1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 100 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		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

The men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 12 and 13 July 1997.^[1][2]

Gold	Dan Money Marlon Devonish Jamie Henthorn Julian Golding  Great Britain
Silver	Marcin Krzywański Dariusz Adamczyk Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk  Poland
Bronze	Alexander Kosenkow Eduard Martin Patrick Weimer Uwe Eisenbeis  Germany

13 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Great Britain	Dan Money Marlon Devonish Jamie Henthorn Julian Golding	38.99
	Poland	Marcin Krzywański Dariusz Adamczyk Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk	39.27
	Germany	Alexander Kosenkow Eduard Martin Patrick Weimer Uwe Eisenbeis	39.45
4	Italy	Francesco Scuderi Giulio Ibba Michele Paggi Alessandro Attene	39.71
5	France	Jérôme Éyana David Patros Ruddy Zami Sébastien Jamain	39.74
6	Russia	Aleksandr Rodchenko Sergey Bychkov Leonard Koryukov Sergey Slukin	40.55
7	Sweden	Niclas Brorström Niklas Sjöstrand Mathias Krigh Peter Häggström	41.27
	Norway	Kenneth Halhjem Thomas Mellin-Olsen Martin Blekkerud Vegar Hollas	DNF

12 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Poland	Marcin Krzywański Dariusz Adamczyk Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk	39.56	Q
2	Germany	Alexander Kosenkow Eduard Martin Patrick Weimer Uwe Eisenbeis	40.18	Q
3	Norway	Kenneth Halhjem Thomas Mellin-Olsen Martin Blekkerud Vegar Hollas	40.50	Q
4	Russia	Leonard Koryukov Sergey Bychkov Aleksandr Rodchenko Sergey Slukin	40.54	q
	Spain	José Illán Venancio José Diego Santos Eduardo Ugarte	DNF

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Italy	Gabriele Carubini Giulio Ibba Michele Paggi Francesco Scuderi	39.74	Q
2	France	Jérôme Éyana David Patros Ruddy Zami Sébastien Jamain	39.90	Q
3	Great Britain	Dan Money Marlon Devonish Jamie Henthorn Ross Baillie	39.99	Q
4	Sweden	Niclas Brorström Niklas Sjöstrand Mathias Krigh Peter Häggström	40.37	q
5	Hungary	Gábor Kovács László Babály Géza Pauer Gábor Dobos	40.72
6	Greece	Panagiótis Sarris Panagiótis Mandelidis Vasilios Segos Georgios Batsikas	41.47

According to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.