Aug 1984	Los Angeles, United States

Qualification criteria

The first eight placed teams at the 2017 IAAF World Relays and the host country qualify automatically for entry with remaining places being filled by teams with the fastest performances during the qualification period.^[2]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:^[3]

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	1	2	Colombia (COL)
	1	3	India (IND)
	1	4	Bahamas (BAH)
	1	5	Cuba (CUB)
	1	6	Turkey (TUR)
	1	7	Poland (POL)
	1	8	Jamaica (JAM)
	1	9	Spain (ESP)
	2	2	Japan (JPN)
	2	3	Belgium (BEL)
	2	4	France (FRA)
	2	5	Brazil (BRA)
	2	6	Great Britain (GBR)
	2	7	Botswana (BOT)
	2	8	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
	2	9	United States (USA)

References