2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 4 x 100 meter relay | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 57 athletes from 16 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Estádio Nilton Santos | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 18, 2016 (preliminary) August 19, 2016 (final) |
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The women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on August 18 and 19, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 57 athletes took part in sixteen relays.
The gold medal was won by the USA season with Tianna Bartoletta , Allyson Felix , English Gardner and Tori Bowie, as well as Morolake Akinosun, who was also used in the run-up . Silver went to Jamaica with Christania Williams , Elaine Thompson , Veronica Campbell-Brown and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce as well as Simone Facey and Sashalee Forbes, who were also used in the run-up . Great Britain ( Asha Philip , Desiree Henry , Dina Asher-Smith , Daryll Neita ) won the bronze medal.
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 German season reached the final and finished fourth.
The Swiss relay team was eliminated in the preliminary round.
Relays from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current titleholders
Olympic champions | United States | 40.82 s | London 2012 |
World champions | Jamaica | 41.07 s | Beijing 2015 |
European champions | Netherlands | 42.04 s | Amsterdam 2016 |
North / Central America / Caribbean champions | United States | 42.24 s | San José 2015 |
South America champions | Venezuela | 44.28 s | Lima 2015 |
Asian champions | People's Republic of China | 43.10 s | Wuhan 2015 |
African champions | South Africa | 43.66 s | Durban 2016 |
Oceania champions | Papua New Guinea | 46.31 s | Cairns 2015 |
Existing records
World record |
USA ( Tianna Madison , Allyson Felix , Bianca Knight , Carmelita Jeter ) |
40.82 s | London , UK | August 10, 2012 |
Olympic record | London finals , Great Britain |
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 18, 2016, 11:40 a.m.
space | nation | occupation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Jamaica |
Simone Facey Sashalee Forbes Veronica Campbell-Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |
41.79 | |
2 | Great Britain |
Asha Philip Desiree Henry Dina Asher-Smith Daryll Neita |
41.93 | |
3 | Ukraine |
Olesja Powch Natalija Pohrebnjak Marija Rjemjen Jelysaveta Bryshina |
42.49 | |
4th | Canada |
Farah Jacques Crystal Emmanuel Phylicia George Khamica Bingham |
42.70 | |
5 | People's Republic of China |
Yuan Qiqi Wei Yongli Ge Manqi Liang Xiaojing |
42.70 | |
6th | Netherlands |
Jamile Samuel Dafne Schippers Tessa van Schagen Naomi Sedney |
42.88 | |
7th | Poland |
Ewa Swoboda Marika Popowicz-Drapała Klaudia Konopko Anna Kiełbasińska |
43.33 | |
8th | Ghana |
Flings Owusu-Agyapong Gemma Acheampong Beatrice Gyaman Janet Amponsah |
43.37 |
Run 2
August 18, 2016, 11:48 a.m.
During the second exchange of this run, an incident occurred. The Brazilian season switched from Franciela Krasucki to Kauiza Venancio, the US season from Allyson Felix to English Gardner. Krasucki, running on lane three, unintentionally hit Felix's relay hand with her elbow, which was running on lane two. While the Brazilian relay could continue their race, Felix the relay baton slipped to the ground. The referees considered the incident as a disability and disqualified the Brazilian relay. The US squadron was given a "run of hope" for qualification. The US season running alone had to run a better time than 42.70 s in order to move into the final instead of China.
