1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 8 and 10 March. It was the first time that this event was contested at the World Indoor Championships.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Germany Rico Lieder Jens Carlowitz Karsten Just Thomas Schönlebe	United States Raymond Pierre Charles Jenkins Jr. Andrew Valmon Antonio McKay Clifton Campbell* Willie Smith*	Italy Marco Vaccari Vito Petrella Alessandro Aimar Andrea Nuti

* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Results

Heats

First 2 teams of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	United States	Clifton Campbell, Willie Smith, Andrew Valmon, Antonio McKay	3:05.53	Q, CR
2	2	Germany	Rico Lieder, Jens Carlowitz, Karsten Just, Thomas Schönlebe	3:07.39	Q
3	1	Italy	Marco Vaccari, Vito Petrella, Alessandro Aimar, Andrea Nuti	3:07.55	Q, NR
4	1	Soviet Union	Vyacheslav Kocheryagin, Dmitriy Golovastov, Vladimir Prosin, Valeriy Starodubtsev	3:08.05	q
5	2	Jamaica	Devon Morris, Evon Clarke, Anthony Price, Howard Burnett	3:08.92	Q, NR
6	2	Australia	Paul Greene, Mark Garner, Rohan Robinson, Steve Perry	3:09.30	q, AR
7	1	Spain	José Antonio Gay, José Alonso, Luis Cumellas, Miguel Cuesta	3:10.92
	2	Trinidad and Tobago	Neil de Silva, Dazel Jules, Alvin Daniel, Ian Morris	DQ

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Germany	Rico Lieder, Jens Carlowitz, Karsten Just, Thomas Schönlebe	3:03.05	WR, CR
	United States	Raymond Pierre, Charles Jenkins Jr., Andrew Valmon, Antonio McKay	3:03.24	AR
	Italy	Marco Vaccari, Vito Petrella, Alessandro Aimar, Andrea Nuti	3:05.51	NR
4	Australia	Paul Greene, Mark Garner, Rohan Robinson, Steve Perry	3:08.49	AR
5	Soviet Union	Vyacheslav Kocheryagin, Dmitriy Golovastov, Vladimir Prosin, Valeriy Starodubtsev	3:09.20
6	Jamaica	Devon Morris, Lay Lynval, Evon Clarke, Howard Burnett	3:10.33