2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships | |||||||||
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| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||
| Dates | 29 August (heats & final) | ||||||||
| Competitors | 68 from 16 nations | ||||||||
| Winning time | 41.07 | ||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||
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The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 29 August.[1][2]
Summary
It is a rare chance for all the best athletes in a country to get together to run a relay, it takes a major championship. In the heats,
Elaine Thompson, but not their superstar Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, in order to make six girls eligible for medals. Jamaica was the number one qualifier. USA ran their A team, to assure qualification but not resting their workhorse Allyson Felix even though Tori Bowie, Dezerea Bryant and Kaylin Whitney had been listed as their entries,[3] unlisted Jasmine Todd
anchored.
In the finals Jamaica was out early with Campbell-Brown and a quick handoff to
Desiree Henry ran away from the others and was closing on Hackett,[4]
while the Dutch team's illegal handover earned them a disqualification.
The Jamaican team set a new
National Record
. In all, five teams set their National Record.
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]
Qualification standards
| Entry standards[6] |
|---|
| Top 8 at IWR+ 8 from Top Lists |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2015 | 12:00 | Heats |
| 29 August 2015 | 20:50 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.[7]
Final
The final was held at 20:45.[8]
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
6 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
Elaine Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |
41.07 | |
 |
5 |  United States (USA) |
English Gardner, Allyson Felix, Jenna Prandini, Jasmine Todd | 41.68 | SB |
 |
4 |  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) |
Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas, Semoy Hackett | 42.03 | NR |
| 4 | 7 |  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
Desiree Henry |
42.10 | NR |
| 5 | 3 |  Germany (GER) |
Rebekka Haase, Alexandra Burghardt, Gina Lückenkemper, Verena Sailer | 42.64 | SB |
| 6 | 9 |  Canada (CAN) |
Crystal Emmanuel, Kimberly Hyacinthe, Isatu Fofanah, Khamica Bingham | 43.05 | |
| 2 |  Russia (RUS) |
Marina Panteleyeva, Kseniya Ryzhova, Yelizaveta Demirova, Anna Kukushkina | DNF | ||
| 8 |  Netherlands (NED) |
Nadine Visser, Dafne Schippers, Naomi Sedney, Jamile Samuel | DQ | R170.7 |
References
- ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ Start list
- ^ "USA Track & Field - Returning gold medalists lead Team USA into IAAF World Championships". Legacy.usatf.org. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "REPORT: WOMEN'S 4X100M FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- IAAF. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Final results