Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay races at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held on Friday, 29 September and Saturday, 30 September.

Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes:seconds) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World record 41.37 s East GermanySilke Gladisch-MöllerIngrid AuerswaldMarlies GöhrSabine RiegerCanberra (Australia)6 October 1985 Olympic record 41.60 s East GermanyRomy MüllerBärbel WöckelIngrid AuerswaldMarlies GöhrMoscow (USSR)1 August 1980

Medals On 23 November 2007, the IAAF recommended to the IOC Executive Board to disqualify the USA women's 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relay teams after Marion Jones admitted to having taken performance-enhancing drugs prior to the Games. On 12 December, the IOC disqualified Jones and stripped her of her relay medals but it did not disqualify the U.S. relay teams. On 10 April 2008, the IOC disqualified both U.S. relay teams and asked for Jones' teammates' medals to be returned. France (Linda Ferga, Muriel Hurtis, Fabe Dia, Christine Arron, Sandra Citte*) finished fourth in the relay in a time of 42.42, and Nigeria (Olabisi Afolabi, Opara Charity, Rosemary Okafor, Falilat Ogunkoya-Osheku, Doris Jacob*) finished fourth in the relay in a time of 3:23.80. All members of the U.S. relay teams except Nanceen Perry then appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport who on 16 July 2010 ruled in favor of them due to the fact that, according to the rules at the time, a team should not be disqualified because of a doping offense of one athlete. Their medals were then restored to them.

* Athletes who participated in the heats only, and also received medals.

Golden Girls The Bahamas celebrated their winning team, the "Golden Girls", with a mural at the Nassau airport.

Results

Abbreviations All times shown are in seconds. Q denotes automatic qualification. q denotes fastest losers. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. AR denotes area record. NR denotes national record. SB denotes season's best.

Heats

Heat 1 First 3 in each heat (Q) and four fastest losers (q) advance to the semi-finals.

Heat 1 of 4 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 Place Nation Athletes Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 7Sandra Citte, Fabe Dia,Muriel Hurtis, Christine Arron 3 43.23Q 2 10Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosíni Patsoú,Ekateríni Kóffa, Ekateríni Thánou 6 43.46Q SB 3 15Marzena Pawlak, Joanna Niełacna,Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Zuzanna Radecka 7 44.05Q 4 19Wirawan Ruamsuk, Supavadee Khawpeag,Orranut Klomdee, Trecia Roberts 2 44.51SB 5 21Elvira Pančić, Mila Savić,Biljana Mitrović, Vukosava Đapić 4 45.02 6 Elly Hutton, Lauren Hewitt,Sharon Cripps, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor 4 DNF

Heat 2 Heat 2 of 4 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 Place Nation Athletes Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 1Tayna Lawrence, Veronica Campbell,Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer 4 42.46Q SB 2 3Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain,Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner 5 42.82Q 3 5Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei,Qin Wangping, Li Xuemei 2 43.07 Q SB 4 8Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson,Sarah Wilhelmy, Shani Anderson 3 43.26q SB 5 16Digna Luz Murillo, Ximena Restrepo,Mirtha Brock, Felipa Palacios 7 44.08qSB 6 16Atia Weekes, Esi Benyarku,Tamara Perry, Martha Adusei 6 44.08

Heat 3 Heat 3 of 4 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 Place Nation Athletes Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 2Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup,Pauline Davis-Thompson, Sevatheda Fynes 3 42.58Q 2 12Manuela Bosco, Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen,Johanna Manninen, Heidi Hannula 5 43.66 Q SB 3 13Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum,Veronica Bawuah, Vida Nsiah 7 43.77Q NR 4 14Irina Pukha, Anzhela Kravchenko,Olena Pastushenko, Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska 4 43.93q 5 18Amandine Allou Affoué, Makaridja Sanganoko,Marie Gnahoré, Louise Ayétotché 6 44.34 NR 6 23Valdivel Jayalakshmi, Vinita Tripathi,Saraswati Dey, Rachita Mistry 2 45.20

