World Athletics Championships 2015/4 × 400 m women
| World Athletics Championships 2015 | |
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| discipline | 4 × 400 m relay of women |
| city |
 Beijing
|
| place | Beijing National Stadium |
| Participants | 16 relays with 74 athletes |
| Competition phase | August 29, 2015 (preliminary) August 30, 2015 (final) |
| Medalists | |
|---|---|
 gold |
 JAM
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 silver |
 United States
|
 bronze |
 Great Britain
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The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 2015 World Athletics Championships took place on August 29 and 30, 2015 in Beijing , People's Republic of China .
World champions were the runners from Jamaica with Christine Day , Shericka Jackson , Stephenie Ann McPherson and Novlene Williams-Mills as well as Anastasia Le-Roy and Chrisann Gordon, who were also used in the preliminary run . The USA won the silver medal with Sanya Richards-Ross , Natasha Hastings , Allyson Felix and Francena McCorory as well as Phyllis Francis and Jessica Beard, who were also used in the run-up . Bronze went to the relay from Great Britain with Christine Ohuruogu , Anyika Onuora , Eilidh Child and Seren Bundy-Davies as well as Kirsten McAslan, who was also used in the run-up .
The runners from Jamaica, the USA and Great Britain who were used in the preliminary run for the medal winners also received corresponding precious metal.
Records
| World record |
 Soviet Union Tazzjana Ljadouskaja , Olga Nazarowa , Marija Pinigina , Olha Bryshina |
3: 15.17 min | OS in Seoul , South Korea | October 1, 1988 |
| Championship record |
USA Gwen Torrence , Maicel Malone-Wallace , Natasha Kaiser-Brown , Jearl Miles |
3: 16.71 min | World Cup in Stuttgart , Germany | 22nd August 1993 |
doping
Due to a positive doping result from the runner Tosin Adeloye, the Nigerian relay team - initially in fifth place - was disqualified and excluded from participation in the 2016 Olympic Games . Above all, the team from Italy was at a disadvantage, as it was deprived of participation in the final because Nigeria should not have started there. But since the evidence of doping fraud could not be provided until later, this could in fact not be changed.
Prelims
From the two preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
Forward 1
August 29, 2015, 10:15 am local time (4:15 am CEST )
| space | train | country | Athletes | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4th |
Jamaica
|
Anastasia Le-Roy Shericka Jackson Chrisann Gordon Christine Day |
3: 23.62 |
| 2 | 2 |
 Russia
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Marija Michailjuk Xenija Sadorina Yekaterina Renschina Xenija Aksjonowa |
3: 23.75 SB |
| 3 | 3 |
 Canada
|
Carline Muir Aiyanna Stiverne Sage Watson Nicole Sassine |
3: 26.14 SB |
| 4th | 7th |
 Romania
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Andreea Grecu Anamaria Ioniță Sanda Belgyan Bianca Răzor |
3: 28.60 SB |
| 5 | 6th |
 Australia
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Anneliese Rubie Jessica Gulli Lauren Wells Morgan Mitchell |
3: 28.61 SB |
| 6th | 9 |
 Poland
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Małgorzata Hołub Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Joanna Linkiewicz Justyna Święty |
3: 32.83 |
| 7th | 5 |
People's Republic of China
|
Huang Guifen Wang Huan Li Xue Cheng Chong |
3: 34.98 |
| DOP | 8th |
 Nigeria
|
Regina George Funke Oladoye Tosin Adeloye Patience Okon George |
admitted to the finals |
Forward 2
August 29, 2015, 10:26 am local time (4:26 am CEST )
| space | train | country | Athletes | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4th |
United States
|
Phyllis Francis Jessica Beard Sanya Richards-Ross Francena McCorory |
3: 23.05 |
| 2 | 9 |
Great Britain
|
Eilidh Child Anyika Onuora Kirsten McAslan Seren Bundy-Davies |
3: 23.90 SB |
| 3 | 3 |
 France
|
