2000 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 100 meter relay
gender	Women
Attendees	108 athletes from 25 countries
Competition location	Stadium Australia
Competition phase	September 29, 2000 (preliminary round / semi-finals) September 30, 2000 (final)
Medalists  Bahamas  Jamaica  United States

The women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was played on September 29 and 30, 2000 at Stadium Australia . 108 athletes took part in 25 relays.

Olympic champion was the season of the Bahamas in the cast Sevatheda Fynes , Chandra Sturrup , Pauline Davis-Thompson and Debbie Ferguson . Eldece Clarke-Lewis was also used in the heats .

Jamaica won silver ( Tayna Lawrence , Veronica Campbell , Beverly McDonald , Merlene Ottey and Merlene Frazer in the preliminary stages).

Bronze went to the USA with Chryste Gaines , Torri Edwards , Nanceen Perry and Marion Jones as well as Passion Richardson in the preliminary stages. Jones later voluntarily returned her bronze medal for doping offenses .
The runners used in the preliminary runs for the medal winners also received corresponding precious metal.

The German season reached the final and finished sixth.
Relays from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic champions 1996	United States	41.95 s	Atlanta 1996
World champions 1999	Bahamas	41.92 s	Seville 1999
European champions 1998	France	42.59 s	Budapest 1998
Pan American champions 1999	Jamaica	42.62 s	Winnipeg 1999
Central America and Caribbean champions 1999		44.18 s	Bridgetown 1999
South American champions 1999	Colombia	44.12 s	Bogotá 1999
Asian champions 2000	Sri Lanka	44.23 s	Jakarta 2000
African champions 2000	Ghana	43.99 s	Algiers 2000
Oceania champions 2000	New Zealand	48.36 s	Adelaide 2000

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 )	Fiale of Moscow , Soviet Union (today Russia )	August 1, 1980

Note: All times are based on Sydney local time ( UTC + 10 ).

Preliminary round

A total of four preliminary runs were completed. The first three seasons of each run qualified for the semi-finals. In addition, the four 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

September 29, 2000, 10:45 a.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	France	Sandra Citte Fabé Dia Muriel Hurtis Christine Arron	43.23
2	Greece	Paraskevi Patoulidou Effrosyni Patsou Ekaterini Koffa Ekaterini Thanou	43.46
3	Poland	Marzena Pawlak Joanna Balcerczak Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz Zuzanna Radecka	44.05
4th	Thailand	Wirawan Ruamsuk Supavadee Khawpeag Orranut Klomdee Trecia Roberts	44.51
5	Yugoslavia	Elvira Pančić Mila Savić Biljana Mitrović Vukosava Đapić	45.02
DNF	Australia	Elly Hutton Lauren Hewitt Sharon Cripps Melinda Gainsford-Taylor

Forward 2

September 29, 2000, 10:53 a.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Jamaica	Tayna Lawrence Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald Merlene Frazer	42.46
2	Germany	Gabi Rockmeier Sabrina Mulrain Andrea Philipp Marion Wagner	42.82
3	People's Republic of China	Zeng Xiujun Liu Xiaomei Qin Wangping Li Xuemei	43.07
4th	Great Britain	Joice Maduaka Marcia Richardson Sarah Wilhelmy Shani Anderson	43.26
5	Colombia	Digna Luz Murillo Ximena Restrepo Mirtha Brock Felipa Palacios	44.08
6th	Canada	Atia Weekes Esi Benyarku Tamara Perry Martha Adusei	44.08

Forward 3

September 29, 2000, 11:01 am

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Bahamas	Eldece Clarke-Lewis Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Sevatheda Fynes	42.58
2	Finland	Manuela Bosco Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen Johanna Manninen Heidi Hannula	43.66
3	Ghana	Mavis Akoto Monica Twum Veronica Bawuah Vida Nsiah	43.77	NO
4th	Ukraine	Irina Pucha Anshela Kravchenko Olena Pastuschenko-Sinjawina Olena Krassowska	43.93
5	Ivory Coast	Amandine Allou Affoué Makaridja Sanganoko Mary Gnahoré Louise Ayétotché	44.34	NO
6th	India	Valdivel Jayalakshmi Vinita Tripathi Saraswati Saha Rachita Mistry	45.20

Forward 4

September 29, 2000, 11:09 am

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	United States	Chryste Gaines Torri Edwards Nanceen Perry Passion Richardson	42.92
2	Russia	Natalja Ignatowa Marina Trandenkowa Marina Kislowa Natalja Pomoschtschnikowa-Voronowa	43.15
3	Nigeria	Glory Alozie Benedicta Ajudua Mercy Nku Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	43.28
4th	Madagascar	Monica Rahanitraniriana Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy Rosa Rakotozafy Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabé	43.61	NO
5	Sri Lanka	Tamara Deepika Pradeepa Herath Nimmi de Zoysa Damayanthi Darsha	44.51
6th	Uzbekistan	Elena Kwiatowskaja Lyubow Perepelowa Lyudmila Dmitriadi Guzel Khubbieva	45.14
7th	Cameroon	Esther Mvondo Anne-Marie Mouri-Nkeng Carine Eyenga Françoise Mbango Etone	45.82

Semifinals

The first three seasons of each of the two races qualified for the final. 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.

