title: Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
text: # Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
  
  The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy, on 30 and 31 August.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Great Britain | Richard Knowles, Chris Rawlinson, Jared Deacon, Mark Sesay | 3:04.97 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Australia | Patrick Dwyer, Lewis Rangott, Brad Jamieson, Declan Stack | 3:05.07 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Jamaica | Linval Laird, Garth Robinson, Dennis Blake, Ian Weakley | 3:05.25 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | United States | Tony Wheeler, Octavius Terry, David Dopek, ? | 3:05.38 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Germany | Jens Dautzenberg, Alexander Müller, Nico Motchebon, Uwe Eisenbeis | 3:05.91 | q |
  | 6 | 2 | Russia | Vladislav Shiryayev, Dmitriy Guzov, Dmitriy Golovastov, Stanislav Gabidulin | 3:05.95 | q |
  | 7 | 3 | South Africa | Mario Toerien, Adriaan Botha, Barnaby Shone, ? | 3:07.13 | Q |
  | 8 | 3 | Nigeria | Kenneth Enyiazu, Yakubi Bello, Udeme Ekpeyong, Clement Chukwu | 3:07.93 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | Poland | Grzegorz Krzosek, Paweł Januszewski, Bartosz Gruman, Piotr Długosielski | 3:09.17 | |
  | 10 | 1 | Austria | Rafik Elouardi, Martin Lachkovics, Andreas Rechbauer, Christoph Pöstinger | 3:10.01 | |
  | 11 | 3 | Switzerland | Thomas Portmann, Adrian Melliger, Daniel Dubois, Marcel Schelbert | 3:10.91 | |
  | 12 | 3 | Botswana | Justice Dipeba, Rampa Mosweu, Paohane Bothale, Modise Bakupi | 3:11.40 | |
  | 13 | 2 | Namibia | Immanuel Kharigub, Christie van Wyk, Erwin Naimhwaka, Willie Smith | 3:15.13 | |
  | 14 | 1 | Canada | Alexandre Marchand, Laurier Primeau, Daryl Fillion, Jeff Hayhoe | 3:19.09 | |
  | 15 | 3 | Jordan | Nidal Shelbaya, Omar Khalaf, Raiea Khrasat, Ahmed Faquieh | 3:30.52 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | United States | Jerome Davis, Bryan Woodward, Octavius Terry, Tony Wheeler | 3:02.53 |
  | | Jamaica | Dennis Blake, Linval Laird, Ian Weakley, Garth Robinson | 3:02.68 |
  | | Great Britain | Richard Knowles, Sean Baldock, Mark Sesay, Jared Deacon | 3:02.74 |
  | 4 | South Africa | Llewellyn Herbert, Mario Toerien, Adriaan Botha, Arnaud Malherbe | 3:05.33 |
  | 5 | Russia | Stanislav Gabidulin, Dmitriy Guzov, Dmitriy Golovastov, Ruslan Mashchenko | 3:05.81 |
  | 6 | Australia | Brad Jamieson, Declan Stack, Lewis Rangott, Patrick Dwyer | 3:06.52 |
  | 7 | Nigeria | Kenneth Enyiazu, Yakubi Bello, Udeme Ekpeyong, Clement Chukwu | 3:06.56 |
  | 8 | Germany | Nico Motchebon, Uwe Eisenbeis, Alexander Müller, Jens Dautzenberg | 3:06.66 |
  