space | nation | occupation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Germany |
Tatjana Pinto Lisa Mayer Gina Lückenkemper Rebekka Haase |
42.18 | |
2 | Nigeria |
Gloria Asumnu Blessing Okagbare Jennifer Madu Agnes Osazuwa |
42.55 | |
3 | Trinidad and Tobago |
Semoy Hackett Michelle-Lee Ahye Kelly-Ann Baptiste Khalifa St. Fort |
42.62 | |
4th | France |
Floriane Gnafoua Celine Distel-Bonnet Jennifer Galais Stella Akakpo |
43.07 | |
5 | Switzerland |
Ajla Del Ponte Sarah Atcho Ellen Sprunger Salomé Kora |
43.12 | |
DSQ | Kazakhstan |
Rima Kaschafutdinowa Viktorija Sjabkina Julija Rachmanowa Olga Safronowa |
IAAF Rule 163.3a - Rail violation | |
Brazil |
Bruna Farias Franciela Krasucki Kauiza Venancio Rosângela Santos |
IAAF Rule 163.2b - Disability | ||
DNF | United States |
Tianna Bartoletta Allyson Felix English Gardner Morolake Akinosun |
Reunion
August 18, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
space | nation | occupation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | United States |
Tianna Bartoletta Allyson Felix English Gardner Morolake Akinosun |
41.77 |
final
August 19, 2016, 10:15 p.m.
The US season was favored as a world record team and qualified for the final in the hope run. Here the team met the world champions of 2013 and 2015 from Jamaica as well as the German relay, which until then held the world best time of 41.62 s, but only finished third at the European Championships . Vice European champion Great Britain was also considered a candidate for a medal, while the European champions from the Netherlands were eliminated in the preliminary stages.
There were the following line-up changes compared to the preliminary stages:
- USA - Tori Bowie for Morolake Akinosun
- Jamaica - Christania Williams for Simone Facey and Elaine Thompson for Sashalee Forbes.
Tianna Bartoletta, the winner in the long jump , took the lead as the starting runner for the US relay running on lane one. Allyson Felix was able to extend the lead, while behind her double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson brought the Jamaicans into second place. In the last corner, English Gardner was able to compensate for the corner requirement on Germany on lane four for the USA. The United States were three meters ahead of Jamaica when they last switched to Tori Bowie. The teams from Great Britain and Trinidad and Tobago competed for bronze. The US final runner Tori Bowie let her run coast down, so that Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce came a little closer for Jamaica, which was not enough to win. Great Britain secured the bronze medal, the German relay finished in fourth place ahead of Trinidad and Tobago.
In the 21st Olympic final there was the eleventh victory of a US season. The US athletes ran the second fastest time in the history of the women's sprint relay.
space | nation | occupation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | United States |
Tianna Bartoletta Allyson Felix English Gardner Tori Bowie in advance also: Morolake Akinosun |
41.01 | |
2 | Jamaica |
Christania Williams Elaine Thompson Veronica Campbell-Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the preliminary run also: Simone Facey Sashalee Forbes |
41.36 | |
3 | Great Britain |
Asha Philip Desirèe Henry Dina Asher-Smith Daryll Neita |
41.77 | NO |
4th | Germany |
Tatjana Pinto Lisa Mayer Gina Lückenkemper Rebekka Haase |
42.10 | |
5 | Trinidad and Tobago |
Semoy Hackett Michelle-Lee Ahye Kelly-Ann Baptiste Khalifa St. Fort |
42.12 | |
6th | Ukraine |
Olesja Powch Natalija Pohrebnjak Marija Rjemjen Jelysaveta Bryshina |
42.36 | |
7th | Canada | Farah Jacques Crystal Emmanuel Phylicia George Khamica Bingham |
43.15 | |
8th | Nigeria |
Gloria Asumnu Blessing Okagbare Jennifer Madu Agnes Osazuwa |
43.21 |
Web links
- Results Book Rio 2016, Official Report at library.olympic.org, accessed October 13, 2018
- Results on the website of the IAAF 4 × 100 m relay women (English), accessed on October 13, 2018
- Sports reference, result 4 × 100 m relay women (English), accessed on October 13, 2018
Videos
- USA 4x100m Relay wins gold on youtube.com, published August 24, 2016, accessed October 13, 2018
- US 4x100 relay progresses into final after a solo rerun on youtube.com, published August 24, 2016, accessed October 13, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 803 , accessed on October 13, 2018
- ↑ a b IAAF competition rules, page 73 , accessed on October 13, 2018