1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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[]

Gold	Jamaica
Silver	Casey Combest  United States
Bronze	Tobias Unger Kevin Kuske  Germany

Results[]

Final[]

2 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Jamaica		39.70
	United States	Casey Combest	39.71
	Germany	Tobias Unger Kevin Kuske	39.99
4	Spain		40.48
5	Australia		40.64
6	France	Dimitri Demonière	40.65
7	South Africa		40.79
	Italy	Massimiliano Donati	DNF

Heats[]

2 August

Heat 1[]

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Jamaica		39.80	Q
2	Germany	Tobias Unger Kevin Kuske	40.01	Q
3	France	Dimitri Demonière	40.14	Q
4	Italy	Massimiliano Donati	40.32	q
5	South Africa		40.89	q
6	Greece		41.07
7	Slovenia	Matic Osovnikar Boštjan Fridrih Matic Šušteršic	41.18

Heat 2[]

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United States	Casey Combest	40.09	Q
2	Spain		40.51	Q
3	Australia		40.77	Q
	United Kingdom	Mark Lewis-Francis Christian Malcolm Chris Lambert Tim Benjamin	DQ	IAAF rule 170.14
	Japan	Shigeyuki Kojima	DNF
	New Zealand	Dallas Roberts	DNF

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 53 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References[]