1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
These are the results of the Men's 4 × 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 (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final .
Rank
Heat
Nation
Athletes
Time
Notes
1
2
Poland
Tomasz Czubak , Piotr Rysiukiewicz , Piotr Haczek , Robert Maćkowiak
2:59.91
Q, NR
2
2
Jamaica
Linval Laird , Davian Clarke , Gregory Haughton , Danny McFarlane
2:59.98
Q, SB
3
1
Great Britain
Mark Hylton , Roger Black , Jamie Baulch , Iwan Thomas
3:00.19
Q
4
2
South Africa
Arnaud Malherbe , Hezekiel Sepeng , Hendrik Mokganyetsi , Llewellyn Herbert
3:00.19
q, NR
5
3
Zimbabwe
Tawanda Chiwira , Phillip Mukomana , Savieri Ngidhi , Ken Harnden
3:00.19
Q, NR
6
3
Italy
Ashraf Saber , Marco Vaccari , Andrea Nuti , Fabrizio Mori
3:01.75
q, SB
7
1
France
Jean-Louis Rapnouil , Marc Foucan , Fred Mango , Stephane Diagana
3:01.76
Q, SB
8
1
Austria
Christoph Postinger , Thomas Griesser , Andreas Rechbauer , Rafik Elouardi
3:02.95
NR
9
2
Russia
Mikhail Vdovin , Innokentiy Zharov , Dmitriy Golovastov , Ruslan Mashchenko
3:03.35
10
3
Japan
Shunji Karube , Seiji Inagaki , Hiroyuki Hayashi , Shigekazu Omori
3:03.35
SB
11
1
Nigeria
Ayuba Machen , Tony Ogbeta , Udeme Ekpeyong , Clement Chukwu
3:04.19
12
2
Latvia
Sergejs Inšakovs , Egils Tebelis , Einars Tupuritis , Inguns Sviklins
3:04.30
NR
13
1
Algeria
Samir-Adel Louahla , Talhaodi Kamel , Malik-Khaled Louahla , Amar Hacini
3:05.22
14
3
Switzerland
Laurent Clerc , Kevin Widmer , Matthias Rusterholz , Marcel Schelbert
3:05.34
SB
15
1
Spain
César Martínez , Antonio Andres , Pablo Jaime Vallejo , David Canal
3:05.34
15
2
Greece
Panagiotis Sarris , Konstantinos Moumoulidis , Georgios Batsikas , Periklis Iakovakis
3:05.43
NR
16
3
Czech Republic
Jan Poděbradský , Jiří Svenek , Jan Stejfa , Jiří Mužík
3:05.65
17
1
Botswana
Justice Dipeba , Lulu Basinyi , Rampa Mosweu , Johnson Kubisa
3:05.96
NR
3
United States
Jerome Young , Antonio Pettigrew , Chris Jones , Allen Johnson
DQ
Final
Rank
Nation
Competitors
Time
Notes
Great Britain
Iwan Thomas , Roger Black , Jamie Baulch , Mark Richardson
2:56.65
Jamaica
Michael McDonald , Gregory Haughton , Danny McFarlane , Davian Clarke
2:56.75
NR
Poland
Tomasz Czubak , Piotr Rysiukiewicz , Piotr Haczek , Robert Maćkowiak
3:00.26
4
South Africa
Arnaud Malherbe , Hezekiel Sepeng , Hendrik Mokganyetsi , Llewellyn Herbert
3:00.26
NR
5
France
Jean-Louis Rapnouil , Marc Foucan , Fred Mango , Stephane Diagana
3:01.07
6
Zimbabwe
Tawanda Chiwira , Phillip Mukomana , Savieri Ngidhi , Ken Harnden
3:01.43
7
Italy
Ashraf Saber , Marco Vaccari , Andrea Nuti , Fabrizio Mori
3:01.52
DSQ
United States
Jerome Young , Antonio Pettigrew , Chris Jones , Tyree Washington
2:56.47
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