1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay


These are the results of the Men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.
The gold medal was originally won by the US team, but the team were retrospectively disqualified in 2009 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.

Medalists

* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat plus the 2 fastest times advance to the [|final].
RankHeatNationAthletesTimeNotes
2Tomasz Czubak, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Haczek, Robert Maćkowiak2:59.91Q, NR
2Linval Laird, Davian Clarke, Gregory Haughton, Danny McFarlane2:59.98Q, SB
1Mark Hylton, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas3:00.19Q
2Arnaud Malherbe, Hezekiel Sepeng, Hendrik Mokganyetsi, Llewellyn Herbert3:00.19q, NR
3Tawanda Chiwira, Phillip Mukomana, Savieri Ngidhi, Ken Harnden3:00.19Q, NR
3Ashraf Saber, Marco Vaccari, Andrea Nuti, Fabrizio Mori3:01.75q, SB
1Jean-Louis Rapnouil, Marc Foucan, Fred Mango, Stephane Diagana3:01.76Q, SB
1Christoph Postinger, Thomas Griesser, Andreas Rechbauer, Rafik Elouardi3:02.95NR
2Mikhail Vdovin, Innokentiy Zharov, Dmitriy Golovastov, Ruslan Mashchenko3:03.35
103Shunji Karube, Seiji Inagaki, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Shigekazu Omori3:03.35SB
111Ayuba Machen, Tony Ogbeta, Udeme Ekpeyong, Clement Chukwu3:04.19
122Sergejs Inšakovs, Egils Tebelis, Einars Tupuritis, Inguns Sviklins3:04.30NR
131Samir-Adel Louahla, Talhaodi Kamel, Malik-Khaled Louahla, Amar Hacini3:05.22
143Laurent Clerc, Kevin Widmer, Matthias Rusterholz, Marcel Schelbert3:05.34SB
151César Martínez, Antonio Andres, Pablo Jaime Vallejo, David Canal3:05.34
152Panagiotis Sarris, Konstantinos Moumoulidis, Georgios Batsikas, Periklis Iakovakis3:05.43NR
163Jan Poděbradský, Jiří Svenek, Jan Stejfa, Jiří Mužík3:05.65
171Justice Dipeba, Lulu Basinyi, Rampa Mosweu, Johnson Kubisa3:05.96NR
3Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, Allen Johnson

Final

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Iwan Thomas, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson2:56.65
Michael McDonald, Gregory Haughton, Danny McFarlane, Davian Clarke2:56.75NR
Tomasz Czubak, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Haczek, Robert Maćkowiak3:00.26
4Arnaud Malherbe, Hezekiel Sepeng, Hendrik Mokganyetsi, Llewellyn Herbert3:00.26NR
5Jean-Louis Rapnouil, Marc Foucan, Fred Mango, Stephane Diagana3:01.07
6Tawanda Chiwira, Phillip Mukomana, Savieri Ngidhi, Ken Harnden3:01.43
7Ashraf Saber, Marco Vaccari, Andrea Nuti, Fabrizio Mori3:01.52
DSQJerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, Tyree Washington