2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 11 March.Perri Shakes-Drayton held off individual champion Sanya Richards-Ross to claim Great Britain's first ever medal in this event. Ukraine originally finished fourth, but were later disqualified as their first leg runner (Bryzhina) inadvertently knocked Hanna Tashpulatava (Belarus) to the ground.

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Great Britain Shana Cox Nicola Sanders Christine Ohuruogu Perri Shakes-Drayton	United States Leslie Cole Natasha Hastings Jernail Hayes Sanya Richards-Ross	Romania Angela Moroșanu Alina Panainte Adelina Pastor Elena Mirela Lavric

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	Russia (RUS)	3:23.37	Glasgow, Great Britain	28 January 2006
Championship record	Russia (RUS)	3:23.88	Budapest, Hungary	7 March 2004
World Leading	University of Kansas	3:31.36	College Station, United States	25 February 2012
Asian record	India (IND)	3:37.46	Doha, Qatar	16 February 2008
European record	Russia (RUS)	3:23.37	Glasgow, Great Britain	28 January 2006
North and Central American and Caribbean record	United States (USA)	3:27.34	Doha, Qatar	14 March 2010
Oceanian Record	Australia (AUS)	3:26.87	Maebashi, Japan	7 March 1999

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Round
March 11, 2012	16:40	Final

Results edit

Final edit

Started at 16:40.^[1]

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Great Britain	Shana Cox, Nicola Sanders, Christine Ohuruogu, Perri Shakes-Drayton	3:28.76	WL
	United States	Leslie Cole, Natasha Hastings, Jernail Hayes, Sanya Richards-Ross	3:28.79	SB
	Romania	Angela Moroșanu, Alina Panainte, Adelina Pastor, Elena Mirela Lavric	3:33.41	SB
4	Belarus	Hanna Tashpulatava, Yulyana Yushchanka, Iryna Khliustava, Sviatlana Usovich	3:33.73	SB
	Ukraine	Yelizaveta Bryzhina, Iuliia Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak, Nataliya Pyhyda	DQ	R 163.3
	Russia	Yuliya Gushchina, Kseniya Ustalova, Marina Karnaushchenko, Aleksandra Fedoriva	3:29.55	DQ

References edit

^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 4×400 metres relay (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2012-03-11.

[1] "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 4×400 metres relay (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2012-03-11.

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