2000 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 400 meter relay
gender	Women
Attendees	84 athletes from 21 countries
Competition location	Stadium Australia
Competition phase	September 29, 2000 (preliminary round) September 30, 2000 (final)
Medalists  United States  Jamaica  Russia

The women's 4-by-400-meter relay at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was played on September 29 and 30, 2000 at Stadium Australia . 84 athletes took part in 21 relays.

The US relay with Jearl Miles Clark , Monique Hennagan , ( Marion Jones ) and LaTasha Colander as well as Andrea Anderson, who was also used in the run-up, was Olympic champion . Jones later voluntarily returned her gold medal for doping offenses .

Jamaica won silver ( Sandie Richards , Catherine Scott , Deon Hemmings and Lorraine Graham and also included in the run-up: Charmaine Howell and Michelle Burgher ).

Bronze went to Russia in the line-up of Julija Sotnikowa , Swetlana Gontscharenko , Olga Kotljarowa and Irina Priwalowa as well as Olesja Sykina and Natalja Nasarowa, who were also used in the run-up .

The runners used in the preliminary runs for the medal winners also received corresponding precious metal.

The German season was eliminated in the preliminary round.
Relays from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic champions 1996	United States	3: 20.91 min	Atlanta 1996
World champions 1999	Russia	3: 21.98 min	Seville 1999
European champions 1998	Germany	3: 23.03 min	Budapest 1998
Pan American champions 1999	Cuba	3: 26.70 min	Winnipeg 1999
Central America and Caribbean champions 1999	Jamaica	3: 30.00 min	Bridgetown 1999
South American champions 1999	Colombia	3:32:74 min	Bogotá 1999
Asian champions 2000	India	3: 31.54 min	Jakarta 2000
African champions 2000	Cameroon	3: 32.98 min	Algiers 2000
Oceania champions 2000	New Zealand	3: 54.19 min	Adelaide 2000

Existing records

World record	3: 15.17 min	Soviet Union ( Tazzjana Ljadouskaja , Olga Nasarowa , Marija Pinigina , Olha Bryshina )	Seoul , South Korea	October 1, 1988
Olympic record			Final from Seoul , South Korea

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

Preliminary round

A total of three preliminary runs were completed. The first two seasons of each run 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.

Forward 1

September 29, 2000, 6:40 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)	annotation
1	United States	Jearl Miles Clark Monique Hennagan Andrea Anderson LaTasha Colander	3: 23.95
2	Cuba	Zulia Calatayud Julia Duporty Idalmis Bonne Daimí Pernía	3: 25.22
3	Belarus	Natallja Salahub Jelena Budnik Iryna Chljustawa Hanna Kosak	3: 26.31	NO
4th	Germany	Shanta Ghosh Ulrike Urbansky Birgit Rockmeier Florence Ekpo-Umoh	3: 27.02
5	Canada	Karlene Haughton LaDonna Antoine-Watkins Foy Williams Samantha George	3: 27.36
6th	Spain	Julia Alba Norfalia Carabalí Miriam Bravo Mayte Martínez	3: 32.45
7th	Yugoslavia	Mila Savić Jelena Stanisavljević Vukosava Đapić Tatjana Lojanica	3: 37.99
DNS	Cameroon

Forward 2

September 29, 2000, 6:49 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Great Britain	Helen Frost Donna Fraser Allison Curbishley Katharine Merry	3: 25.28
2	Jamaica	Charmaine Howell Catherine Scott Michelle Burgher Sandie Richards	3: 25.65
3	Russia	Julija Sotnikowa Olesja Sykina Svetlana Gontscharenko Natalja Nazarowa	3: 26.05
4th	Italy	Daniela Graglia Francesca Carbone Fabiola Piroddi Virna De Angeli	3: 27.23
5	India	Paramjeet Kaur JIncy Philip Rosa Kutty Kalayathumkuzhi Beenamol	3: 31.46
6th	Puerto Rico	Militza Castro Sandra Moya Beatriz Cruz Maritza Salas	3: 33.30	NO
DNS	Colombia

