Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 400 meter relay
gender	Women
Attendees	71 athletes from 16 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium London
Competition phase	August 10, 2012 (preliminary round) August 11, 2012 (final)
Medalists  United States  JAM  UKR

The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on August 10th and 11th, 2012 at the Olympic Stadium in London . 71 athletes in sixteen teams took part.

Olympic champion was the USA relay with DeeDee Trotter , Allyson Felix , Francena McCorory and Sanya Richards-Ross, as well as Keshia Baker and Diamond Dixon in advance . Silver went to Jamaica ( Christine Day , Rosemarie Whyte , Shericka Williams , Novlene Williams-Mills ; in the run-up to Shareefa Lloyd ). Ukraine won bronze with Alina Lohwynenko , Olha Semljak , Hanna Jaroschtschuk and Natalija Pyhyda .

The runners from the United States and Jamaica who were nominated for the medal winners in the run-up also received corresponding precious metal.

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

Current titleholders

Olympic champions	United States	3: 18.54 min	Beijing 2008
World champions		3: 18.09 min	Daegu 2011
European champions	Ukraine	3: 25.07 min	Helsinki 2012
Central America and Caribbean champions	Jamaica	3: 29.86 min	Mayagüez 2011
South America champions	Brazil	3: 31.66 min	Buenos Aires 2011
Asian champions	Japan	3: 35.00 min	Kobe 2011
African champions	Nigeria	3: 28.77 min	Porto-Novo 2012
Oceania champions	Fiji	3: 59.33 min	Cairns 2012

Existing records

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

Note: All times in this post are given according to London local time ( UTC ± 0 ).

doping

In this competition, one relay, the team of Russia, was affected by two doping cases:

• Antonina Kriwoschapka tested positive for the anabolic steroid dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (Turinabol) during follow-up checks on samples . This was announced by the IOC on February 1, 2017. As a result, the Russian relay runners lost their medals, Jamaica advanced to silver and Ukraine to bronze.
• On November 30, 2017, the IOC announced that Natalia Nasarova , who had been used in the preliminary phase, had also been convicted of taking dehydrochloromethyltestosterone during follow-up tests.

In addition to the athletes, who sometimes received their medals several years late, the athletes of the Ukrainian relay, who were not allowed to advance in the heats, suffered. They would have been eligible to start in the final over their time of 3: 26.52 minutes.

Prelims

Two preliminary runs were carried out. 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 10, 2012, 7:10 p.m.

space	nation	occupation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Jamaica	Christine Day Shareefa Lloyd Shericka Williams Rosemarie Whyte	3: 25.13
2	Ukraine	Olha Semljak Alina Lohwynenko Hanna Jaroschtschuk Natalija Pyhyda	3: 25.90
3	France	Phara Anacharsis Muriel Hurtis Marie Gayot Floria Gueï	3: 25.94
4th	Nigeria	Omolara Omotosho Idara Otu Bukola Abogunloko Regina George	3: 26.29
5	Belarus	Alena Kijewitsch Irina Chliustawa Ilona Ussowitsch Swjatlana Ussowitsch	3: 26.52	actually qualified for the final
6th	Cuba	Aymée Martínez Diosmely Peña Yaimeisi Borlot Daisurami Bonne	3: 27.41
7th	Italy	Chiara Bazzoni Elena Maria Bonfanti Libania Grenot Marie Enrica Spacca	3: 29.01
8th	Germany	Esther Cremer Janin Lindenberg Maral Feizbakhsh Fabienne Kohlmann	3: 31.06

