The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 20 and 21 September 2025.
Records Before the competition, records were as follows:
Record Athlete & Location Date World record Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt36.84 London, United Kingdom 11 August 2012 Championships record Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt37.04 Daegu, South Korea 4 September 2011 World Leading Bayanda Walaza, Sinesipho Dambile, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine37.61 Guangzhou, China 11 May 2025 African Record Bayanda Walaza, Shaun Maswanganyi, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine37.65 Paris, France 9 August 2024 European Record Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake37.37 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019 Asian Record Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown37.43 North, Central American and Caribbean record Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt36.84 London, United Kingdom 11 August 2012 Oceanian record Lachlan Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius, Calab Law37.87 Sydney, Australia 15 March 2025 South American Record Rodrigo do Nascimento, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Derick Silva, Paulo André Camilo37.72 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019
Qualification standard First fourteen placed teams at the 2025 World Athletics Relays and the next two highest placed team on year top list.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), is as follows:
Date Time Round 20 September 20:25 Heats 21 September 21:20 Final
Results Heats The heats took place on 20 September. The first three teams in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Place Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 5 Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse 37.85 , 2 8 Christian Coleman, Ronnie Baker, Trayvon Bromell, T'Mars McCallum 37.98 3 7 Deniz Almas, Marvin Schulte, Owen Ansah, Lucas Ansah-Peprah 38.12 , 4 4 Ryan Zeze, Jeff Erius, Theo Schaub, Aymeric Priam 38.34 5 9 Kobe Vleminckx, Emiel Botterman, Antoine Snyders, Simon Verherstraeten 38.46 6 2 Boniface Mweresa, Steve Onyango Odhiambo, , Mark Odhiambo 38.56 7 6 Oliwer Wdowik, , Adrian Brzeziński, Dominik Kopeć 38.59 — 3 Ackeem Blake, Oblique Seville, Ryiem Forde, Kishane Thompson
Heat 2 Place Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 Ibrahim Fuseini, Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Amoah, Abdul-Rasheed Saminu 37.79 , 2 3 Nsikak Ekpo, Taymir Burnet, Xavi Mo-Ajok, Elvis Afrifa 37.95 3 8 Yuki Koike, Hiroki Yanagita, Yoshihide Kiryu, Towa Uzawa 38.07 4 9 Connor Bond, Joshua Azzopardi, Calab Law, Rohan Browning 38.21 5 4 Deng Zhijian, He Jinxian, Shi Junhao, Xie Zhenye 38.38 6 5 Fausto Desalu, Marcell Jacobs, Lorenzo Patta, Matteo Melluzzo 38.52 — 7 Jeremiah Azu, Louie Hinchliffe, Jona Efoloko, Eugene Amo-Dadzie 6 Shaun Maswanganyi, Sinesipho Dambile, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine
Heat 3 (Re-run) Place Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 6 Shaun Maswanganyi, Sinesipho Dambile, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine 38.64
Final Place Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 7 Christian Coleman, Kenneth Bednarek, Courtney Lindsey, Noah Lyles 37.29 5 Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse 37.55 8 Nsikak Ekpo, Taymir Burnet, Xavi Mo-Ajok, Elvis Afrifa 37.81 4 6 Ibrahim Fuseini, Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Amoah, Abdul-Rasheed Saminu 37.93 5 9 Julian Wagner, Marvin Schulte, Owen Ansah, Lucas Ansah-Peprah 38.29 6 4 Yuki Koike, Hiroki Yanagita, Yoshihide Kiryu, Towa Uzawa 38.35 7 2 Ryan Zeze, Jeff Erius, Lenny Chanteur, Aymeric Priam 38.58 — 3 Connor Bond, Jacob Despard, Calab Law, Rohan Browning
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