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.

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue	Aoti Main Stadium
Dates	23–26 November
Competitors	42 from 9 nations
Medalists
Saudi Arabia Ismail Al-Sabiani, Mohammed Al-Salhi, Hamed Al-Bishi, Yousef Masrahi    Japan Yusuke Ishitsuka, Kenji Fujimitsu, Hideyuki Hirose, Yuzo Kanemaru    China Lin Yang, Deng Shijie, Chang Pengben, Liu Xiaosheng

Main article: Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games

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	Notes
	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

References

• Results