The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 22 and August 23. [edit] Medalists * Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals. [edit] Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. | World record |  United States (USA)
Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson | 2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 | | Championship record | United States (USA)
Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson | 2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 | | World Leading |  Bahamas (BAH)
Andrae Williams, Michael Mathieu, Nathaniel McKinney, Chris Brown | 3:00.29 | Philadelphia, United States | 25 April 2009 | | African Record |  Nigeria (NGR)
Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Enefiok Udo-Obong, Sunday Bada | 2:58.68 | Sydney, Australia | 30 September 2000 | | Asian Record |  Japan (JPN)
Koji Ito, Jun Osakada, Shigekazu Ōmori, Shunji Karube | 3:00.76 | Atlanta, United States | 3 August 1996 | | North American Record | United States (USA)
Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson | 2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 | | South American record |  Brazil (BRA)
Cleverson da Silva, Claudinei da Silva, Eronilde de Araújo, Sanderlei Parrela | 2:58.56 | Winnipeg, Canada | 30 July 1999 | | European Record |  Great Britain (GBR)
Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Roger Black, Mark Richardson | 2:56.60 | Atlanta, United States | 3 August 1996 | | Oceanian Record |  Australia (AUS)
Darren Clark, Rick Mitchell, Gary Minihan, Bruce Frayne | 2:59.70 | Los Angeles, United States | 11 August 1984 | No new world or championship record was set during this competition. [edit] Qualification standards [edit] Schedule | Date | Time | Round | | August 22, 2009 | 18:55 | Heats | | August 23, 2009 | 18:15 | Final | [edit] Results Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final. | Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | | 01 1 | 1 | United States | Lionel Larry, Kerron Clement, Bershawn Jackson, Angelo Taylor | 3:01.40 | Q | | 02 2 | 1 |  France | Leslie Djhone, Teddy Venel, Yannick Fonsat, Yoann Décimus | 3:01.65 | Q, SB | | 03 3 | 1 | Great Britain | Conrad Williams, Robert Tobin, David Greene, Martyn Rooney | 3:01.91 | Q | | 04 4 | 1 | Australia | Joel Milburn, Tristan Thomas, Ben Offereins, Sean Wroe | 3:02.04 | q, SB | | 05 5 | 2 |  Belgium | Antoine Gillet, Cédric Van Branteghem, Nils Duerinck, Kévin Borlée | 3:02.13 | Q, SB | | 06 6 | 1 | Nigeria | Saul Weigopwa, Noah Akwu, Amaechi Morton, Bola Gee Lawal | 3:02.36 | q | | 07 7 | 2 |  Dominican Republic | Gustavo Cuesta, Arismendy Peguero, Yoel Tapia, Félix Sánchez | 3:02.76 | Q | | 08 8 | 1 |  Russia | Maksim Dyldin, Valentin Kruglyakov, Konstantin Svechkar, Aleksandr Derevyagin | 3:02.78 | | | 09 9 | 2 |  Poland | Piotr Klimczak, Marcin Marciniszyn, Rafał Wieruszewski, Jan Ciepiela | 3:03.23 | Q, SB | | 10 | 2 |  Germany | Martin Grothkopp, Kamghe Gaba, Eric Krüger, Ruwen Faller | 3:03.52 | | | 11 | 2 |  Jamaica | Leford Green, Ricardo Chambers, Isa Phillips, Jermaine Gonzales | 3:04.45 | | | 12 | 2 |  South Africa | Ofentse Mogawane, Jacob Mothsodi Ramokoka, Sibusiso Sishi, Pieter Smith | 3:07.88 | | | 99 | 2 | Bahamas | Ramon Miller, Avard Moncur, Latoy Williams, Nathaniel McKinney | 3:10.00 | DQ | Key: DQ = Disqualified, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best | Rank | Lane | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes | 1  | 4 | United States | Angelo Taylor, Jeremy Wariner, Kerron Clement, LaShawn Merritt | 2:57.86 | WL | 2  | 7 | Great Britain | Conrad Williams, Michael Bingham, Robert Tobin, Martyn Rooney | 3:00.53 | SB | 3  | 2 | Australia | John Steffensen, Ben Offereins, Tristan Thomas, Sean Wroe | 3:00.90 | SB | | 4 | 5 | Belgium | Antoine Gillet, Kévin Borlée, Nils Duerinck, Cedric van Branteghem | 3:01.88 | SB | | 5 | 8 | Poland | Marcin Marciniszyn, Piotr Klimczak, Kacper Kozłowski, Jan Ciepiela | 3:02.23 | SB | | 6 | 6 | Dominican Republic | Arismendy Peguero, Yon Soriano, Yoel Tapia, Felix Sánchez | 3:02.47 | | | 7 | 3 | France | Leslie Djhone, Teddy Venel, Yannick Fonsat, Yoann Décimus | 3:02.65 | | | 8 | 1 | Nigeria | Saul Welgopwa, Noah Akwu, Amaechi Morton, Bola Gee Lawal | 3:02.73 | | Key: SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season) [edit] References |
