Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
| 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 | ||||
The women's 4 x 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.
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 |
Silke Gladisch-Möller Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr Sabine Rieger |
Canberra, (Australia) | 6 October 1985 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 41.60 s | East Germany |
Romy Müller Bärbel Wöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr |
Moscow, (USSR) | 1 August 1980 |
Medals
For a period of 2 years, the Bronze medals won by the United States team were stripped due to doping by Marion Jones. 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.
On 16 July 2010, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favor of the non-disqualified American women, who had appealed the International Olympic Committee's decision to disqualify them from the Sydney Games. Nanceen Perry did not join the appeal. The court said that rules in place in 2000 did not allow entire teams to be disqualified because of doping by one athlete.
* 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.[1]
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 | |||||||
| 1 | 7 |  France |
Sandra Citte, Fabe Dia, Muriel Hurtis, Christine Arron |
3 | 43.23 | Q | ||
| 2 | 10 |  Greece |
Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosíni Patsoú, Ekateríni Kóffa, 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 |
Wirawan Ruamsuk, Supavadee Khawpeag, Orranut Klomdee, Trecia Roberts |
2 | 44.51 | SB | ||
| 5 | 21 |  Yugoslavia |
Elvira Pančić, Mila Savić, 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 | |||||||
| 1 | 1 |  Jamaica |
Tayna Lawrence, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer |
4 | 42.46 | Q | SB | |
| 2 | 3 |  Germany |
Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrane, Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner |
5 | 42.82 | Q | ||
| 3 | 5 |  China |
Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei, Qin Wangping, Xuemei Li |
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 |
Atia Weekes, Esi Benyarku, 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 | |||||||
| 1 | 2 |  Bahamas |
Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Sevatheda Fynes |
3 | 42.58 | Q | ||
| 2 | 12 |  Finland |
Manuela Bosco, 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 |
Irina Pukha, Anzhela Kravchenko, Olena Pastushenko, Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska |
4 | 43.93 | q | ||
| 5 | 18 |  Ivory Coast |
Amandine Allou Affoué, Makaridja Sanganoko, Mary Gnahore, Louise Ayétotché |
6 | 44.34 | NR | ||
| 6 | 23 |  India |
Valdivel Jayalakshmi, Vinta Tripathi, 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 | |||||||
| 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 |
Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua, Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali |
8 | 43.28 | Q | ||
| 4 | 11 |  Madagascar |
Monica Rahanitraniriana, Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy, Rosa Rakotozafy, Hanitrinianina Rakotondrabe |
5 | 43.61 | q | NR | |
| 5 | 19 |  Sri Lanka |
Tamara Saman Deepika, Pradeepa Herath, S. Nimi De Zoya, K. V. Damayanthi Dharsha |
4 | 44.51 | |||
| 6 | 22 |  Uzbekistan |
Elena Kviatkovskaya, 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
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 | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | Bahamas |
Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, 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 |
Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua, Mercy Nku, 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 |
Irina Pukha, Anzhela Kravchenko, Olena Pastushenko, Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska |
8 | 43.31 | |||
| 7 | 13 | Greece |
Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosíni Patsoú, Ekateríni Kóffa, Ekateríni Thánou |
5 | 43.53 | |||
| 8 | 14 | Madagascar |
Monica Rahanitraniriana, Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy, Rosa Rakotozafy, 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 | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | Jamaica |
Tayna Lawrence, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer |
3 | 42.15 | Q | SB | |
| 2 | 2 | France |
Sandra Citte, Muriel Hurtis, 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, Xuemei Li |
7 | 43.04 | q | SB | |
| 5 | 9 | Great Britain |
Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson, Samantha Davies, Shani Anderson |
8 | 43.19 | SB | ||
| 6 | 12 | Finland |
Manuela Bosco, 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
Final
The United States originally won bronze, but on 10 April 2008, following Marion Jones's admission that she had used performance-enhancing drugs, the entire team was stripped of their medals. However, Jones's teammates appealed that decision by taking the case to the Court of Arbitration. On July 16, 2010, CAS ruled in the athletes favor and both American women relay squads had their medals reallocated.[2]
- 30 September 2000
| Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Record | ||
 |
Bahamas |
Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson |
5 | 0.153 s | 41.95 | SB | ||
 |
Jamaica |
Tayna Lawrence, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Ottey |
3 | 0.174 s | 42.13 | SB | ||
 |
United States |
Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry, |
6 | 0.384 s | 42.20 | |||
| 4 | France |
Linda Ferga, Muriel Hurtis, 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 |
Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua, Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali |
7 | 0.415 s | 44.05 | |||
| 8 | China |
Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei, Qin Wangping, Xuemei Li |
2 | 0.212 s | 44.87 | |||
References
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
External links
- Results, round 1 - IAAF
- Results, semi-finals - IAAF
- Results, final - IAAF