1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 1 and 2 August.

Medalists

Gold	Daniel McFarlane Daniel Batman Scott Thom Casey Vincent Australia
Silver	Tony Berrian Kevin Baker Brian Swarn Andrew Pierce United States
Bronze	Sanjay Ayre Leroy Colquhoun Omar Henry Dwayne Miller Jamaica

Results

Final

2 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Australia	Daniel McFarlane Daniel Batman Scott Thom Casey Vincent	3:04.74
	United States	Tony Berrian Kevin Baker Brian Swarn Andrew Pierce	3:05.06
	Jamaica	Sanjay Ayre Leroy Colquhoun Omar Henry Dwayne Miller	3:05.31
4	Germany	Arne Macher Marc-Alexander Scheer Ralf Riester Ruwen Faller	3:05.84
5	United Kingdom	David Naismith Daniel Caines Chris Carson Alloy Wilson	3:06.32
6	Poland	Przemyslaw Dunaj Filip Walotka Maciej Ryszkowski Michał Węglarski	3:07.70
7	Greece	Evággelos Moustakidis Anastasios Goúsis Yeóryios Doúpis Periklís Iakovákis	3:09.70
8	Japan	Masayuki Okusako Takahiko Yamamura Hirofumi Nakagawa Satoshi Oshikawa	3:10.54

Heats

1 August

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United States	Tony Berrian Reginald Depass Brian Swarn Andrew Pierce	3:06.62	Q
2	Australia	Daniel McFarlane Daniel Batman Bryce Barnwell Casey Vincent	3:06.72	Q
3	Germany	Arne Macher Ruwen Faller Ralf Riester Marc-Alexander Scheer	3:07.75	Q
4	Greece	Evággelos Moustakidis Anastasios Goúsis Yeóryios Doúpis Periklís Iakovákis	3:08.54	Q
5	France	Arnaud Ignesta Nicolas Colon Urel Lacroix Fabrice Zircon	3:12.92
	Morocco	Hicham Mihjane Abdelkabir Louraïbi Mohamed Mouhlal Chabib El-Azouizi	DQ	IAAF rule 170.10
	Russia	Kirill Sedykh Dmitriy Bogdanov Dmitriy Zhukov Yuriy Borzakovskiy	DQ	IAAF rule 170.10

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Poland	Przemyslaw Dunaj Maciej Ryszkowski Filip Walotka Michał Węglarski	3:08.35	Q
2	Jamaica	Collin Thomas Sanjay Ayre Omar Henry Leroy Colquhoun	3:08.50	Q
3	United Kingdom	David Naismith Adam Buckley Chris Carson Alloy Wilson	3:08.85	Q
4	Japan	Masayuki Okusako Hirofumi Nakagawa Satoshi Oshikawa Takahiko Yamamura	3:10.22	Q
5	South Africa	Tshepo Thobelangope Juan Pretorius François Coetzee Mandla Nkosi	3:10.34
6	New Zealand	Nicholas O'Brien Michael O'Connor Khamal Ganley Dallas Roberts	3:14.77
	Algeria	Ryad Cheragui Tahar Ghozali Mohamed Bezegrari Said Chabane	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 60 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Algeria (4)
• Australia (5)
• France (4)
• Germany (4)
• Greece (4)
• Jamaica (5)
• Japan (4)
• Morocco (4)
• New Zealand (4)
• Poland (4)
• Russia (4)
• South Africa (4)
• United Kingdom (5)
• United States (5)