The women's 4x400 metres relay event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 1 and 2 August.
Medalists Gold Patricia HallPeta-Gaye GayleKeasha DownerAllison Beckford Silver Svetlana PospelovaOlga MikayevaOlesya ZykinaNatalya Nazarova Bronze Mikele BarberMyra CombsDemetria WashingtonNakiya Johnson
Results Final 2 August Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Patricia HallPeta-Gaye GayleKeasha DownerAllison Beckford 3:32.29 Svetlana PospelovaOlga MikayevaOlesya ZykinaNatalya Nazarova 3:32.35 Mikele BarberMyra CombsDemetria WashingtonNakiya Johnson 3:32.85 4 Sun Hong WeiLiu QifangLu MinlingLi Yulian 3:37.10 5 Otilia LunguMihaela StăncescuMedina TudorAlina Rîpanu 3:37.41 6 Nadine WeissmannKerstin SeitzJulia WollstadtKristin Götz 3:37.47 7 Kylie WheelerSonia BritoRosemary HaywardJennifer Marshall 3:37.60 8 Audrey RouyerOlivia AbderrhamaneDado KamissokoLaure Kouassi 3:39.18
Heats 1 August
Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Shellene WilliamsSashanie SimpsonPatricia HallAllison Beckford 3:37.19 Q 2 Sun Hong WeiLiu QifangLu MinlingLi Yulian 3:37.90 Q 3 Kylie WheelerSonia BritoRosemary HaywardJennifer Marshall 3:38.41 Q 4 Kerstin SeitzJulia WollstadtSaskia DickhautNadine Weissmann 3:39.27 q 5 Kristina PericaSuzana RubinBozidarka CrncanHelena Janecic 3:47.48
Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Mikele BarberCrystal CoxDemetria WashingtonNakiya Johnson 3:33.16 Q 2 Svetlana PospelovaOlesya ZykinaOlga MikayevaNatalya Nazarova 3:37.15 Q 3 Otilia LunguMihaela StăncescuMedina TudorAlina Rîpanu 3:38.40 Q 4 Audrey RouyerOlivia AbderrhamaneDado KamissokoLaure Kouassi 3:38.98 q 5 Vanessa BeckerStephanie SchoemanYolandé NeethlingEstie Wittstock 3:39.44 6 Sonia OrfeiBenedetta CeccarelliBarbara BelloAlexia Oberstolz 3:43.26
Participation According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
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