1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.
Medalists
Results
Heats
First 2 teams of each heat and the next 2 fastest qualified for the final.| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Garth Robinson, Michael McDonald, Dinsdale Morgan, Greg Haughton | 3:06.87 | Q, WL | |
| 2 | 1 | Jason Rouser, Sean Maye, Mark Everett, Deon Minor | 3:08.03 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Martin Lachkovics, Rafik Elouardi, Andreas Rechbauer, Thomas Griesser | 3:08.37 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Shunji Karube, Dai Tamesue, Masayoshi Kan, Shigekazu Ōmori | 3:08.58 | q | |
| 5 | 1 | Dmitriy Bey, Dmitriy Kosov, Dmitriy Guzov, Dmitriy Golovastov | 3:08.85 | q | |
| 6 | 2 | Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Rodrigue Nordin, Loic Lerouge, Fred Mango | 3:09.50 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | Andrea Nuti, Alessandro Aimar, Ashraf Saber, Marco Vaccari | 3:09.98 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Claudinei da Silva, Osmar dos Santos, Flávio Godoy, Geraldo Maranhão Jr. | 3:10.50 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Alejandro Cárdenas, Juan Vallín, Alberto Araujo, Juan Pedro Toledo | 3:11.41 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Guy Bullock, Richard Knowles, Sean Baldock, Adrian Patrick | 3:14.55 |
Final
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| Jason Rouser, Mark Everett, Sean Maye, Deon Minor | 3:04.93 | WL | ||
| Linval Laird, Michael McDonald, Dinsdale Morgan, Greg Haughton | 3:08.11 | |||
| Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Rodrigue Nordin, Loic Lerouge, Fred Mango | 3:09.68 | |||
| 4 | Dmitriy Bey, Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Kosov, Dmitriy Golovastov | 3:09.75 | ||
| 5 | Martin Lachkovics, Rafik Elouardi, Andreas Rechbauer, Thomas Griesser | 3:11.47 | ||
| 6 | Shunji Karube, Dai Tamesue, Shigekazu Ōmori, Masayoshi Kan | 3:20.18 |