1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 x 100 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	Dan Money Marlon Devonish Jamie Henthorn Julian Golding   Great Britain
Silver	Marcin Krzywański Dariusz Adamczyk Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk   Poland
Bronze	Alexander Kosenkow Eduard Martin Patrick Weimer Uwe Eisenbeis   Germany

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Great Britain	Dan Money Marlon Devonish Jamie Henthorn Julian Golding	38.99
	Poland	Marcin Krzywański Dariusz Adamczyk Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk	39.27
	Germany	Alexander Kosenkow Eduard Martin Patrick Weimer Uwe Eisenbeis	39.45
4	Italy	Francesco Scuderi Giulio Ibba Michele Paggi Alessandro Attene	39.71
5	France	Jérôme Éyana David Patros Ruddy Zami Sébastien Jamain	39.74
6	Russia	Aleksandr Rodchenko Sergey Bychkov Leonard Koryukov Sergey Slukin	40.55
7	Sweden	Niclas Brorström Niklas Sjöstrand Mathias Krigh Peter Häggström	41.27
	Norway	Kenneth Halhjem Thomas Mellin-Olsen Martin Blekkerud Vegar Hollas	DNF

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Poland	Marcin Krzywański Dariusz Adamczyk Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk	39.56	Q
2	Germany	Alexander Kosenkow Eduard Martin Patrick Weimer Uwe Eisenbeis	40.18	Q
3	Norway	Kenneth Halhjem Thomas Mellin-Olsen Martin Blekkerud Vegar Hollas	40.50	Q
4	Russia	Leonard Koryukov Sergey Bychkov Aleksandr Rodchenko Sergey Slukin	40.54	q
	Spain	José Illán Venancio José Diego Santos Eduardo Ugarte	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Italy	Gabriele Carubini Giulio Ibba Michele Paggi Francesco Scuderi	39.74	Q
2	France	Jérôme Éyana David Patros Ruddy Zami Sébastien Jamain	39.90	Q
3	Great Britain	Dan Money Marlon Devonish Jamie Henthorn Ross Baillie	39.99	Q
4	Sweden	Niclas Brorström Niklas Sjöstrand Mathias Krigh Peter Häggström	40.37	q
5	Hungary	Gábor Kovács László Babály Géza Pauer Gábor Dobos	40.72
6	Greece	Panagiótis Sarris Panagiótis Mandelidis Vasilios Segos Georgios Batsikas	41.47

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

•   France (4)
•   Germany (4)
•   Great Britain (5)
•   Greece (4)
•   Hungary (4)
•   Italy (5)
•   Norway (4)
•   Poland (4)
•   Russia (4)
•   Spain (4)
•   Sweden (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, 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