2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The Women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on 4 September.

Runners from the United States had provided the fastest times before the competition, but bad baton exchanges had seen their teams disqualified at both the 2008 Olympics and the 2009 World Championships. The Americans and Jamaica, the defending world relay champions, were seen as the primary contenders for the title. Ukraine and Russia (the Olympic title holder) were the next fastest entrants into the championships.[1]

The first semi-final was won by a ragged looking Jamaican team. France followed Jamaica into the final. In third place, Brazil set the South American record and qualified for the final by time. China false started out of the event. The second semi-final was won by Trinidad and Tobago, setting their national record, with Ukraine following them into the final. Russia also qualified on time. In the third semi-final, the USA, running in lane 2 ran the world leader to qualify, along with Nigeria. In lane 3, Bahamas' Anthonique Strachan fell as the modern version of the golden girls tried to qualify. Bahamas eventually finished while Germany was unable to complete their first handoff.

In the final, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce put Jamaica into the lead, but strong legs from Allyson Felix and Marshevet Myers brought the United States back into contention. Despite their recent history of poor handoffs, the United States executed their final baton exchange perfectly, gaining a couple of metres on Jamaica. Given the lead, Carmelita Jeter was able to hold off a closing Veronica Campbell-Brown for the win. Jamaica set their national record in second. Ukraine's Hrystyna Stuy in lane 8 ran down France and Trinidad and Tobago to finish a distant third.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
 United States (USA)
Bianca Knight
Allyson Felix
Marshevet Myers
Carmelita Jeter
Shalonda Solomon*
Alexandria Anderson*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Kerron Stewart
Sherone Simpson
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Jura Levy*
 Ukraine (UKR)
Olesya Povh
Nataliya Pohrebnyak
Mariya Ryemyen
Hrystyna Stuy

Records

World record  East Germany
(Silke Gladisch-Möller, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Göhr)
41.37 Canberra, Australia 6 October 1985
Championship record  United States
(Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers)
41.47 Athens, Greece 9 August 1997
World leading  United States Red
(Lauryn Williams, Allyson Felix, Marshevet Myers, Carmelita Jeter)
42.28 Philadelphia, PA, United States 5 August 2011
African record  Nigeria
(Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara-Thompson, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi)
42.39 Barcelona, Spain 7 August 1992
Asian record  China
(Lin Xiao, Yali Li, Xiaomei Liu, Li Xuemei)
42.23 Shanghai, China 23 October 1997
North, Central American and Caribbean record  United States
(Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers)
41.47 Athens, Greece 9 August 1997
South American record  Brazil
(Lucimar Aparecida de Moura, Katia Regina Santos, Luciana dos Santos, Rosemar Maria Neto)
42.97 Bogotá, Colombia 10 July 2004
European record  East Germany
(Silke Gladisch-Möller, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Göhr)
41.37 Canberra, Australia 6 October 1985
Oceanian record  Australia
(Rachael Massey, Suzanne Broadrick, Jodi Lambert, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor)
42.99 Pietersburg, South Africa 18 March 2000

Qualification standards

A time B time
44.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
4 September 201118:30Heats
4 September 201120:35Final

Results

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

Heats

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

RankHeatNationAthletesTimeNotes
13 United States (USA)Bianca Knight, Shalonda Solomon, Marshevet Myers, Alexandria Anderson41.94Q, WL
21 Jamaica (JAM)Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Kerron Stewart, Sherone Simpson, Jura Levy42.23Q, SB
31 France (FRA)Myriam Soumaré, Céline Distel, Lina Jacques-Sébastien, Véronique Mang42.60Q, SB
42 Ukraine (UKR)Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Hrystyna Stuy42.63Q, SB
53 Nigeria (NGR)Gloria Asumnu, Oludamola Osayomi, Agnes Osazuwa, Blessing Okagbare42.74Q, SB
62 Russia (RUS)Yuliya Gushchina, Natalia Rusakova, Elizabeta Savlinis, Aleksandra Fedoriva42.78q, SB
71 Brazil (BRA)Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva, Vanda Gomes, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos42.92q, AR
83 Netherlands (NED)Kadene Vassell, Dafne Schippers, Anouk Hagen, Jamile Samuel43.44NR
91 Colombia (COL)Yomara Hinestroza, Maria Alejandra Idrobo, Darlenys Obregón, Norma González43.53SB
102 Australia (AUS)Hayley Butler, Melissa Breen, Charlotte van Veenendaal, Sally Pearson43.79
111 Japan (JPN)Nao Okabe, Momoko Takahashi, Chisato Fukushima, Saori Imai43.83
122 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)Tiffany Porter, Anyika Onuora, Laura Turner, Jeanette Kwakye43.95
133 Switzerland (SUI)Clélia Reuse, Jacqueline Gasser, Ellen Sprunger, Léa Sprunger44.04
143 Belarus (BLR)Anna Bagdanovich, Yuliya Balykina, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Hanna Liapeshka44.38
152 South Korea (KOR)Eum Jeesu, Kim So-yeon, Lee Sunae, Park So-Yeun46.14SB
161 Spain (ESP)Plácida Martínez, Amparo Cotán, Concepción Montaner, Ruth Beitia46.24
173 Bahamas (BAH)Sheniqua Ferguson, Nivea Smith, Anthonique Strachan, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie50.62
3 Germany (GER)Yasmin Kwadwo, Anne Möllinger, Cathleen Tschirch, Marion WagnerDNF
2 Poland (POL)Anna Kiełbasińska, Marika Popowicz, Marta Jeschke, Agnieszka LigięzaDNF
1 China (CHN)Wei Yongli, Liang Qiuping, Jiang Lan, Tao YujiaDSQFS
2 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)Kai Selvon, Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Semoy Hackett, Michelle-Lee AhyeDQSemoy Hackett's Drug Test

Final

RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
4 United States (USA)Bianca Knight, Allyson Felix, Marshevet Myers, Carmelita Jeter41.56WL
6 Jamaica (JAM)Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Kerron Stewart, Sherone Simpson, Veronica Campbell-Brown41.70NR
8 Ukraine (UKR)Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Hrystyna Stuy42.51SB
45 France (FRA)Myriam Soumaré, Céline Distel, Lina Jacques-Sébastien, Véronique Mang42.70
51 Russia (RUS)Yuliya Gushchina, Natalia Rusakova, Elizabeta Savlinis, Aleksandra Fedoriva42.93
67 Nigeria (NGR)Gloria Asumnu, Oludamola Osayomi, Agnes Osazuwa, Blessing Okagbare42.93
72 Brazil (BRA)Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva, Vanda Gomes, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos43.10
3 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)Kai Selvon, Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Semoy Hackett, Michelle-Lee Ahye(42.58)Semoy Hackett's Drug Test

References

  1. Rowbottom, Mike (2011-08-21). Women's 4x100m Relay – PREVIEW Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-25.
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