World Athletics Championships 2001/4 × 100 m for women

8th World Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 100 m relay
gender	Women
Attendees	13 relay teams with 55 athletes
venue	Edmonton
Competition location	Commonwealth Stadium
Competition phase	August 11th (preliminary / final)
Medalists  Germany  France  Jamaica

The Commonwealth Stadium by Edmonton in 2005

The 4-by-100-meter relay for women at the 2001 World Athletics Championships was held on August 6 and 7, 2001 at the Commonwealth Stadium in the Canadian city ​​of Edmonton .

Germany became world champion with the line-up of Melanie Paschke , Gabi Rockmeier , Birgit Rockmeier and Marion Wagner .
Second place went to France ( Sylviane Félix , Frédérique Bangué , Muriel Hurtis , Odiah Sidibé ).
Bronze went to Jamaica ( Juliet Campbell (final), Merlene Frazer , Beverly McDonald and Astia Walker as well as Elva Goulbourne, who was also used in the preliminary run ).

The runner, who was only used in the preliminary run for Jamaica, also received a bronze medal. In contrast, only the athletes who actually ran were entitled to 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	41.47 s	USA ( Chryste Gaines , Marion Jones , Inger Miller , Gail Devers )	1997 World Cup in Athens , Greece	August 9, 1997

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

World annual bests were set three times and there were two new national records:

• World annual bests:
  • 42.92 s - Germany ( Melanie Paschke , Gabi Rockmeier , Birgit Rockmeier , Marion Wagner ) , 1st lead on August 11th
  • 42.49 s - France ( Sylviane Félix , Frédérique Bangué , Muriel Hurtis , Odiah Sidibé ) , 2nd advance on August 11th
  • 42.32 s - Germany (Melanie Paschke, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Marion Wagner) , final on August 11th
• National records:
  • 43.89 s - Sri Lanka ( Susanthika Jayasinghe , Anoma Sooriyaarachchi , Nimmi De Zoysa , Damayanthi Darsha ) , 1st lead on August 11th
  • 44.19 s - Belgium ( Nancy Callaerts , Katleen De Caluwé , Élodie Ouédraogo , Kim Gevaert ) , 2nd advance on August 11th

doping

The US squadron, which originally occupied first place, was stripped of the gold medal because two of its members were doped.

• Marion Jones - The multiple medalist, world champion and Olympic champion admitted to a court questioning in 2007 that she lied to doping investigators in 2003 when she denied taking illegal drugs. She lost her medals from these world championships and ended her career.
• Kelli White - She was found to have the banned substance modafinil in a doping test in 2004 . Numerous results, including those from these World Championships, have been canceled. In addition, there was a two-year ban beginning May 18, 2004.

The main victims were three seasons

• Germany - received the gold medal several years late
• Jamaica - received the bronze medal several years late and was unable to attend the award ceremony
• Sri Lanka - could have participated in the final via the time rule

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 11, 2001, 2:35 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Germany	Melanie Paschke Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Marion Wagner	42.92 WL
2	Nigeria	Chioma Ajunwa Endurance Ojokolo Mercy Nku Mary Onyali	43.04
3	Jamaica	Astia Walker Merlene Frazer Beverly McDonald Elva Goulbourne ´ (preliminary)	43.09
4th	Greece	Georgia Kokloni Effrosini Patsou Olga Kaidantzi Ekaterini Thanou	43.58
5	Sri Lanka	Susanthika Jayasinghe Anoma Sooriyaarachchi Nimmi De Zoysa Damayanthi Darsha	43.89 NR actually qualified for the final
6th	Ivory Coast	Marie Gnahoré Makaridja Sanganoko Affoué Amandine Allou Louise Ayétotché	44.05
7th	Canada	Tara Perry Erica Witter Esi Benyarku Martha Adusei	44.11

Forward 2

August 11, 2001, 2:44 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	France	Sylviane Félix Frédérique Bangué Muriel Hurtis Odiah Sidibé	42.49 WL
2	Great Britain	Marcia Richardson Sarah Wilhelmy Vernicha James Abiodun Oyepitan	43.08
3	Russia	Natalja Ignatowa Irina Chabarowa Marina Kislowa Larissa Kruglowa	43.28
4th	Belgium	Nancy Callaerts Katleen De Caluwé Élodie Ouédraogo Kim Gevaert	44.19 NO
5	Uzbekistan	Anna Kazakova Guzel Khubbieva Lyudmila Dmitriadi Lyubov Perepelova	45.99
DOP	United States	Angela Williams (lead) Chryste Gaines Inger Miller Torri Edwards (lead)	admitted to the finals

final

August 11, 2001, 5:45 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Germany	Melanie Paschke Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Marion Wagner	42.32 WL
2	France	Sylviane Félix Frédérique Bangué Muriel Hurtis Odiah Sidibé	42.39
3	Jamaica	Juliet Campbell (final) Merlene Frazer Beverly McDonald Astia Walker in the run-up also: Elva Goulbourne	42.40
4th	Nigeria	Chioma Ajunwa Endurance Ojokolo Mercy Nku Mary Onyali	42.52
5	Great Britain	Marcia Richardson Sarah Wilhelmy Vernicha James Abiodun Oyepitan	42.60
6th	Greece	Georgia Kokloni Effrosini Patsou Olga Kaidantzi Ekaterini Thanou	43.25
7th	Russia	Natalja Ignatowa Irina Chabarowa Marina Kislowa Larissa Kruglowa	43.58
DOP	United States	Kelli White (final) Chryste Gaines Inger Miller Marion Jones (final) in the preliminaries also: Angela Williams Torri Edwards

Web links

• 8th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed August 12, 2020
• Women 4x100m Relay Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton (CAN) on todor66.com, accessed August 12, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 4x100m Relay, Edmonton 2001, p. 367f (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on August 12, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m women , accessed on August 21, 2020
2. ↑ Marion Jones confesses doping in tears , RP Online, October 6, 2007 on rp-online.de, accessed on August 21, 2020
3. ↑ Kelli White loses medals , n-tv, May 19, 2004 on n-tv.de, accessed on August 21, 2020