The men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 2 August.[1][2]
Medalists edit
Results edit
Final edit
2 August
Heats edit
2 August
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jamaica |
Steve Slowly Dwight Thomas Paul Thompson Roy Bailey |
39.80 | Q |
| 2 |  Germany |
Tobias Unger Stefan Holz Jirka Zapletal Kevin Kuske |
40.01 | Q |
| 3 |  France |
Anthony Begue Yannick Urbino Cédric Gold Dalg Dimitri Demonière |
40.14 | Q |
| 4 |  Italy |
Alessandro Battinelli Massimiliano Donati Marco Cuneo Davide Dell'Oro |
40.32 | q |
| 5 |  South Africa |
Colin Dreyer Lawrence Nkosi Wynand Dempers Bradley Agnew |
40.89 | q |
| 6 |  Greece |
Mihaíl Xanthakis Konstadínos Sfiropoulos Aristídis Petrídis Athanásios Tsiouris |
41.07 | |
| 7 |  Slovenia |
Uros Zver Matic Osovnikar Boštjan Fridrih Matic Šušteršic |
41.18 |
Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
Casey Combest Dashaun McCullough Amar Johnson Russell Frye |
40.09 | Q |
| 2 |  Spain |
Alejandro Ferrer Alejandro Olivan Pablo Rodríguez Ángel Rodríguez |
40.51 | Q |
| 3 |  Australia |
Stephen Hadfield Adam Dorey Nathan Carr Troy Davies |
40.77 | Q |
 United Kingdom |
Mark Lewis-Francis Christian Malcolm Chris Lambert Tim Benjamin |
DQ | IAAF rule 170.14 | |
 Japan |
Takashi Miyata Hirofumi Nakagawa Jun-ya Omodaka Shigeyuki Kojima |
DNF | ||
 New Zealand |
Dallas Roberts Russell Wise Benjamin Potter Matthew Cunningham |
DNF |
Participation edit
According to an unofficial count, 53 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
Australia (4)
France (5)
Germany (4)
Greece (4)
Italy (4)
Jamaica (4)
Japan (4)
New Zealand (4)
Slovenia (4)
South Africa (4)
Spain (4)
United Kingdom (4)
United States (4)
References edit
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015