World Athletics Championships 1995/4 × 400 m for women

5th World Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 400 m relay
gender	Women
Attendees	14 relays with 61 athletes
venue	Gothenburg
Competition location	Ullevi Stadium
Competition phase	August 12th (preliminary) August 13th (final)
Medalists  United States  Russia  Australia

The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1995 World Athletics Championships was held on August 12 and 13, 1995 in Gothenburg's Ullevi Stadium .

The United States became world champions in the line-up of Kim Graham , Rochelle Stevens , Camara Jones and Jearl Miles (final) as well as Nicole Green, who was also used in the preliminary stages .
Second place went to Russia with Tatiana Tschebykina , Swetlana Goncharenko , Julija Sotnikowa (final) and Jelena Andrejewa as well as Tatiana Sakharova, who was also used in the preliminary run .
Bronze went to Australia ( Lee Naylor , Renée Poetschka , Melinda Gainsford-Taylor , Cathy Freeman ).

The runners who were only used in the preliminary run also received the corresponding precious metal.

Existing records

World record	3: 15.17 min	Soviet Union ( Tazzjana Ljadouskaja , Olga Nasarowa , Marija Pinigina , Olha Bryshina )	OS in Seoul South Korea	October 1, 1988
World Cup record	3: 16.71 min	USA ( Gwen Torrence , Maicel Malone-Wallace , Natasha Kaiser-Brown , Jearl Miles )	World Cup in Stuttgart Germany	22nd August 1993

The Gothenburg Ullevi Stadium in 2006

The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three seasons per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest teams - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Forward 1

August 12, 1995, 8:20 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Russia	Tatiana Tschebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Tatiana Sakharova (preliminary) Jelena Andrejewa	3: 22.24
2	Australia	Lee Naylor Renée Poetschka Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Cathy Freeman	3: 26.08
3	Cuba	Surella Morales (preliminary) Nancy McLeón Idalmis Bonne Julia Duporty	3: 26.32
4th	Ukraine	Viktorija Fomenko Olga Moroz Irina Lenskiy Olena Rurak	3: 26.43
5	France	Marie-Louise Bévis Viviane Dorsile Evelyne Elien Marie-José Pérec	3: 27.11
6th	Spain	Esther Lahoz Sandra Myers Mariam Bravo Yolanda Reyes	3: 31.71
DNF	Colombia	Patricia Rodríguez Elia Manuela Mera Mirtha Brock Norfalia Carabali

Forward 2

August 12, 1995, 8:35 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	United States	Kim Graham Rochelle Stevens Nicole Green (preliminary) Camara Jones	3: 23.29
2	Jamaica	Claudine Williams (preliminary) Merlene Frazer Revoli Campbell Sandie Richards	3: 23.71
3	Germany	Linda Kisabaka Karin Janke Sandra Kuschmann (preliminary) Uta Rohländer	3: 23.84
4th	Nigeria	Falilat Ogunkoya Olabisi Afolabi Omolade Akinremi Fatima Yusuf	3: 25.42
5	Great Britain	Melanie Neef Stephanie Llewellyn Lorraine Hanson Georgina Oladapo	3: 25.50
6th	Czech Republic	Nadezda Kostovalová Hana Benesová Ludmila Formanová Helena Fuchsová	3: 26.27
7th	Italy	Francesca Carbone Patrizia Spuri Danielle Perpoli Virna De Angeli	3: 30.88

final

August 13, 1995, 5:55 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	United States	Kim Graham Rochelle Stevens Camara Jones Jearl Miles (final) in the preliminary also: Nicole Green	3: 22.39
2	Russia	Tatiana Tschebykina Svetlana Gontscharenko Julija Sotnikowa (final) Jelena Andrejewa in the run-up also: Tatiana Sakharova	3: 23.98
3	Australia	Lee Naylor Renée Poetschka Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Cathy Freeman	3: 25.88
4th	Germany	Karin Janke Silke-Beate Knoll (final) Linda Kisabaka Uta Rohländer in the preliminary run also: Sandra Kuschmann	3: 26.10
5	Great Britain	Melanie Neef Stephanie Llewellyn Lorraine Hanson Georgina Oladapo	3: 26.89
6th	Nigeria	Olabisi Afolabi Falilat Ogunkoya Omolade Akinremi Fatima Yusuf	3: 27.85
7th	Cuba	Idalmis Bonne Ana Fidelia Quirot (final) Nancy McLeón Julia Duporty in the preliminary also: Surella Morales	3: 29.27
DSQ	Jamaica	Revoli Campbell Merlene Frazer Sandie Richards Deon Hemmings (final) in the preliminary also: Claudine Williams	IAAF Rule 163.3 railway trespassing

Video

• World Championships in Athletics 1995 - 4x400m Women on youtube.com, accessed June 9, 2020

Web links

• 5th IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed on May 18, 2020
• Women 4x400m Relay Athletics V World Championship 1995 Goteborg (SWE) on todor66.com, accessed June 9, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 4x400m Relay, Gothenborg 1995, p. 374 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on June 9, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m women , accessed June 9, 2020
2. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on June 9, 2020