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

Events at the
1997 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

These are the results of the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Germany
Anke Feller
Uta Rohländer
Anja Rücker
Grit Breuer 		 United States
Maicel Malone-Wallace
Kim Graham
Kim Batten
Jearl Miles Clark
Michele Collins*
Natasha Kaiser-Brown* 		 Jamaica
Inez Turner
Lorraine Graham
Deon Hemmings
Sandie Richards
Nadia Graham-Hutchinson*

* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 1  Germany Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer, Anja Rücker, Grit Breuer 3:24.70 Q, SB
2 1  Czech Republic Naděžda Koštovalová, Hana Benešová, Ludmila Formanová, Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová 3:25.11 Q
3 2  United States Michele Collins, Kim Graham, Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Maicel Malone-Wallace 3:25.37 Q, SB
4 2  Jamaica Nadia Graham-Hutchinson, Lorraine Graham, Inez Turner, Sandie Richards 3:25.53 Q, SB
5 1  Great Britain Allison Curbishley, Michelle Pierre, Michelle Thomas, Donna Fraser 3:25.78 Q
6 2  Russia Tatyana Chebykina, Yuliya Tarasenko, Yekaterina Kulikova, Olga Kotlyarova 3:25.83 Q
7 1  Nigeria Doris Jacob, Olabisi Afolabi, Saidat Onanuga, Falilat Ogunkoya 3:27.94 q
8 2  Italy Danielle Perpoli, Patrizia Spuri, Francesca Carbone, Virna De Angeli 3:30.34 q
9 1  Hungary Annamária Bori, Barbara Petráhn, Alice Kun, Judit Szekeres 3:35.56
10 2  Greece Chrysoula Goudenoudi, Maria Pachatouridou, Christina Panagou, Marina Vasarmidou 3:37.14

Final

Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer, Anja Rücker, Grit Breuer 3:20.92 WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States Maicel Malone-Wallace, Kim Graham, Kim Batten, Jearl Miles Clark 3:21.03 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Jamaica Inez Turner, Lorraine Graham, Deon Hemmings, Sandie Richards 3:21.30 NR
4  Russia Tatyana Chebykina, Olga Kotlyarova, Yekaterina Kulikova, Tatyana Alekseyeva 3:21.57 SB
5  Czech Republic Naděžda Koštovalová, Ludmila Formanová, Hana Benešová, Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová 3:23.73
6  Great Britain Allison Curbishley, Michelle Pierre, Michelle Thomas, Donna Fraser 3:26.27
7  Nigeria Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Doris Jacob, Falilat Ogunkoya 3:30.04
8  Italy Patrizia Spuri, Francesca Carbone, Carla Barbarino, Virna De Angeli 3:30.63

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