Heat 4 Heat 4 of 4 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 Place Nation Athletes Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 4Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards,Nanceen Perry, Passion Richardson 6 42.92Q 2 6Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova,Marina Kislova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova 3 43.15Q SB 3 9Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua,Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali 8 43.28Q 4 11Monica Rahanitraniriana, Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy,Rosa Rakotozafy, Hanitrinianina Rakotondrabe 5 43.61q NR 5 19Tamara Samandeepika, Pradeepa Herath,Nimmi de Zoysa, K. V. Damayanthi Dharsha 4 44.51 6 22Yelena Kvyatkovskaya, Lyubov Perepelova,Lyudmila Dmitriadi, Guzel Khubbieva 2 45.14SB 7 24Esther Mvondo, Anne-Marie Mouri-Nkeng,Carine Eyenga, Françoise Mbango Etone 7 45.82SB

Round 1- Overall

Round 1 Overall ResultsPlace NationAthletesHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1Tayna Lawrence, Veronica Campbell,Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer 2 4 1 42.46Q SB 2Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup,Pauline Davis-Thompson, Sevatheda Fynes 3 3 1 42.58Q 3Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain,Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner 2 5 2 42.82Q 4Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards,Nanceen Perry, Passion Richardson 4 6 1 42.92Q 5Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei,Qin Wangping, Li Xuemei 2 5 3 43.07 Q SB 6Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova,Marina Kislova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova 4 3 2 43.15Q SB 7Sandra Citte, Fabe Dia,Muriel Hurtis, Christine Aaron 1 2 3 43.23Q 8Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson,Sarah Wilhelmy, Shani Anderson 2 3 4 43.26q SB 9Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua,Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali 4 8 3 43.28Q 10Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosíni Patsoú,Ekateríni Kóffa, Ekateríni Thánou 1 2 6 43.46Q SB 11Monica Rahanitraniriana, Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy,Rosa Rakotozafy, Hanitrinianina Rakotondrabe 4 5 2 43.61q NR 12Manuela Bosco, Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen,Johanna Manninen, Heidi Hannula 3 5 2 43.66 Q SB 13Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum,Veronica Bawuah, Vida Nsiah 3 7 3 43.77Q NR 14Irina Pukha, Anzhela Kravchenko,Olena Pastushenko, Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska 3 4 4 43.93q 15Marzena Pawlak, Joanna Niełacna,Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Zuzanna Radecka 1 7 3 44.05Q 16Digna Luz Murillo, Ximena Restrepo,Mirtha Brock, Felipa Palacios 2 7 5 44.08qSB 16Atia Weekes, Esi Benyarku,Tamara Perry, Martha Adusei 2 6 6 44.08 18Amandine Allou Affoué, Makaridja Sanganoko,Mary Gnahore, Louise Ayétotché 3 6 5 44.34 NR 19Tamara Saman Deepika, Pradeepa Herath,S. Nimi De Zoya, K. V. Damayanthi Dharsha 4 4 5 44.51 19Wirawan Ruamsuk, Supavadee Khawpeag,Orranut Klomdee, Trecia Roberts 1 2 4 44.51SB 21Elvira Pancic, Mila Savic,Biljana Mitrovic, Vukosava Djapic 1 5 5 45.02 22Elena Kviatkovskaya, Lyubov Perepelova,Lyudmila Dmitriadi, Guzel Khubbieva 4 2 6 45.14SB 23Valdivel Jayalakshmi, Vinta Tripathi,Saraswati Dey, Rachita Mistry 3 2 6 45.20 24Esther Mvondo, Anne Marie Mouri Nkeng,Carine Eyenga, Françoise Mbango Etone 4 7 4 45.82SB Elly Hutton, Lauren Hewitt,Sharon Cripps, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor 1 4 DNF

Semi-finals First three in each heat (Q) and two fastest losers (q) advance to the final.

