1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 100 meter relay
gender	Women
Attendees	93 athletes from 22 countries
Competition location	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 2, 1996 (preliminary round) August 3, 1996 (final)
Medalists  United States  Bras  JAM

The women's 4-by-100-meter relay at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta was played on August 2 and 3, 1996 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium . 93 athletes took part in 22 relays.

The US season with the cast Chryste Gaines , Gail Devers , Inger Miller and Gwen Torrence as well as Carlette Guidry was Olympic champion . The silver medal went to Bahamas with Eldece Clarke , Chandra Sturrup , Savatheda Fynes and Pauline Davis as well as Debbie Ferguson in the preliminary run. Jamaica won bronze with Michelle Freeman , Juliet Cuthbert , Nikole Mitchell and Merlene Ottey as well as Gillian Russell and Andria Lloyd in the preliminary stages .
The runners used in the heats for the medal winners also received corresponding precious metal.

The German relay could not finish their advance.
Relays from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic champion 1992	United States	42.11 s	Barcelona 1992
World Champion 1995		42.12 s	Gothenburg 1995
European Champion 1994	Germany	42.90 s	Helsinki 1994
Pan American champion 1995	United States	43.55 s	Mar del Plata 1995
Central America and Caribbean champions 1995	Cuba	44.41 s	Guatemala City 1995
South American Champion 1995	Brazil	44.97 s	Manaus 1995
Asian champion 1995	People's Republic of China	44.27 s	Jakarta 1995
African champion 1996	Cameroon	44.7 s	Yaoundé 1996
Oceania Champion 1994	Fiji	47.10 s	Auckland 1994

Existing records

World record	41.37 s	GDR ( Silke Gladisch , Sabine Günther , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Göhr )	Canberra , Australia	October 6, 1985
Olympic record	41.60 s	GDR ( Romy Müller , Bärbel Wöckel , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Göhr )	Final of Moscow , Russia	August 1, 1980

Note: All times are Atlanta local time ( UTC − 5 ).

Preliminary round

2nd August 1996

The relays were drawn in three runs. The first two teams qualified for the finals. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified teams are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	United States	Chryste Gaines Carlette Guidry Inger Miller Gwen Torrence	42.49
2	Bahamas	Eldece Clarke Savatheda Fynes Debbie Ferguson Pauline Davis	43.14
3	Australia	Sharon Cripps Kylie Hanigan Lauren Hewitt Jodi Lambert	43.75
4th	Colombia	Mirtha Brock Felipa Palacios Patricia Rodríguez Zandra Borrero	44.16
5	Cuba	Idalia Hechavarría Aliuska López Dainelky Pérez Liliana Allen	44.32
6th	American Virgin Islands	Maria Noel Ameerah Bello Jilma Patrick Rochelle Thomas	46.09
DNF	Cameroon	Myriam Léonie Mani Georgette Nkoma Edwige Abena Fouda Sylvie Mballa Éloundou
DSQ	Antigua and Barbuda	Sonia Williams Dine Potter Charmaine Thomas Heather Samuel

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Jamaica	Michelle Freeman Gillian Russell Nikole Mitchell Andria Lloyd	43.36
2	Nigeria	Chioma Ajunwa Mary Tombiri-Shirey Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali	43.54
3	Great Britain	Angie Thorp Marcia Richardson Simmone Jacobs Katharine Merry	43.88
4th	Thailand	Sunisa Kawrungruang Kwuanfah Inchareon Savitree Srichure Supaporn Hubson	45.62
DNF	Germany	Andrea Philipp Silke Lichtenhagen Melanie Paschke Silke-Beate Knoll
	Madagascar	Lantoniaina Ramalalanirina Rivosoa Rakotondrabe Nicole Ramalalanirina Lalao Ravaonirina
DSQ	Lesotho	Sebongile Sello Mapotlaki Ts'ehlo Nteboheleng Koaeana Lineo Shoai

