1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
These are the results of the Women's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.
Medalists
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat plus the 2 fastest times advance to the [|final].| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anke Feller, Uta Rohlander, Anja Rucker, Grit Breuer | 3:24.70 | Q, SB | ||
| 1 | Naděžda Koštovalová, Hana Benešová, Ludmila Formanová, Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová | 3:25.11 | Q | ||
| 2 | Michele Collins, Kim Graham, Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Maicel Malone-Wallace | 3:25.37 | Q, SB | ||
| 2 | Nadia Graham-Hutchinson, Lorraine Graham, Inez Turner, Sandie Richards | 3:25.53 | Q, SB | ||
| 1 | Allison Curbishley, Michelle Pierre, Michelle Thomas, Donna Fraser | 3:25.78 | Q | ||
| 2 | Tatyana Chebykina, Yuliya Tarasenko, Yekaterina Kulikova, Olga Kotlyarova | 3:25.83 | Q | ||
| 1 | Doris Jacob, Olabisi Afolabi, Saidat Onanuga, Falilat Ogunkoya | 3:27.94 | q | ||
| 2 | Danielle Perpoli, Patrizia Spuri, Francesca Carbone, Virna De Angeli | 3:30.34 | q | ||
| 1 | Annamária Bori, Barbara Petráhn, Alice Kun, Judit Szekeres | 3:35.56 | |||
| 10 | 2 | Chrysoula Goudenoudi, Maria Pachatouridou, Christina Panagou, Marina Vasarmidou | 3:37.14 |