Heat 1

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 Place Nation Athletes Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 2Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup,Pauline Davis-Thompson, Sevatheda Fynes 6 42.42Q 2 4Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards,Nanceen Perry, Passion Richardson 3 42.82Q 3 4Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua,Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali 7 42.82Q SB 4 6Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova,Irina Khabarova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova 4 42.84qSB 5 9Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum,Vida Anim, Vida Nsiah 2 43.19NR 6 11Irina Pukha, Anzhela Kravchenko,Olena Pastushenko, Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska 8 43.31 7 13Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosíni Patsoú,Ekateríni Kóffa, Ekateríni Thánou 5 43.53 8 14Monica Rahanitraniriana, Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy,Rosa Rakotozafy, Hanitrinianina Rakotondrabe 1 43.98

Heat 2 Heat 2 of 2 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 Place Nation Athletes Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 1Tayna Lawrence, Veronica Campbell,Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer 3 42.15Q SB 2 2Sandra Citte, Muriel Hurtis,Fabe Dia, Christine Arron 4 42.42Q 3 7Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain,Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner 5 42.85Q 4 8Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei,Qin Wangping, Li Xuemei 7 43.04q SB 5 9Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson,Samantha Davies, Shani Anderson 8 43.19SB 6 12Manuela Bosco, Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen,Johanna Manninen, Heidi Hannula 6 43.50 SB 7 15Marzena Pawlak, Joanna Niełacna,Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Zuzanna Radecka 2 44.07 8 16Melisa Murillo, Ximena Restrepo,Mirtha Brock, Felipa Palacios 1 44.37

Semi-Finals- Overall

Semi-Finals Overall ResultsPlace NationAthletesHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1Tayna Lawrence, Veronica Campbell,Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer 2 3 1 42.15Q SB 2Sandra Citte, Muriel Hurtis,Fabe Dia, Christine Arron 2 4 2 42.42Q 2Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup,Pauline Davis-Thompson, Sevatheda Fynes 1 6 1 42.42Q 4Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards,Nanceen Perry, Passion Richardson 1 3 2 42.82Q 4Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua,Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali 1 7 3 42.82Q SB 6Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova,Irina Khabarova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova 1 4 4 42.84qSB 7Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain,Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner 2 5 3 42.85Q 8Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei,Qin Wangping, Li Xuemei 2 7 4 43.04q SB 9Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson,Samantha Davies, Shani Anderson 2 8 5 43.19SB 9Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum,Vida Anim, Vida Nsiah 1 2 5 43.19NR 11Irina Pukha, Anzhela Kravchenko,Olena Pastushenko, Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska 1 8 6 43.31 12Manuela Bosco, Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen,Johanna Manninen, Heidi Hannula 2 6 6 43.50 SB 13Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosíni Patsoú,Ekateríni Kóffa, Ekateríni Thánou 1 5 7 43.53 14Monica Rahanitraniriana, Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy,Rosa Rakotozafy, Hanitrinianina Rakotondrabe 1 1 8 43.98 15Marzena Pawlak, Joanna Niełacna,Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Zuzanna Radecka 2 2 7 44.07 16Melisa Murillo, Ximena Restrepo,Mirtha Brock, Felipa Palacios 2 1 8 44.37

Final 30 September 2000

Final Place NationAthletesLaneReactionTimeRecord Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup,Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson 5 0.153 s 41.95 SB Tayna Lawrence, Veronica Campbell,Beverly McDonald, Merlene Ottey 3 0.174 s 42.13SB Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards,Nanceen Perry, Marion Jones 6 0.384 s 42.20 4Linda Ferga, Muriel Hurtis,Fabe Dia, Christine Arron 4 0.433 s 42.42 5Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova,Irina Khabarova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova 8 0.153 s 43.02 6Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain,Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner 1 0.155 s 43.11 7Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua,Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali 7 0.415 s 44.05 8Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei,Qin Wangping, Li Xuemei 2 0.212 s 44.87

References

External links Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Results, round 1 - IAAF Results, semi-finals - IAAF Results, final - IAAF