2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The Women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on 2 and 3 September. Friday and Saturday. This is a change in schedule from previous years when all the relays were at the end of the program. This might necessitate a change in strategy to allow for team members involved in other events.

The United States held the two fastest relay times before the championships and had won the 2007 and 2009 world titles, as well as the 2008 Olympic gold medals. Jamaica and Russia – the only other nations to have won a world title since 2000 – were the other primary contenders. A Brazilian team had broken the South American record a month before the championships and was the third fastest qualifying nation. Great Britain, Ukraine and Germany comprised the other major nations at the competition.[1]

Twenty teams, instead of the normal sixteen, started this event, necessitating three heats instead of two. United States was an easy winner in heat one, with Ukraine edging out neighboring Belarus for the second automatic qualifying spot, but Belarus qualified on time. Russia, with the fastest time, was an easy winner in heat two with Nigeria taking the second automatic spot and Czech Republic taking the second time qualifier. Jamaica and Great Britain separated cleanly from their competitors in heat three.

In the final, the United States led off with previous world champion Sanya Richards-Ross, who handed off to silver medalist Allyson Felix in the lead. Felix extended the lead with Russian Natalya Antyukh and then Jamaica 's Davita Prendergast chasing about 5 metres back. Prendergast passed a fading Antyukh, who had charged after Felix and was slowing, just before the handoff. Novlene Williams-Mills solidified Jamaica's hold on second place during the third leg. On the anchor leg, Francena McCorory burst away from the handoff, extending the lead to 10 metres and discouraging a challenge. McCorory paid for that burst on the home stretch, but still maintained the 5 metre lead at the finish. Jamaica knocked a second off their National record.

On 21 June 2017, Russia forfeited the bronze medal following the disqualification of Kapachinskaya. The medal was reallocated by IAAF to Great Britain.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
 United States (USA)
Sanya Richards-Ross
Allyson Felix
Jessica Beard
Francena McCorory
Natasha Hastings*
Keshia Baker*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Rosemarie Whyte
Davita Prendergast
Novlene Williams-Mills
Shericka Williams
Shereefa Lloyd*
Patricia Hall*
 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
Perri Shakes-Drayton
Nicola Sanders
Christine Ohuruogu
Lee McConnell

Records

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
(Debbie Dunn, Allyson Felix, Natasha Hastings, Sanya Richards-Ross)
3:22.92 Philadelphia, PA, United States 30 April 2011
African record  Nigeria
(Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya)
3:21.04 Atlanta, GA, United States 3 August 1996
Asian record Hebei Province
(Xiaohong An, Xiaoyun Bai, Chunying Cao, Yuqin Ma)
3:24.28 Beijing, 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, Australia 30 September 2000

Qualification standards

A time B time
3:32.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
2 September 201112:10Heats
3 September 201120:40Final

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
12 Russia (RUS)Kseniya Vdovina, Ksenia Zadorina, Lyudmila Litvinova, Antonina Krivoshapka3:20.94Q, WL
23 Jamaica (JAM)Rosemarie Whyte, Shereefa Lloyd, Patricia Hall, Davita Prendergast3:22.01Q, SB
33 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)Christine Ohuruogu, Nicola Sanders, Lee McConnell, Perri Shakes-Drayton3:23.05Q, SB
41 United States (USA)Natasha Hastings, Jessica Beard, Francena McCorory, Keshia Baker3:23.57Q
51 Belarus (BLR)Hanna Tashpulatava, Yulyana Yushchanka, Ilona Usovich, Sviatlana Usovich3:24.28q, SB
62 Nigeria (NGR)Omolara Omotosho, Muizat Ajoke Odumosu, Margaret Etim, Bukola Abogunloko3:25.59Q, SB
72 Czech Republic (CZE)Denisa Rosolová, Zuzana Bergrová, Jitka Bartoničková, Zuzana Hejnová3:26.01q, SB
83 Italy (ITA)Chiara Bazzoni, Maria Enrica Spacca, Libania Grenot, Marta Milani3:26.48SB
92 Cuba (CUB)Aymée Martínez, Diosmely Peña, Susana Clement, Daisurami Bonne3:26.74SB
101 Germany (GER)Janin Lindenberg, Esther Cremer, Lena Schmidt, Claudia Hoffmann3:27.31SB
113 Ireland (IRL)Marian Andrews-Heffernan, Joanne Cuddihy, Claire Bergin, Michelle Carey3:27.48NR
122 Canada (CAN)Adrienne Power, Esther Akinsulie, Jenna Martin, Lemlem Bereket3:27.92SB
131 France (FRA)Phara Anacharsis, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Marie Gayot, Floria Guei3:28.02SB
143 Turkey (TUR)Nagihan Karadere, Birsen Engin, Meliz Redif, Pınar Saka3:32.15
151 Australia (AUS)Caitlin Sargent, Caitlin Willis-Pincott, Lauren Boden, Anneliese Rubie3:32.27SB
163 China (CHN)Chen Yanmei, Tang Xiaoyin, Zheng Zhihui, Chen Jingwen3:32.39SB
172 Brazil (BRA)Geisa Coutinho, Bárbara de Oliveira, Joelma Sousa, Jailma de Lima3:32.43
183 South Korea (KOR)Woo Yu-jin, Lee Ha-nee, Park Seongmyun, Oh Se-ra3:43.22SB
1 Kazakhstan (KAZ)Alexandra Kuzina, Viktoriya Yalovtseva, Marina Maslenko, Tatyana KhadjimuradovaDNF
1 Ukraine (UKR)Nataliya Pyhyda, Olha Zavhorodnya, Hanna Yaroshchuk, Antonina Yefremova(3:24.13)DQ1

Final

RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
6 United States (USA)Sanya Richards-Ross, Allyson Felix, Jessica Beard, Francena McCorory3:18.09WL
4 Jamaica (JAM)Rosemarie Whyte, Davita Prendergast, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shericka Williams3:18.71NR
3 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)Perri Shakes-Drayton, Nicola Sanders, Christine Ohuruogu, Lee McConnell3:23.63
41 Belarus (BLR)Hanna Tashpulatava, Yulyana Yushchanka, Ilona Usovich, Sviatlana Usovich3:25.64
52 Czech Republic (CZE)Denisa Rosolová, Zuzana Bergrová, Jitka Bartoničková, Zuzana Hejnová3:26.57
68 Nigeria (NGR)Omolara Omotosho, Muizat Ajoke Odumosu, Margaret Etim, Bukola Abogunloko3:29.82
5 Russia (RUS)Antonina Krivoshapka, Natalya Antyukh, Lyudmila Litvinova, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya3:19.36DQ1
7 Ukraine (UKR)Nataliya Pyhyda, Anastasiya Rabchenyuk, Hanna Yaroshchuk, Antonina Yefremova3:23.86DQ2

1 Positive drug test of Kapachinskaya 2 Positive drug test of Yefremova

References

  1. Rowbottom, Mike (21 August 2011). Women's 4x400m Relay – PREVIEW Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 25 August 2011.
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