2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay competition at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 13 and 14 March 2010.

The winning margin was 3.54 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's 4 × 400 metres relay was won by more than 3.5 seconds at these championships.

In the first heat the United States and Jamaica took the top two spots as expected, shortly followed by the Dominican Republic in a national record time of 3:06.30. In the second heat, a clash between Vladimir Antmanis and Marcin Marciniszyn resulted in a baton drop by Russia, which eventually cost them a place in the final. Belgium won heat two but the initial second placers Botswana (which ran an African record of 3:09.60) were later disqualified for a baton exchange outside of the legal zone. The Bahamas benefited from the disqualification and the Dominican Republic and Great Britain entered the final as the fastest losers.

In the final the following day, the United States eased to victory courtesy of strong running from Jamaal Torrance on the first leg and a series of good changeovers – their world leading time of 3:03.40 was three seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Belgium were the next team to finish, scoring a national record 3:06.94 on the way to the country's first ever medal in the event. The other teams suffered a more hectic race: the Bahamas' chances were spoilt when Andretti Bain went down on the track with an injury and Jamaica had a similar fate as Sanjay Ayre pulled up with an injury at the same moment. A poor, late baton exchange between Félix Sánchez and Yoel Tapia on the anchor leg caused them to be disqualified although they finished behind third Great Britain in any case.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1		Greg Nixon, LeJerald Betters, Tavaris Tate, Kerron Clement	3:05.78	Q, SB
2	1		Edino Steele, Sanjay Ayre, Lancford Davis, Ricardo Chambers	3:06.03	Q, SB
3	1		Arismendy Peguero, Alvin Harrison, Félix Sánchez, Yoel Tapia	3:06.30	q, NR
1	2		Jonathan Borlée, Antoine Gillet, Nils Duerinck, Kevin Borlée	3:08.84	Q, PB
5	1		Conrad Williams, Nigel Levine, Luke Lennon-Ford, Christopher Clarke	3:09.59	q, SB
6	2		Michael Mathieu, La'Sean Pickstock, Juan Lewis, Andretti Bain	3:09.68	Q, SB
7	1		Jiří Vojtík, Josef Prorok, Pavel Jirán, Theodor Jareš	3:09.76	SB
8	2		Maksim Dyldin, Valentin Kruglyakov, Vladimir Antmanis, Dmitry Buryak	3:09.86	SB
9	2		Piotr Klimczak, Marcin Sobiech, Marcin Marciniszyn, Kamil Budziejewski	3:09.86	SB
10	2		Richard Maunier, Yannick Fonsat, Hugo Grillas, Nicolas Fillon	3:11.40	SB
11	1		Nick Hogan, Brian Gregan, Brian Murphy, Billy Ryan	3:13.00	SB
	2		Pako Seribe, Isaac Makwala, Thapelo Ketlogetswe, Sakaria Kamberuka

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]		Jamaal Torrance, Greg Nixon, Tavaris Tate, Bershawn Jackson	3:03.40	WL
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]		Cedric van Branteghem, Kévin Borlée, Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée	3:06.94	NR
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]		Conrad Williams, Nigel Levine, Christopher Clarke, Richard Buck	3:07.52	SB
		Arismendy Peguero, Alvin Harrison, Félix Sánchez, Yoel Tapia
		Michael Mathieu, Andretti Bain, La'Sean Pickstock, Chris Brown
		Edino Steele, Sanjay Ayre, Lancford Davis, Ricardo Chambers