2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 18 August.[1]

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the 2013 World Championships
VenueLuzhniki Stadium
Dates18 August (heats & final)
Competitors76 from 19 nations
Winning time41.29
Medalists
 
 
 

In the final, Jamaica and the United States were out early, Jamaica passing first. The British team seemed to be keeping up with the leaders, passing efficiently. At the second handoff, English Gardner seemed to leave even with Schillonie Calvert, unfortunately Alexandria Anderson had not arrived with the baton yet. Gardner had to come to a complete stop at the end of the zone to wait for the baton, finally resuming with a legal handoff in dead last place. Inside of USA, France was having similar difficulties with the baton. By the final handoff, Jamaica had an 8-meter lead on the second place Russian team, Gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on the anchor pulling away and victory assured. Jamaica dominated the race finishing with a championship record 41.29. Coming down the straight, Britain's Hayley Jones was swallowed up by France's Stella Akakpo, Germany's Verena Sailer and American Octavious Freeman speeding from the back trying to make up lost ground. Freeman was able to pass three teams in the last few steps but France beat USA to the line. The French relay team members were duly presented their silver medals during the medal ceremony. After the medal ceremony, the British team filed a protest against the French team, claiming that the latter had an out-of-zone baton handover between Ayodelé Ikuesan and Myriam Soumaré. More than two hours after the race, the French relay team was officially disqualified. The French delegation appealed against their disqualification, but it was in vain. Consequently, the American team was upgraded to the silver medal and the British team received the bronze medal. Bernard Amsalem, the president of the Fédération française d'athlétisme, called the French team's disqualification "an outrage". He explained that normally the decision to disqualify a team had to be made before the medal ceremony and teams had to file protests within thirty minutes from the end of the race.[2]

Records

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

World record United States
(Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter)
40.82 London, United Kingdom 10 August 2012
Championship record United States
(Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers)
41.47 Athens, Greece 9 August 1997
World leading United States Red
(English Gardner, Octavious Freeman, Allyson Felix, Carmelita Jeter)
41.75 Monaco 19 July 2013
African record Nigeria
(Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara-Thompson, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi)
42.39 Barcelona, Spain 7 August 1992
Asian record People's Republic of China
(Xiao Lin, Li Yali, Liu Xiaomei, Li Xuemei)
42.23 Shanghai, People's Republic of China 23 October 1997
North, Central American and Caribbean record United States
(Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter)
40.82 London, United Kingdom 10 August 2012
South American record Brazil
(Ana Claudia Silva, Franciela Krasucki, Evelyn dos Santos, Rosângela Santos)
42.55 London, United Kingdom 9 August 2012
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

Time[4]
44.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
18 August 201316:15Heats
18 August 201318:10Final

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) advanced to the final.[5]

RankHeatLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
134 United States (USA)Jeneba Tarmoh, Alexandria Anderson, English Gardner, Octavious Freeman41.82Q
214 Jamaica (JAM)Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert, Sheri-Ann Brooks41.87Q, SB
313 France (FRA)Céline Distel-Bonnet, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Myriam Soumaré, Stella Akakpo42.25Q
432 Brazil (BRA)Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos42.29Q, AR
516 Germany (GER)Yasmin Kwadwo, Inna Weit, Tatjana Pinto, Verena Sailer42.65q, SB
625 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)Dina Asher-Smith, Ashleigh Nelson, Annabelle Lewis, Hayley Jones42.75Q
736 Russia (RUS)Olga Belkina, Natalia Rusakova, Elizaveta Savlinis, Yelena Bolsun42.94q, SB
827 Canada (CAN)Crystal Emmanuel, Kimberly Hyacinthe, Shai-Anne Davis, Khamica Bingham42.99Q, NR
933 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)Kamaria Durant, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas, Kai Selvon43.01SB
1022 Ukraine (UKR)Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelyzaveta Bryzhina43.12[6]
1137 Poland (POL)Marika Popowicz, Weronika Wedler, Ewelina Ptak, Marta Jeschke43.18SB
1223 Switzerland (SUI)Mujinga Kambundji, Marisa Lavanchy, Ellen Sprunger, Léa Sprunger43.21NR
1315 Netherlands (NED)Kadene Vassell, Dafne Schippers, Madiea Ghafoor, Jamile Samuel43.26SB
1412 Dominican Republic (DOM)Mariely Sánchez, Fany Chalas, Marleni Mejia, Margarita Manzueta43.28NR
1538 Colombia (COL)Yomara Hinestroza, Maria Alejandra Idrobo, Darlenys Obregón, Eliecith Palacios43.65SB
1624 Italy (ITA)Audrey Alloh, Marzia Caravelli, Ilenia Draisci, Martina Amidei44.05
1735 China (CHN)Tao Yujia, Li Meijuan, Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli44.22
17 Nigeria (NGR)Alphonsus Peace Uko, Patience Okon George, Stephanie Kalu, Regina GeorgeDQR170.7[7]
26 Bahamas (BAH)Sheniqua Ferguson, Shaunae Miller, Cache Armbrister, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzieDQR163.3(a)[8]

Final

The final was started at 18:10.[9]

RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
6 Jamaica (JAM)Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce41.29CR
5 United States (USA)Jeneba Tarmoh, Alexandria Anderson, English Gardner, Octavious Freeman42.75
3 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)Dina Asher-Smith, Ashleigh Nelson, Annabelle Lewis, Hayley Jones42.87
41 Germany (GER)Yasmin Kwadwo, Inna Weit, Tatjana Pinto, Verena Sailer42.90
52 Russia (RUS)Olga Belkina, Natalia Rusakova, Elizaveta Savlinis, Yelena Bolsun42.93SB
67 Canada (CAN)Crystal Emmanuel, Kimberly Hyacinthe, Shai-Anne Davis, Khamica Bingham43.28
4 France (FRA)Céline Distel-Bonnet, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Myriam Soumaré, Stella AkakpoDQR170.7[7]
8 Brazil (BRA)Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Vanda GomesDNF

References

  1. Start list
  2. "Athlétisme : cruelle issue pour Myriam Soumaré aux Mondiaux". La Gazette du Val d'Oise. 21 August 2013.
  3. "Records & Lists – 5000 meters". IAAF. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  4. IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards, All Russia Athletic Federation, 2012, archived from the original on 16 August 2013, retrieved 8 August 2013
  5. Heats Results
  6. Relay member, Yelyzaveta Bryzhina, tested positive for a prohibited substance earlier at the competition. There is no official information if the result was nullified.
  7. Passing the baton outside the takeover zone
  8. Lane infringement
  9. Final Results
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