The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 6 and 7 March 2025. This was the 13th time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships.
Background The men's 4 × 400 metres relay was contested 12 times before 2025, at every edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships since 2000.András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics. Retrieved 21 November 2024. The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.
The United States is the world record holder in the event, with a time of 3:01.39, set in 2018. Poland is the European record holder with a time of 3:01.77, also set in 2018. The championship record is held by Belgium, with a time of 3:02.87, set at the 2015 championships.
+Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordTeam (s)LocationDateWorld record"All time Top lists – Senior – 4 x 400 Metres Relay men", World Athletics. Retrieved 13 January 2025.3:01.39College Station, United States10 March 2018European record3:01.77Birmingham, Great Britain4 March 2018Championship record3:02.87Prague, Czech Republic8 March 2015World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 4 x 400 Metres Relay men", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.East Texas A&M3:02.21Clemson, United States15 February 2025European leading3:10.97Belgrade, Serbia15 February 2025
Qualification In the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, host country the Netherlands was allocated one place. Three places were allocated in accordance with the order of ranking of European Athletics Member Federation official teams in combined outdoor lists 2024. The other two places were allocated in accordance with the accumulated 400m times of individual athletes from 2024 indoor season as at 10 days prior to the first day of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (24 February 2025).
Results The race was held on 9 March, starting at 18:24 (UTC+1) in the evening."Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics, 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. +Results of the finalRankLaneNationAthletesNote6Eugene Omalla, Nick Smidt, Isaya Klein Ikkink, Tony van Diepen3:04.951Markel Fernandez, Manuel Guijarro, Óscar Husillos, Bernat Erta3:05.18 3Julien Watrin, Christian Iguacel, Florent Mabille, Jonathan Sacoor3:05.18 45Alex Haydock-Wilson, Efekemo Okoro, Joshua Faulds, Alastair Chalmers3:05.4952Yann Spillmann, Predea Manounou, Felix Levasseur, Téo Andant3:05.8364Michal Desenský, Vít Müller, Mikuláš Mutinský, Milan Ščibráni3:08.28
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