Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Women's 4×100 metres relay
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Women's 4×100 metres relay; at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Stadium Australia
Winning time	41.95
Medalists
	← 1996 2004 →

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay races at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held on Friday, 29 September and Saturday, 30 September.^[1]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes:seconds) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World Record	41.37 s	East Germany	Sabine Rieger	Canberra, (Australia)	6 October 1985
Olympic Record	41.60 s	East Germany	Romy Müller Bärbel Wöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	USSR )	1 August 1980

Medals

On 23 November 2007, the IAAF recommended to the IOC Executive Board to disqualify the USA women's 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relay teams after Marion Jones admitted to having taken performance-enhancing drugs prior to the Games. On 12 December, the IOC disqualified Jones and stripped her of her relay medals but it did not disqualify the U.S. relay teams. On 10 April 2008, the IOC disqualified both U.S. relay teams and asked for Jones' teammates' medals to be returned.

Fabe Dia, Christine Arron, Sandra Citte*) finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay in a time of 42.42, and Nigeria (Olabisi Afolabi, Opara Charity, Rosemary Okafor, Falilat Ogunkoya-Osheku, Doris Jacob*) finished fourth in the 4 × 400 m relay in a time of 3:23.80. All members of the U.S. relay teams except Nanceen Perry then appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport who on 16 July 2010 ruled in favor of them due to the fact that, according to the rules at the time, a team should not be disqualified because of a doping offense of one athlete.^[3]

Their medals were then restored to them.

* Athletes who participated in the heats only, and also received medals.

Golden Girls

Bahamas was so enamored by their winning team, they celebrated their "Golden Girls" with a very visible mural at the Nassau airport.[4]

Results

Abbreviations

All times shown are in seconds.

Q denotes automatic qualification.
q denotes fastest losers.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
AR denotes area record.
NR denotes national record.
SB denotes season's best.

Heats

Heat 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and four fastest losers (q) advance to the semi-finals.

Heat 1 of 4 Date: Friday 29 September 2000
Place		Nation	Athletes	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Nation	Athletes	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
1	7	France	Muriel Hurtis, Christine Arron	3	43.23	Q
2	10	Greece	Ekateríni Thánou	6	43.46	Q	SB
3	15	Poland	Marzena Pawlak, Joanna Niełacna, Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Zuzanna Radecka	7	44.05	Q
4	19	Thailand	Orranut Klomdee, Trecia Roberts	2	44.51		SB
5	21	FR Yugoslavia	Biljana Mitrović, Vukosava Đapić	4	45.02
6		Australia	Elly Hutton, Lauren Hewitt, Sharon Cripps, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	4	DNF

Heat 2

Heat 2 of 4 Date: Friday 29 September 2000
Place		Nation	Athletes	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Nation	Athletes	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
1	1	Jamaica	Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer	4	42.46	Q	SB
2	3	Germany	Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain, Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner	5	42.82	Q
3	5	China	Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei, Qin Wangping, Li Xuemei	2	43.07	Q	SB
4	8	Great Britain	Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson, Sarah Wilhelmy, Shani Anderson	3	43.26	q	SB
5	16	Colombia	Digna Luz Murillo, Ximena Restrepo, Mirtha Brock, Felipa Palacios	7	44.08	q	SB
6	16	Canada	Tamara Perry, Martha Adusei	6	44.08

Heat 3

Heat 3 of 4 Date: Friday 29 September 2000
Place		Nation	Athletes	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Nation	Athletes	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
1	2	Bahamas	Sevatheda Fynes	3	42.58	Q
2	12	Finland	Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen, Johanna Manninen, Heidi Hannula	5	43.66	Q	SB
3	13	Ghana	Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum, Veronica Bawuah, Vida Nsiah	7	43.77	Q	NR
4	14	Ukraine	Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska	4	43.93	q
5	18	Ivory Coast	Amandine Allou Affoué, Makaridja Sanganoko, Marie Gnahoré, Louise Ayétotché	6	44.34		NR
6	23	India	Saraswati Dey, Rachita Mistry	2	45.20

