1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States Jason Rouser Mark Everett Sean Maye Deon Minor	Jamaica Linval Laird Michael McDonald Dinsdale Morgan Greg Haughton Garth Robinson*	France Pierre-Marie Hilaire Rodrigue Nordin Loic Lerouge Fred Mango

* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Results

Heats

First 2 teams of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	Jamaica	Garth Robinson, Michael McDonald, Dinsdale Morgan, Greg Haughton	3:06.87	Q, WL
2	1	United States	Jason Rouser, Sean Maye, Mark Everett, Deon Minor	3:08.03	Q
3	1	Austria	Martin Lachkovics, Rafik Elouardi, Andreas Rechbauer, Thomas Griesser	3:08.37	Q
4	1	Japan	Shunji Karube, Dai Tamesue, Masayoshi Kan, Shigekazu Ōmori	3:08.58	q
5	1	Russia	Dmitriy Bey, Dmitriy Kosov, Dmitriy Guzov, Dmitriy Golovastov	3:08.85	q
6	2	France	Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Rodrigue Nordin, Loic Lerouge, Fred Mango	3:09.50	Q
7	2	Italy	Andrea Nuti, Alessandro Aimar, Ashraf Saber, Marco Vaccari	3:09.98
8	1	Brazil	Claudinei da Silva, Osmar dos Santos, Flávio Godoy, Geraldo Maranhão Jr.	3:10.50
9	2	Mexico	Alejandro Cárdenas, Juan Vallín, Alberto Araujo, Juan Pedro Toledo	3:11.41
10	2	Great Britain	Guy Bullock, Richard Knowles, Sean Baldock, Adrian Patrick	3:14.55

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	United States	Jason Rouser, Mark Everett, Sean Maye, Deon Minor	3:04.93	WL
	Jamaica	Linval Laird, Michael McDonald, Dinsdale Morgan, Greg Haughton	3:08.11
	France	Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Rodrigue Nordin, Loic Lerouge, Fred Mango	3:09.68
4	Russia	Dmitriy Bey, Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Kosov, Dmitriy Golovastov	3:09.75
5	Austria	Martin Lachkovics, Rafik Elouardi, Andreas Rechbauer, Thomas Griesser	3:11.47
6	Japan	Shunji Karube, Dai Tamesue, Shigekazu Ōmori, Masayoshi Kan	3:20.18