Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy, on 30 and 31 August.^[1]

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2			38.99	Q^[2]
2	3			39.22	Q
3	2			39.54	q^[3]
4	2			39.58	q
5	2			39.72	q
6	1			39.77	Q^[4]
7	1			39.81	q
8	1			40.06	q
9	1			40.15	^[5]
10	1			40.32
11	3			40.34
12	3			40.37
13	3			40.75
14	3			40.91
15	1			41.43
16	3			41.60
17	3			41.73
18	1			44.70
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	2
	2
	2

Final

^[6]

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
			38.48	^[7]
			38.52
			39.23	^[8]
4			39.39
5			39.48
6			39.82
				^[9]
				^[10]

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1997&CID=12983456 Results at Tilastopaja
2. News: Schweizer erfolgreich wie nie . 27 April 2020 . Thun Thuner Tagblatt . 1 September 1997 . 21 . German.
3. News: How Canada Fared . 1 January 2020 . 31 August 1997 . . 20.
4. https://issuu.com/cgxa/docs/alltimeesp_2012 Spanish toplist
5. Web site: Australian 1997/98 lists . 2014-09-30 . 2014-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091859/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/almanac/Almanac-1997-98.pdf . dead .
6. Web site: Results . 2014-09-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132326/http://wwwfisu.ulb.ac.be/html/sathletics.html . 2011-07-06 . dead .
7. https://web.archive.org/web/19980526075104/http://www.iaaf.org/rdb/pdf/outdoorlist38.pdf IAAF 1997 list
8. http://www.gbrathletics.com/bm/wsg.htm British WSG medalists
9. News: How Canada Fared . 1 January 2020 . 1 September 1997 . . 34.
10. https://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/report_atletismo_esp/1992_2000.pdf Spanish results