Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	August 22 August 23 (final)
Teams	16
Winning time	2:55.39 OR
Medalists
01 ! LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor David Neville Jeremy Wariner Kerron Clement* Reggie Witherspoon*  United States 02 ! Andretti Bain Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Chris Brown Avard Moncur* Ramon Miller*  Bahamas 03 ! vacant
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01 !		LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor David Neville Jeremy Wariner Kerron Clement* Reggie Witherspoon*	United States
02 !		Andretti Bain Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Chris Brown Avard Moncur* Ramon Miller*	Bahamas
03 !		vacant

The Men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 22 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium.

There were 16 NOCs competing at this event. These 16 NOCs were selected by the average of the two best marks at the qualifying period. The final was won by the United States in the new Olympic record time 2:55.39.

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

The following Olympic record was set during this competition.

All times shown are in seconds.

First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 2 fastest(q) advance to the Final.

* On 14 September 2016, IOC officially stripped Russia of the bronze medal for doping violations. Reallocation has not taken place pending return of the medals to the IOC, but will be awarded to Great Britain upon receipt.