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

## 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 | 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 | |

### Final

| 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 | |
