1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 22 August.

Medalists

Gold	Allyn Condon Darren Campbell Douglas Walker Julian Golding Great Britain
Silver	Thierry Lubin Frédéric Krantz Christophe Cheval Needy Guims France
Bronze	Marcin Krzywański Marcin Nowak Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk Poland

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	1	Great Britain	Allyn Condon, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers	38.47	Q, SB
2	1	Poland	Marcin Krzywański, Marcin Nowak, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk	39.16	Q, SB
3	1	France	Rodrigue Nordin, Frédéric Krantz, Christophe Cheval, Needy Guims	39.21	Q
4	2	Germany	Patrick Schneider, Jerome Crews, Manuel Milde, Marc Blume	39.25	Q
5	2	Greece	Alexandros Yenovelis, Alexios Alexopoulos, Georgios Panagiotopoulos, Haralabos Papadias	39.27	Q
6	1	Netherlands	Martijn Ungerer, Patrick Snoek, Patrick van Balkom, Dennis Tilburg	39.29	q, NR
7	2	Italy	Andrea Amici, Alessandro Attene, Sandro Floris, Stefano Tilli	39.30	Q
8	2	Sweden	Patrik Lövgren, Matias Ghansah, Torbjörn Eriksson, Peter Karlsson	39.44	q
9	1	Norway	Erlend Sæterstøl, Thomas Mellin-Olsen, John Ertzgaard, Geir Moen	39.77	SB
10	2	Czech Republic	Martin Morkes, Ludvík Bohman, Tomas Drimal, Ivo Krsek	39.76
11	2	Slovenia	Damjan Spur, Martin Plesnicar, Boštjan Horvat, Urban Acman	39.86
12	2	Cyprus	Evripides Demosthenous, Anninos Marcoullides, Prodromos Katsantonis, Yiannis Zisimides	40.96
	1	Spain	Frutos Feo, Javier Navarro, Diego Santos, Carlos Berlanga	DNF
	2	Hungary	Roland Németh, Miklós Gyulai, Gyorgy Dobos, Gábor Dobos	DNF
	1	Finland	Sami Länsivuori, Tero Ridanpää, Harri Kivelä, Janne Haapasalo	DNS

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Great Britain	Allyn Condon, Darren Campbell, Douglas Walker, Julian Golding	38.52
	France	Thierry Lubin, Frédéric Krantz, Christophe Cheval, Needy Guims	38.87	SB
	Poland	Marcin Krzywański, Marcin Nowak, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk	38.98	SB
4	Greece	Alexandros Yenovelis, Alexios Alexopoulos, Georgios Panagiotopoulos, Haralabos Papadias	39.07
5	Germany	Patrick Schneider, Jerome Crews, Manuel Milde, Marc Blume	39.09	SB
6	Sweden	Patrik Lövgren, Matias Ghansah, Torbjörn Eriksson, Peter Karlsson	39.32	SB
7	Netherlands	Martijn Ungerer, Patrick Snoek, Patrick van Balkom, Dennis Tilburg	39.79
8	Italy	Francesco Scuderi, Andrea Colombo, Alessandro Attene, Sandro Floris	39.85

References

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