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1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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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]

Medalists

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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

Results

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Final

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13 July

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Poland Ryszard Pilarczyk
Piotr Długosielski
Jacek Bocian
Piotr Haczek
3:03.07
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Czech Republic David Nikodým
Lukáš Souček
Jan Štejfa
Jiří Mužík
3:04.13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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  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

Heat 2

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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

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 9 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, archived (PDF) from the original on 4 November 2013, 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)