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

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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]

Medalists

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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

Results

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Final

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13 July

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain Dan Money
Marlon Devonish
Jamie Henthorn
Julian Golding
38.99
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Poland Marcin Krzywański
Dariusz Adamczyk
Piotr Balcerzak
Ryszard Pilarczyk
39.27
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

Heats

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

Heat 1

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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

Heat 2

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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

Participation

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

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 1st European Athletics U23 Championships - Turku, Finland 10.7. - 13.7.1997 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 5–16, retrieved 24 October 2014
  2. ^ Gordon, Ed, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)