World Athletics Championships 1997/4 × 100 m women
| 6th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 4 × 100 m relay | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 16 relays with 66 athletes | ||||||||
| venue |
 Athens
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| Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 8th (preliminary) August 9th (final) |
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The women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1997 World Athletics Championships was held on August 8 and 9, 1997 in the Olympic Stadium in the Greek capital, Athens .
World Champions were the United States in the occupation Chryste Gaines , Marion Jones , Inger Miller and Gail Devers .
Second place went to Jamaica ( Beverly McDonald , Merlene Frazer , Juliet Cuthbert , Beverly Grant ).
Bronze went to France with Patricia Girard (final), Christine Arron . Delphine Combe and Sylviane Félix as well as Frédérique Bangué, who was also used in the run-up .
Frédérique Bangué, who was only used in the preliminary run in the French relay, also received a bronze medal. The national record, however, was only available to the athletes who actually ran.
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 | 41.49 s |
 Russia ( Olga Bogoslowskaja , Galina Maltschugina , Natalja Voronowa , Irina Priwalowa ) |
World Cup 1993 in Stuttgart , Germany | 22nd August 1993 |
 USA ( Michelle Finn , Gwen Torrence , Wendy Vereen , Gail Devers ) |
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Record improvement
The United States' world championship relay improved the existing World Cup record with Chryste Gaines , Marion Jones , Inger Miller and Gail Devers in the final on August 9 by two hundredths of a second to 41.47 s.
In addition, the following other records were set.
- Continental record:
- 42.42 s, Asian record - People's Republic of China ( Pei Fang , Yan Jiankui , Liu Xiaomei , Li Xuemei ), 2nd advance on August 8th
- National records:
- 42.53 s - France ( Frédérique Bangué , Christine Arron , Delphine Combe , Sylviane Félix ), 1st lead on August 8th
- 43.89 s - Brazil ( Rita Gomes , Kátia dos Santos , Cleide Amaral , Lucimar Aparecida de Moura ), 1st lead on August 8th
- 42.21 s - France ( Patricia Girard , Christine Arron , Delphine Combe , Sylviane Félix ), final on August 9th
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 8, 1997, 8:20 pm
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
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Chryste Gaines Marion Jones Inger Miller Gail Devers |
41.42 WL |
| 2 |
 France
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Frédérique Bangué (preliminary) Christine Arron Delphine Combe Sylviane Félix |
42.53 NO |
| 3 |
 Nigeria
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Beatrice Utondu Endurance Ojokolo Angela Atede Chioma Ajunwa (preliminary) |
43.00 |
| 4th |
Greece
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Maria Tsoni Katerina Koffa Marina Vasarmidou Ekaterini Thánou |
43.15 |
| 5 |
 Australia
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Nova Peris-Kneebone Lauren Hewitt Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Cathy Freeman |
43.21 |
| 6th |
 Brazil
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Rita Gomes Kátia dos Santos Cleide Amaral Lucimar Aparecida de Moura |
43.89 NO |
| 7th |
 Italy
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Elena Sordelli Giada Gallina Manuela Grillo Manuela Levorato |
44.16 |
| DSQ |
 Ukraine
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Oksana Guskova Viktoria Fomenko Irina Pucha Anzhela Kravchenko |
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Forward 2
August 8, 1997, 8:30 p.m.
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Bahamas
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Eldece Clarke Savatheda Fynes Debbie Ferguson Pauline Davis |
42.19 |
| 2 |
 Jamaica
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Beverly McDonald Merlene Frazer Juliet Cuthbert Beverly Grant |
42.31 |
| 3 |
 Germany
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Melanie Paschke Esther Möller Birgit Rockmeier Andrea Philipp |
42.51 |
| 4th |
Russia
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Olga Powtarjowa Galina Maltschugina Marina Trandenkowa Jekaterina Leschchowa |
42.69 |
| 5 |
 People's Republic of China
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Pei Fang Yan Jiankui Liu Xiaomei Li Xuemei |
42.92 AS |
| 6th |
 Colombia
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Sandra Borrero Felipa Palacios Patricia Rodríguez Mirtha Brock |
43.51 |
| 7th |
 Finland
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Sanna Koivisto Johanna Manninen Sanna Hernesniemi Anu Pirttimaa |
44.08 |
| 8th |
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Hideko Kijinami Kaori Yoshida Toshie Iwamoto Motoka Arai |
44.56 |
final
August 9, 1997, 9:10 p.m.
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
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| 1 |
United States
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Chryste Gaines Marion Jones Inger Miller Gail Devers |
41.47 CR |
| 2 |
Jamaica
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Beverly McDonald Merlene Frazer Juliet Cuthbert Beverly Grant |
42.10 |
| 3 |
France
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Patricia Girard (final) Christine Arron Delphine Combe Sylviane Félix in the run-up also: Frédérique Bangué |
42.21 NO |
| 4th |
Germany
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Melanie Paschke Esther Möller Birgit Rockmeier Andrea Philipp |
42.44 |
| 5 |
Russia
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Olga Powtarjowa Galina Maltschugina Marina Trandenkowa Jekaterina Leschchowa |
42.50 |
| 6th |
Bahamas
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Eldece Clarke Savatheda Fynes Debbie Ferguson Pauline Davis |
42.77 |
| 7th |
Nigeria
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Beatrice Utondu Endurance Ojokolo Angela Atede Falilat Ogunkoya (final) in the preliminary also: Chioma Ajunwa |
43.27 |
| 8th |
People's Republic of China
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Pei Fang Yan Jiankui Liu Xiaomei Li Xuemei |
43.32 |
Video
- 1997 World Champs 4x100m women American Record on youtube.com, accessed July 3, 2020
Web links
- 6th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed July 3, 2020
- Women 4x100m Relay Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) on todor66.com, accessed July 3, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 4x100m Relay, Athens 1997, p. 367 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on July 3, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m women , accessed July 3, 2020
- ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 120 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on July 3, 2020