Heat 4

Heat 4 of 4 Date: Friday 29 September 2000
Place		Nation	Athletes	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Nation	Athletes	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
1	4	United States	Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry, Passion Richardson	6	42.92	Q
2	6	Russia	Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova, Marina Kislova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova	3	43.15	Q	SB
3	9	Nigeria	Mary Onyali	8	43.28	Q
4	11	Madagascar	Hanitrinianina Rakotondrabe	5	43.61	q	NR
5	19	Sri Lanka	K. V. Damayanthi Dharsha	4	44.51
6	22	Uzbekistan	Yelena Kvyatkovskaya, Lyubov Perepelova, Lyudmila Dmitriadi, Guzel Khubbieva	2	45.14		SB
7	24	Cameroon	Esther Mvondo, Anne-Marie Mouri-Nkeng, Carine Eyenga, Françoise Mbango Etone	7	45.82		SB

Round 1- Overall

Round 1 Overall Results
Place	Nation	Athletes	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Jamaica	Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer	2	4	1	42.46	Q	SB
2	Bahamas	Sevatheda Fynes	3	3	1	42.58	Q
3	Germany	Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain, Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner	2	5	2	42.82	Q
4	United States	Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry, Passion Richardson	4	6	1	42.92	Q
5	China	Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei, Qin Wangping, Li Xuemei	2	5	3	43.07	Q	SB
6	Russia	Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova, Marina Kislova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova	4	3	2	43.15	Q	SB
7	France	Christine Aaron	1	2	3	43.23	Q
8	Great Britain	Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson, Sarah Wilhelmy, Shani Anderson	2	3	4	43.26	q	SB
9	Nigeria	Mary Onyali	4	8	3	43.28	Q
10	Greece	Ekateríni Thánou	1	2	6	43.46	Q	SB
11	Madagascar	Hanitrinianina Rakotondrabe	4	5	2	43.61	q	NR
12	Finland	Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen, Johanna Manninen, Heidi Hannula	3	5	2	43.66	Q	SB
13	Ghana	Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum, Veronica Bawuah, Vida Nsiah	3	7	3	43.77	Q	NR
14	Ukraine	Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska	3	4	4	43.93	q
15	Poland	Marzena Pawlak, Joanna Niełacna, Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Zuzanna Radecka	1	7	3	44.05	Q
16	Colombia	Digna Luz Murillo, Ximena Restrepo, Mirtha Brock, Felipa Palacios	2	7	5	44.08	q	SB
16	Canada	Tamara Perry, Martha Adusei	2	6	6	44.08
18	Ivory Coast	Mary Gnahore, Louise Ayétotché	3	6	5	44.34		NR
19	Sri Lanka	K. V. Damayanthi Dharsha	4	4	5	44.51
19	Thailand	Orranut Klomdee, Trecia Roberts	1	2	4	44.51		SB
21	FR Yugoslavia	Vukosava Djapic	1	5	5	45.02
22	Uzbekistan	Elena Kviatkovskaya, Lyubov Perepelova, Lyudmila Dmitriadi, Guzel Khubbieva	4	2	6	45.14		SB
23	India	Saraswati Dey, Rachita Mistry	3	2	6	45.20
24	Cameroon	Anne Marie Mouri Nkeng, Carine Eyenga, Françoise Mbango Etone	4	7	4	45.82		SB
	Australia	Elly Hutton, Lauren Hewitt, Sharon Cripps, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	1	4		DNF

Semi-finals

First three in each heat (Q) and two fastest losers (q) advance to the final.

