Germany win women's 4x400m 1997 World Athletics Championships - Grit Bruer 48.73 relay split

Germany won the gold medal in the women's 4x400m relay at the 6th IAAF World Championships in Athletics held in Athens, Greece, on August 10, 1997. The German quartet clocked a time of 3:20.92. The United States secured silver in 3:21.03, and Jamaica took bronze in 3:21.30. The 1997 4x400m final in Athens is remembered as one of the most exciting finishes in relay history, featuring the smallest winning margin in World Athletics Championships history. The top four teams (Germany, USA, Jamaica, and Russia) all finished within just over a second of each other, making it a thrilling four-way battle down to the finish line Gold - Germany - Anke Feller(52.09) Uta Rohländer (49.63) Anja Rücker (50.47) Grit Breuer (48.73) 3:20.92 WL Silver - United States - Maicel Malone-Wallace(51.2) Kim Graham (50.2) Kim Batten (50.51) Jearl Miles Clark (49.19) 3:21.03 SB Bronze - Jamaica - Inez Turner (52.4) Lorraine Graham (49.9) Deon Hemmings (49.58) Sandie Richards (49.45) 3:21.30 NR 4th Russia - Tatyana Chebykina (51.2) Olga Kotlyarova (49.8) Yekaterina Kulikova (50.43) Tatyana Alekseyeva (50.17) 3:21.57 SB 5th Czech - Republic Naděžda Koštovalová (52.0) Ludmila Formanová (51.7) Hana Benešová, (50.21) Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová (49.83) 3:23.73 6th Great Britain - Allison Curbishley (51.5) Michelle Pierre (51.6) Michelle Thomas (52.27) Donna Fraser (50.95) 3:26.27 7th Nigeria - Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Doris Jacob, Falilat Ogunkoya 3:30.04 8th Italy - Patrizia Spuri, Francesca Carbone, Carla Barbarino, Virna De Angeli 3:30.63