1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 12 and 13 July 1997. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Ryszard Pilarczyk Piotr Długosielski Jacek Bocian Piotr Haczek   Poland
Silver	David Nikodým Lukáš Souček Jan Štejfa Jiří Mužík   Czech Republic
Bronze	Thomas Goller Maik Liebe Lars Figura Carlos Gachanja   Germany

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Poland	Ryszard Pilarczyk Piotr Długosielski Jacek Bocian Piotr Haczek	3:03.07
	Czech Republic	David Nikodým Lukáš Souček Jan Štejfa Jiří Mužík	3:04.13
	Germany	Thomas Goller Maik Liebe Lars Figura Carlos Gachanja	3:04.32
4	France	Xavier Ravenet Philippe Bouche Marc Raquil Robert Loubli	3:04.80
5	Great Britain	Clayton Archer Richard Knowles Nick Budden Mark Hylton	3:05.77
6	Sweden	Ruben Norlin Johan Lannefors Björn Engström Jimisola Laursen	3:07.27
7	Italy	Domenico Rao Andrea Longo Alessandro Attene Walter Pirovano	3:08.00
8	Finland	Jouni Haatainen Kim Meller Timo Niemelä Petri Pohjonen	3:15.02

Heats

12 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Germany	Ulrich Schnorrenberger Sebastian Aryee Lars Figura Maik Liebe	3:09.57	Q
2	Poland	Jacek Bocian Bartosz Gruman Piotr Długosielski Piotr Haczek	3:10.10	Q
3	Sweden	Klas Ringdahl Ruben Norlin Björn Engström Johan Lannefors	3:10.19	Q
4	Italy	Lorenzo Franculli Marco Cagnazzi Domenico Rao Walter Pirovano	3:10.55	q
5	Finland	Jouni Haatainen Kim Meller Timo Niemelä Petri Pohjonen	3:11.18	q

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	France	Marc Raquil Pascal Lucéa Philippe Bouche Robert Loubli	3:07.93	Q
2	Czech Republic	David Nikodým Lukáš Souček Jan Štejfa Jiří Mužík	3:09.04	Q
3	Great Britain	Clayton Archer Geoff Dearman Nick Budden Mark Hylton	3:12.17	Q
4	Ukraine	Vladimír Rybalka Andriy Tverdostup Sergey Kosenko Rostislav Mestechkin	3:12.37

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

•   Czech Republic (4)
•   Finland (4)
•   France (5)
•   Germany (6)
•   Great Britain (5)
•   Italy (6)
•   Poland (5)
•   Sweden (5)
•   Ukraine (4)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 1st European Athletics U23 Championships - Turku, Finland 10.7. - 13.7.1997 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 5–16, archived (PDF) from the original on 4 November 2013, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. Gordon, Ed, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014