1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

None The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9. Medalists RussiaTatyana ChebykinaSvetlana GoncharenkoOlga KotlyarovaTatyana AlekseyevaNatalya Sharova*Yekaterina Bakhvalova*United StatesShanelle PorterNatasha Kaiser-BrownAnita HowardJearl Miles ClarkCarlette Guidry*GermanyAnja RückerAnke FellerHeike MeißnerGrit BreuerAnja Knippel* * Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals. Results Heats First 2 teams of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.Heats results Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 Russia Tatyana Chebykina, Natalya Sharova, Yekaterina Bakhvalova, Tatyana Alekseyeva 3:29.85 Q, WL 2 2 Tatyana Movchan, Aelita Yurchenko, Galyna Misiruk, Olga Moroz 3:31.11 Q 3 2 Naděžda Koštovalová, Ludmila Formanová, Helena Fuchsová, Hana Benešová 3:31.11 q 4 1 Germany Anja Knippel, Anke Feller, Heike Meißner, Anja Rücker 3:31.56 Q 5 2 United States Anita Howard, Carlette Guidry, Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Jearl Miles Clark 3:31.87 q 6 1 Great Britain Michelle Thomas, Jennifer Stoute, Donna Fraser, Sally Gunnell 3:35.36 Q 7 1 France Marie-Line Scholent, Sandrine Thiébaud, Nicole Delars, Marie-Françoise Opheltès 3:35.39 Final Final results Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes Russia Tatyana Chebykina, Svetlana Goncharenko, Olga Kotlyarova, Tatyana Alekseyeva 3:26.84 WR United States Shanelle Porter, Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Anita Howard, Jearl Miles Clark 3:27.66 AR Germany Anja Rücker, Anke Feller, Heike Meißner, Grit Breuer 3:28.39 4 Naděžda Koštovalová, Ludmila Formanová, Helena Fuchsová, Hana Benešová 3:28.47 5 Tatyana Movchan, Aelita Yurchenko, Galyna Misiruk, Olga Moroz 3:30.43 NR 6 Great Britain Phylis Smith, Sally Gunnell, Michelle Thomas, Donna Fraser 3:32.25 NR References Relay Category:4 × 400 metres relay at the World Athletics Indoor Championships