title: 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
text: # 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
  
  The 4 × 400 metre relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 13 and August 14.
  
  ## Medals
  
  | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
  | - | - | - |
  | United States Andrew Rock Derrick Brew Darold Williamson Jeremy Wariner Miles Smith* LaShawn Merritt* *Received Medal For Running in Prelim | Bahamas Nathaniel McKinney Avard Moncur Andrae Williams Chris Brown | Jamaica Sanjay Ayre Brandon Simpson Lansford Spence Davian Clarke |
  
  ## Qualifying
  
  From the initial two heats the first three teams in each plus two fastest losers progressed through to the final.
  
  All times shown are in seconds.
  
  * Q denotes automatic qualification.
  * q denotes fastest losers.
  * DNS denotes did not start.
  * DNF denotes did not finish.
  * AR denotes area record.
  * NR denotes national record.
  * PB denotes personal best.
  * SB denotes season's best.
  
  ### Heat 1
  
  * Bahamas (Nathaniel McKinney, Avard Moncur, Troy McIntosh, Andrae Williams) 2:59.73 Q (WL)
  * Jamaica (Michael Blackwood, Sanjay Ayre, Lansford Spence, Davian Clarke) 2:59.75 Q (SB)
  * Poland (Piotr Klimczak, Marcin Marciniszyn, Robert Maćkowiak, Rafał Wieruszewski) 3:00.38 q (SB)
  * Germany (Simon Kirch, Kamghe Gaba, Florian Seitz, Bastian Swillims) 3:03.17
  * Sweden (Mattias Claesson, Jimisola Laursen, Johan Wissman, Thomas Nikitin) 3:03.62 (SB)
  * Botswana (Obakeng Ngwigwa, California Molefe, Tshepho Kelaotswe, Masheto Gakologelwang) 3:06.39 (SB)
  
  ### Heat 2
  
  * United States (Miles Smith, Derrick Brew, LaShawn Merritt, Darold Williamson) 3:00.48 Q (SB)
  * Trinidad and Tobago (Ato Modibo, Julieon Raeburn, Renny Quow, Damion Barry) 3:01.91 Q
  * Russia (Dmitriy Forshev, Andrey Rudnitskiy, Andrey Polukeyev, Yevgeniy Lebedev) 3:02.05 q (SB)
  * Ukraine (Oleksiy Rachkovsky, Andriy Tverdostup, Myhaylo Knysh, Vitaliy Dubonosov) 3:03.41 (SB)
  * Spain (David Testa, David Canal, David Melo, Antonio Manuel Reina) 3:08.03
  * Zimbabwe (Nelton Ndebele, Young Talkmore Nyongani, Brian Dzingai, Temba Ncube) 3:08.26 (SB)
  * Japan (Yuzo Kanemaru, Kenji Narisako, Yoshihiro Horigome, Mitsuhiro Sato) DQ
  
  ### Heat 3
  
  * Great Britain (Robert Tobin, Martyn Rooney, Malachi Davis, Graham Hedman) 3:01.95 Q
  * France (Leslie Djhone, Naman Keïta, Abderrahim El Haouzy, Marc Raquil) 3:02.86 Q
  * Dominican Republic (Arismendi Peguero, Carlos Santa, Danis García, Antonio Side) 3:03.57 (SB)
  * South Africa (Jan van der Merwe, Ockert Cilliers, Pieter de Villiers, L. J. van Zyl) 3:04.64 (SB)
  * Nigeria (Saul Weigopwa, Musa Audu, Bolaji Lawal, Enefiok Udo Obong) 3:07.91 (SB)
  * Saudi Arabia (Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi, Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily, Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi, Mohammed Al Salhi) DQ
  
  ### Final
  
  * United States (Andrew Rock, Derrick Brew, Darold Williamson, Jeremy Wariner) 2:56.91 (WL)
  * Bahamas (Nathaniel McKinney, Avard Moncur, Andrae Williams, Chris Brown) 2:57.32 (NR)
  * Jamaica (Sanjay Ayre, Brandon Simpson, Lansford Spence, Davian Clarke) 2:58.07 (SB)
  * Great Britain (Timothy Benjamin, Martyn Rooney, Robert Tobin, Malachi Davis) 2:58.82 (SB)
  * Poland (Marcin Marciniszyn, Robert Maćkowiak, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Klimczak) 3:00.58
  * France (Leslie Djhone, Naman Keïta, Abderrahim El Haouzy, Marc Raquil) 3:03.10
  * Russia (Dmitriy Forshev, Andrey Rudnitskiy, Oleg Mishukov, Yevgeniy Lebedev) 3:03.20
  * Trinidad and Tobago (Ato Modibo, Julieon Raeburn, Renny Quow, Damion Barry) DQ
  