1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 22 and 23 August.

Medalists

Gold	Mark Hylton Jamie Baulch Iwan Thomas Mark Richardson Great Britain
Silver	Piotr Rysiukiewicz Tomasz Czubak Piotr Haczek Robert Maćkowiak Poland
Bronze	Antonio Andrés Juan Vicente Trull Andrés Martínez David Canal Spain

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

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

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	Great Britain	Mark Hylton, Sean Baldock, Solomon Wariso, Jamie Baulch	3:02.37	Q
2	1	Poland	Piotr Długosielski, Jacek Bocian, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Haczek	3:03.59	Q
3	2	Italy	Walter Pirovano, Marco Vaccari, Andrea Nuti, Ashraf Saber	3:04.64	Q
4	2	Germany	Stefan Letzelter, Klaus Ehrnsperger, Thomas Goller, Jens Dautzenberg	3:04.84	Q
5	1	Switzerland	Laurent Clerc, Kevin Widmer, Alain Rohr, Mathias Rusterholz	3:05.11	Q, SB
6	2	Spain	Juan Vicente Trull, Antonio Andrés, Andrés Martínez, David Canal	3:05.63	q, SB
7	2	Czech Republic	Jan Poděbradský, Jan Štejfa, Karel Bláha, Jiří Mužík	3:05.88	q
8	1	France	Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Fred Mango, Marc Raquil, Marc Foucan	3:06.09	Q
9	2	Greece	Stelios Dimotsios, Panagiotis Sarris, Periklis Iakovakis, Konstantinos Kenteris	3:06.48	SB
10	1	Slovenia	Matija Šestak, Miro Kocuvan, Damjan Zlatnar, Boštjan Horvat	3:07.78	SB
	1	Russia	Innokentiy Zharov, Boris Gorban, Vladislav Shiryayev, Dmitriy Golovastov	DNF
	1	Hungary	Zsolt Szeglet, Péter Nyilasi, Zétény Dombi, Tibor Bédi	DNF

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Great Britain	Mark Hylton, Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas, Mark Richardson	2:58.68	SB
	Poland	Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Tomasz Czubak, Piotr Haczek, Robert Maćkowiak	2:58.88
	Spain	Antonio Andrés, Juan Vicente Trull, Andrés Martínez, David Canal	3:02.47	NR
4	Italy	Walter Pirovano, Marco Vaccari, Andrea Nuti, Ashraf Saber	3:02.48	SB
5	Switzerland	Laurent Clerc, Kevin Widmer, Alain Rohr, Mathias Rusterholz	3:02.91	NR
6	Germany	Stefan Letzelter, Klaus Ehrnsperger, Thomas Goller, Jens Dautzenberg	3:03.19	SB
7	Czech Republic	Jan Poděbradský, Jan Štejfa, Karel Bláha, Jiří Mužík	3:04.37	SB
	France	Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Fred Mango, Marc Raquil, Marc Foucan	DQ