2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (women)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 4 x 400 meter relay | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 61 athletes from 16 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Estádio Nilton Santos | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 19, 2016 (preliminary) August 20, 2016 (final) |
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The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on August 19 and 20, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 61 athletes took part in sixteen relays.
The gold medal was won by the US season with Courtney Okolo , Natasha Hastings , Phyllis Francis and Allyson Felix as well as Taylor Ellis-Watson and Francena McCorory, who were also used in the run-up . Silver went to Jamaica with Stephenie Ann McPherson , Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby , Shericka Jackson and Novlene Williams-Mills as well as Christine Day and Chrisann Gordon, who were also used in the run-up . Great Britain won bronze ( Eilidh Doyle , Anyika Onuora , Emily Diamond , Christine Ohuruogu / also in the preliminary stages: Kelly Massey ).
The runners used in the heats for the medal relay also received the 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 | United States | 3: 16.87 min | London 2012 |
World champions | Jamaica | 3: 19.13 min | Beijing 2015 |
European champions | Great Britain | 3: 25.05 min | Amsterdam 2016 |
North / Central America / Caribbean champions | United States | 3: 25.39 min | San José 2015 |
South America champions | Brazil | 3: 34.51 min | Lima 2015 |
Asian champions | People's Republic of China | 3: 33.44 min | Wuhan 2015 |
African champions | South Africa | 3: 28.49 min | Durban 2016 |
Oceania champions | Papua New Guinea | 3: 52.66 min | Cairns 2015 |
Existing records
World record |
Soviet Union ( Tazzjana Ljadouskaja , Olga Nasarowa , Marija Pinigina , Olha Bryshina ) |
3: 15.17 min | Seoul , South Korea | October 1, 1988 |
Olympic record | Final from Seoul , South Korea |
Note: All times are based on Rio local time ( UTC-3 ).
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three seasons of each run qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest teams below, the so-called lucky losers , advanced. The directly qualified teams are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
Run 1
August 19, 2016, 8:40 pm
space | nation | occupation | Time (min) | annotation |
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1 | United States |
Courtney Okolo Taylor Ellis-Watson Francena McCorory Phyllis Francis |
3: 21.42 | |
2 | Ukraine |
Alina Lohwynenko Olha Bibik Tetjana Melnyk Olha Semljak |
3: 24.54 | |
3 | Poland |
Małgorzata Hołub Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Iga Baumgart Justyna Święty |
3: 25.34 | |
4th | Australia |
Jessica Thornton Anneliese Rubie Caitlin Sargent-Jones Morgan Mitchell |
3: 25.71 | |
5 | France |
Phara Anacharsis Brigitte Ntiamoah Marie Gayot Floria Gueï |
3: 26.18 | |
6th | Netherlands |
Madiea Ghafoor Lisanne de Witte Nicky van Leuveren Laura de Witte |
3: 26.98 | NO |
7th | Romania |
Adelina Pastor Anamaria Ioniță Andrea Miklós Bianca Răzor |
3: 29.87 | |
8th | Brazil |
Joelma Sousa Geisa Aparecida Coutinho Letícia de Souza Jaílma de Lima |
3: 30.27 |
Run 2
August 19, 2016, 8:51 pm
space | nation | occupation | Time (min) | annotation |
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1 | Jamaica |
Christine Day Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby Chrisann Gordon Novlene Williams-Mills |
3: 22.38 | |
2 | Great Britain |
Emily Diamond Anyika Onuora Kelly Massey Christine Ohuruogu |
3: 24.81 | |
3 | Canada |
Carline Muir Alicia Brown Noelle Montcalm Sage Watson |
3: 24.94 | |
4th | Italy |
Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Maria Enrica Spacca Ayomide Folorunso Libania Grenot |
3: 25.16 | NO |
5 | Germany |
Laura Müller Friederike Möhlenkamp Lara Hoffmann Ruth Spelmeyer |
3: 26.02 | |
6th | Bahamas |
Lanece Clarke Anthonique Strachan Carmiesha Cox Christine Amertil |
3: 26.36 | NO |
7th | India |
Nirmala Sheoran Tintu Lukka M.R. Poovamma Anilda Thomas |
3: 29.53 | |
8th | Cuba |
Lisneidy Veitia Gilda Casanova Roxana Gomez Daisurami Bonne |
3: 30.11 |
final
August 20, 2016, 10:00 p.m.
