2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 22 and August 23.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States (USA)
Debbie Dunn
Allyson Felix
Lashinda Demus
Sanya Richards
Natasha Hastings*
Jessica Beard*
 Jamaica (JAM)
Rosemarie Whyte
Novlene Williams-Mills
Shereefa Lloyd
Shericka Williams
Kaliese Spencer*
 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
Lee McConnell
Christine Ohuruogu
Vicki Barr
Nicola Sanders
Jenny Meadows*

* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

**Original medalists Russia forfeited results and medals as a result of disqualification of Kapachinskaya[1].

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record  Soviet Union (URS)
Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina
3:15.17 Seoul, South Korea 1 October 1988
Championship record  United States (USA)
Gwen Torrence, Jearl Miles Clark, Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Maicel Malone-Wallace
3:16.71 Stuttgart, Germany 22 August 1993
World Leading  United States (USA)
Monica Hargrove, Natasha Hastings, Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards
3:23.08 Philadelphia, United States 25 April 2009
African Record  Nigeria (NGR)
Falilat Ogunkoya, Fatima Yusuf, Olabisi Afolabi, Charity Opara
3:21.04 Atlanta, United States 3 August 1996
Asian Record  China (CHN)
An Xiaohong, Bai Xiaoyun, Cao Chunying, Ma Yuqin
3:24.28 Beijing, China 13 September 1993
North American Record  United States (USA)
Denean Howard-Hill, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith-Joyner
3:15.51 Seoul, South Korea 1 October 1988
South American record  Brazil (BRA)
Lucimar Teodoro, Geisa Aparecida Coutinho, Maria Laura Almirão, Josiane Tito
3:26.82 Helsinki, Finland 13 August 2005
European Record  Soviet Union (URS)
Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina
3:15.17 Seoul, South Korea 1 October 1988
Oceanian Record  Australia (AUS)
Cathy Freeman, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Tamsyn Lewis, Nova Peris
3:23.81 Sydney, Australia 30 September 2000

No new world or championship record was set during this competition.

Qualification standards

Standard
3:31.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 22, 200920:15Heats
August 23, 200917:50Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.

RankHeatNationAthletesTimeNotes
12 Russia (RUS)Natalya Nazarova, Tatyana Firova, Natalya Antyukh, Lyudmila Litvinova3:23.80Q, SB
22 Jamaica (JAM)Kaliese Spencer, Shereefa Lloyd, Rosemarie Whyte, Novlene Williams-Mills3:24.72Q
32 Germany (GER)Fabienne Kohlmann, Sorina Nwachukwu, Esther Cremer, Claudia Hoffmann3:25.08Q, SB
42 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)Nicola Sanders, Vicki Barr, Jenny Meadows, Lee McConnell3:25.23q, SB
52 Cuba (CUB)Susana A. Clement, Daisurami Bonne, Zulia Calatayud, Indira Terrero3:27.36q, SB
62 Canada (CAN)Esther Akinsulie, Adrienne Power, Jenna Martin, Carline Muir3:29.17SB
71 United States (USA)Debbie Dunn, Natasha Hastings, Jessica Beard, Sanya Richards3:29.31Q
81 Nigeria (NGR)Endurance Abinuwa, Muizat Ajoke Odumosu, Josephine Ehigie, Folashade Abugan3:29.60Q, SB
81 France (FRA)Virginie Michanol, Aurélie Kamga, Symphora Béhi, Solen Désert-Mariller3:29.60Q, SB
102 Ukraine (UKR)Yuliya Baraley, Tetiana Petlyuk, Anastasiya Rabchenyuk, Antonina Yefremova3:30.76
111 Australia (AUS)Pirrenee Steinert, Madeleine Pape, Caitlin Willis-Pincott, Tamsyn Lewis3:30.80
121 Italy (ITA)Marta Milani, Daniela Reina, Maria Enrica Spacca, Libania Grenot3:31.05
131 Brazil (BRA)Geisa Aparecida Coutinho, Emmilly Pinheiro, Sheila Ferreira, Jailma de Lima3:31.42
142 Japan (JPN)Sayaka Aoki, Asami Tanno, Mayu Sato, Satomi Kubokura3:34.46
151 Mexico (MEX)Alejandra Cherizola, Nallely Vela, Ruth Grajeda, Karla Dueñas3:40.03
1 Bahamas (BAH)Sasha Rolle, Shakeitha Henfield, Rashan Brown, Katrina SeymourDQ

Key: DQ = Disqualified, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

RankNationAthletesTimeNotes
 United States (USA) Debbie Dunn, Allyson Felix, Lashinda Demus, Sanya Richards 3:17.83 WL
 Jamaica (JAM) Rosemarie Whyte, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shereefa Lloyd, Shericka Williams 3:21.15 SB
3  Russia (RUS) Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Tatyana Firova, Lyudmila Litvinova, Antonina Krivoshapka 3:21.64 Doping
 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Lee McConnell, Christine Ohuruogu, Vicki Barr, Nicola Sanders 3:25.16 SB[2]
4  Germany (GER) Fabienne Kohlmann, Sorina Nwachukwu, Esther Cremer, Claudia Hoffmann 3:27.61
5  Nigeria (NGR) Endurance Abinuwa, Muizat Ajoke Odumosu, Josephine Ehigie, Folasade Abugan 3:28.55 SB
6  France (FRA) Virginie Michanol, Aurélie Kamga, Symphora Béhi, Solen Désert-Mariller 3:30.16
7  Cuba (CUB) Diosmely Peña, Daisurami Bonne, Zulia Calatayud, Indira Terrero 3:36.99

Key: SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

References

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