| Event: | Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 22 August.
| Gold | Allyn Condon Darren Campbell Douglas Walker Julian Golding | |
| Silver | Thierry Lubin Frédéric Krantz Christophe Cheval Needy Guims | |
| Bronze | Marcin Krzywański Marcin Nowak Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk |
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athlete | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 38.47 | Q, SB | |||
| 2 | 1 | 39.16 | Q, SB | |||
| 3 | 1 | 39.21 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 39.25 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 39.27 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 39.29 | q, NR | |||
| 7 | 2 | 39.30 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 39.44 | q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 39.77 | SB | |||
| 10 | 2 | 39.76 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 39.86 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 40.96 | ||||
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| 2 | ||||||
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| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38.52 | |||||
| 38.87 | SB | ||||
| 38.98 | SB | ||||
| 4 | 39.07 | ||||
| 5 | 39.09 | SB | |||
| 6 | Patrik Lövgren, Matias Ghansah, Torbjörn Eriksson, Peter Karlsson | 39.32 | SB | ||
| 7 | 39.79 | ||||
| 8 | 39.85 |