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

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.

Medalists

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Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Tatyana Alekseyeva Natalya Sharova Yekaterina Bakhvalova

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Shanelle Porter Natasha Kaiser-Brown Anita Howard Jearl Miles Clark Carlette Guidry

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Anja Rücker Anke Feller Heike Meißner Grit Breuer Anja Knippel

* 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.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2			3:29.85	Q, WL
2	2			3:31.11	Q
3	2			3:31.11	q
4	1			3:31.56	Q
5	2			3:31.87	q
6	1			3:35.36	Q
7	1			3:35.39

Final

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Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
			3:26.84	WR
			3:27.66	AR
			3:28.39
4			3:28.47
5			3:30.43	NR
6			3:32.25	NR

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819045139/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/w/4x4/rr1.html Heats results
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819043003/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/w/4x4/rf.html Final results