There were the following cast changes in the seasons:

• Russia - Irina Khabarova ran instead of Marina Kislova.
• Ghana - Vida Anim played for Veronica Bawuah.
• United Kingdom - Samantha Davies for Sarah Wilhelmy.
• Colombia - Digna Luz Murillo has been replaced by Melissa Murillo.

Run 1

September 29, 2000, 8:20 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Bahamas	Eldece Clarke-Lewis Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Sevatheda Fynes	42.42
2	United States	Chryste Gaines Torri Edwards Nanceen Perry Passion Richardson	42.82
3	Nigeria	Glory Alozie Benedicta Ajudua Mercy Nku Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	43.82
4th	Russia	Natalja Ignatowa Marina Trandenkowa Irina Sergejewna Kabarowa Natalja Pomoschtschnikowa-Voronowa	43.15
5	Ghana	Mavis Akoto Monica Twum Vida Anim Vida Nsiah	43.19	NO
6th	Ukraine	Irina Pucha Anshela Kravchenko Olena Pastuschenko-Sinjawina Olena Krassowska	43.31
7th	Greece	Paraskevi Patoulidou Effrosyni Patsou Ekaterini Koffa Ekaterini Thanou	43.53
8th	Madagascar	Monica Rahanitraniriana Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy Rosa Rakotozafy Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabé	43.61

Run 2

September 29, 2000, 8:28 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Jamaica	Tayna Lawrence Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald Merlene Frazer	42.15
2	France	Sandra Citte Fabé Dia Muriel Hurtis Christine Arron	42.42
3	Germany	Gabi Rockmeier Sabrina Mulrain Andrea Philipp Marion Wagner	42.85
4th	People's Republic of China	Zeng Xiujun Liu Xiaomei Qin Wangping Li Xuemei	43.04
5	Great Britain	Joice Maduaka Marcia Richardson Samantha Davies Shani Anderson	43.19
6th	Finland	Manuela Bosco Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen Johanna Manninen Heidi Hannula	43.50
7th	Poland	Marzena Pawlak Joanna Balcerczak Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz Zuzanna Radecka	44.057
8th	Colombia	Melissa Murillo Ximena Restrepo Mirtha Brock Felipa Palacios	44.08

final

The US doping sinner Marion Jones at the award ceremony

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Bahamas	Savatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson in the heats as well: Eldece Clarke-Lewis	41.95
2	Jamaica	Tayna Lawrence Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey in the preliminary also: Merlene Frazer	42.13
3	United States	Chryste Gaines Torri Edwards Nanceen Perry ( Marion Jones ) in the heats as well: Passion Richardson	42.20
4th	France	Linda Ferga Muriel Hurtis Fabé Dia Christine Arron in the preliminary also: Sandra Citte	42.42
5	Russia	Natalja Ignatowa Marina Trandenkowa Irina Chabarowa Natalja Pomoschtschnikowa-Voronowa in the preliminary also: Marina Kislowa	43.02
6th	Germany	Gabi Rockmeier Sabrina Mulrain Andrea Philipp Marion Wagner	43.11
7th	Nigeria	Glory Alozie Benedicta Ajudua Mercy Nku Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	44.05
8th	People's Republic of China	Zeng Xiujun Liu Xiaomei Qin Wangping Li Xuemei	44.87

September 30, 2000, 7:40 p.m.

The favorite relay teams came mainly from the United States with top runner Marion Jones, who was still eligible to start at the time of the race, from the Bahamas, the reigning world champions , and from Jamaica, third in the 1999 World Cup and runners-up in 1997 .

For the finale there were cast changes in four seasons.

• Bahamas - Eldece Clarke-Lewis has been replaced by Debbie Ferguson.
• Jamaica - Merlene Ottey ran for Merlene Frazer.
• USA - Marion Jones replaced Passion Richardson.
• France - Linda Ferga replaced Sandra Citte.

Savatheda Fynes, starting runner for the Bahamas, was the first to hand over the baton. The Americans did not carry out their moves properly, so they lost a lot of ground. After the last change, final runner Marion Jones was in third place behind the Bahamas leading Debbie Ferguson and the Jamaican Merlene Ottey. Jones could no longer catch up. There was bronze for the USA, silver for Jamaica and gold for the Bahamas.

It was the first Olympic victory for the Bahamas season. The Jamaican Merlene Ottey won her ninth medal on her sixth Olympic participation. This made her the most successful athlete at the Olympic Games, although she did not win the Olympic Games.

The American Marion Jones admitted in 2007 that she had violated the doping regulations. She returned her relay medal , the US relay was disqualified. After an objection by the US team, the International Court of Justice CAS decided in 2010 on the basis of the regulations in force in 2000 to return the bronze medals to the other relay members and to place the US team in third place.

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 100 m , accessed on April 13, 2018
• Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 13, 2018
• Official Report of the XXVIIth Olympiad, Results , English / French (PDF, 17,708 MB), accessed on April 13, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Article on CBS News, July 16, 2010 , accessed April 13, 2018
2. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 803 , accessed on April 13, 2018