Forward 3

September 29, 2000, 6:58 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Nigeria	Doris Jacob Olabisi Afolabi Rosemary Okafor Charity Opara	3: 22.99
2	Australia	Tamsyn Lewis Susan Andrews Jana Pittman Nova Peris	3: 24.05	OZ
3	Czech Republic	Jitka Burianová Hana Benešová Lenka Ficková Helena Fuchsová	3: 24.40
4th	Senegal	Aïda Diop Mame Tacko Diouf Aminata Diouf Amy Mbacké Thiam	3: 28.02	NO
5	Barbados	Melissa Straker Andrea Blackett Sherline Williams Tanya Oxley	3: 30.83
6th	Ireland	Karen Shinkins Martina McCarthy Emily Maher Ciara Sheehy	3: 32.24	NO
7th	Slovenia	Meta Macus Brigita Langerholc Jolanda Batagelj Saša Prokofijev	3: 35.00	NO
8th	Uzbekistan	Natallja Kobina Jelena Piskunowa Samira Amirowa Natallja Senkina	3: 43.96

final

Award ceremony (from left to right):
Jones, Hennagan, Miles Clark, Colander

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)	annotation
1	United States	Jearl Miles Clark Monique Hennagan ( Marion Jones ) LaTasha Colander in the preliminary also: Andrea Anderson	3: 22.62
2	Jamaica	Sandie Richards Catherine Scott Deon Hemmings Lorraine Graham in the preliminary also: Charmaine Howell Michelle Burgher	3: 23.25
3	Russia	Julija Sotnikowa Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotljarowa Irina Priwalowa in the preliminary stages also: Olesja Sykina Natalja Nasarowa	3: 23.46
4th	Nigeria	Olabisi Afolabi Charity Opara Rosemary Okafor Falilat Ogunkoya in the preliminary also: Doris Jacob	3: 23.80
5	Australia	Nova Peris Tamsyn Lewis Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Cathy Freeman in the preliminary also: Susan Andrews Jana Pittman	3: 23.81	OZ
6th	Great Britain	Tasha Danvers Donna Fraser Allison Curbishley Katharine Merry in the heats also: Helen Frost	3: 25.67
7th	Czech Republic	Jitka Burianová Hana Benešová Lenka Ficková Helena Fuchsová	3: 29.17
8th	Cuba	Zulia Calatayud Julia Duporty Idalmis Bonne Daimí Pernía	3: 29.47

September 30, 2000, 9:35 p.m.

The favored seasons were above all the team from the USA, which was reinforced by Marion Jones, who was still unburdened at the time of the games in Sydney , and the team of the reigning world champions from Russia. The Jamaicans with the two silver medalists Lorraine Graham - 400 m - and Deon Hemmings - 400 m hurdles - were also highly rated.

In the finale there were cast changes in six seasons.

• USA - Marion Jones ran for Andrea Anderson.
• Jamaica - Charmaine Howell has been replaced by Deon Hemmings and Michelle Burgher has been replaced by Lorraine Graham.
• Russia - Olga Kotlyarova ran instead of Olesja Sykina and Irina Priwalowa instead of Natalja Nazarowa.
• Nigeria - Doris Jacob has been replaced by Falilat Ogunkoya.
• Australia - Melinda Gainsford-Taylor played for Susan Andrews and Cathy Freeman for Jana Pittman.
• UK - Tasha Danvers replaced Helen Frost.

The US season took the lead on the first round, but was immediately harassed by Jamaica. Only after the second change could the United States team break away from Jamaica. The race was finally won by the USA with 63 hundredths of a second ahead of Jamaica. The Russian relay won the bronze medal, just 21 hundredths of a second behind Jamaica. The teams from Nigeria, Australia and Great Britain finished fourth to sixth in that order.

For Jamaica's relay, it was the first medal in the women's 4 x 400 meter relay .

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 2000 regulations to return the gold medals to the other relay members and to place the US team in first place.

Web links

• Sports Reference 4 x 400 meters , 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 804 , accessed on April 13, 2018