Women's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. br br 1 Germany Anke Feller, Uta Rohlander, Anja Rucker, Grit Breuer 3:20.92 WL br 2 United States Maicel Malone-Wallace, Kim Graham, Kim Batten, Jearl Miles-Clark 3:21.03 SB br 3 Jamaica Inez Turner, Lorraine Graham, Deon Hemmings, Sandie Richards 3:21.30 NR br 4 Russia Tatyana Chebykina, Olga Kotlyarova, Yekaterina Kulikova, Tatyana Alekseyeva 3:21.57 SB br 5 Czech Republic Naděžda Koštovalová, Ludmila Formanová, Hana Benešová, Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová 3:23.73 br 6 Great Britain Allison Curbishley, Michelle Pierre, Michelle Thomas, Donna Fraser 3:26.27 br 7 Nigeria Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Doris Jacob, Falilat Ogunkoya 3:30.