Heat 1

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Friday 29 September 2000
Place		Nation	Athletes	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Nation	Athletes	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
1	2	Bahamas	Sevatheda Fynes	6	42.42	Q
2	4	United States	Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry, Passion Richardson	3	42.82	Q
3	4	Nigeria	Mary Onyali	7	42.82	Q	SB
4	6	Russia	Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova, Irina Khabarova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova	4	42.84	q	SB
5	9	Ghana	Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum, Vida Anim, Vida Nsiah	2	43.19		NR
6	11	Ukraine	Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska	8	43.31
7	13	Greece	Ekateríni Thánou	5	43.53
8	14	Madagascar	Hanitrinianina Rakotondrabe	1	43.98

Heat 2

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Friday 29 September 2000
Place		Nation	Athletes	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Nation	Athletes	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
1	1	Jamaica	Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer	3	42.15	Q	SB
2	2	France	Fabe Dia, Christine Arron	4	42.42	Q
3	7	Germany	Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain, Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner	5	42.85	Q
4	8	China	Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei, Qin Wangping, Li Xuemei	7	43.04	q	SB
5	9	Great Britain	Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson, Samantha Davies, Shani Anderson	8	43.19		SB
6	12	Finland	Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen, Johanna Manninen, Heidi Hannula	6	43.50		SB
7	15	Poland	Marzena Pawlak, Joanna Niełacna, Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Zuzanna Radecka	2	44.07
8	16	Colombia	Melisa Murillo, Ximena Restrepo, Mirtha Brock, Felipa Palacios	1	44.37

Semi-Finals- Overall

Semi-Finals Overall Results
Place	Nation	Athletes	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Jamaica	Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer	2	3	1	42.15	Q	SB
2	France	Fabe Dia, Christine Arron	2	4	2	42.42	Q
2	Bahamas	Sevatheda Fynes	1	6	1	42.42	Q
4	United States	Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry, Passion Richardson	1	3	2	42.82	Q
4	Nigeria	Mary Onyali	1	7	3	42.82	Q	SB
6	Russia	Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova, Irina Khabarova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova	1	4	4	42.84	q	SB
7	Germany	Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain, Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner	2	5	3	42.85	Q
8	China	Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei, Qin Wangping, Li Xuemei	2	7	4	43.04	q	SB
9	Great Britain	Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson, Samantha Davies, Shani Anderson	2	8	5	43.19		SB
9	Ghana	Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum, Vida Anim, Vida Nsiah	1	2	5	43.19		NR
11	Ukraine	Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska	1	8	6	43.31
12	Finland	Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen, Johanna Manninen, Heidi Hannula	2	6	6	43.50		SB
13	Greece	Ekateríni Thánou	1	5	7	43.53
14	Madagascar	Hanitrinianina Rakotondrabe	1	1	8	43.98
15	Poland	Marzena Pawlak, Joanna Niełacna, Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Zuzanna Radecka	2	2	7	44.07
16	Colombia	Melisa Murillo, Ximena Restrepo, Mirtha Brock, Felipa Palacios	2	1	8	44.37

Final

30 September 2000

Final
Place	Nation	Athletes	Lane	Reaction	Time	Record
	Bahamas	Debbie Ferguson	5	0.153 s	41.95	SB
	Jamaica	Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Ottey	3	0.174 s	42.13	SB
	United States	Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry, ~~Marion Jones~~	6	0.384 s	42.20
4	France	Fabe Dia, Christine Arron	4	0.433 s	42.42
5	Russia	Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova, Irina Khabarova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova	8	0.153 s	43.02
6	Germany	Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain, Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner	1	0.155 s	43.11
7	Nigeria	Mary Onyali	7	0.415 s	44.05
8	China	Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei, Qin Wangping, Li Xuemei	2	0.212 s	44.87

References

^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ "IOC News". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "AP OLY ATH Jones Medals Appeal". www.nytimes.com.
^ "Bahamian Women Athletes and Politicians". amasewa.tripod.com. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

External links

Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm
Results, round 1 - IAAF
Results, semi-finals - IAAF
Results, final - IAAF

[SR-1] "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2017.

[2] "IOC News". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[3] "AP OLY ATH Jones Medals Appeal". www.nytimes.com.

[4] "Bahamian Women Athletes and Politicians". amasewa.tripod.com. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

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Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races
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