title: 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
text: # 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
  
  The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 21 and 22 August.
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships :
  
  | World U20 Record | United States | 3:00.33 | Trujillo, Peru | 23 July 2017 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship Record | United States | 3:01.09 | Grosseto, Italy | 18 July 2004 |
  | World U20 Leading | Great Britain | 3:05.25 | Tallinn, Estonia | 18 July 2021 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  Qualification: First 3 of each heat ( Q ) plus the 2 fastest times ( q ) qualified for the final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Kenya | Joshua Wanyonyi, Elkanah Kiprotich Chemelil, Kennedy Kimeu, Peter Kithome | 3:05.77 | Q, SB |
  | 2 | 2 | Jamaica | Antonio Hanson, Tahj Hamm, Malachi Johnson, Jeremy Bembridge | 3:05.82 | Q, SB |
  | 3 | 2 | Botswana | Busang Collen Kebinatshipi, Phenyo Bongani Majama, Thusoyaone Gabanatlhong, Oreeditse Masede | 3:06.33 | Q, SB |
  | 4 | 1 | Nigeria | Johnson Nnamani, Dubem Amene, Ezekiel Nathaniel, Bamidele Ajayi | 3:06.70 | Q, SB |
  | 5 | 1 | Ecuador | Katriel Angulo, Miguel Angel Maldonado, Steeven Salas, Alan Minda | 3:06.94 | Q, NR |
  | 6 | 1 | Poland | Mateusz Matera, Michał Wróbel, Jakub Kozacki, Patryk Grzegorzewicz | 3:09.59 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | Italy | Stefano Grendene, Francesco Pernici, Masresha Costa, Tommaso Boninti | 3:09.71 | q |
  | 8 | 2 | Romania | Denis Simon Toma, Mark Fandly, Adrian Bondoc, Remus Andrei Niculiță | 3:10.22 | q, SB |
  | 9 | 1 | South Africa | Divan Vlok, Adrian John Swart, Keanu Domingo, Ryan Jordan | 3:10.45 | SB |
  | 10 | 2 | Brazil | Izaias Alves, João Henrrique Ribeiro Barros, Gabriel Alves dos Santos, Vinicius Moura | 3:10.53 | SB |
  | 11 | 2 | India | Abdul Razak Cherankulangara Rasheed, Sumit Chahal, Kapil, Barath Sridhar | 3:10.62 | SB |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held on 22 August at 18:16.
  
  | Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Botswana | Busang Collen Kebinatshipi, Anthony Pesela, Oreeditse Masede, Phenyo Bongani Majama | 3:05.22 | WU20L |
  | | Jamaica | Malachi Johnson, Jeremy Bembridge, Tahj Hamm, Devontie Archer | 3:05.76 | SB |
  | | Kenya | Joshua Wanyonyi, Elkanah Kiprotich Chemelil, Kennedy Kimeu, Peter Kithome | 3:05.94 | |
  | 4 | Nigeria | Johnson Nnamani, Dubem Amene, Ezekiel Nathaniel, Bamidele Ajayi | 3:07.19 | |
  | 5 | Ecuador | Katriel Ángulo, Miguel Angel Maldonado, Steeven Salas, Alan Minda | 3:09.32 | |
  | 6 | Poland | Michał Wróbel, Jakub Sobura-Durma, Jakub Kozacki, Patryk Grzegorzewicz | 3:09.74 | |
  | 7 | Romania | Denis Simon Toma, Mark Fandly, Adrian Bondoc, Remus Andrei Niculiță | 3:10.07 | SB |
  | 8 | Italy | Stefano Grendene, Tommaso Boninti, Francesco Pernici, Lorenzo Benati | 3:12.16 | |
  