Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
| Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics  |
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| 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 400 metres relay races at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held on Friday, 29 September and Saturday, 30 September. The first two in each heat and the next 2 fastest overall advanced to the final.
Contents
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes:seconds) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 3:15.17 |  USSR |
Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina |
Seoul, (South Korea) | 1 October 1988 |
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| Olympic Record | 3:15.17 | USSR |
Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina |
Seoul, (South Korea) | 1 October 1988 |
Medals
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Gold medals won by the United States team initially stripped due to doping by Marion Jones. 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. The court said that rules in place in 2000 did not allow entire teams to be disqualified because of doping by one athlete. [1]
Results
All times shown are in seconds.
- Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
- q denotes qualification by overall place.
- DNS denotes did not start.
- DNF denotes did not finish.
- DQ denotes disqualification.
- NR denotes national record.
- AR denotes area/continental record.
- OR denotes Olympic record.
- WR denotes world record.
- PB denotes personal best.
- SB denotes season best.
Heats
First 2 in each heat(Q) and the next 2 fastest(q) advance to the Final.
Heat 1
| Heat 1 of 3 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 |
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| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 2 |  United States |
Jearl Miles Clark, Monique Hennagan, Andrea Anderson, LaTasha Colander |
4 | 3:23.95 | Q | SB | |
| 2 | 5 |  Cuba |
Zulia Calatayud, Julia Duporty, Idalmis Bonne, Daimí Pernía |
3 | 3:25.22 | Q | SB | |
| 3 | 9 |  Belarus |
Natalya Sologub, Yelena Budnik, Irina Khlyustova, Anna Kozak |
8 | 3:26.31 | NR | ||
| 4 | 10 |  Germany |
Shanta Ghosh, Ulrike Urbansky, Birgit Rockmeier, Florence Ekpo-Umoh |
5 | 3:27.02 | SB | ||
| 5 | 12 |  Canada |
Karlene Haughton, LaDonna Antoine, Foy Williams, Samantha George |
2 | 3:27.36 | SB | ||
| 6 | 17 |  Spain |
Julia Alba, Norfalia Carabalí, Miriam Bravo, Maite Martínez |
7 | 3:32.45 | SB | ||
| 7 | 20 | 23x15px Yugoslavia | Mila Savić, Jelena Stanisavljević, Vukosava Đapić, Tatjana Lojanica |
1 | 3:37.99 | |||
 Cameroon |
Did Not Start | |||||||
Heat 2
| Heat 2 of 3 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 |
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| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 6 |  Great Britain |
Helen Frost, Donna Fraser, Allison Curbishley, Katharine Merry |
5 | 3:25.28 | Q | SB | |
| 2 | 7 |  Jamaica |
Charmaine Howell, Catherine Scott, Michelle Burgher, Sandie Richards |
8 | 3:25.65 | Q | SB | |
| 3 | 8 |  Russia |
Yuliya Sotnikova, Olesya Zykina, Svetlana Goncharenko, Natalya Nazarova |
4 | 3:26.05 | q | ||
| 4 | 11 |  Italy |
Daniela Graglia, Francesca Carbone, Fabiola Piroddi, Virna De Angeli |
3 | 3:27.23 | SB | ||
| 5 | 15 |  India |
Paramjeet Kaur, Jincy Philip, Rosa Kutty, K.M.Beena Mol |
2 | 3:31.46 | |||
| 6 | 18 |  Puerto Rico |
Militza Castro, Sandra Moya, Beatriz Cruz, Maritza Salas |
6 | 3:33.30 | NR | ||
| 7 |  Colombia |
7 | Did Not Start | |||||
Heat 3
| Heat 3 of 3 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 |
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| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 1 |  Nigeria |
Doris Jacob, Olabisi Afolabi, Rosemary Okafor, Charity Opara |
5 | 3:22.99 | Q | SB | |
| 2 | 3 |  Australia |
Tamsyn Lewis, Susan Andrews, Jana Pittman, Nova Peris-Kneebone |
2 | 3:24.05 | Q | AR | |
| 3 | 4 |  Czech Republic |
Jitka Burianová, Hana Benešová, Lenka Ficková, Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová |
3 | 3:24.40 | q | SB | |
| 4 | 13 |  Senegal |
Aïda Diop, Mame Tacko Diouf, Aminata Diouf, Amy Mbacke Thiam |
1 | 3:28.02 | NR | ||
| 5 | 14 |  Barbados |
Melissa Straker, Andrea Blackett, Michael Williams, Tanya Oxley |
7 | 3:30.83 | SB | ||
| 6 | 16 |  Ireland |
Karen Shinkins, Martina McCarthy, Emily Maher, Ciara Sheehy |
6 | 3:32.24 | NR | ||
| 7 | 19 |  Slovenia |
Meta Macus, Brigita Langerholc, Jolanda Steblovnik-Ceplak, Saša Prokofijev |
8 | 3:35.00 | NR | ||
| 8 | 21 |  Uzbekistan |
Natalya Kobina, Yelena Piskunova, Zamira Amirova, Natalya Senkina |
4 | 3:43.96 | |||
Final
The United States originally won gold, but on 10 April 2008, following Marion Jones's admission that she had used performance enhancing drugs in preparation for the Olympics, the entire team was stripped of their gold medals. 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. The court said that rules in place in 2000 did not allow entire teams to be disqualified because of doping by one athlete. [2]
| Final Date: Saturday 30 September 2000 |
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| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Record | |||
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United States |
Jearl Miles Clark, Monique Hennagan, Marion Jones, LaTasha Colander |
5 | 3:22.62 | ||||
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Jamaica |
Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott, Deon Hemmings, Lorraine Graham |
7 | 3:23.25 | SB | |||
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Russia |
Yuliya Sotnikova, Svetlana Goncharenko, Olga Kotlyarova, Irina Privalova |
1 | 3:23.46 | SB | |||
| 4 | Nigeria |
Olabisi Afolabi, Charity Opara, Rosemary Okafor, Falilat Ogunkoya |
3 | 3:23.80 | ||||
| 5 | Australia |
Nova Peris-Kneebone, Tamsyn Lewis, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Cathy Freeman |
4 | 3:23.81 | AR | |||
| 6 | Great Britain |
Natasha Danvers, Donna Fraser, Allison Curbishley, Katharine Merry |
6 | 3:25.67 | ||||
| 7 | Czech Republic |
Jitka Burianová, Hana Benešová, Lenka Ficková, Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová |
2 | 3:29.17 | ||||
| 8 | Cuba |
Zulia Calatayud, Julia Duporty, Idalmis Bonne, Daimí Pernía |
8 | 3:29.47 | ||||
External links
- Results, round 1 - IAAF
- Results, final - IAAF
Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm
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