Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
# Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on 30 and 31 August at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy.

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | United States | Saidah Jones, Donna Arnett, Chandra Burns, Darlene Malco | 3:34.70 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Russia | Natalya Shevtsova, Mariya Sinusova, Svetlana Goncharenko, Natalya Sharova | 3:37.23 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Italy | Francesca Cola, Monika Niederstätter, Elisabetta Artuso, Lara Rocco | 3:39.25 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Switzerland | Mireille Donders, Michèle Schenk, Nathalie Zamboni, Martina Stoop | 3:41.45 | |
| 5 | 1 | Brazil | Andrea da Silva, Maria Laura Almirão, Lorena de Oliveira, Célia dos Santos | 3:43.05 | |
| 1 | 2 | Cuba | Nancy McLeón, Julia Duporty, Daimí Pernía, Idalmis Bonne | 3:33.73 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Canada | Karen Clarke, Foy Williams, Andrea Pinnock, LaDonna Antoine | 3:33.74 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Germany | Ulrike Ahlborn, Karla Faulhaber, Mona Steigauf, Anke Feller | 3:34.03 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Great Britain | Jeina Mitchell, Michelle Thomas, Vicki Jamison, Michelle Pierre | 3:33.83 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Mexico | Sandra Romo, Jeannette Castro, Marcela Sarabia, Ana Guevara | 3:38.26 | q |
| 6 | 2 | New Zealand | Olivia Haddon, Anna Smythe, Jane Arnott, Nicola Kidd-de Jong | 3:43.35 | |

### Final

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Russia | Natalya Sharova, Svetlana Goncharenko, Yekaterina Bakhvalova, Olga Kotlyarova | 3:27.93 |
| | Cuba | Nancy McLeón, Julia Duporty, Daimí Pernía, Idalmis Bonne | 3:29.00 |
| | Great Britain | Vicki Jamison, Michelle Pierre, Michelle Thomas, Allison Curbishley | 3:30.57 |
| 4 | Canada | Karen Clarke, LaDonna Antoine, Foy Williams, Andrea Pinnock | 3:31.94 |
| 5 | United States | Donna Arnett, Chandra Burns, Saidah Jones, Darlene Malco | 3:32.58 |
| 6 | Germany | Anke Feller, Shanta Ghosh, Ulrike Ahlborn, Karla Faulhaber | 3:32.72 |
| 7 | Mexico | Marcela Sarabia, Ana Guevara, Sandra Romo, Jeannette Castro | 3:34.63 |
| 8 | Italy | Francesca Cola, Elisabetta Artuso, Monika Niederstätter, Lara Rocco | 3:39.47 |