Forward 2

August 10, 2012, 7:21 pm

space	nation	occupation	Time (min)	annotation
1	United States	Keshia Baker Francena McCorory Diamond Dixon DeeDee Trotter	3: 22.09
2	Great Britain	Shana Cox Lee McConnell Eilidh Doyle Christine Ohuruogu	3: 25.05
3	Czech Republic	Denisa Rosolová Zuzana Bergrová Jitka Bartoničková Zuzana Hejnová	3: 26.20
4th	Poland	Iga Baumgart Justyna Święty Anna Jesień Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	3: 30.15
5	Ireland	Marian Heffernan Joanne Cuddihy Jessie Barr Michelle Carey	3: 30.55
6th	Brazil	Joelma Sousa Jaílma de Lima Aline dos Santos Geisa Aparecida Coutinho	3: 32.95
7th	Turkey	Pınar Saka Meliz Redif Birsen Engin Sema Apak	3: 34.71
DOP	Russia	Julija Guschtschina Tatjana Firowa Natalja Nasarowa Anastassja Kapatschinskaja

final

Olympic champions USA (from left to right):
Felix, Richards-Ross, Trotter, Jeter

August 11, 2012, 8:40 pm

The USA season was the favorite.

The following line-up changes were made for the finale:

• USA - Allyson Felix ran for Keshia Baker, Sanya Richards-Ross for Diamond Dixon.
• Russia - Antonina Kriwoschapka was used for Natalja Nasarowa, Natalja Antjuch for Anastassija Kapatschinskaja.
• Jamaica - Novlene Williams-Mills ran in place of Shareefa Lloyd.
• United Kingdom - Perri Shakes-Drayton replaced Eilidh Child.
• Nigeria - Muizat Ojoke Odumosu replaced Idara Otu.

The first runner in the USA, DeeDee Trotter, took her relay into the lead on the first lap. In the further course, the US runners steadily expanded their lead and reached the goal with a clear lead. Second place went to the Jamaica team, more than two seconds behind. Another two and a half seconds back, Ukraine took bronze, more than a second ahead of the British.

In the eleventh Olympic final, the US athletes won the sixth gold medal for their country. It was their fifth victory in a row.

space	nation	occupation	Time (min)	annotation
1	United States	DeeDee Trotter Allyson Felix Francena McCorory Sanya Richards-Ross in the lead also: Keshia Baker Diamond Dixon	3: 16.87
2	Jamaica	Christine Day Rosemarie Whyte Shericka Williams Novlene Williams-Mills in advance also: Shareefa Lloyd	3: 20.95
3	Ukraine	Alina Lohwynenko Olha Semljak Hanna Jaroschtschuk Natalija Pyhyda	3: 23.57
4th	Great Britain	Shana Cox Lee McConnell Perri Shakes-Drayton Christine Ohuruogu in advance also: Eilidh Doyle	3: 24.76
5	France	Phara Anacharsis Muriel Hurtis Marie Gayot Floria Gueï	3: 25.92
6th	Czech Republic	Denisa Rosolová Zuzana Bergrová Jitka Bartoničková Zuzana Hejnová	3: 27.77
DSQ	Nigeria	Omolara Omotosho Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Regina George Bukola Abogunloko in the preliminary also: Idara Otu		IAAF Rule 163.3 a Crossing the lane boundary
DOP	Russia	Julija Guschtschina Antonina Kriwoschapka Tatjana Firowa Natalja Antjuch in the lead-up also: Natalja Nasarowa Anastassja Kapatschinskaja

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 400 Meter Women (English) , accessed September 22, 2018
• Official report (English) , PDF, accessed on September 22, 2018
• The XXX Olympic Games, 4 × 400 Meters Relay women , accessed September 22, 2018

Videos

• Women's 4 × 400m Relay Round 1 - London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 10, 2012, accessed September 22, 2018
• USA Win 4 × 400m Relay Gold - London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published on August 11, 2012, accessed on September 22, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 804 , accessed on September 22, 2018
2. ↑ ^{a b} IOC Athletes sactions three for failing anti-doping test at London 2012 , IOC Olympic News , February 1, 2017 accessed 6 September 2018
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Pamela Ruprecht: Flash-News of the day - Follow-up tests from London 2012: Nazarova and Gushchina disqualified  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Notes, dated November 30, 2017, accessed September 6, 2018  
4. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 73 (PDF) , accessed on September 22, 2018