The men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 12 and 13 July 1997.

Medalists Gold Dan MoneyMarlon DevonishJamie HenthornJulian Golding Silver Marcin KrzywańskiDariusz AdamczykPiotr BalcerzakRyszard Pilarczyk Bronze Alexander KosenkowEduard MartinPatrick WeimerUwe Eisenbeis

Results Final 13 July Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Dan MoneyMarlon DevonishJamie HenthornJulian Golding 38.99 Marcin KrzywańskiDariusz AdamczykPiotr BalcerzakRyszard Pilarczyk 39.27 Alexander KosenkowEduard MartinPatrick WeimerUwe Eisenbeis 39.45 4 Francesco ScuderiGiulio IbbaMichele PaggiAlessandro Attene 39.71 5 Jérôme ÉyanaDavid PatrosRuddy ZamiSébastien Jamain 39.74 6 Aleksandr RodchenkoSergey BychkovLeonard KoryukovSergey Slukin 40.55 7 Niclas BrorströmNiklas SjöstrandMathias KrighPeter Häggström 41.27 Kenneth HalhjemThomas Mellin-OlsenMartin BlekkerudVegar Hollas DNF

Heats 12 July Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Marcin KrzywańskiDariusz AdamczykPiotr BalcerzakRyszard Pilarczyk 39.56 Q 2 Alexander KosenkowEduard MartinPatrick WeimerUwe Eisenbeis 40.18 Q 3 Kenneth HalhjemThomas Mellin-OlsenMartin BlekkerudVegar Hollas 40.50 Q 4 Leonard KoryukovSergey BychkovAleksandr RodchenkoSergey Slukin 40.54 q José IllánVenancio JoséDiego SantosEduardo Ugarte DNF

Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Gabriele CarubiniGiulio IbbaMichele PaggiFrancesco Scuderi 39.74 Q 2 Jérôme ÉyanaDavid PatrosRuddy ZamiSébastien Jamain 39.90 Q 3 Dan MoneyMarlon DevonishJamie HenthornRoss Baillie 39.99 Q 4 Niclas BrorströmNiklas SjöstrandMathias KrighPeter Häggström 40.37 q 5 Gábor KovácsLászló BabályGéza PauerGábor Dobos 40.72 6 Panagiótis SarrisPanagiótis MandelidisVasilios SegosGeorgios Batsikas 41.47

Participation According to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

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