2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the 2013 World Championships
Venue Luzhniki Stadium
Dates 16 August (heats)
17 August (final)
Competitors 68 from 17 nations
Winning time 3:20.19
Medalists
  United States (USA)
Jessica Beard
Natasha Hastings
Ashley Spencer
Francena McCorory
Joanna Atkins
  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
Eilidh Child
Shana Cox
Margaret Adeoye
Christine Ohuruogu
  France (FRA)
Marie Gayot
Lénora Guion-Firmin
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi
Floria Guei
Official Video

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16–17 August.[1]

Summary

After giving up .08 in reaction time at the start, Jessica Beard split 50.79 to give the United States the early lead. By the time Natasha Hastings broke, she had a clear lead of more than 10 meters over the Tatyana Firova from Russia in second place. But after a 49.88 lap by Hastings (Firova obviously much faster than that), the Russian team had pulled even at the handoff. Kseniya Ryzhova went around the outside of Ashley Spencer and into the lead. Ryzhova opened up as much as a 2-meter lead, but by the home stretch, Spencer had gained that back and passed Ryzhova on the inside. But Ryzhova fought back to a slight lead. With the American team in second place coming off the turn, Francena McCorory was waiting in lane 2. Spencer had to cross behind Ryzhova to hand off. It was 400-meter bronze medalist Antonina Krivoshapka against 6th placer Francena McCorory, with Great Britain anchored by gold medalist Christine Ohuruogu a distant third. Krivoshapka opened up about a 5-meter lead on the back stretch, but McCorory looked to run within herself and came back to pass Krivoshapka on the home stretch. But Krivoshapka fought back, retaking the lead and holding it across the finish. Ohuruogu found herself challenged by Floria Guei on the backstretch but ran away from her on the home stretch for a clear third place.

In 2016, Russia's anchor runner Antonina Krivoshapka's samples from the 2012 Olympics were retested and found to contain turinabol. In 2017 she was given a two-year ban including this race and Russia was disqualified. All teams advanced one place.[2] The IAAF conducted the medal ceremony at the 2017 World Championships.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[3]

World record Soviet Union
(Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Kulchunova, Olga Bryzgina)		 3:15.17 Seoul, South Korea 1 October 1988
Championship record United States
(Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Jearl Miles Clark)		 3:16.71 Stuttgart, Germany 22 August 1993
World leading United States Red
(Jessica Beard, Natasha Hastings, Dee Dee Trotter, Francena McCorory)[4]		 3:22.66 Philadelphia, United States 27 April 2013
African record Nigeria
(Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya)		 3:21.04 Atlanta, United States 3 August 1996
Asian record Hebei Province
(An Xiaohong, Bai Xiaoyun, Cao Chunying, Ma Yuqin)		 3:24.28 Beijing, People's Republic of China 13 September 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record United States
(Denean Howard-Hill, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith-Joyner)		 3:15.51 Seoul, South Korea 1 October 1988
South American record BM&F Bovespa
(Geisa Aparecida Coutinho, Bárbara de Oliveira, Joelma Sousa, Jailma de Lima)		 3:26.68 São Paulo, Brazil 7 August 2011
European record Soviet Union
(Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Kulchunova, Olga Bryzgina)		 3:15.17 Seoul, South Korea 1 October 1988
Oceanian record Australia
(Nova Peris, Tamsyn Manou, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Cathy Freeman)		 3:23.81 Sydney 30 September 2000

Qualification standards

Time[5]
3:33:00

Schedule

Date Time Round
16 August 201311:30Heats
17 August 201319:30Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY: QQualified qFastest non-qualifiers NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.[6]

RankHeatLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
132 Russia (RUS)Yuliya Gushchina, Tatyana Firova, Natalya Antyukh, Kseniya Ryzhova3:23.51Q, SB
214 United States (USA)Ashley Spencer, Jessica Beard, Joanna Atkins, Francena McCorory3:25.18Q
325 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)Eilidh Child, Shana Cox, Margaret Adeoye, Christine Ohuruogu3:25.39Q
422 Nigeria (NGR)Patience Okon George, Bukola Abogunloko, Omolara Omotoso, Regina George3:27.29Q, SB
523 France (FRA)Marie Gayot, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Phara Anacharsis, Floria Guei3:27.75q, SB
615 Italy (ITA)Chiara Bazzoni, Marta Milani, Maria Benedicta Chigbolu, Libania Grenot3:29.62Q, SB
633 Romania (ROM)Alina Andreea Panainte, Adelina Pastor, Sanda Belgyan, Bianca Răzor3:29.62Q
813 Ukraine (UKR)Daryna Prystupa, Olha Zemlyak, Alina Lohvynenko, Nataliya Pyhyda3:29.63q
937 Poland (POL)Małgorzata Hołub, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Iga Baumgart, Justyna Święty3:29.75
1036 Belarus (BLR)Hanna Reishal, Iryna Khliustava, Yuliya Yurenia, Ilona Vusovich3:30.28SB
1112 Czech Republic (CZE)Denisa Rosolová, Jitka Bartonicková, Jana Slaninová, Zuzana Hejnová3:30.48
1235 Canada (CAN)Alicia Brown, Sarah Wells, Noelle Montcalm, Jenna Martin3:31.09SB
1327 Bahamas (BAH)Amara Jones, Lanece Clarke, Shakeitha Henfield, Cotrell Martin3:32.91
1424 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)Shawna Fermin, Sparkle McKnight, Domonique Williams, Romona Modeste3:33.50
1516 India (IND)Nirmala, Tintu Luka, Anu Mariam Jose, M. R. Poovamma3:38.81
1626 Botswana (BOT)Goitseone Seleka, Lydia Mashila, Oarabile Babolayi, Amantle Montsho3:38.96SB
34 Jamaica (JAM)Rosemarie Whyte, Kaliese Spencer, Anastasia Le-Roy, Christine DayDQ163.3(a)[7]

Final

The final was started at 19:30.[8]

RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)5 United States (USA)Jessica Beard, Natasha Hastings, Ashley Spencer, Francena McCorory3:20.41SB
2nd, silver medalist(s)6 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)Eilidh Child, Shana Cox, Margaret Adeoye, Christine Ohuruogu3:22.61SB
3rd, bronze medalist(s)1 France (FRA)Marie Gayot, Lénora Guion-Firmin, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Floria Guei3:24.21SB
42 Ukraine (UKR)Daryna Prystupa, Olha Lyakhova, Alina Lohvynenko, Nataliya Pyhyda3:27.38SB
53 Nigeria (NGR)Omolara Omotoso, Patience Okon George, Bukola Abogunloko, Regina George3:27.57
68 Romania (ROM)Adelina Pastor, Elena Mirela Lavric, Sanda Belgyan, Bianca Răzor3:28.40SB
7 Italy (ITA)Chiara Bazzoni, Marta Milani, Maria Enrica Spacca, Libania GrenotDQ170.6[9]
DSQ4 Russia (RUS)Yuliya Gushchina, Tatyana Firova, Kseniya Ryzhova, Antonina KrivoshapkaDQAD 11.1[10]

References

  1. ↑ Start list
  2. ↑ ENNIS-HILL AND US WOMEN’S 4X400M TEAM TO RECEIVE REALLOCATED GOLD MEDALS IN LONDON IAAF, 26 July 2017
  3. ↑ "Records & Lists – 5000 meters". IAAF. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  4. ↑ http://pennrelaysonline.com/Results/results.aspx?en=472
  5. ↑ IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards, All Russia Athletic Federation, 2012, archived from the original on 16 August 2013, retrieved 8 August 2013
  6. ↑ Heats Results
  7. ↑ Lane infringement
  8. ↑ Final Results
  9. ↑ Finishing the race without the baton
  10. ↑ Entire team disqualified on Krivoshapka's failed drug test
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