Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
# Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2010 Asian Games was held at the Aoti Main Stadium, Guangzhou, China on 23–26 November.

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Tuesday, 23 November 2010 | 19:25 | Round 1 |
| Friday, 26 November 2010 | 20:00 | Final |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

| World Record | United States | 2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Japan | 3:00.76 | Atlanta, United States | 3 August 1996 |
| Games Record | Japan | 3:01.70 | Bangkok, Thailand | 19 December 1998 |

## Results

### Legend

* DSQ — Disqualified

### Round 1

* Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Team | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) Ismail Al-Sabiani Mohammed Al-Bishi Hamed Al-Bishi Yousef Masrahi | 3:06.25 | Q |
| 2 | China (CHN) You Cheng Lin Yang Deng Shijie Chang Pengben | 3:06.62 | Q |
| 3 | Thailand (THA) Nitat Kaewkhong Arnon Jaiaree Saharat Sammayan Chanatip Ruckburee | 3:15.62 | Q |
| — | Iran (IRI) Reza Bouazar Edvard Mangasar Sajjad Hashemi Amir Moradi | DSQ | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Team | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) Yusuke Ishitsuka Hideyuki Hirose Naohiro Kawakita Yuzo Kanemaru | 3:06.53 | Q |
| 2 | India (IND) Jithin Paul V. B. Bineesh Premanand Jayakumar S. K. Mortaja | 3:07.00 | Q |
| 3 | Sri Lanka (SRI) Prasanna Amarasekara Rohitha Pushpakumara Uditha Wickramasinghe Kasun Seneviratne | 3:07.52 | Q |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) Cho Sung-kwon Lim Chan-ho Choi Myung-jun Lee Seung-yoon | 3:09.49 | q |
| — | Iraq (IRQ) Mohammed Hasan Karim Tariq Aymen Jassim Karrar Abdul-Zahra | DSQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Team | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Saudi Arabia (KSA) Ismail Al-Sabiani Mohammed Al-Salhi Hamed Al-Bishi Yousef Masrahi | 3:02.30 |
| | Japan (JPN) Yusuke Ishitsuka Kenji Fujimitsu Hideyuki Hirose Yuzo Kanemaru | 3:02.43 |
| | China (CHN) Lin Yang Deng Shijie Chang Pengben Liu Xiaosheng | 3:03.66 |
| 4 | India (IND) Kunhu Muhammed Bibin Mathew Premanand Jayakumar S. K. Mortaja | 3:06.49 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka (SRI) Prasanna Amarasekara Rohitha Pushpakumara Uditha Wickramasinghe Kasun Seneviratne | 3:07.97 |
| 6 | South Korea (KOR) Lim Chan-ho Cho Sung-kwon Choi Myung-jun Lee Seung-yoon | 3:09.97 |
| 7 | Thailand (THA) Nitat Kaewkhong Saharat Sammayan Somporn Chuaychat Chanatip Ruckburee | 3:12.18 |