Estelle Perrossier Marie Gayot Agnès Raharolahy Floria Gueï |
3: 24.86 SB |
| 4th | 2 |
 Ukraine
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Julija Olischewska Olha Bibik Olha Semljak Olha Lyachowa |
3: 27.01 SB |
| 5 | 7th |
 Italy
|
Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Elena Maria Bonfanti Ayomide Folorunso Chiara Bazzoni |
3: 27.07 SB actually qualified for the final |
| 6th | 8th |
 Bahamas
|
Lanece Clarke Christine Amertil Katrina Seymour Shaunae Miller |
3: 28.46 NO |
| 7th | 6th |
 Japan
|
Seika Aoyama Kana Ichikawa Asami Chiba Sayaka Aoki |
3: 28.91 NO |
| 8th | 5 |
 India
|
Jisna Mathew Tintu Lukka Debasree Majumdar Machettira Raju Poovamma |
3: 29.08 SB |
final
August 30, 2015, 1220:05 local time (14:05 CEST )
At the World Championships and Olympic Games in recent years, the Americans have always won this season. But this year the runners from Jamaica had finished third to sixth in the individual finals over 400 meters , so that Jamaica was slightly favored in the race. The battle for the bronze medal was mainly expected between European champions France and the relays from Russia and Great Britain that were strong in the run-up.
The following line-up changes were made in the final:
- Jamaica - Stephenie Ann McPherson and Novlene Williams-Mills replaced Anastasia Le-Roy and Chrisann Gordon.
- USA - Natasha Hastings ran for Phyllis Francis, Allyson Felix for Jessica Beard.
- United Kingdom - Kirsten McAslan has been replaced by Christine Ohuruogu.
- Russia - Nadezhda Kotlyarova ran instead of Marija Michailjuk, Xenija Ryschowa instead of Jekaterina Renschina.
- Ukraine - Natalija Lupu and Natalija Pyhyda replaced Julija Olischewska and Olha Bibik.
- Canada - Audrey Jean-Baptiste ran for Nicole Sassine.
Jamaica was already in the lead after the first change. Starting runner Christine Day had a clear lead over her opponents. Natasha Hastings for the USA and Anyika Onuora for Great Britain started the race on the second lap sharply and shortened the gap to Jamaica with Shericka Jackson. But Jackson broke away from her opponents in the finish curve and passed the baton on to Stephenie McPherson, the third runner for Jamaica, with a lead of more than ten meters. The USA and Great Britain continued to be close together in second and third place. The British Eilidh Child had to let Allyson Felix, the third US runner, go. Felix reduced the distance to McPherson noticeably and even pulled past her on the home stretch.
The US final runner Francena McCorory started the race against the Jamaican Novlene Williams-Mills by a narrow margin. The distance to the third-placed British women with Seren Bundy-Davies was more than twenty meters. Behind it it was closer, the Russians were not yet defeated in the battle for bronze. McCorory was able to run out of a small gap against Williams-Mills in the target curve, it almost looked like a victory for the Americans. Bundy-Davies meanwhile increased the distance to the squadrons behind her. On the home stretch, McCorory ran out of strength, Williams-Mills passed her shortly before the finish and secured Jamaica the world title ahead of the United States. Britain eventually won bronze, ahead of Russia, Ukraine, France and Canada. The relay from Nigeria was disqualified for doping fraud of their runner Tosin Adeloye.
Web links and sources
- Homepage for the 2015 World Championships, 4 × 400 m women on the IAAF website (English), accessed on November 11, 2018
- Results of the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 11, 2018
- Reports on the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 11, 2018
Video
- 4x400m women relay IAAF World Athletics Championships 2015 Beijing on youtube.com, published August 30, 2015, accessed November 11, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Nigeria Disqualified From Olympics 4x400m Relay Event In Rio 2016 Olympics on nigerianmonitor.com, accessed on November 11, 2018