1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

None The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 12 and 13 July 1997. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 1st European Athletics U23 Championships - Turku, Finland 10.7. - 13.7.1997 http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/26/77/85/Ostrava_StaGuide_English.pdf 5–16 European Athletics Association 24 October 2014 4 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131104110039/http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/26/77/85/Ostrava_StaGuide_English.pdf liveGordon Ed European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland) http://www.athletix.org/Results/97European-23.htm athletix.org 24 October 2014 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20071112060028/http://www.athletix.org/Results/97European-23.htm 12 November 2007 Medalists Gold Ryszard PilarczykPiotr DługosielskiJacek BocianPiotr Haczek POLSilver David NikodýmLukáš SoučekJan ŠtejfaJiří Mužík CZEBronze Thomas GollerMaik LiebeLars FiguraCarlos Gachanja GER Results Final 13 July Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes POL Ryszard PilarczykPiotr DługosielskiJacek BocianPiotr Haczek 3:03.07 CZE David NikodýmLukáš SoučekJan ŠtejfaJiří Mužík 3:04.13 GER Thomas GollerMaik LiebeLars FiguraCarlos Gachanja 3:04.32 4 FRA Xavier RavenetPhilippe BoucheMarc RaquilRobert Loubli 3:04.80 5 GBR Clayton ArcherRichard KnowlesNick BuddenMark Hylton 3:05.77 6 SWE Ruben NorlinJohan LanneforsBjörn EngströmJimisola Laursen 3:07.27 7 ITA Domenico RaoAndrea LongoAlessandro AtteneWalter Pirovano 3:08.00 8 FIN Jouni HaatainenKim MellerTimo NiemeläPetri Pohjonen 3:15.02 Heats 12 July Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 GER Ulrich SchnorrenbergerSebastian AryeeLars FiguraMaik Liebe 3:09.57 Q 2 POL Jacek BocianBartosz GrumanPiotr DługosielskiPiotr Haczek 3:10.10 Q 3 SWE Klas RingdahlRuben NorlinBjörn EngströmJohan Lannefors 3:10.19 Q 4 ITA Lorenzo FranculliMarco CagnazziDomenico RaoWalter Pirovano 3:10.55 q 5 FIN Jouni HaatainenKim MellerTimo NiemeläPetri Pohjonen 3:11.18 q Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 FRA Marc RaquilPascal LucéaPhilippe BoucheRobert Loubli 3:07.93 Q 2 CZE David NikodýmLukáš SoučekJan ŠtejfaJiří Mužík 3:09.04 Q 3 GBR Clayton ArcherGeoff DearmanNick BuddenMark Hylton 3:12.17 Q 4 UKR Vladimír RybalkaAndriy TverdostupSergey KosenkoRostislav Mestechkin 3:12.37 Participation According to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event. 22em CZE (4) FIN (4) FRA (5) GER (6) GBR (5) ITA (6) POL (5) SWE (5) UKR (4) References 4 x 400 metres relay Category:Relays at the European Athletics U23 Championships