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

None 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 Great BritainIwan ThomasRoger BlackJamie BaulchMark RichardsonMark Hylton*Michael McDonaldGregory HaughtonDanny McFarlaneDavian ClarkeLinval Laird*Tomasz CzubakPiotr RysiukiewiczPiotr HaczekRobert Maćkowiak * 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 01 1 2 Tomasz Czubak, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Haczek, Robert Maćkowiak 2:59.91 Q, NR 02 2 2 Linval Laird, Davian Clarke, Gregory Haughton, Danny McFarlane 2:59.98 Q, SB 03 3 1 Great Britain Mark Hylton, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas 3:00.19 Q 04 4 2 Arnaud Malherbe, Hezekiel Sepeng, Hendrik Mokganyetsi, Llewellyn Herbert 3:00.19 q, NR 05 5 3 Tawanda Chiwira, Phillip Mukomana, Savieri Ngidhi, Ken Harnden 3:00.19 Q, NR 06 6 3 Ashraf Saber, Marco Vaccari, Andrea Nuti, Fabrizio Mori 3:01.75 q, SB 07 7 1 Jean-Louis Rapnouil, Marc Foucan, Fred Mango, Stephane Diagana 3:01.76 Q, SB 08 8 1 Christoph Postinger, Thomas Griesser, Andreas Rechbauer, Rafik Elouardi 3:02.95 NR 09 9 2 Mikhail Vdovin, Innokentiy Zharov, Dmitriy Golovastov, Ruslan Mashchenko 3:03.35 10 3 Shunji Karube, Seiji Inagaki, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Shigekazu Omori 3:03.35 SB 11 1 Ayuba Machen, Tony Ogbeta, Udeme Ekpeyong, Clement Chukwu 3:04.19 12 2 Sergejs Inšakovs, Egīls Tēbelis, Einārs Tupurītis, Ingūns Svikliņš 3:04.30 NR 13 1 Samir-Adel Louahla, Talhaodi Kamel, Malik-Khaled Louahla, Amar Hacini 3:05.22 14 3 Laurent Clerc, Kevin Widmer, Matthias Rusterholz, Marcel Schelbert 3:05.34 SB 15 1 César Martínez, Antonio Andres, Pablo Jaime Vallejo, David Canal 3:05.34 15 2 Panagiotis Sarris, Konstantinos Moumoulidis, Georgios Batsikas, Periklis Iakovakis 3:05.43 NR 16 3 Jan Poděbradský, Jiří Svenek, Jan Stejfa, Jiří Mužík 3:05.65 17 1 Justice Dipeba, Lulu Basinyi, Rampa Mosweu, Johnson Kubisa 3:05.96 NR 99 3 Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, Allen Johnson 99:99.99 DQ Final Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Great BritainIwan 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 Maćkowiak3:00.264Arnaud Malherbe, Hezekiel Sepeng, Hendrik Mokganyetsi, Llewellyn Herbert3:00.26NR5Jean-Louis Rapnouil, Marc Foucan, Fred Mango, Stephane Diagana3:01.076Tawanda Chiwira, Phillip Mukomana, Savieri Ngidhi, Ken Harnden3:01.437Ashraf Saber, Marco Vaccari, Andrea Nuti, Fabrizio Mori3:01.528 DSQJerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, Tyree Washington9:59.99 2:56.47 References Results IAAF - Mens 4x400 Metres Relay Category:Relays at the World Athletics Championships