Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 29 and 30 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium. Qatar won the gold medal for the first time in this event.

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
Date	29–30 August
Competitors	48 from 11 nations
Medalists
Qatar Abderrahman Samba, Mohamed Nasir Abbas, Mohamed El-Nour, Abdalelah Haroun    India Kunhu Muhammed, Dharun Ayyasamy, Muhammed Anas, Arokia Rajiv, K. S. Jeevan, Jithu Baby    Japan Julian Walsh, Yuki Koike, Takatoshi Abe, Shota Iizuka, Jun Kimura, Sho Kawamoto

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 29 August 2018	19:50	Round 1
Thursday, 30 August 2018	20:40	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

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	Japan (JPN) Jun Kimura Sho Kawamoto Takatoshi Abe Julian Walsh	3:06.11	Q
2	India (IND) Kunhu Muhammed K. S. Jeevan Jithu Baby Dharun Ayyasamy	3:06.48	Q
3	Iraq (IRQ) Yasir Ali Ihab Jabbar Ahmed Fadhil Taha Hussein	3:06.92	Q
4	China (CHN) Wu Yuang Cai Junqi Lu Zhiquan Yang Lei	3:06.98	q
5	Pakistan (PAK) Umar Sadat Mazhar Ali Muhammad Nadeem Mehboob Ali	3:08.20	q

Heat 2

Rank	Team	Time	Notes
1	Qatar (QAT) Abderrahman Samba Mohamed Nasir Abbas Mohamed El-Nour Abdalelah Haroun	3:06.08	Q
2	Bahrain (BRN) Musa Isah Ali Khamis Abdulrahman Khamis Abbas Abubakar Abbas	3:06.29	Q
3	Sri Lanka (SRI) Aruna Darshana Ajith Premakumara Pasindu Kodikara Kalinga Kumarage	3:06.66	Q
4	Thailand (THA) Apisit Chamsri Pipatporn Paungpi Jirayu Pleenaram Phitchaya Sunthonthuam	3:08.50
5	Chinese Taipei (TPE) Yu Chia-hsuan Chen Chieh Yu Chen-yi Yang Lung-hsiang	3:08.76
6	Indonesia (INA) Umar Wira Heru Astriyanto Ifan Anugrah Setiawan Andrian	3:14.01

Final

Rank	Team	Time	Notes
	Qatar (QAT) Abderrahman Samba Mohamed Nasir Abbas Mohamed El-Nour Abdalelah Haroun	3:00.56	AR
	India (IND) Kunhu Muhammed Dharun Ayyasamy Muhammed Anas Arokia Rajiv	3:01.85
	Japan (JPN) Julian Walsh Yuki Koike Takatoshi Abe Shota Iizuka	3:01.94
4	Sri Lanka (SRI) Aruna Darshana Ajith Premakumara Pasindu Kodikara Kalinga Kumarage	3:02.74
5	Bahrain (BRN) Musa Isah Ali Khamis Abdulrahman Khamis Abbas Abubakar Abbas	3:03.97	NR
6	China (CHN) Wu Yuang Cai Junqi Lu Zhiquan Yang Lei	3:07.16
7	Iraq (IRQ) Yasir Ali Ihab Jabbar Ahmed Fadhil Taha Hussein	3:07.64
8	Pakistan (PAK) Umar Sadat Mazhar Ali Muhammad Nadeem Mehboob Ali	3:08.87