Forward 3

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Russia	Ekaterina Leschtschowa Galina Maltschugina Natalja Voronowa Irina Priwalowa	43.00
2	France	Sandra Citte Odiah Sidibé Delphine Combe Patricia Girard-Leno	43.09
3	Bulgaria	Dessislawa Dimitrova Petya Pendarewa Zlatka Georgiewa Monika Gatschewska	44.19
4th	Finland	Johanna Manninen Sanna Hernesniemi Heidi Suomi Anu Pirttimaa	44.21
5	Canada	Keturah Anderson Tara Perry LaDonna Antoine Lesley Tashlin	44.34
DNF	St. Kitts and Nevis	Bernadeth Prentice Bernice Morton Elricia Francis Valma Bass
DSQ	Sierra Leone	Eunice Barber Sia Kamanor Sama Fornah Melrose Mansaray

final

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	United States	Chryste Gaines Gail Devers Inger Miller Gwen Torrence in the heats as well: Carlette Guidry	41.95
2	Bahamas	Eldece Clarke Chandra Sturrup Savatheda Fynes Pauline Davis in the heats as well: Debbie Ferguson	42.14
3	Jamaica	Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey in the preliminary also: Gillian Russell Andria Lloyd	42.24
4th	Russia	Ekaterina Leschtschowa Galina Maltschugina Natalja Voronowa Irina Priwalowa	42.27
5	Nigeria	Chioma Ajunwa Mary Tombiri-Shirey Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali	42.56
6th	France	Sandra Citte Odiah Sidibé Patricia Girard-Leno Marie-José Pérec in the preliminary also: Delphine Combe	42.76
7th	Australia	Sharon Cripps Kylie Hanigan Lauren Hewitt Jodi Lambert	43.70
8th	Great Britain	Angie Thorp Marcia Richardson Simmone Jacobs Katharine Merry	43.93

August 3, 1996

The US relay was the favorite and the strongest opponents were the athletes from Russia.

Compared to the preliminary stages, there were a total of five line-up changes in four seasons:

• US Season - Gail Devers ran for Carlette Guidry.
• Bahamas - Debbie Ferguson has been replaced by Chandra Sturrup.
• Jamaica - Juliet Cuthbert ran for Gillian Russell, Merlene Ottey for Andria Lloyd.
• France - Marie-José Pérec replaced Delphine Combe.

In the final, the Russians led up to the first change. The second runner in the USA, Gail Devers, brought her relay past the Russian Galina Maltschugina to second place, while Chandra Sturrup from the Bahamas changed as leader. The gaps between the teams were very close. The third US runner, Inger Miller, ran a strong race in the corner, the US relay was now ahead. Gwen Torrence secured US victory. Behind the USA, the final runner of the Bahamas Pauline Davis crossed the finish line in second place before Jamaica. Russia came fourth ahead of Nigeria and France.

In the 16th Olympic final of the women's 4 x 100 meter relay there was the ninth victory for the USA. It was also the fourth in a row.
The Bahamas won the first Olympic medal in this discipline.

literature

• Gerd Rubenbauer (ed.), Olympic Summer Games Atlanta 1996 with reports by Britta Kruse, Johannes Ebert, Andreas Schmidt and Ernst Christian Schütt, comments: Gerd Rubenbauer and Hans Schwarz, Chronik Verlag im Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 1996, p. 46

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 100 m , accessed March 8, 2018
• Official Report, Part III on the Olympic Games in Atlanta , p. 86f, English / French (PDF, 13,520 MB), accessed on March 8, 2018

Video

• Women's 4x100m Relay Final Atlanta Olympics 1996 , published June 22, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed March 8, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 803 , accessed on March 8, 2018
2. ↑ Official Report, Part III on the Olympic Games in Atlanta ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 86f, English / French (PDF, 13,520 MB), accessed on March 8, 2018 
3. ↑ Official Report, Part III on the Olympic Games in Atlanta ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 87, English / French (PDF, 13,520 MB), accessed on March 8, 2018