2005 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 x 400 metres relay

__NOTOC__The 4 x 400 metre relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 13 and August 14.

Medals

Qualifying

From the initial two heats the first three teams in each plus two fastest losers progressed through to the final.

All times shown are in seconds.
*Q denotes automatic qualification.
*q denotes fastest losers.
*DNS denotes did not start.
*DNF denotes did not finish.
*AR denotes area record.
*NR denotes national record.
*PB denotes personal best.
*SB denotes season's best.

Heat 1

#) 2:59.73 Q (WL)
#) 2:59.75 Q (SB)
#) 3:00.38 q (SB)
#) 3:03.17
#) 3:03.62 (SB)
#) 3:06.39 (SB)

Heat 2

#) 3:00.48 Q (SB)
#) 3:01.91 Q
#) 3:02.05 q (SB)
#) 3:03.41 (SB)
#) 3:08.03
#) 3:08.26 (SB)
*) DQ

Heat 3

#) 3:01.95 Q
#) 3:02.86 Q
#) 3:03.57 (SB)
#) 3:04.64 (SB)
#) 3:01.60 (SB)
*) DQ

Final

#) 2:56.91 (WL)
#) 2:57.32 (NR)
#, Lansford Spence, Davian Clarke) 2:58.07 (SB)
#, Martyn Rooney, Robert Tobin, Malachi Davis) 2:58.82 (SB)
#, Piotr Klimczak) 3:00.58
# (Leslie Djhone, Naman Keïta, Abderrahim El Haouzy, Marc Raquil) 3:03.10
#, Yevgeniy Lebedev) 3:03.20
* (Ato Modibo, Julieon Raeburn, Renny Quow, Damion Barry) DQ

External references

* [http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/results/gender=M/discipline=4X4/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/index.html IAAF results, heats]
* [http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/results/gender=M/discipline=4X4/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/index.html IAAF results, final]