World Athletics Championships 2017/4 × 400 m for women
| 2017 World Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | 4 x 400 meter relay for women |
| city |
 London
|
| place | Olympic Stadium London |
| Participants | 16 relays with 73 athletes |
| Competition phase | August 12, 2017 (preliminary) August 13, 2017 (final) |
| Medalists | |
 gold |
 United States
|
 silver |
Great Britain
|
 bronze |
 Poland
|
The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 2017 World Athletics Championships took place in London , Great Britain , on August 12-13, 2017 .
The USA team won the world championship with Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix , Shakima Wimbley and Phyllis Francis as well as Kendall Ellis and Natasha Hastings, who were also used in the preliminary run . The season of Great Britain won the silver medal in the cast of Zoey Clark , Laviai Nielsen , Eilidh Doyle and Emily Diamond as well as Perri Shakes-Drayton also used in the run-up . Bronze went to Poland with Małgorzata Hołub , Iga Baumgart , Aleksandra Gaworska and Justyna Święty as well as Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz and Martyna Dąbrowska, who were also used in the run-up .
The runners used in the preliminary stages for the USA, Great Britain and Poland also received the corresponding precious metal.
Records
| World record |
 Soviet Union ( Tazzjana Ljadouskaja , Olga Nasarowa , Marija Pinigina , Olha Bryshina ) |
3: 15.17 min | Summer Olympic Games 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 |
Prelims
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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.
Run 1
August 12, 2017, 11:20 a.m. local time (12:20 p.m. CEST )
| space | train | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7th |
United States
|
3: 21.66 WL | |
| 2 | 8th |
Great Britain
|
3: 24.74 SB | |
| 3 | 4th |
 Botswana
|
3: 26.90 NO | |
| 4th | 6th |
 France
|
3: 27.59 SB | |
| 5 | 9 |
 Australia
|
3: 28.02 SB | |
| 6th | 3 |
 Canada
|
3: 28.47 SB | |
| DSQ | 2 |
 India
|
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| 5 |
 Netherlands
|
Run 2
August 12, 2017, 11:32 a.m. local time (12:32 p.m. CEST )
| space | train | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
 Jamaica
|
3: 23.64 SB | |
| 2 | 2 |
 Nigeria
|
3: 25.40 SB | |
| 3 | 3 |
 Germany
|
3: 26.24 SB | |
| 4th | 9 |
Poland
|
3: 26.47 SB | |
| 5 | 7th |
 Italy
|
3: 27.81 SB | |
| 6th | 8th |
 Ukraine
|
3: 31.84 | |
| 7th | 4th |
 South Africa
|
3: 37.82 SB | |
| DNF | 6th |
 Bahamas
|
final
August 13, 2017, 8:55 p.m. local time (9:55 p.m. CEST )
In the final there were the following line-up changes:
- USA - Allyson Felix and Phyllis Francis replaced Kendall Ellis and Natasha Hastings.
- UK - Eilidh Doyle ran in place of Perri Shakes-Drayton.
- Poland - Aleksandra Gaworska and Justyna Święty replaced Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz and Martyna Dąbrowska.
- Nigeria - Abike Funmilola Egbeniyi ran instead of Emerald Egwim.
- Germany - Hannah Mergenthaler replaced Svea Köhrbrück.
- Jamaica - Shericka Jackson and Novlene Williams-Mills ran in place of Anastasia Le-Roy and Stephenie Ann McPherson.
After the heats and also after the results of the 400-meter individual run, a duel between the United States and Jamaica emerged. Jamaica had won the title at the last world championships and was runner-up at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games , the USA were Olympic champions in 2012/2016, runner-up world champions in 2017 and world champions in 2013 . The first contenders for the possibly remaining bronze medal were the reigning European champions from Great Britain. The other squadrons qualified for the final were so close together in the heats that it was hardly possible to predict the outcome.
Even after the first change, the US season was almost impossible to catch up. Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby, who runs for Jamaica, was injured so badly on the second lap that she had to retire. So the main opponents of the USA were out of the running. Behind the superior leading season, the other teams were still close together. Eilidh Doyle, the third British runner, brought her team to second place and pulled away from her competitors by a few meters. Aleksandra Gaworska from Poland followed as third, who was able to set herself apart from the other teams still in the race. France, Germany and Nigeria moved pretty evenly in fourth to sixth, while Botswana had lost ground. The only exciting thing on the final lap was actually the fight for fourth place. The Olympic champion of the 400-meter individual competition Phyllis Francis ran a lonely race right at the front, the US team won the world championship by almost six seconds. Justyna Święty from Poland tried everything to get hold of Emily Diamond, but ultimately had no chance of reaching the British. Great Britain won the silver medal, the Polish women won bronze. The French final runner Elea Mariama Diarra brought her relay to fourth place ahead of Nigeria and Germany. Botswana finished seventh in the end.
| space | train | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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4th |
United States
|
in advance also:
|
3: 19.02 WL |
|
5 |
Great Britain
|
in advance also: |
3: 25.00 |
|
3 |
Poland
|
in advance also: |
3: 25.41 SB |
| 4th | 2 |
France
|
|
3: 26.56 SB |
| 5 | 7th |
Nigeria
|
in advance also:
|
3: 26.72 |
| 6th | 9 |
Germany
|
in advance also: |
3: 27.45 |
| 7th | 8th |
Botswana
|
|
3: 28.00 |
| DNF | 6th |
Jamaica
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in advance also: |
Web links and sources
- Homepage for the 2017 World Championships, 4 × 400 m women on the IAAF website (English), accessed on December 14, 2018
- Results of the 2017 World Athletics Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 14, 2018
- Reports on the 2017 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 14, 2018
Video
- Women 4x400m relay final - IAAF World Champs 2017 on youtube.com, published August 13, 2017, accessed December 14, 2018