World Athletics Championships 2001/4 × 400 m women
| 8th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 4 × 400 m relay | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 14 relays with 63 athletes | ||||||||
| venue |
 Edmonton
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| Competition location | Commonwealth Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 19th (preliminary) August 20th (semi-finals) August 21st (final) |
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The 4-by-400-meter relay for women at the 2001 World Athletics Championships was held on August 6 and 7, 2001 in the Commonwealth Stadium in the Canadian city of Edmonton .
World champion was Jamaica with the cast Sandie Richards , Catherine Scott . Debbie-Ann Parris (final) and Lorraine Fenton (final) as well as Deon Hemmings and Michelle Burgher, who were also used in the preliminary run .
Second place went to Germany ( Florence Ekpo-Umoh , Shanta Ghosh , Claudia Marx , Grit Breuer ).
Bronze went to Russia with Irina Rossichina , Julija Nosowa (final), Anastassija Kapatschinskaja and Olesja Sykina as well as Natalja Schewzowa, who was also used in the preliminary run .
The runners who were only used in the preliminary run also received the corresponding precious metal. In contrast, only the athletes who actually ran were entitled to records.
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.
In the final there was a new world record for the year, in the preliminaries two new national records were set.
- World annual best:
- 3: 20.65 min - Jamaica ( Sandie Richards , Catherine Scott . Debbie-Ann Parris , Lorraine Fenton ) , final on August 12th
- National records:
- 3: 25.68 min - Canada ( Foy Williams , Samantha George , Danielle Kot , LaDonna Antoine ) , 1st advance on August 11th
- 3: 30.01 min - Puerto Rico ( Militza Castro , Yvonne Harrison , Sandra Moya , Yamelis Ortiz ) , 1st run-up on August 11th
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, 4:15 p.m.
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
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Demetria Washington (preliminary) Michelle Collins Mikele Barber Suziann Reid |
3: 21.97 |
| 2 |
 Jamaica
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Michelle Burgher (preliminary) Catherine Scott Deon Hemmings (preliminary) Sandie Richards |
3: 24.87 |
| 3 |
Canada
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Foy Williams Samantha George Danielle Kot LaDonna Antoine |
3: 25.68 NO |
| 4th |
 France
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Francine Landre Anita Mormand Sylvanie Morandais Marie-Louise Bévis |
3: 26.92 |
| 5 |
 Poland
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Aleksandra Pieluzek Grażyna Prokopek Aneta Lemiesz Małgorzata Pskit |
3: 27.37 |
| 6th |
 Cuba
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Yudalis Díaz Julia Duporty Libania Grenot Daimí Pernía |
3: 28.68 |
| 7th |
 Puerto Rico
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Militza Castro Yvonne Harrison Sandra Moya Yamelis Ortiz |
3: 30.81 NO |
Forward 2
August 11, 2001, 4:25 pm
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Germany
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Florence Ekpo-Umoh Shanta Ghosh Claudia Marx Grit Breuer |
3: 26.81 |
| 2 |
 Great Britain
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Lee McConnell Lesley Owusu (preliminary) Catherine Murphy Donna Fraser (preliminary) |
3: 27.25 |
| 3 |
 Russia
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Natalja Schewzowa (preliminary) Irina Rossichina Anastassija Kapatschinskaja Olesja Sykina |
3: 27.39 |
| 4th |
 Belarus
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Natallja Safronnikawa Swjatlana Ussowitsch Iryna Chljustawa Hanna Kosak |
3: 28.93 |
| 5 |
 Senegal
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Aïda Diop Mame Tacko Diouf Fatou Bintou Case Amy Mbacké Thiam |
3: 30.03 |
| 6th |
 Japan
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Miho Sato Kazue Kakinuma Sakie Nobuoka Makiko Yoshida |
3: 33.51 |
| 7th |
 Spain
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Julia Alba Norfalia Carabali Miriam Bravo Yolanda Reyes |
3: 33.78 |
final
August 12, 2001, 4:40 p.m.
| space | Season | occupation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jamaica
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Sandie Richards Catherine Scott Debbie-Ann Parris (final) Lorraine Fenton (final) in the preliminaries also: Deon Hemmings Michelle Burgher |
3.20.65 WL |
| 2 |
Germany
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Florence Ekpo-Umoh Shanta Ghosh Claudia Marx Grit Breuer |
3: 21.97 |
| 3 |
Russia
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Irina Rossichina Julija Nosowa (final) Anastassija Kapatschinskaja Olesja Sykina in the run-up also: Natalja Schewzowa |
3: 24.92 |
| 4th |
United States
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Jearl Miles Clark (final) Monique Hennagan (final) Michelle Collins Suziann Reid in the preliminary also: Demetria Washington Mikele Barber |
3: 26.88 |
| 5 |
Great Britain
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Lee McConnell Helen Frost (final) Tasha Danvers (final) Catherine Murphy in the preliminary also: Lesley Owusu Donna Fraser |
3: 26.94 |
| 6th |
France
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Francine Landre Anita Mormand Sylvanie Morandais Marie-Louise Bévis |
3: 27.54 |
| 7th |
Poland
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Aleksandra Pieluzek Grażyna Prokopek Aneta Lemiesz Małgorzata Pskit |
3: 27.78 |
| 8th |
Canada
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Foy Williams Samantha George Danielle Kot LaDonna Antoine |
3: 27.93 |
The US season was in the lead on the last change. However, last runner Suziann Reid dropped the baton immediately after the change and lost a lot of time.
Video
- 2001 IAAF Outdoor Women's 4x400 Relay on youtube.com, accessed August 12, 2020
Web links
- 8th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed August 12, 2020
- Women 4x400m 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 4x400m Relay, Edmonton 2001, p. 375f (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on August 12, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m women , accessed on August 21, 2020