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

1997 European Athletics U23 Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Ryszard Pilarczyk Piotr Długosielski Jacek Bocian Piotr Haczek  Poland
Silver	Jiří Mužík  Czech Republic
Bronze	Thomas Goller Lars Figura  Germany

Results[]

Final[]

13 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Poland	Ryszard Pilarczyk Piotr Długosielski Jacek Bocian Piotr Haczek	3:03.07
	Czech Republic	Jiří Mužík	3:04.13
	Germany	Thomas Goller Lars Figura	3:04.32
4	France	Marc Raquil	3:04.80
5	Great Britain	Mark Hylton	3:05.77
6	Sweden	Jimisola Laursen	3:07.27
7	Italy	Domenico Rao Andrea Longo Alessandro Attene	3:08.00
8	Finland		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	Germany	Lars Figura	3:09.57	Q
2	Poland	Jacek Bocian Piotr Długosielski Piotr Haczek	3:10.10	Q
3	Sweden		3:10.19	Q
4	Italy	Domenico Rao	3:10.55	q
5	Finland		3:11.18	q

Heat 2[]

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	France	Marc Raquil	3:07.93	Q
2	Czech Republic	Jiří Mužík	3:09.04	Q
3	Great Britain	Mark Hylton	3:12.17	Q
4	Ukraine	Andriy Tverdostup	3:12.37

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References[]