Athletics World Championships 1997 at Athînai (gre) Men: 4 x 400 m Relay August 10: Final: 1. USA (Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, Tyree Washington) 2:56.47 2. Great Britain (Ewan Thomas, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson) 2:56.65 3. Jamaica (Michael McDonald, Greg Haughton, Danny McFarlane, Davian Clarke) 2:56.75 4. Poland (Tomasz Czubak, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Haczek, Robert Mackowiak) 3:00.26 5. South Africa (Arnaud Malherbe, Hezekiél Sepeng, Hendrick Mokganyetsi, Llewellyn Herbert) 3:00.26 6. France (Jean-Louis Rapnouil, Marc Foucan, Fred Mango, Stéphane Diagana) 3:01.06 7. Zimbabwe (Tawanda Chiwira, Phillip Mukomana, Savieri Ngidhi, Ken Harnden) 3:01.43 8. Italy (Ashraf Saber, Marco Vaccari, Andrea Nuti, Fabrizio Mori) 3:01.52