The Men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7.
| width=200 valign=top | Gregory Haughton Leroy Colquhoun Michael McDonald Davian Clarke Richard James | width=200 valign=top | Dmitriy Forshev Boris Gorban Andrey Rudnitskiy Aleksandr Usov | width=200 valign=top | Robert Daly Gary Ryan David Gillick David McCarthy |
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Qualification: First 2 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:07.58 | Q, SB | ||||
| 1 | 3:07.60 | Q, SB | ||||
| 2 | 3:08.70 | Q, SB | ||||
| 1 | 3:08.76 | q, SB | ||||
| 1 | 3:08.83 | q, NR | ||||
| 2 | 3:09.04 | Q, SB | ||||
| 2 | 3:09.26 | SB | ||||
| 2 | 3:10.00 | SB | ||||
| 2 | 3:10.33 | SB | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 3:10.95 | SB | |||
| 11 | 2 | 3:12.20 | SB |
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Haughton, Leroy Colquhoun, Michael McDonald, Davian Clarke | 3:05.21 | WL | |||
| Dmitriy Forshev, Boris Gorban, Andrey Rudnitskiy, Aleksandr Usov | 3:06.23 | SB | |||
| Robert Daly, Gary Ryan, David Gillick, David McCarthy | 3:10.44 | ||||
| 4 | Alain Rohr, Cédric El-Idrissi, Martin Leiser, Andreas Oggenfuss | 3:12.62 | |||
| 5 | Chris Brown, Timothy Munnings, Andretti Bain, Dennis Darling | 3:17.57 | |||
| James Carter, Milton Campbell, Joe Mendel, Godfrey Herring |