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World Athletics Championships Budapest23

4x400 Metres Relay men

World Athletics Relays

BOTSWANA Gaborone, BOTSWANA 02 MAY 2026 - 03 MAY 2026

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q)

First 2 of each heat (WQ) plus 2 fastest times (Wq) qualify to World Athletics Championships and World Athletics Relays Final

Heat 1 02 MAY 2026 16:30 Please click on a row below to view more information

POS BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK Reaction Time
1 AUS Australia AUS AUS 2:57.30 WQ WL 0.154
2 BOT Botswana BOT BOT 2:57.52 WQ SB 0.137
3 NED Netherlands NED NED 2:58.22 Wq SB 0.142
4 BRA Brazil BRA BRA 2:59.59 SB 0.134
5 JAM Jamaica JAM JAM 3:00.48 SB 0.185
6 NGR Nigeria NGR NGR 3:01.04 SB 0.182
7 DEN Denmark DEN DEN 3:05.33 SB 0.171
8 POL Poland POL POL 3:05.47 SB 0.169

Split times

Split Mark Athlete COUNTRY
400m 44.51 Australia AUSTRALIA AUS
800m 1:27.62 Brazil BRAZIL BRA
1200m 2:13.43 Botswana BOTSWANA BOT

Heat 2 02 MAY 2026 16:40 Please click on a row below to view more information

POS BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK ms* Reaction Time
1 RSA South Africa RSA RSA 2:58.04 WQ SB 0.195
2 POR Portugal POR POR 2:59.01 WQ NR .002 0.152
3 ZIM Zimbabwe ZIM ZIM 2:59.01 Wq NR .009 0.182
4 GER Germany GER GER 3:00.04 SB 0.158
5 SEN Senegal SEN SEN 3:01.13 SB 0.197
6 KEN Kenya KEN KEN 3:02.70 0.204
CHN PR of China CHN CHN DNF 0.168
Legend

ms - Milliseconds - shown when two or more competitors finish with the same time down to hundredths of a second

Split times

Split Mark Athlete COUNTRY
400m 44.99 Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE ZIM
800m 1:29.40 Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE ZIM
1200m 2:14.03 South Africa SOUTH AFRICA RSA

Heat 3 02 MAY 2026 16:49 Please click on a row below to view more information

POS BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK ms* Reaction Time
1 BEL Belgium BEL BEL 2:59.83 WQ SB .830 0.136
1 QAT Qatar QAT QAT 2:59.83 WQ NR .830 0.195
3 ESP Spain ESP ESP 3:00.26 NR 0.143
4 IND India IND IND 3:00.32 SB 0.220
5 JPN Japan JPN JPN 3:00.79 SB 0.180
6 SUI Switzerland SUI SUI 3:01.18 NR 0.160
7 GBR Great Britain & NI GBR GBR 3:01.22 SB 0.152
8 MEX Mexico MEX MEX 3:13.60 0.178
Legend

ms - Milliseconds - shown when two or more competitors finish with the same time down to hundredths of a second

Split times

Split Mark Athlete COUNTRY
400m 44.96 Qatar QATAR QAT
800m 1:29.71 Japan JAPAN JPN
1200m 2:14.72 India INDIA IND