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

These are the results of the Men's 4 x 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

Gold Silver Bronze
 Great Britain
Iwan Thomas
Roger Black
Jamie Baulch
Mark Richardson
Mark Hylton*		  Jamaica
Michael McDonald
Gregory Haughton
Danny McFarlane
Davian Clarke
Linval Laird*		  Poland
Tomasz Czubak
Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Piotr Haczek
Robert 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.

RankHeatNationAthletesTimeNotes
12 PolandTomasz Czubak, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Haczek, Robert Maćkowiak2:59.91Q, NR
22 JamaicaLinval Laird, Davian Clarke, Gregory Haughton, Danny McFarlane2:59.98Q, SB
31 Great BritainMark Hylton, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas3:00.19Q
42 South AfricaArnaud Malherbe, Hezekiel Sepeng, Hendrik Mokganyetsi, Llewellyn Herbert3:00.19q, NR
53 ZimbabweTawanda Chiwira, Phillip Mukomana, Savieri Ngidhi, Ken Harnden3:00.19Q, NR
63 ItalyAshraf Saber, Marco Vaccari, Andrea Nuti, Fabrizio Mori3:01.75q, SB
71 FranceJean-Louis Rapnouil, Marc Foucan, Fred Mango, Stephane Diagana3:01.76Q, SB
81 AustriaChristoph Postinger, Thomas Griesser, Andreas Rechbauer, Rafik Elouardi3:02.95NR
92 RussiaMikhail Vdovin, Innokentiy Zharov, Dmitriy Golovastov, Ruslan Mashchenko3:03.35
103 JapanShunji Karube, Seiji Inagaki, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Shigekazu Omori3:03.35SB
111 NigeriaAyuba Machen, Tony Ogbeta, Udeme Ekpeyong, Clement Chukwu3:04.19
122 LatviaSergejs Inšakovs, Egils Tebelis, Einars Tupuritis, Inguns Sviklins3:04.30NR
131 AlgeriaSamir-Adel Louahla, Talhaodi Kamel, Malik-Khaled Louahla, Amar Hacini3:05.22
143  SwitzerlandLaurent Clerc, Kevin Widmer, Matthias Rusterholz, Marcel Schelbert3:05.34SB
151 SpainCésar Martínez, Antonio Andres, Pablo Jaime Vallejo, David Canal3:05.34
152 GreecePanagiotis Sarris, Konstantinos Moumoulidis, Georgios Batsikas, Periklis Iakovakis3:05.43NR
163 Czech RepublicJan Poděbradský, Jiří Svenek, Jan Stejfa, Jiří Mužík3:05.65
171 BotswanaJustice Dipeba, Lulu Basinyi, Rampa Mosweu, Johnson Kubisa3:05.96NR
3 United StatesJerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, Allen JohnsonDQ

Final

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain Iwan Thomas, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson 2:56.65
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Jamaica Michael McDonald, Gregory Haughton, Danny McFarlane, Davian Clarke 2:56.75 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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

References

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