Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Stadium
Dates	18–19 December
Competitors	44 from 10 nations
Medalists
Japan Jun Osakada, Kenji Tabata, Masayoshi Kan, Shunji Karube    India Lijo David Thottan, Purukottam Ramachandran, Paramjit Singh, Jata Shankar    South Korea , , , Shon Ju-il
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Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
10,000 m walk		women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km 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
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 4 × 400 metres relay competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held on 18 and 19 December at the Thammasat Stadium.^[1]

Schedule[]

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Results[]

Heats[]

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

Heat 1[]

Rank	Team	Time	Notes
1	Japan (JPN) Jun Osakada Kenji Tabata Masayoshi Kan Shunji Karube	3:04.25	Q
2	India (IND) Lijo David Thottan Purukottam Ramachandran Jata Shankar	3:04.86	Q
3	Kuwait (KUW) Fawzi Al-Shammari Musayed Al-Azimi Mishal Al-Harbi	3:07.99	Q
4	Chinese Taipei (TPE) Chen Tien-wen	3:08.08	q
5	Oman (OMA) Hamoud Al-Dalhami Abdullah Al-Anbari	3:13.96

Heat 2[]

• Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Team	Time	Notes
1	Thailand (THA) Jirachai Linglom Narong Nilploy Chalermpol Noohlong Senee Kongtong	3:07.36	Q
2	South Korea (KOR) Shon Ju-il	3:07.67	Q
3	Qatar (QAT) Masoud Khamis Rahman Fareh Ibrahim Ali Ali Ismail Doka Sami Al-Abdullah	3:08.11	Q
4	Malaysia (MAS)	3:09.01	q
5	Sri Lanka (SRI) Rohan Pradeep Kumara Ratna Kumar	3:13.66

Final[]

Rank	Team	Time	Notes
	Japan (JPN) Jun Osakada Kenji Tabata Masayoshi Kan Shunji Karube	3:01.70	GR
	India (IND) Lijo David Thottan Purukottam Ramachandran Paramjit Singh Jata Shankar	3:02.62
	South Korea (KOR) Shon Ju-il	3:05.72
4	Kuwait (KUW) Fawzi Al-Shammari Musayed Al-Azimi Mishal Al-Harbi	3:05.75
5	Qatar (QAT) Masoud Khamis Rahman Ibrahim Ismail Muftah Sami Al-Abdullah Fareh Ibrahim Ali	3:06.51
6	Thailand (THA) Narong Nilploy Chalermpol Noohlong Senee Kongtong	3:07.34
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE) Chen Tien-wen	3:07.61
8	Malaysia (MAS)	3:10.31

References[]