2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 12 August.[1]

Women's 4 x 100 metres relay
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates12 August (heats & final)
Competitors63 from 15 nations
Winning time41.82
Medalists
    United States
    Great Britain
    Jamaica
Video on YouTube
Official Video

Summary

USA with Aaliyah Brown and the home British team with Asha Philip were out fast, gaining slightly on Tatjana Pinto for Germany to their outside, while outside of Germany, Jura Levy had Jamaica pulling away. USA and Jamaica had smooth handoffs to Allyson Felix and Natasha Morrison respectively, but the British team had a hesitation on the handoff to Desirèe Henry, losing a slight amount of time. On the backstretch, Henry passed Germany's Lisa Mayer. Felix made a comfortable hand off to Morolake Akinosun slightly ahead of Jamaica's handoff to Simone Facey, GBR handing off to Dina Asher-Smith two steps later. Through the final turn, Germany's Gina Lückenkemper made up a lot of ground as the field tightened. At the final handoff Jamaica's Sashalee Forbes took a quick glance back, USA's Tori Bowie took a more serious look to make sure she got the baton, effectively in 4 × 400 metres handoff style, while Germany to Rebekka Haase and the British to Daryll Neita used the more conventional blind handoffs to pull closer. Onto the straightaway, Bowie had a half metre lead over Forbes and Neita, who were virtually even. Neita looked to stay with Bowie for the first half of the straightaway, separating from Jamaica before Bowie put in some clear separation for the USA win. As Neita tightened, Forbes started to close but not enough for Jamaica to take the silver away from the British.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

RecordPerf.TeamDateLocation
World 40.82  United States
Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter
10 Aug 2012 London, United Kingdom
Championship 41.07  Jamaica
Veronica Campbell-Brown, Natasha Morrison, Elaine Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
29 Aug 2015 Beijing, China
World leading 42.12 University of Oregon
Makenzie Dunmore, Deajah Stevens, Hannah Cunliffe, Ariana Washington
15 Apr 2017 Torrance, United States
Louisiana State University
Mikiah Brisco, Kortnei Johnson, Jada Martin, Aleia Hobbs
29 Apr 2017 Baton Rouge, United States
African 42.39  Nigeria
Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara-Thompson, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
7 Aug 1992 Barcelona, Spain
Asian 42.23  China
Xiao Lin, Li Yali, Liu Xiaomei, Li Xuemei
23 Oct 1997 Shanghai, China
NACAC 40.82  United States
Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter
10 Aug 2012 London, United Kingdom
South American 42.29  Brazil
Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos
18 Aug 2013 Moscow, Russia
European 41.37  East Germany
Silke Gladisch-Möller, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Göhr
6 Oct 1985 Canberra, Australia
Oceanian 42.99  Australia
Rachael Massey, Suzanne Broadrick, Jodi Lambert, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
18 Mar 2000 Pietersburg, South Africa

The following records were set at the competition:[3]

RecordPerf.TeamDate
World leading 41.84  United States
Aaliyah Brown, Allyson Felix, Morolake Akinosun, Ariana Washington
12 Apr 2017
41.82
Swiss 42.50   Switzerland
Ajla Del Ponte, Sarah Atcho, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora

Qualification criteria

The first eight placed teams at the 2017 IAAF World Relays and the host country qualify automatically for entry with remaining places being filled by teams with the fastest performances during the qualification period.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
12 August10:35Heats
12 August21:30Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 12 August in two heats as follows:[6]

Heat12
Start time 10:3510:44
Photo finish

The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[7]

RankHeatLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
114 United States (USA)Aaliyah Brown, Allyson Felix, Morolake Akinosun, Ariana Washington41.84Q, WL
215 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)Asha Philip, Desirèe Henry, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita41.93Q, SB
326 Germany (GER)Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase42.34Q
419 Switzerland (SUI)Ajla Del Ponte, Sarah Atcho, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora42.50Q, NR
525 Jamaica (JAM)Christania Williams, Natasha Morrison, Jura Levy, Sashalee Forbes42.50Q
618 Netherlands (NED)Madiea Ghafoor, Dafne Schippers, Naomi Sedney, Jamile Samuel42.64q, SB
729 Brazil (BRA)Franciela Krasucki, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Rosângela Santos42.77Q, SB
822 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Semoy Hackett, Khalifa St. Fort42.91q, SB
917 France (FRA)Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Maroussia Paré, Carolle Zahi42.92SB
1016 Ghana (GHA)Flings Owusu-Agyapong, Gemma Acheampong, Akua Obeng-Akrofi, Janet Amponsah43.68SB
1124 Ukraine (UKR)Alina Kalistratova, Yelyzaveta Bryzhina, Yana Kachur, Hanna Plotitsyna43.77
1213 Ecuador (ECU)Yuliana Angulo, Narcisa Landazuri, Romina Cifuentes, Ángela Tenorio43.94SB
1328 Kazakhstan (KAZ)Rima Kashafutdinova, Viktoriya Zyabkina, Svetlana Golendova, Olga Safronova45.47
23 Bahamas (BAH)Devynne Charlton, Carmiesha Cox, Jenae Ambrose, Tynia GaitherDNF
27 China (CHN)Tao Yujia, Wei Yongli, Ge Manqi, Liang XiaojingDQR 170.7
12 Nigeria (NGR)DNS

Final

The final took place on 12 August at 20:05. The results were as follows (photo finish):[8]

RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
4 United States (USA)Aaliyah Brown, Allyson Felix, Morolake Akinosun, Tori Bowie41.82WL
5 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)Asha Philip, Desirèe Henry, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita42.12
7 Jamaica (JAM)Jura Levy, Natasha Morrison, Simone Facey, Sashalee Forbes42.19SB
46 Germany (GER)Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase42.36
59 Switzerland (SUI)Ajla Del Ponte, Sarah Atcho, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora42.51
63 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)Semoy Hackett, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Khalifa St. Fort, Kelly-Ann Baptiste42.62SB
78 Brazil (BRA)Franciela Krasucki, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Rosângela Santos42.63SB
82 Netherlands (NED)Tessa van Schagen, Dafne Schippers, Naomi Sedney, Jamile Samuel43.07

References

  1. Start list
  2. "4x100 Metres Relay Women – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. "4x100 Metres Relay Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. "4x100 Metres Relay Women − Heats − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  7. "4x100 Metres Relay Women − Heats − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  8. "4x100 Metres Relay Women − Final− Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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