Athletics World Championships 1999/4 × 400 m women
| 7th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 4 × 400 m relay | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 18 relays with 80 athletes | ||||||||
| venue |
 Seville
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| Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 28th (preliminary) August 29th (final) |
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The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1999 World Athletics Championships was held on August 28 and 29, 1999 in the Olympic Stadium in the Spanish city of Seville .
World champion Russia in the cast Tatjana Tschebykina , Svetlana Goncharenko , Olga Kotlyarova (Finale) and Natalya Nazarova (finals) as well as also used in the flow Natalya Sharova and Yekaterina Bachwalowa .
Second place went to the United States with Suziann Reid , Maicel Malone-Wallace , Michelle Collins and Jearl Miles Clark (final) as well as Andrea Anderson, who was also used in the preliminary run .
Bronze went to Germany with Anke Feller , Uta Rohländer , Anja Rücker and Grit Breuer (final) as well as Anja Knippel, who was also used in the preliminary run .
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 | 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 existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.
The existing world annual record was improved twice and there were two new national records:
- World annual bests:
- 3: 24.51 min - Russia ( Natalja Sharova , Jekaterina Bachwalowa . Tatjana Tschebykina , Swetlana Goncharenko ) , 1st run on August 28th
- 3: 21.98 min - Russia (Tatjana Tschebykina, Swetlana Gontscharenko, Olga Kotlyarova , Natalja Nasarowa ) , final on August 29th
- National records:
- 3: 30.99 min - Senegal ( Aïda Diop , Mame Tacko Diouf , Aminata Diouf , Amy Mbacké Thiam ) , final on August 29th
- 3: 33.51 min - Cameroon ( Mireille Nguimgo , Myriam Mani , Stephanie Nicole Zanga , Claudine Komgang ) , final on August 29th
doping
There was a doping case in this competition.
The season of Liberia , which was eliminated in the run-up - initially with a national record - was disqualified for doping abuse of its last runner Hannah Cooper .
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, 8:20 pm
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
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| 1 |
 Russia
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Natalja Sharova (lead) Ekaterina Bachwalowa (lead) Tatiana Tschebykina Swetlana Goncharenko |
3: 24.51 WL |
| 2 |
 Australia
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Tamsyn Lewis (preliminary) Lee Naylor Susan Andrews Cathy Freeman |
3: 27.34 |
| 3 |
 Cuba
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Julia Duporty Zulia Calatayud Yupalis Diaz Idalmis Bonne |
3: 27.54 |
| 4th |
 Canada
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Karlene Haughton LaDonna Antoine Candice Jones Foy Williams |
3: 28.47 |
| 5 |
 Senegal
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Aïda Diop Mame Tacko Diouf Aminata Diouf Amy Mbacké Thiam |
3: 30.99 NO |
| 6th |
Spain
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Elena Córcoles Yolanda Reyes Miriam Bravo Lisette Ferri |
3: 36.28 |
Forward 2
August 28, 1999, 8:29 pm
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Germany
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Anke Feller Uta Rohländer Anja Knippel (forerunner) Anja Rücker |
3: 24.80 |
| 2 |
 Czech Republic
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Jitka Burianová Hana Benešová Ludmila Formanová Helena Fuchsová |
3: 25.58 |
| 3 |
 Jamaica
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Beverly Grant Charmaine Howell (preliminary) Tracey Barnes (preliminary) Claudine Williams |
3: 27.78 |
| 4th |
 Great Britain
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Donna Fraser Helen Frost Michelle Thomas Sinead Dudgeon |
3: 27.99 |
| 5 |
 Cameroon
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Mireille Nguimgo Myriam Mani Stephanie Nicole Zanga Claudine Komgang |
3: 33.51 NO |
| DOP |
 Liberia
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Jocelyn Harris Grace Dinkins Joetta Dweh Hannah Cooper |
Forward 3
August 28, 1999, 8:38 pm
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
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| 1 |
United States
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Suziann Reid Maicel Malone-Wallace Andrea Anderson (preliminary) Michelle Collins |
3: 25.10 |
| 2 |
 Italy
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Danielle Perpoli (preliminary) Patrizia Spuri Monika Niederstätter Virna De Angeli |
3: 31.67 |
| 3 |
 Barbados
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Andrea Blackett Melissa Straker Lucy-Ann Richards Joanne Durant |
3: 34.37 |
| 4th |
 India
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MK Asha Beenamol Kalayathum Rosa Kutty Jincy Philip |
3: 36.54 |
| DNS |
 Romania
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Otilia Ruicu Ionela Târlea Andrea Burlacu Ana Maria Barbu |
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 Nigeria
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Falilat Ogunkoya Charity Opara Olabisi Afolabi Mabel Madojemu |
final
August 29, 1999, 8:50 pm
Video
- Women's 4x400m Relay World Athletics Champs Seville 1999 on youtube.com, accessed July 27, 2020
Web links
- 7th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed July 27, 2020
- Women 4x400m 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 4x400m Relay, Seville 1999, p. 375 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on July 27, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m women , accessed on July 27, 2020
- ↑ Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Doping Violations at IAAF World Championships (PDF 10.3 MB), p. 80 in English, accessed on July 27, 2020