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.

Medalists Gold Steve SlowlyDwight ThomasPaul ThompsonRoy Bailey Silver Casey CombestDashaun McCulloughAmar JohnsonRussell Frye Bronze Tobias UngerStefan HolzJirka ZapletalKevin Kuske

Results Final 2 August Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Steve SlowlyDwight ThomasPaul ThompsonRoy Bailey 39.70 Casey CombestDashaun McCulloughAmar JohnsonRussell Frye 39.71 Tobias UngerStefan HolzJirka ZapletalKevin Kuske 39.99 4 Alejandro FerrerAlejandro OlivanPablo RodríguezÁngel Rodríguez 40.48 5 Stephen HadfieldAdam DoreyNathan CarrTroy Davies 40.64 6 Anthony BegueJeremy BobeCédric Gold DalgDimitri Demonière 40.65 7 Colin DreyerLawrence NkosiWynand DempersBradley Agnew 40.79 Alessandro BattinelliMassimiliano DonatiMarco CuneoDavide Dell'Oro DNF

Heats 2 August

Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Steve SlowlyDwight ThomasPaul ThompsonRoy Bailey 39.80 Q 2 Tobias UngerStefan HolzJirka ZapletalKevin Kuske 40.01 Q 3 Anthony BegueYannick UrbinoCédric Gold DalgDimitri Demonière 40.14 Q 4 Alessandro BattinelliMassimiliano DonatiMarco CuneoDavide Dell'Oro 40.32 q 5 Colin DreyerLawrence NkosiWynand DempersBradley Agnew 40.89 q 6 Mihaíl XanthakisKonstadínos SfiropoulosAristídis PetrídisAthanásios Tsiouris 41.07 7 Uros ZverMatic OsovnikarBoštjan FridrihMatic Šušteršic 41.18

Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Casey CombestDashaun McCulloughAmar JohnsonRussell Frye 40.09 Q 2 Alejandro FerrerAlejandro OlivanPablo RodríguezÁngel Rodríguez 40.51 Q 3 Stephen HadfieldAdam DoreyNathan CarrTroy Davies 40.77 Q Mark Lewis-FrancisChristian MalcolmChris LambertTim Benjamin DQ IAAF rule 170.14 Takashi MiyataHirofumi NakagawaJun-ya OmodakaShigeyuki Kojima DNF Dallas RobertsRussell WiseBenjamin PotterMatthew Cunningham DNF

Participation According to an unofficial count, 53 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

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