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

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held on 18 and 19 December at the Thammasat Stadium.

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Stadium
Dates	18–19 December
Competitors	44 from 10 nations
Medalists
Japan Jun Osakada, Kenji Tabata, Masayoshi Kan, Shunji Karube    India Lijo David Thottan, Purukottam Ramachandran, Paramjit Singh, Jata Shankar    South Korea Kim Jae-da, Kim Yong-hwan, Kim Ho, Shon Ju-il

Main article: Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games

Schedule

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Friday, 18 December 1998	17:30	Heats
Saturday, 19 December 1998	16:20	Final

Results

Heats

• Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Team	Time	Notes
1	Japan (JPN) Jun Osakada Kenji Tabata Masayoshi Kan Shunji Karube	3:04.25	Q
2	India (IND) Lijo David Thottan Purukottam Ramachandran Dinesh Rawat Jata Shankar	3:04.86	Q
3	Kuwait (KUW) Khaled Al-Johar Fawzi Al-Shammari Musayed Al-Azimi Mishal Al-Harbi	3:07.99	Q
4	Chinese Taipei (TPE) Chen Tien-wen Chang Po-chih Lin Chin-fu Lee Ching-yen	3:08.08	q
5	Oman (OMA) Mansoor Al-Anbari Hamoud Al-Dalhami Hamoud Al-Hashimi Abdullah Al-Anbari	3:13.96

Heat 2

• Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Team	Time	Notes
1	Thailand (THA) Jirachai Linglom Narong Nilploy Chalermpol Noohlong Senee Kongtong	3:07.36	Q
2	South Korea (KOR) Kim Jae-da Kim Yong-hwan Kim Ho Shon Ju-il	3:07.67	Q
3	Qatar (QAT) Masoud Khamis Rahman Fareh Ibrahim Ali Ali Ismail Doka Sami Al-Abdullah	3:08.11	Q
4	Malaysia (MAS) Zaiful Zainal Abidin Romzi Bakar Nadarajan Devarajo Yazid Parlan	3:09.01	q
5	Sri Lanka (SRI) Rohan Pradeep Kumara W. M. S. K. Wijetunge Suminda Mendis Ratna Kumar	3:13.66

Final

Rank	Team	Time	Notes
	Japan (JPN) Jun Osakada Kenji Tabata Masayoshi Kan Shunji Karube	3:01.70	GR
	India (IND) Lijo David Thottan Purukottam Ramachandran Paramjit Singh Jata Shankar	3:02.62
	South Korea (KOR) Kim Jae-da Kim Yong-hwan Kim Ho Shon Ju-il	3:05.72
4	Kuwait (KUW) Khaled Al-Johar Fawzi Al-Shammari Musayed Al-Azimi Mishal Al-Harbi	3:05.75
5	Qatar (QAT) Masoud Khamis Rahman Ibrahim Ismail Muftah Sami Al-Abdullah Fareh Ibrahim Ali	3:06.51
6	Thailand (THA) Wirat Sarad Narong Nilploy Chalermpol Noohlong Senee Kongtong	3:07.34
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE) Chen Tien-wen Chang Po-chih Lin Chin-fu Lee Ching-yen	3:07.61
8	Malaysia (MAS) Nadarajan Devarajo Romzi Bakar Vasu Subramaniam Yazid Parlan	3:10.31