The favorites were the Olympic champions from the USA, the world champions from Jamaica and the world's best of the year from Great Britain. The teams with good prospects for top placements also included France and Canada. However, the French women had not reached the finals.
The following changes were made to the line-up compared to the preliminary stages:
- USA - Natasha Hastings for Taylor Ellis-Watson and Allyson Felix for Francena McCorory
- Jamaica - Stephenie McPherson for Christine Day and Shericka Jackson for Chrisann Gordon
- Great Britain - Eilidh Doyle for Kelly Massey
The final began with an attack by Jamaican Stephenie Ann McPherson, who was able to catch up with US runner Courtney Okolo by the second corner. But on the home stretch for the first change, Okolo came up again and was the first to change. Behind Jamaica were the British and Canadians. The US relay was now five meters ahead of Jamaica, followed ten meters behind by the British relay in front of Canada and Poland. On the straight before the second exchange, the British Anyika Onuora was overtaken by the Canadian Alicia Brown and the Polish Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz. Jamaica was able to shorten the gap to the USA to two meters. At the penultimate exchange, there was a small collision between Iga Baumgart from Poland and Alicia Brown from Canada, but this had no further effects.
The third runner of the USA Phyllis Francis was able to increase the lead on Jamaica in the meantime, but after the back straight Jamaica narrowed the gap again. Behind Canada in third place came the Australians, who were able to overtake Poland and then the British. But the British Emily Diamond countered the attack, passed Poland and Australia and caught up with the Canadian Noelle Montcalm. At the last change, Jamaica had shortened the US lead to one meter. Great Britain followed forty meters behind, followed by Canada and Australia.
On the last lap, Allyson Felix ran for the USA, for Jamaica the oldest participant in the Novlene Williams-Mills competition started. Williams-Mills got closer and closer to Felix at the beginning, but in the second corner it became clear that the Jamaican had taken over, the American crossed the finish line eight meters ahead of Williams-Mills. Behind were the British who were able to keep the Canadian relay at a distance. Ukraine came fifth behind Canada, ahead of Italy, Poland and Australia. This resulted in exactly the same run-in at the medal positions as in the 4 x 100 meter relay .
In the twelfth Olympic final there was the seventh victory of a US season. It was also the sixth victory in a row. Allyson Felix won her sixth Olympic gold medal here. She also had three silver medals on her account.
space | nation | occupation | Time (min) | annotation |
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1 | United States | Courtney Okolo Natasha Hastings Phyllis Francis Allyson Felix in the lead also: Taylor Ellis-Watson Francena McCorory |
3: 19.06 | |
2 | Jamaica |
Stephenie Ann McPherson Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby Shericka Jackson Novlene Williams-Mills in advance also: Christine Day Chrisann Gordon |
3: 20.34 | |
3 | Great Britain |
Eilidh Doyle Anyika Onuora Emily Diamond Christine Ohuruogu in advance also: Kelly Massey |
3: 25.88 | |
4th | Canada | Carline Muir Alicia Brown Noelle Montcalm Sage Watson |
3: 26.43 | |
5 | Ukraine |
Alina Lohwynenko Olha Bibik Tetjana Melnyk Olha Semljak |
3: 26.64 | |
6th | Italy |
Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Maria Enrica Spacca Ayomide Folorunso Libania Grenot |
3: 27.05 | |
7th | Poland |
Małgorzata Hołub Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Iga Baumgart Justyna Święty |
3: 27.28 | |
8th | Australia |
Jessica Thornton Anneliese Rubie Caitlin Sargent-Jones Morgan Mitchell |
3: 27.45 |
Web links
- Results Book Rio 2016, Official Report at library.olympic.org, accessed October 13, 2018
- Results on the website of the World Athletics Association IAAF 4 × 400 m women (English), accessed on October 13, 2018
- Sports Reference, result 4 × 400 m women (English), accessed on October 13, 2018
Video
- Sixth gold in 4x400 Relay for the USA on youtube.com, published August 24, 2016, accessed October 13, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 804 , accessed on October 13, 2018