2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 12 July.[1][2]

Medalists

GoldJeneba Tarmoh
Shayla Mahan
Gabrielle Glenn
Tiffany Townsend
 United States
SilverShawna Anderson
Kaycea Jones
Gayon Evans
Jura Levy
 Jamaica
BronzeBárbara de Oliveira
Bárbara Leôncio
Luana Correa
Rosângela Santos
 Brazil

Results

Final

12 July

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s) United StatesJeneba Tarmoh
Shayla Mahan
Gabrielle Glenn
Tiffany Townsend
43.66
2nd, silver medalist(s) JamaicaShawna Anderson
Kaycea Jones
Gayon Evans
Jura Levy
43.98
3rd, bronze medalist(s) BrazilBárbara de Oliveira
Bárbara Leôncio
Luana Correa
Rosângela Santos
44.61
4 BahamasSheniqua Ferguson
Krystal Bodie
Tia Rolle
Nivea Smith
44.61
5 FranceOrlann Ombissa
Emilie Gaydu
Wendy Pascal
Cornnelly Calydon
45.02
6 Saint Kitts and NevisMarecia Pemberton
Meritzer Williams
Sheriffa Whyte
Tameka Williams
45.10
7 BarbadosTameka Rawlins
Mara Weekes
Sade Greene
Kierre Beckles
45.36
8  SwitzerlandMarisa Lavanchy
Jacqueline Gasser
Grace Muamba
Valentine Arrieta
45.51

Heats

11 July

Heat 1

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 United StatesJeneba Tarmoh
Shayla Mahan
Gabrielle Glenn
Tiffany Townsend
43.76Q
2 BrazilBárbara de Oliveira
Bárbara Leôncio
Luana Correa
Rosângela Santos
44.25Q
3 BahamasV'Alonnee Robinson
Sheniqua Ferguson
Tia Rolle
Nivea Smith
44.32q
4 Saint Kitts and NevisMarecia Pemberton
Meritzer Williams
Sheriffa Whyte
Tameka Williams
44.45q
5 PolandJustyna Rybak
Weronika Wedler
Aleksandra Kociołek
Anna Kiełbasińska
44.73
6 NetherlandsKadene Vassell
Loreanne Kuhurima
Janice Babel
Jamile Samuel
45.21
7 CanadaNatalie Geiger
Kimberley Hyacinthe
Alyssa Johnson
Chantal Grant
45.66
8 ThailandKamonch Sornplod
Sintara Seangdee
Tassporn Wannakit
Athchima Engchuan
45.99

Heat 2

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 JamaicaDanielle Jeffrey
Kaycea Jones
Gayon Evans
Shawna Anderson
44.55Q
2  SwitzerlandMarisa Lavanchy
Jacqueline Gasser
Grace Muamba
Valentine Arrieta
45.57Q
3 ItalyIlenia Draisci
Martina Balboni
Sabrina Mutschlechner
Marta Maffioletti
45.64
4 IrelandJoan Healy
Steffi Creaner
Hannah Lewis
Mairead Murphy
45.93
5 SwedenCaroline Lundahl
Isabelle Eurenius
Linnéa Collin
Louise Kronlund
46.58
 AustraliaLarissa Perry
Melissa Breen
Olivia Tauro
Brittney McGlone
DQIAAF rule 170.14
 United KingdomElaine O'Neill
Holly Croxford
Anike Shand-Whittingham
Ashleigh Nelson
DNF

Heat 3

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1 BarbadosTameka Rawlins
Mara Weekes
Sade Greene
Kierre Beckles
44.79Q
2 FranceOrlann Ombissa
Emilie Gaydu
Wendy Pascal
Cornnelly Calydon
44.96Q
3 GermanyYasmin Kwadwo
Lara Hoffmann
Zsuzsanna Zimanyi
Ruth Spelmeyer
44.98
4 RussiaIrina Kasatkina
Olga Belkina
Yekaterina Filatova
Alena Tamkova
45.15
5 NigeriaJustina Sule
Susan Akene
Gloria Bassey
Agnes Osazuwa
45.30
6 SpainShannon García
Estela García
Carmen Sánchez
Alba Obesso
45.88
7 South AfricaCeleste Rietels
Alyssa Conley
Christy Coetzee
Claudia Viljoen
46.37
8 SerbiaMarijela Markovic
Mila Andrić
Andrijana Andric
Angela Terek
47.73

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 94 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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