European Athletics Championships 1998/4 × 100 m men
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| discipline | 4 × 100 m relay | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 16 relays with 69 athletes | ||||||||
| venue |
 Budapest
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| Competition location | Népstadion | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 22nd (preliminary) August 23rd (final) |
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The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held on August 22 and 23, 1998 in the Népstadion in the Hungarian capital, Budapest .
Great Britain won the European championship with Allyn Condon , Darren Campbell , Douglas Walker ( final ) and Julian Golding ( final ) as well as Marlon Devonish and Dwain Chambers, who were also used in the preliminary stages . Second place went to France with Thierry Lubin ( final ), Frédéric Krantz , Christophe Cheval and Needy Guims as well as Rodrigue Nordin, who was also used in the preliminary run . Bronze went to Poland ( Marcin Krzywański , Marcin Nowak , Piotr Balcerzak , Ryszard Pilarczyk ).
The runners only used in the run-up were given corresponding precious metal.
Existing records
| World record | 37.40 s |
 USA ( Jon Drummond , Andre Cason , Dennis Mitchell , Leroy Burrell ) |
World Cup Stuttgart BR Germany |
22nd August 1993 |
| European record | 37.77 s |
 Great Britain ( Colin Jackson , Tony Jarrett , John Regis , Linford Christie ) |
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| EM record | 37.79 s |
 France ( Max Morinière , Daniel Sangouma , Jean-Charles Trouabal and Bruno Marie-Rose ) |
EM Split Yugoslavia |
August 31, 1990 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
Preliminary round
August 22, 1998
The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three seasons per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest teams - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
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final
August 23, 1998
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
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| 1 |
Great Britain
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Allyn Condon Darren Campbell Douglas Walker ( final ) Julian Golding ( final ) in the preliminaries also: Marlon Devonish Dwain Chambers |
38.52 |
| 2 |
France
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Thierry Lubin ( final ) Frédéric Krantz Christophe Cheval Needy Guims in the run-up also: Rodrigue Nordin |
38.87 |
| 3 |
 Poland
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Marcin Krzywański Marcin Nowak Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk |
38.98 |
| 4th |
 Greece
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Alexandros Genovelis Alexandros Alexopoulos Georgios Panagiotopoulos Charalambos Papadias |
39.07 |
| 5 |
 Germany
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Patrick Schneider Jérôme Crews Manuel Milde Marc Blume |
39.09 |
| 6th |
 Sweden
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Patrick Lövgren Matias Ghansah Torbjörn Eriksson Peter Karlsson |
39.32 |
| 7th |
 Netherlands
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Martijn Ungerer Patrick Snoek Patrick van Balkom Dennis Tilburg |
39.79 |
| 8th |
 Italy
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Francesco Scuderi ( final ) Andrea Colombo ( final ) Alessandro Attene Sandro Floris in the preliminary run also: Andrea Amici Stefano Tilli |
39.85 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1998 at european-athletics.org, accessed October 9, 2019
- Men 4x100m Relay European Championship 1998 Budapest on todor66.com, accessed October 9, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1998 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on October 9, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 4x100m Relay European Championship 1998 Budapest, p. 474f (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 9, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1998, 4 × 100 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on October 9, 2019
- 17th European Athletics Championships 1998 in Budapest, Hungary from ifosta.de, accessed on October 9, 2019
Video
- Men's 4x100m Relay European Champs Budapest 1998 on youtube.com (English), accessed October 9, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m , accessed on October 9, 2019
- ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 4 × 100 m on rfea.es, p. 36 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on October 9, 2019