1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
| Events at the 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 | |||
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 | Steve Slowly Collin Thomas Paul Thompson Roy Bailey  Jamaica |
| Silver | Casey Combest Dashaun McCullough Amar Johnson Russell Frye  United States |
| Bronze | Tobias Unger Stefan Holz Jirka Zapletal Kevin Kuske  Germany |
Results
Final
2 August
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jamaica | Steve Slowly Collin Thomas Paul Thompson Roy Bailey | 39.70 | |
 | United States | Casey Combest Dashaun McCullough Amar Johnson Russell Frye | 39.71 | |
 | Germany | Tobias Unger Stefan Holz Jirka Zapletal Kevin Kuske | 39.99 | |
| 4 |  Spain | Alejandro Ferrer Alejandro Olivan Pablo Rodríguez Ángel Rodríguez | 40.48 | |
| 5 |  Australia | Stephen Hadfield Adam Dorey Nathan Carr Troy Davies | 40.64 | |
| 6 |  France | Anthony Begue Jeremy Bobe Cédric Gold Dalg Dimitri Demonière | 40.65 | |
| 7 |  South Africa | Colin Dreyer Lawrence Nkosi Wynand Dempers Bradley Agnew | 40.79 | |
| 8 |  Italy | Alessandro Battinelli Massimiliano Donati Marco Cuneo Davide Dell'Oro | DNF |
Heats
2 August
Heat 1
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamaica | Steve Slowly Collin Thomas Paul Thompson Roy Bailey | 39.80 | Q |
| 2 | Germany | Tobias Unger Stefan Holz Jirka Zapletal Kevin Kuske | 40.01 | Q |
| 3 | France | Anthony Begue Yannick Urbino Cédric Gold Dalg Dimitri Demonière | 40.14 | Q |
| 4 | Italy | Alessandro Battinelli Massimiliano Donati Marco Cuneo Davide Dell'Oro | 40.32 | q |
| 5 | South Africa | Colin Dreyer Lawrence Nkosi Wynand Dempers Bradley Agnew | 40.89 | q |
| 6 |  Greece | Mihaíl Xanthakis Konstadínos Sfiropoulos Aristídis Petrídis Athanásios Tsiouris | 41.07 | |
| 7 |  Slovenia | Uros Zver Matic Osovnikar Boštjan Fridrih Matic Šušteršic | 41.18 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | Casey Combest Dashaun McCullough Amar Johnson Russell Frye | 40.09 | Q |
| 2 | Spain | Alejandro Ferrer Alejandro Olivan Pablo Rodríguez Ángel Rodríguez | 40.51 | Q |
| 3 | Australia | Stephen Hadfield Adam Dorey Nathan Carr Troy Davies | 40.77 | Q |
| 4 |  United Kingdom | Mark Lewis-Francis Christian Malcolm Chris Lambert Tim Benjamin | DQ | IAAF rule 170.14 |
| 5 |  Japan | Takashi Miyata Hirofumi Nakagawa Jun-ya Omodaka Shigeyuki Kojima | DNF | |
| 6 |  New Zealand | Dallas Roberts Russell Wise Benjamin Potter Matthew Cunningham | DNF |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 53 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
- Australia (4)
- France (5)
- Germany (4)
- Greece (4)
- Italy (4)
- Jamaica (4)
- Japan (4)
- New Zealand (4)
- Slovenia (4)
- South Africa (4)
- Spain (4)
- United Kingdom (4)
- United States (4)
References
- ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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