Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
30 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held on 2 and 3 February at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
England Clarence Callender John Regis Marcus Adam Linford Christie Tony Jarrett*	Nigeria Victor Nwankwo Davidson Ezinwa Osmond Ezinwa Abdullahi Tetengi	Jamaica Wayne Watson John Mair Clive Wright Ray Stewart

* Athletes who competed in heats only and received medals.

Qualification: First 4 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	Nigeria	Victor Nwankwo, Davidson Ezinwa, Osmond Ezinwa, Abdullahi Tetengi	39.21	Q
2	2	England	Clarence Callender, Tony Jarrett, John Regis, Linford Christie	39.35	Q
3	1	Jamaica	John Mair, Ray Stewart, Clive Wright, Wayne Watson	39.35	Q
4	2	Australia	Shane Naylor, Paul Greene, Steve McBain, Fred Martin	39.81	Q
5	1	Canada	Everton Anderson, Mike Dwyer, Cyprian Enweani, Peter Ogilvie	39.96	Q
6	2	Scotland	Elliot Bunney, Dave Clark, Jamie Henderson, Mark Davidson	40.21	Q
7	1	New Zealand	Murray Gutry, Gary Henley-Smith, Dale McClunie, Scott Bowden	40.53	Q
8	1	Papua New Guinea	Esekiel Wartovo, John Hou, Emmanuel Mack, Takale Tuna	41.16	q
9	2	Gambia	Abodourahman Jallow, Lamin Marikong, Pa Hali Jammeh, Clifford Adams	41.87	Q
10	1	Bangladesh	Mohamed Shah Alam, Shahanuddin Choudhury, Mohamed Hossain Milzer, Mohamed Shah Jalal	42.47
	2	Ghana	Gus Nketia, Laud Codjoe, Gabriel Osei, Nelson Boateng	DQ

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	3	England	Clarence Callender, John Regis, Marcus Adam, Linford Christie	38.67
	4	Nigeria	Victor Nwankwo, Davidson Ezinwa, Osmond Ezinwa, Abdullahi Tetengi	38.85
	5	Jamaica	Wayne Watson, John Mair, Clive Wright, Ray Stewart	38.85
4	6	Australia	Shane Naylor, Paul Greene, Steve McBain, Fred Martin	39.25
5	9	Canada	Everton Anderson, Mike Dwyer, Cyprian Enweani, Peter Ogilvie	39.43
6	7	Scotland	Elliot Bunney, Dave Clark, Jamie Henderson, Mark Davidson	39.61
7	1	Papua New Guinea	Esekiel Wartovo, John Hou, Emmanuel Mack, Takale Tuna	40.94
8	8	Gambia	Abodourahman Jallow, Lamin Marikong, Pa Hali Jammeh, Clifford Adams	41.65
9	2	New Zealand	Murray Gutry, Gary Henley-Smith, Grant Gilbert, Dale McClunie	44.34