1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the
Népstadion
on 22 and 23 August.
Medalists
| Gold | |
| Silver | Piotr Rysiukiewicz Tomasz Czubak Piotr Haczek Robert Maćkowiak  Poland
|
| Bronze | Antonio Andrés Juan Vicente Trull Andrés Martínez David Canal  Spain
|
Results
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
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 |
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 |
Dmitriy Golovastov |
DNF | ||
| 1 |  Hungary |
Zsolt Szeglet, Péter Nyilasi, Zétény Dombi, Tibor Bédi | DNF |
Final
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Great Britain |
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 |
