Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 20–21 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jamaica Michael McDonald Roxbert Martin Greg Haughton Davian Clarke	England Paul Slythe Solomon Wariso Mark Hylton Mark Richardson Sean Baldock* Jared Deacon*	Wales Paul Gray Jamie Baulch Matthew Elias Iwan Thomas

* Athletes who competed in heats only and received medals.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	Zimbabwe	Jeffrey Masvanhise, Philip Mukomana, Savieri Ngidhi, Kenneth Harnden	3:03.30	Q
2	1	England	Sean Baldock, Jared Deacon, Solomon Wariso, Paul Slythe	3:03.58	Q
3	1	Wales	Paul Gray, Jamie Baulch, Matthew Elias, Iwan Thomas	3:03.63	Q
4	1	Canada	Monte Raymond, Shane Niemi, Donald Bruno, Alexandre Marchand	3:03.69	q
5	1	Kenya	Abednego Matilu, Kennedy Kimwetich, Erick Keter, Kennedy Ochieng	3:05.56
6	1	Bahamas	Chris Brown, Timothy Munnings, Gregory Chipman, Carl Oliver	3:05.87
7	1	Northern Ireland	Brian Forbes, Edward King, Matthew Douglas, Paul McBurney	3:07.27
8	1	Namibia	Christoffel van Wyk, Erwin Naimwhaka, Mao Tjiroze, Veranus Kamati	3:11.60	NR
	2	Jamaica		?:??.??
	2	South Africa		?:??.??
	2	Australia	Michael Hazel, Brad Jamieson, Casey Vincent, Patrick Dwyer	3:02.94
	1	Sri Lanka		?:??.??
5	2	Fiji	Aminiasi Babitu, Henry Semiti, Solomone Bole, Soloveni Nakaunicina	3:07.15
6	2	Mauritius	Clario Augustin, Eric Milazar, Fernando Augustin, Rudy Tirvengadum	3:08.09
7	2	Malaysia	Mohd Zaiful Zainal Abidin, Yazid Parlan, Deverajo Nadarajan, Romzi Bakar	3:08.18

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Jamaica	Michael McDonald, Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton, Davian Clarke	2:59.03	GR
	England	Paul Slythe, Solomon Wariso, Mark Hylton, Mark Richardson	3:00.82
	Wales	Paul Gray, Jamie Baulch, Matthew Elias, Iwan Thomas	3:01.86	NR
4	South Africa	Adriaan Botha, Johan Botha, Hezekiel Sepeng, Arnaud Malherbe	3:02.21
5	Australia	Michael Hazel, Brad Jamieson, Casey Vincent, Patrick Dwyer	3:02.96
6	Zimbabwe	Jeffrey Masvanhise, Philip Mukomana, Savieri Ngidhi, Kenneth Harnden	3:03.02
7	Sri Lanka	Rohan Handunpurage, Rathna Vellasamy, Ranga Wimalawansa, Sugath Thilakaratne	3:04.11
8	Canada	Shane Niemi, Monte Raymond, Alexandre Marchand, Donald Bruno	3:04.84