2021 World Athletics Relays – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2021 World Athletics Relays
From the left: Dobber, Agard, Van Diepen and Angela, three of the Dutch components of the winning team, the fourth Agard in this event was replaced by Bonevacia.
Venue	Silesian Stadium
Dates	1 May (heats) & 2 May (final)
Nations	15
Winning time	3:03.45
Medalists
Jochem Dobber Liemarvin Bonevacia Ramsey Angela Tony van Diepen    Netherlands   Rikuya Ito Kaito Kawabata Kentaro Sato Aoto Suzuki    Japan   Isaac Makwala Boitumelo Masilo Ditiro Nzamani Leungo Scotch    Botswana

2021 World Athletics Relays
Olympic events
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay		women
	mixed
Other events
4 × 200 m relay	men	women
2 × 2 × 400 m relay	mixed
Shuttle hurdle relay	mixed

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2021 World Athletics Relays was held at Silesian Stadium on 1 and 2 May.^[1]

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:^[2]

World record	United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)	2:54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
Championship record	United States (David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Christian Taylor, LaShawn Merritt	2:57.25	Nassau, Bahamas	25 May 2014
World Leading	North Carolina A&T (Daniel Stokes, Randolph Ross, Elijah Young, Trevor Stewart)	3:00.23	Austin, United States	27 March 2021

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

•   Q Qualified
•   q Qualified as fastest times
• WL = World leading
• NR = National record
• SB = Seasonal best
• OG* = 2020 Olympic Games qualification
• WC* = 2022 World Championships qualification

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	Netherlands	Jochem Dobber, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Ramsey Angela, Tony van Diepen	3:03.03	Q, SB, OG*, WC*
2	1	Japan	Rikuya Ito, Kentaro Sato, Kazuma Higuchi, Kaito Kawabata	3:03.31	Q, SB, OG*, WC*
3	2	South Africa	Lythe Pillay, Zakhiti Nene, Oscar Mavundla, Ranti Marvin Dikgale	3:03.79	Q, SB, OG*, WC*
4	2	Belgium	Dylan Borlée, Robin Vanderbemden, Jonathan Sacoor, Kevin Borlée	3:04.01	q, SB, WC*
5	3	Botswana	Isaac Makwala, Leungo Scotch, Boitumelo Masilo, Ditiro Nzamani	3:04.03	Q, SB, OG*, WC*
6	1	Colombia	Jhon Perlaza, Yilmar Herrera, Jhon Solís, Anthony Zambrano	3:04.64	Q, SB, WC*
7	1	France	Mamadou Kassé Hann, Loïc Prévot, Nicolas Courbière, Thomas Jordier	3:04.78	q, SB, WC*
8	3	Italy	Lorenzo Benati, Alessandro Sibilio, Brayan Lopez, Vladimir Aceti	3:04.81	Q, SB, WC*
9	3	Poland	Kajetan Duszyński, Dariusz Kowaluk, Wiktor Suwara, Karol Zalewski	3:05.04	SB, WC*
10	1	Czech Republic	Michal Desenský, Pavel Maslák, Martin Tuček, Patrik Šorm	3:05.11	SB, WC*
11	3	Germany	Tobias Lange, Marvin Schlegel, Torben Junker, Manuel Sanders	3:05.83	SB
12	2	Turkey	Oğuzhan Kaya, Yavuz Can, Berke Akçam, İlyas Çanakçı	3:06.05	SB
13	2	Spain	Óscar Husillos, Lucas Búa, Manuel Guijarro, Samuel García	3:06.09	SB
14	3	Great Britain	Joseph Brier, James Williams, Kevin Metzger, Dwayne Cowan	3:10.63
15	1	Kenya	Stanley Kieti Mutunga, William Rayian, David Sanayek Kapirante, Kevin Kiprotich Tonui	3:10.81	SB

The Netherlands confirms the first place obtained in the heats summary.^[4]

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Netherlands	Jochem Dobber, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Ramsey Angela, Tony van Diepen	3:03.45
	Japan	Rikuya Ito, Kaito Kawabata, Kentaro Sato, Aoto Suzuki	3:04.45
	Botswana	Isaac Makwala, Boitumelo Masilo, Ditiro Nzamani, Leungo Scotch	3:04.77
4	Italy	Lorenzo Benati, Alessandro Sibilio, Brayan Lopez, Vladimir Aceti	3:05.11
5	South Africa	Lythe Pillay, Zakhiti Nene, Ranti Marvin Dikgale, Oscar Mavundla	3:05.76
6	Colombia	Jhon Perlaza, Yilmar Herrera, Jhon Solís, Anthony Zambrano	3:05.91
7	France	Victor Coroller, Gilles Biron, Ludovic Ouceni, Muhammad Kounta	3:06.16
8	Belgium	Jonathan Sacoor, Robin Vanderbemden, Dylan Borlée, Kevin Borlée	3:10.74