IAAF World Championships
Olympic Stadium, Athina (GRE)
02–10 AUG 1997
OW
Men's 4x400 Metres Relay
Final
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Great Britain & NI Iwan THOMAS, Roger BLACK, Jamie BAULCH, Mark RICHARDSON | GBR | 2:56.65 | |
| 2. | Jamaica Michael MCDONALD, Gregory HAUGHTON, Danny MCFARLANE, Davian CLARKE | JAM | 2:56.75 | |
| 3. | Poland Tomasz CZUBAK, Piotr RYSIUKIEWICZ, Piotr HACZEK, Robert MAĆKOWIAK | POL | 3:00.26 | |
| 4. | South Africa Arnaud MALHERBE, Hezekiel SEPENG, Hendrick MOKGANYETSI, Llewellyn HERBERT | RSA | 3:00.26 | |
| 5. | France Jean-Louis RAPNOUIL, Marc FOUCAN, Fred MANGO, Stéphane DIAGANA | FRA | 3:01.06 | |
| 6. | Zimbabwe Tavanda CHIWIRA, Philip MUKOMANA, Savieri NGIDHI, Kenneth HARNDEN | ZIM | 3:01.43 | |
| 7. | Italy Ashraf SABER, Marco VACCARI, Andrea NUTI, Fabrizio MORI | ITA | 3:01.52 | |
| - | United States Jerome YOUNG, Antonio PETTIGREW, Chris JONES, Tyree WASHINGTON | USA | DQ |
Semifinal - Heat 1
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Great Britain & NI Mark HYLTON, Roger BLACK, Jamie BAULCH, Iwan THOMAS | GBR | 3:00.19 | |
| 2. | France Jean-Louis RAPNOUIL, Marc FOUCAN, Fred MANGO, Stéphane DIAGANA | FRA | 3:01.76 | |
| 3. | Austria Christoph PÖSTINGER, Thomas GRIESSER, Andreas RECHBAUER, Rafik ELOUARDI | AUT | 3:02.95 | |
| 4. | Nigeria Ayuba MACHEM, Tony OGBETA, Udeme EKPEYONG, Clement CHUKWU | NGR | 3:04.19 | |
| 5. | Algeria Samir LOUAHLA, Kamel TALHAOUI, Malik LOUAHLA, Amar HECINI | ALG | 3:05.22 | |
| 6. | Spain Cesar MARTÍNEZ, Antonio ANDRÉS, Pablo Jaime VALLEJO, David CANAL | ESP | 3:05.40 | |
| 7. | Botswana Justice DIPEBA, Lulu BASINYI, Rampa MOSWEU, Johnson KUBISA | BOT | 3:05.96 |
Semifinal - Heat 2
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Poland Tomasz CZUBAK, Piotr RYSIUKIEWICZ, Piotr HACZEK, Robert MAĆKOWIAK | POL | 2:59.91 | |
| 3. | South Africa Arnaud MALHERBE, Hezekiel SEPENG, Hendrick MOKGANYETSI, Llewellyn HERBERT | RSA | 3:00.58 | |
| 4. | Russia Mikhail VDOVIN, Innokentiy ZHAROV, Dmitriy GOLOVASTOV, Ruslan MASHCHENKO | RUS | 3:03.35 | |
| 5. | Latvia Sergejs INŠAKOVS, Egils TEBELIS, Einārs TUPURĪTIS, Ingūns SVIKLIŅŠ | LAT | 3:04.30 | |
| 6. | Greece Panagiotis SARRIS, Konstantinos MOUMOULIDIS, Georgios BATSIKAS, Periklis IAKOVAKIS | GRE | 3:05.43 |
Semifinal - Heat 3
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Zimbabwe Tavanda CHIWIRA, Philip MUKOMANA, Savieri NGIDHI, Kenneth HARNDEN | ZIM | 3:00.79 | |
| 2. | Italy Ashraf SABER, Marco VACCARI, Andrea NUTI, Fabrizio MORI | ITA | 3:01.75 | |
| 3. | Japan Shunji KARUBE, Seiji INAGAKI, Hiroyuki HAYASHI, Shigekazu OMORI | JPN | 3:03.85 | |
| 4. | Switzerland Laurent CLERC, Kevin WIDMER, Mathias RUSTERHOLZ, Marcel SCHELBERT | SUI | 3:05.34 | |
| 5. | Czech Republic Jan PODĚBRADSKÝ, Jiří SVENEK, Jan ŠTEJFA, Jiří MUŽÍK | CZE | 3:05.65 | |
| - | United States Jerome YOUNG, Antonio PETTIGREW, Chris JONES, Allen JOHNSON | USA | DQ |
Round 1 - Heat 2
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | Jamaica Linval LAIRD, Davian CLARKE, Gregory HAUGHTON, Danny MCFARLANE | JAM | 2:59.98 |