2004 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 400 meter relay
gender	Women
Attendees	64 athletes from 16 countries
Competition location	Athens Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 27, 2004 (preliminary round) August 28, 2004 (final)
Medalists  United States  RUS  JAM

The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens took place on August 27 and 28, 2004 in the Athens Olympic Stadium. 64 athletes took part in 16 teams.

The US relay with DeeDee Trotter , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards-Ross and Monique Hennagan as well as Crystal Cox and Moushaumi Robinson were Olympic champion . She won ahead of Russia ( Olesja Krasnomowez , Natalja Nasarowa , Olesja Sykina , Natalja Antjuch and also in the lead Natalja Iwanowa and Tatjana Firowa ). Jamaica won the bronze medal with the cast of Novlene Williams , Michelle Burgher , Nadia Davy and Sandie Richards as well as Ronetta Smith, who was also used in the preliminary run .

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 2000	United States	3: 22.62 min	Sydney 2000
World champions 2003		3: 22.63 min	Paris 2003
European Champion 2002	Germany	3: 25.10 min	Munich 2002
Pan American champions 2003	United States	3: 26.40 min	Santo Domingo 2003
Central America and Caribbean champions 2003	Jamaica	3: 29.75 min	St. George’s 2003
South American champions 2003	Brazil	3: 28.64 min	Barquisimeto 2003
Asian champions 2003	People's Republic of China	3: 31.30 min	Manila 2003
African champions 2004	Senegal	3: 29.41 min	Brazzaville 2004
Oceania champions 2002	Australia	4: 01.71 min	Christchurch 2002

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 local time in Athens ( UTC + 2 ).

Preliminary round

There were two preliminary runs. The first three 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

August 27, 2004, 8:35 pm

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Russia	Olesja Krasnomowez Natalja Ivanova Tatiana Firova Olesja Sykina	3: 23.52
2	Jamaica	Ronetta Smith Michelle Burgher Nadia Davy Sandie Richards	3: 24.92
3	Poland	Zuzanna Radecka Monika Bejnar Małgorzata Pskit Grażyna Prokopek	3: 25.05
4th	Great Britain	Christine Ohuruogu Catherine Murphy Helen Karagounis Lee McConnell	3: 26.99
5	Romania	Angela Moroșanu Alina Râpanu Maria Rus Ionela Târlea	3: 27.36
6th	Belarus	Natallja Salahub Iryna Chljustawa Ilona Ussowitsch Swjatlana Ussowitsch	3: 27.38
7th	Cameroon	Mireille Nguimgo Hortense Béwouda Carole Kaboud Mebam Muriel Noah Ahanda	3: 29.93
8th	Nigeria	Ngozi Nwokocha Gloria Nwosu Halimat Ismaila Christy Ekpukhon Inuhaegbo	3: 30.78

Forward 2

September 27, 2000, 8:44 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)	annotation
1	United States	Crystal Cox Moushaumi Robinson Monique Henderson Sanya Richards-Ross	3: 23.79
2	Greece	Kharikleia Bouda Khrysoula Goudenoudi Dimitra Dova Fani Chalkia	3: 26.70
3	India	Rajwinder Kaur Kalayathumkuzhi Beenamol Chitra Soman Manjeet Kaur	3: 26.89	NO
4th	Germany	Claudia Hoffmann Claudia Marx Jana Neubert Grit Breuer	3: 27.75
5	Mexico	Liliana Allen Magali Yañez Ana Guevara Mayra Marcela González	3: 27.88	NO
6th	Brazil	Maria Laura Almirão Josiane Tito Geisa Aparecida Coutinho Lucimar Teodoro	3: 28.43
7th	Ukraine	Oleksandra Ryschkowa Oksana Ilyushkina Antonina Yefremova Natalija Pyhyda	3: 28.62
8th	Senegal	Aïda Diop Mame Tacko Diouf Aminata Diouf Fatou Bintou Case	3: 35.18

final

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)	annotation
1	United States	DeeDee Trotter Monique Henderson Sanya Richards-Ross Monique Hennagan in the lead also: Crystal Cox Moushaumi Robinson	3: 19.01
2	Russia	Olesja Krasnomowez Natalja Nazarowa Olesja Sykina Natalja Antjuch in the preliminary run also: Natalja Ivanova Tatiana Firowa	3: 20.16
3	Jamaica	Novlene Williams Michelle Burgher Nadia Davy Sandie Richards in advance also: Ronetta Smith	3: 22.00
4th	Great Britain	Donna Fraser Catherine Murphy Christine Ohuruogu Lee McConnell in advance also: Helen Karagounis	3: 25.12
5	Poland	Zuzanna Radecka Monika Bejnar Małgorzata Pskit Grażyna Prokopek	3: 25.22
6th	Romania	Angela Moroșanu Alina Râpanu Maria Rus Ionela Târlea	3: 27.36
7th	India	Sathi Geetha Kalayathumkuzhi Beenamol Chitra Soman Rajwinder Kaur in the run-up also: Manjeet Kaur	3: 28.51
8th	Greece	Kharikleia Bouda Khrysoula Goudenoudi Dimitra Dova Fani Chalkia	3: 45.70

September 28, 2000, 10:00 p.m.

In the seasons there were the following cast changes in the finale:

• USA - Crystal Cox has been replaced by DeeDee Trotter and Moushaumi Robinson has been replaced by Monique Hennagan.
• Russia - Natalja Nasarowa ran for Natalja Iwanowa and Natalja Antjuch for Tatjana Firowa.
• Jamaica - Novlene Williams replaced Ronetta Smith.
• United Kingdom - Helen Karagounis has been replaced by Donna Fraser.
• India - Sathi Geetha ran instead of Manjeet Kaur.

A three-way battle between the last three world championship seasons was expected. The reigning world champions from the USA met Russia - world champions 1999 - and Jamaica - world champions 2001 .

US starter DeeDee Trotter broke her season in the leading position. The Russians and Jamaicans followed closely. But on her final straight, the second US runner Monique Henderson increased the lead considerably. Russia moved in second, Jamaica in third. Poland followed some way behind in fourth place. Not much changed in the third round. Sanya Richards-Ross handed the USA over to her final runner Monique Hennagan with a clear lead, Russia moved behind just before Jamaica. All other teams were already far behind in the following places. The US season could not be deprived of victory in the final round, Russia also defended second place. The Jamaicans crossed the finish line in third place with a lead of more than three seconds over Great Britain - the British runner Lee McConnell had overtaken Grażyna Prokopek from Poland in the last few meters. The Romanian relay came in sixth place. In the first three places there was exactly the same run-in as at the world championships last year.

For the US season it was the third consecutive Olympic victory over 4 x 400 meters , the fourth victory overall.

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 400 m , accessed on May 11, 2018
• Results on the IAAF website , accessed on May 11, 2018
• Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 KB), accessed on May 11, 2018

Video

• Womens 4x400m final Athens Summer Olympics 2004 , published September 19, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed May 11, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 804 , accessed on April 13, 2018