1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women'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
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 women's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 13 July 1997.^[1][2]

Gold	Vicki Jamison Joanne Sloane Jeina Mitchell Allison Curbishley  Great Britain
Silver	Nicole Marahrens Shanta Ghosh Claudia Gesell Claudia Angerhausen  Germany
Bronze	Jitka Burianová Eva Kasalová Andrea Šuldesová Hana Benešová  Czech Republic

13 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Great Britain	Vicki Jamison Joanne Sloane Jeina Mitchell Allison Curbishley	3:32.81
	Germany	Nicole Marahrens Shanta Ghosh Claudia Gesell Claudia Angerhausen	3:33.77
	Czech Republic	Jitka Burianová Eva Kasalová Andrea Šuldesová Hana Benešová	3:33.83
4	Finland	Kirsi Kemppainen Riikka Niemelä Marika Engdal Heidi Suomi	3:34.88
5	Russia	Tatyana Levina Lyudmila Goncharova Larisa Bolenok Irina Rosikhina	3:35.21
6	Hungary	Alice Kun Judit Varga Orsolya Dóczi Annamária Bori	3:35.89
7	Italy	Federica Selis Lara Rocco Claudia Salvarani Manuela Caddeo	3:36.94

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.