2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
# 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 12 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Marcus Boyd Bryan Miller O'Neal Wilder Jeshua Anderson United States |
| - | - |
| Silver | Louis Persent Robert Davis Nigel Levine Jordan McGrath United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Niklas Zender Alexander Juretzko Marc-John Dombrowski Pascal Nabow Germany |

## Results

### Final

13 July

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | United States | Marcus Boyd Bryan Miller O'Neal Wilder Jeshua Anderson | 3:03.86 | |
| | United Kingdom | Louis Persent Robert Davis Nigel Levine Jordan McGrath | 3:05.82 | |
| | Germany | Niklas Zender Alexander Juretzko Marc-John Dombrowski Pascal Nabow | 3:06.47 | |
| 4 | Jamaica | Kevin Williams Nickel Ashmeade Rolando Berch Akino Ming | 3:08.58 | |
| 5 | Poland | Arkadiusz Wojno Michał Pietrzak Rafał Omelko Jakub Krzewina | 3:08.65 | |
| 6 | Nigeria | Nkami Edu Noah Akwu Ayokunle Odelusi Victor Isaiah | 3:12.56 | |
| 7 | Bahamas | Juan Lewis Jeffery Gibson Lesley Hanna La'Sean Pickstock | 3:21.75 | |
| | Trinidad and Tobago | Darnell Greig Jovon Toppin Emanuel Mayers Zwede Hewitt | DQ | IAAF rule 170.8 |

### Heats

12 July

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jamaica | Kevin Williams Rolando Berch Akino Ming Ramone McKenzie | 3:09.17 | Q |
| 2 | Bahamas | Juan Lewis Jeffery Gibson Lesley Hanna La'sean Pickstock | 3:10.10 | Q |
| 3 | Hungary | Martin Godaish Zoltán Kovács Máté Lukács Marcell Deák Nagy | 3:10.20 | |
| 4 | Ukraine | Serhiy Zavyalov Igor Lukashchuk Roman Starukh Denys Teslenko | 3:11.24 | |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | Miguel López René Claudio Carlos Benítez Juan Carlos Vega | 3:12.58 | |
| 6 | Kenya | Silvester Kirwa Meli Julius Oletygor Geoffrey Kibet John Kituu Wambua | 3:13.44 | |
| 7 | Australia | Adam Bevis Kurt Mulcahy James Kaan Craig Huffer | 3:13.84 | |
| 8 | Lithuania | Valdas Valintelis Edvinas Godvisas Tomas Petrauskas Silvestras Guogis | 3:16.75 | |
| 9 | Senegal | Moustapha Tounkara Ibrahima Seye Papa Ousmane Ndiaye Aliou Wagne | 3:17.71 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United Kingdom | Louis Persent Robert Davis Nigel Levine Jordan McGrath | 3:06.85 | Q |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | Darnell Greig Jovon Toppin Jehue Gordon Zwede Hewitt | 3:07.60 | Q |
| 3 | Poland | Jakub Krzewina Michał Pietrzak Rafał Omelko Arkadiusz Wojno | 3:09.23 | q |
| 4 | Japan | Tomoharu Kino Akihiro Urano Junpei Hamano Hideyuki Hirose | 3:09.61 | |
| 5 | Spain | Alejandro Guerrero Marc Orozco Luis Lizán Cristian González | 3:10.72 | |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | Yonas Al-Hosah Ali Al-Deraan Adel Al-Nasser Ismail Al-Sabani | 3:11.37 | |
| 7 | Czech Republic | Petr Vanek Tomáš Krupka Pavel Maslák Petr Langmaier | 3:12.62 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | Marcus Boyd Bryan Miller Ryan Bailey Christian Taylor | 3:05.25 | Q |
| 2 | Germany | Niklas Zender Alexander Juretzko Clemens Höfer Pascal Nabow | 3:07.35 | Q |
| 3 | Nigeria | Nkami Edu Noah Akwu Ayokunle Odelusi Victor Isaiah | 3:08.69 | q |
| 4 | Ireland | Curtis Woods Billy Ryan Jason Harvey Brian Gregan | 3:10.17 | |
| 5 | Botswana | Thapelo Ketlogetswe Pako Seribe Shaka Ntsimako Itseng Batsholelwang | 3:11.08 | |
| 6 | Italy | Domenico Fontana Giacomo Panizza Alessandro Pedrazzoli Mario Scapini | 3:11.33 | |
| 7 | South Africa | PC Beneke André Olivier Raaghid Fredericks Cornel Fredericks | 3:12.09 | |
| 8 | France | Martial Minyem Tom Chouquet Hugo Grillas Hafidhou Attoumani | 3:13.71 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 101 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (4)
* Bahamas (4)
* Botswana (4)
* Czech Republic (4)
* France (4)
* Germany (5)
* Hungary (4)
* Ireland (4)
* Italy (4)
* Jamaica (5)
* Japan (4)
* Kenya (4)
* Lithuania (4)
* Nigeria (4)
* Poland (4)
* Puerto Rico (4)
* Saudi Arabia (4)
* Senegal (4)
* South Africa (4)
* Spain (4)
* Trinidad and Tobago (5)
* Ukraine (4)
* United Kingdom (4)
* United States (6)
