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

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
at the Commonwealth Games

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.[1]

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 [2]
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

[3]

Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Jamaica Michael McDonald, Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton, Davian Clarke 2:59.03 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  England Paul Slythe, Solomon Wariso, Mark Hylton, Mark Richardson 3:00.82
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

References

  1. ^ Heat 1 (part 1), Heat 2 (part 2) results, Overall results Archived 2012-09-14 at archive.today
  2. ^ "Australian 1998 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  3. ^ Final results (part 1) Archived 2018-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, Final results (part 2)