| Event: | Men's 4 × 400 metres relay |
| Games: | 1924 Summer |
| Venue: | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir |
| Dates: | July 12 (semifinals) July 13 (final) |
| Competitors: | 28 |
| Nations: | 7 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Cochran, Helffrich, MacDonald, Stevenson |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Byléhn, Engdahl, Svensson, Wejnarth |
| Silvernoc: | SWE |
| Bronze: | Butler, Renwick, Ripley, Toms |
| Bronzenoc: | GBR |
| Prev: | 1920 |
| Next: | 1928 |
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was the third appearance of this event. The competition was held on Saturday, July 12, 1924, and on Sunday, July 13, 1924.
As for all other events the track was 500 metres in circumference. Twenty-eight runners from seven nations competed.[1]
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 3:16.6 |  Mel Sheppard Edward Lindberg Ted Meredith Charles Reidpath | Stockholm (SWE) | July 15, 1912 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 3:16.6 | Mel Sheppard Edward Lindberg Ted Meredith Charles Reidpath | Stockholm (SWE) | July 15, 1912 |
In the final, the United States team set a new world record with 3:16.0.
The heats were held on Saturday, July 12, 1924, and started at 4 p.m. The top two in each heat qualified for the semi-finals which means that only one team (Finland) was eliminated.
Heat 1
| width=20 | Place | width=580 | Athletes | width=90 | Time | width=50 | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:30.0 | Q | |||||
| 2 | 3:37.5 | Q |
Heat 2
| width=20 | Place | width=580 | Athletes | width=90 | Time | width=50 | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:22.0 | Q | |||||
| 2 | 3:30.0 | Q | |||||
| 3 | 3:32.2 |
Heat 3
| width=20 | Place | width=580 | Athletes | width=90 | Time | width=50 | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:27.0 | Q | |||||
| 2 | 3:34.5 | Q |
The final was held on Sunday, July 13, 1924, and was started at 5:15 p.m.
| width=20 | Place | width=580 | Athletes | width=90 | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:16.0 WR | ||||
| 2 | 3:17.0 | ||||
| 3 | 3:17.4 | ||||
| 4 | 3:22.8 | ||||
| 5 | 3:23.4 | ||||
| — | 3:28.0 |