Men's 4 x 400m Relay - 1997 World Outdoor Championships

IAAF World Outdoor Championships
Athens, Greece
August 10, 1997
Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Results:
1) Great Britain - 2:56.65
(Iwan Thomas, Roger Black,
Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson)
2) Jamaica - 2:56.75 NR
(Michael McDonald, Gregory Haughton,
Danny McFarlane, Davian Clarke)
3) Poland - 3:00.26
(Tomasz Czubak, Piotr Rysiukiewicz,
Piotr Haczek, Robert Maćkowiak
4) South Africa - 3:00.26. NR
(Arnaud Malherbe, Hezekiel Sepeng,
Hendrik Mokganyetsi, Llewellyn Herbert)
5) France - 3:01.07
(Jean-Louis Rapnouil, Marc Foucan,
Fred Mango, Stephane Diagana)
6) Zimbabwe - 3:01.43
(Tawanda Chiwira, Phillip Mukomana,
Savieri Ngidhi, Ken Harnden)
7) Italy - 3:01.52
(Ashraf Saber, Marco Vaccari,
Andrea Nuti, Fabrizio Mori)
-- United States - DQ
(Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew,
Chris Jones, Tyree Washington)

[@Dynamics416]

One of the best 4x4 finals in major championship. Not including the world record runs, I'd say 91 & 97 WCs, and 96 OG's are my favs. Was also great NBC had Michael Johnson in the booth commentating during these championships. The start of a great broadcasting career.

[@KEVIN-tx6bt]

Great race! The upload is much appreciated!

[@darrenshaw767]

Great race, I always felt Mark Richardson should have tucked in behind Washington like Akabussi did on Pettigrew in 91 . Richardson ran the whole top bend in lane 2 putting yards on his lap. It was all immaterial anyway as the US were to be stripped of the gold after Pettigrews admission of drug taking.

[@carolinehirst4921]

Baulch went too quick again as well as he had loads of speed but didn't time it right as he could have matched the American in the straight.

[@DGF2]

Fantastic race!! Awesome to have MJ calling the race (perfect timing on that reference to Jones' flat speed), and Allen Johnson in the booth after doing his unexpected part in the semis. Mixed feelings though with the IOC disciplining Young. RIP Antonio Pettigrew🙏🏾

[@roybean7166]

Great race !

[@churlishly]

I never understood why Baulch went hard so early in this and the 96 OG instead of sitting and biding his time - surely could have won gold for GB in this one (albeit they got gold retrospectively but it's not the same).

[@Dynamics416]

Simple, immaturity.

[@malehumanperson7901]

I used to scream at the TV every time he ran a relay leg for GB because he would ALWAYS screw it up by accelerating in the first 200. He just ran like an idiot.

[@gezzarandom]

Why didn’t Michael Johnson run? He wasn’t injured