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		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 400 metres relay event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 12 and 13 July 1997.^[1][2]

Gold	Ryszard Pilarczyk Piotr Długosielski Jacek Bocian Piotr Haczek  Poland
Silver	David Nikodým Lukáš Souček Jan Štejfa Jiří Mužík  Czech Republic
Bronze	Thomas Goller Maik Liebe Lars Figura Carlos Gachanja  Germany

13 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Poland	Ryszard Pilarczyk Piotr Długosielski Jacek Bocian Piotr Haczek	3:03.07
	Czech Republic	David Nikodým Lukáš Souček Jan Štejfa Jiří Mužík	3:04.13
	Germany	Thomas Goller Maik Liebe Lars Figura Carlos Gachanja	3:04.32
4	France	Xavier Ravenet Philippe Bouche Marc Raquil Robert Loubli	3:04.80
5	Great Britain	Clayton Archer Richard Knowles Nick Budden Mark Hylton	3:05.77
6	Sweden	Ruben Norlin Johan Lannefors Björn Engström Jimisola Laursen	3:07.27
7	Italy	Domenico Rao Andrea Longo Alessandro Attene Walter Pirovano	3:08.00
8	Finland	Jouni Haatainen Kim Meller Timo Niemelä Petri Pohjonen	3:15.02

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

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Germany	Ulrich Schnorrenberger Sebastian Aryee Lars Figura Maik Liebe	3:09.57	Q
2	Poland	Jacek Bocian Bartosz Gruman Piotr Długosielski Piotr Haczek	3:10.10	Q
3	Sweden	Klas Ringdahl Ruben Norlin Björn Engström Johan Lannefors	3:10.19	Q
4	Italy	Lorenzo Franculli Marco Cagnazzi Domenico Rao Walter Pirovano	3:10.55	q
5	Finland	Jouni Haatainen Kim Meller Timo Niemelä Petri Pohjonen	3:11.18	q

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	France	Marc Raquil Pascal Lucéa Philippe Bouche Robert Loubli	3:07.93	Q
2	Czech Republic	David Nikodým Lukáš Souček Jan Štejfa Jiří Mužík	3:09.04	Q
3	Great Britain	Clayton Archer Geoff Dearman Nick Budden Mark Hylton	3:12.17	Q
4	Ukraine	Vladimír Rybalka Andriy Tverdostup Sergey Kosenko Rostislav Mestechkin	3:12.37

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