World Athletics Championships 1993/4 × 100 m women

4th World Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 100 m relay
gender	Women
Attendees	11 relay teams with 48 athletes
venue	Stuttgart
Competition location	Gottlieb Daimler Stadium
Competition phase	August 21 (preliminary) August 22 (final)
Medalists  RUS  United States  Jamaica

The Gottlieb Daimler Stadium in Stuttgart in 2007

The women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the World Athletics Championships in 1993 took place on August 21 and 22, 1993 in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium in Stuttgart .

The dramatic final ended with teams in first and second place at the same time. Russia became world champion in the line-up of Olga Bogoslowskaja , Galina Maltschugina , Natalja Voronowa and Irina Priwalowa (final) as well as Marina Trandenkowa, who was also used in the preliminary stages .
Second place went to the United States with Michelle Finn , Gwen Torrence (final), Wendy Vereen and Gail Devers as well as Sheila Echols, who was also used in the preliminary run .
Bronze went to Jamaica with Michelle Freeman , Juliet Campbell , Nikole Mitchell and Merlene Ottey (final) as well as Dahlia Duhaney, who was also used in the preliminary run .

The runners who were only used in the preliminary run also received the corresponding precious metal. In contrast, only the athletes who actually ran were entitled to records.

Records

Existing records

World record	41.37 s	GDR ( Silke Gladisch , Sabine Rieger , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Göhr )	Canberra , Australia	October 6, 1985
World Cup record	41.58 s	USA ( Alice Brown , Diane Williams , Florence Griffith-Joyner , Pam Marshall )	World Cup in Rome , Italy	September 6, 1987

Record improvement

The two seasons in positions one and two improved the existing World Cup record in the final on August 22nd by nine hundredths of a second to 41.49 s:

• Russia ( Olga Bogoslowskaja , Galina Maltschugina , Natalja Voronowa , Irina Priwalowa )
• USA ( Michelle Finn , Gwen Torrence , Wendy Vereen , Gail Devers )

Preliminary round

In the two preliminary runs, the first three seasons - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest teams - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Forward 1

August 21, 1993, 6:10 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	United States	Michelle Finn Sheila Echols (preliminary) Wendy Vereen Gail Devers	42.34
2	Jamaica	Michelle Freeman Dahlia Duhaney (preliminary) Nikole Mitchell Juliet Campbell	42.40
3	Germany	Andrea Philipp Bettina Zipp Silke-Beate Knoll Melanie Paschke	42.81
4th	Finland	Anu Pirttimaa Sisko Hanhijoki Sanna Hernesniemi Marja Salmela	43.63
5	Chinese Taipei	Kao Yu-Chuan Chen Shu-Chen Hsu Pei-Chin Wang Huei-Chen	44.59
6th	Thailand	Naprat Suajongprue Dokjun Dokdung Ratjai Sripet Kwuanfha Inchareon	44.85

Forward 2

August 21, 1993, 6:20 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Russia	Olga Bogoslowskaja Galina Maltschugina Natalja Voronowa Marina Trandenkowa (preliminary)	42.39
2	France	Patricia Girard Odiah Sidibé Valérie Jean-Charles Marie-José Pérec	43.31
3	Cuba	Miriam Ferrer Idalmis Bonne (preliminary) Julia Duporty Liliana Allen	43.48
4th	Great Britain	Marcia Richardson Beverly Kinch Simmone Jacobs Paula Thomas	43.65
5	Canada	Camille Noel Stacey Bowen Sonia Paquette Donalda Duprey	44.36

final

August 22, 1993, 4:20 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Russia	Olga Bogoslowskaja Galina Maltschugina Natalja Voronowa Irina Priwalowa (final) in the preliminary also: Marina Trandenkowa	41.49 CR
2	United States	Michelle Finn Gwen Torrence (final) Wendy Vereen Gail Devers in the lead also: Sheila Echols	41.49 CR
3	Jamaica	Michelle Freeman Juliet Campbell Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey (final) in the preliminary also: Dahlia Duhaney	41.94
4th	France	Patricia Girard Odiah Sidibé Valérie Jean-Charles Marie-José Pérec	42.67
5	Germany	Andrea Philipp Bettina Zipp Silke-Beate Knoll Melanie Paschke	42.79
6th	Cuba	Miriam Ferrer Aliuska López (final) Julia Duporty Liliana Allen in the preliminary also: Idalmis Bonne	42.89
7th	Finland	Anu Pirttimaa Sisko Hanhijoki Sanna Hernesniemi Marja Salmela	43.37
8th	Great Britain	Marcia Richardson Beverly Kinch Simmone Jacobs Paula Thomas	43.86

Video

• Women's 4x100m Relay Final World Champs Stuttgart 1993 on youtube.com, accessed May 19, 2020

Web links

• 4th IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed on May 19, 2020
• Women 4x100m Relay Athletics IV World Championship 1993 Stuttgart (GER) on todor66.com (English), accessed on May 19, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 4x100m Relay, Stuttgart 1993 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 366), English, accessed on May 19, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m women , accessed on May 19, 2020