The men's 4×400 metres relay was one of 23 track events of the athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens. It was contested at the Athens Olympic Stadium, from August 27 to August 28, by a total of sixteen national teams comprising 64 athletes. The sixteen teams competed in a two-heat qualifying round in which the first three teams from each heat, together with the next two fastest teams, were given a place in the final race. [edit] Medalists * Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals. [edit] Qualification The Olympic qualification period for the athletics' relay events ran from January 1, 2003 to July 21, 2004. A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter a maximum of one qualified relay team per relay event, with a maximum of six qualified athletes. For this event, an NOC would be invited to participate with a relay team if the average of the team's two best times — obtained in IAAF-sanctioned meetings or tournaments — would be among the best sixteen, at the end of this period. [edit] Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics. [edit] Results All times are shown in minutes. The following abbreviations are used: - Q denotes qualification by place
- q denotes qualification by time
- DNF denotes "did not finish"
- DSQ denotes "disqualification"
- SB denotes "season best"
[edit] Heat 1  Great Britain (Timothey Benjamin, Sean Baldock, Malachi Davis, Matthew Elias) 3:02.40 Q SB Japan (Yuki Yamaguchi, Jun Osakada, Tomohiro Itoh, Mitsuhiro Sato) 3:02.71 Q Germany (Ingo Schultz, Kamghe Gaba, Ruwen Faller, Bastian Swillims) 3:02.77 Q Australia (John Steffensen, Clinton Hill, Patrick Dwyer, Mark Ormrod) 3:03.06 q Botswana (Oganeditse Moseki, Johnson Kubisa, California Molefe, Kagiso Kilego) 3:03.32 q SB Greece (Stilianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis, Panayiotis Sarris, Periklis Iakovakis) 3:04.27 SB France (Ahmed Douhou, Ibrahima Wade, Abderrahim El Haouzy, Leslie Djhone) 3:04.39 [edit] Heat 2  United States (Kelly Willie, Derrick Brew, Andrew Rock, Darold Williamson) 2:59.30 Q Nigeria (James Godday, Musa Audu, Saul Weigopwa, Enefiok Udo Obong) 3:01.60 Q SB Bahamas (Andrae Williams, Dennis Darling, Nathaniel McKinney, Christopher Brown) 3:01.74 Q SB Russia (Aleksandr Larin, Andrey Rudnitskiy, Oleg Mishukov, Ruslan Mashchenko) 3:03.35 Poland (Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Klimczak, Marcin Marciniszyn, Marek Plawgo) 3:03.69 Ukraine (Volodymyr Demchenko, Yevgeniy Zyukov, Myhaylo Knysh, Andriy Tverdostup) 3:04.01 Spain (Eduardo Ivan Rodriguez, David Canal, Luis Flores, Antonio Manuel Reina) 3:05.03 SB - United States (Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson) 2:55.91 SB
- Australia (John Steffensen, Mark Ormrod, Patrick Dwyer, Clinton Hill) 3:00.60 SB
- Nigeria (James Godday, Musa Audu, Saul Weigopwa, Enefiok Udo Obong) 3:00.90 SB
- Japan (Yuki Yamaguchi, Jun Osakada, Tomohiro Itoh, Mitsuhiro Sato) 3:00.99 SB
- Great Britain (Timothey Benjamin, Sean Baldock, Malachi Davis, Matthew Elias) 3:01.07 SB
- Bahamas (Nathaniel McKinney, Aaron Cleare, Andrae Williams, Christopher Brown) 3:01.88
- Germany (Ingo Schultz, Kamghe Gaba, Ruwen Faller, Bastian Swillims) 3:02.22
- Botswana (Johnson Kubisa, California Molefe, Gaolesiela Salang, Kagiso Kilego) 3:02.49 SB
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