Athletics World Championships 1999/4 × 100 m women

7th World Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 100 m relay
gender	Women
Attendees	19 relays with 79 athletes
venue	Seville
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 28th (preliminary) August 29th (final)
Medalists  Bahamas  France  Jamaica

The women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1999 World Athletics Championships took place on August 28 and 29, 1999 in the Olympic Stadium in the Spanish city ​​of Seville .

The Bahamas became world champion with the line-up Savatheda Fynes , Chandra Sturrup , Pauline Davis-Thompson and Debbie Ferguson (final) as well as Eldece Clarke-Lewis, who was also used in the preliminary stages .
Second place went to France with Patricia Girard (final), Muriel Hurtis , Katia Benth and Christine Arron as well as Fabé Dia, who was also used in the preliminary run .
Bronze went to Jamaica ( Aleen Bailey , Merlene Frazer ,Beverly McDonald , Peta-Gaye Dowdie ).

The runners who were only used in the preliminary run also received the corresponding precious metal. Records and top performances, on the other hand, were only available to the athletes actually running.

Existing records

World record	41.37 s	GDR ( Silke Gladisch , Sabine Rieger , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Göhr )	Canberra , Australia	October 6, 1985
World Cup record	41.47 s	USA ( Chryste Gaines , Marion Jones , Inger Miller , Gail Devers )	1997 World Cup in Athens , Greece	August 9, 1997

The Olympic Stadium of Seville in 2011

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

The existing world annual record was improved twice and there was a new national record:

• World annual bests:
  • 42.28s - USA ( Cheryl Taplin , Nanceen Perry , Inger Miller , Gail Devers ) , 1st advance on August 28th
  • 41.92s - Bahamas ( Chandra Sturrup , Pauline Davis-Thompson , Debbie Ferguson ) , final on August 29th
• National record:
  • 42.28s - France ( Patricia Girard , Muriel Hurtis , Katia Benth , Christine Arron ) , final on August 29th

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first two 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 28, 1999, 10:20 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	United States	Cheryl Taplin Nanceen Perry Inger Miller Gail Devers	42.28 WL
2	Jamaica	Aleen Bailey Merlene Frazer Beverly McDonald Peta-Gaye Dowdie	42.36
3	Great Britain	Marcia Richardson Shani Anderson Christine Bloomfield Joice Maduaka	43.31
4th	Finland	Petra Söderström Sanna Kyllönen Johanna Manninen Heidi Hannula	43.86
5	South Africa	Charlene Lawrence Heide Seÿerling Leanie van der Walt Wendy Hartman	44.35
6th	Greece	Paraskevi Patoulidou Katerína Kóffa Marina Vasarmidou Ekaterini Thanou	44.68
7th	Cameroon	Esther Mvondo Myriam Mani Anne Marie Mouri-Nkeng Edwige Abena Fouda	45.37

Forward 2

August 28, 1999, 10:28 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Bahamas	Eldece Clarke-Lewis (forward) Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Savatheda Fynes	42.40
2	Germany	Andrea Philipp Gabi Rockmeier Esther Möller Marion Wagner	42.74
3	Canada	Angela Bailey Philomina Mensah Tarama Perry Martha Adusei	43.27
4th	Spain	Carmen Blay Julia Alba Iglesias Arantxa Cristina Sanz	45.14
DNF	Russia	Natalja Ignatowa Oksana Ekk Irina Chabarowa Marina Trandenkowa
DSQ	Puerto Rico	Heysha Ortiz Jennifer Caraballo Zuleika Almodovar Jessenia Rivera	IAAF Rule 163.3b railway trespassing

Forward 3

August 28, 1999, 10:36 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	France	Fabé Dia (preliminary) Katia Benth Muriel Hurtis Christine Arron	42.30
2	Poland	Marzena Pawlak ( forerunner ) Joanna Nielacna Monika Borejza Zuzanna Radecka	43.73
3	Ukraine	Irina Pucha Anzhelika Kravchenko Oksana Guskova Anzhelika Shevchuk	43.80
4th	Madagascar	Lantoniana Ramalalanirina Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy Rosa Rakotozafy Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe	44.36
5	Japan	Toshie Kitada Motoka Arai Kaori Sakagami Yvonne Kanazawa	44.80
DSQ	Nigeria	Glory Alozie Joan Uduak Ekah Mercy Nku Endurance Ojokolo	IAAF Rule 170.7 faulty substitution

final

August 29, 1999, 7:30 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Bahamas	Savatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson (final) in the preliminary also: Eldece Clarke-Lewis	41.92 WL
2	France	Patricia Girard (final) Muriel Hurtis Katia Benth Christine Arron in the preliminary run also: Fabé Dia	42.06 NO
3	Jamaica	Aleen Bailey Merlene Frazer Beverly McDonald Peta-Gaye Dowdie	42.15
4th	United States	Cheryl Taplin Nanceen Perry Inger Miller Gail Devers	42.30
5	Germany	Andrea Philipp Gabi Rockmeier Esther Möller Marion Wagner	42.63
6th	Canada	Angela Bailey Philomina Mensah Tarama Perry Martha Adusei	43.39
7th	Poland	Zuzanna Radecka Irena Sznajder (final) Monika Borejza Joanna Nielacna in the preliminary also: Marzena Pawlak	43.51
8th	Great Britain	Marcia Richardson Shani Anderson Christine Bloomfield Joice Maduaka	43.52

Video

• Women's 4x100m Relay Final - 1999 IAAF World Athletics Championships on youtube.com, accessed July 27, 2020

Web links

• 7th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed July 27, 2020
• Women 4x100m Relay Athletics VII World Championship 1999 Sevilla (ESP) on todor66.com, accessed July 27, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 4x100m Relay, Seville 1999, p. 367 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on July 27, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m women , accessed on July 27, 2020
2. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on July 27, 2020
3. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 120 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on July 27, 2020