1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 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 women'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.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Patricia Hall Peta-Gaye Gayle Allison Beckford  Jamaica
Silver	Svetlana Pospelova Olesya Zykina Natalya Nazarova  Russia
Bronze	Mikele Barber Demetria Washington  United States

Results[]

Final[]

2 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Jamaica	Patricia Hall Peta-Gaye Gayle Allison Beckford	3:32.29
	Russia	Svetlana Pospelova Olesya Zykina Natalya Nazarova	3:32.35
	United States	Mikele Barber Demetria Washington	3:32.85
4	China		3:37.10
5	Romania	Mihaela Stăncescu Alina Rîpanu	3:37.41
6	Germany		3:37.47
7	Australia	Kylie Wheeler Rosemary Hayward	3:37.60
8	France		3:39.18

Heats[]

1 August

Heat 1[]

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Jamaica	Shellene Williams Patricia Hall Allison Beckford	3:37.19	Q
2	China		3:37.90	Q
3	Australia	Kylie Wheeler Rosemary Hayward	3:38.41	Q
4	Germany		3:39.27	q
5	Croatia	Kristina Perica	3:47.48

Heat 2[]

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United States	Mikele Barber Crystal Cox Demetria Washington	3:33.16	Q
2	Russia	Svetlana Pospelova Olesya Zykina Natalya Nazarova	3:37.15	Q
3	Romania	Mihaela Stăncescu Alina Rîpanu	3:38.40	Q
4	France		3:38.98	q
5	South Africa	Estie Wittstock	3:39.44
6	Italy	Benedetta Ceccarelli	3:43.26

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References[]