2017 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 23 April.

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the 2017 IAAF World Relays
VenueThomas Robinson Stadium
Dates23 April (heats & final)
Competitors59 from 14 nations
Winning time42.14
Medalists
gold medal    Germany
silver medal    Jamaica
bronze medal    China
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In the final, USA's Tianna Bartoletta started strongly in lane 3, gaining vs the stagger against Jamaica's Simone Facey who was also gaining on Germany's Alexandra Burghardt. Approaching the first handoff, as Bartoletta passed Brazil's Tânia da Silva waiting in lane 2, Bartoletta lost her balance and crashed to the track. Da Silva, who was standing in her own lane, was also set off balance, neither USA or Brazil completed their handoff. The incident seem to echo from the situation between the same two teams at the previous year's Olympics. China's clean first handoff between Liang Xiaojing and Wei Yongli put them into the lead, while Germany's handoff to Lisa Mayer and Jamaica's handoff to Natasha Morrison were hesitant but effective. Netherlands put their star world champion Dafne Schippers on the second leg. She rocketed past Wei and put her team into the lead, but after handing off to Madiea Ghafoor, the momentum stopped as China's Tao Yujia rapidly went by. Inside of them, Germany's Tatjana Pinto ran an exceptional leg, separating from Jamaica's Gayon Evans, Germany passing first to Rebekka Haase with Jamaica's pass to Sashalee Forbes also gaining an edge on China's handoff to Yuan Qiqi. Free to run, Hasse separated an extra metre from Forbes, who then found her gear and closed back in on Hasse. But Hasse had too much of a lead, Germany beating Jamaica by a metre with China another two back, holding off a fast closing Naomi Sedney for the Netherlands.

Records

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Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record   United States
(Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter)
40.82   London, Great Britain 10 August 2012
Championship record   United States
(Tianna Bartoletta, Alexandria Anderson, Jeneba Tarmoh, LaKeisha Lawson)
41.88   Nassau, Bahamas 24 May 2014
World Leading University of Oregon 42.12   Torrance, United States 15 April 2017
African Record   Nigeria
(Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara, Mary Onyali)
42.39   Barcelona, Spain 7 August 1992
Asian Record   China
(Xiao Lin, Li Yali, Liu Xiaomei, Li Xuemei)
42.23   Shanghai, China 23 October 1997
North, Central American and Caribbean record   United States
(Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter)
40.82   London, Great Britain 10 August 2012
South American Record   Brazil
(Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Claudia Silva, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos)
42.29   Moscow, Russia 18 August 2013
European Record   East Germany
(Silke Gladisch-Möller, Sabine Rieger-Günther, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Göhr)
41.37   Canberra, Australia 6 October 1985
Oceanian record   Australia
(Rachael Massey, Suzanne Broadrick, Jodi Lambert, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor)
42.99   Pietersburg, South Africa 18 March 2000

Schedule

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Date Time Round
23 April 2017 20:00 Heats
23 April 2017 21:46 Final B
23 April 2017 22:13 Final

All times are local times (UTC-4)

Results

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KEY: Q Qualified q Fastest non-qualifiers WL World leading SB Seasonal best WC 2017 World Championships qualification

Heats

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Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final. The next 8 fastest times qualified for the final B.[1]

Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 1   United States Tianna Bartoletta, Jenna Prandini, English Gardner, Morolake Akinosun 42.96 Q
2 2   Germany Alexandra Burghardt, Lisa Mayer, Tatjana Pinto, Rebekka Haase 43.04 Q, SB
3 2   Jamaica Simone Facey, Natasha Morrison, Gayon Evans, Christania Williams 43.22 Q
4 1   China Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli, Ge Manqi, Yuan Qiqi 43.90 Q
5 1   Netherlands Jamile Samuel, Dafne Schippers, Madiea Ghafoor, Naomi Sedney 43.98 Q, SB
6 1   Bahamas Devine Parker, Brianne Bethel, Tayla Carter, Tynia Gaither 44.11 q, SB
7 2   France Floriane Gnafoua, Stella Akakpo, Maroussia Paré, Charlotte Jeanne 44.14 Q, SB
8 2   Brazil Bruna Farias, Tânia da Silva, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Rosângela Santos 44.20 q, SB
9 2   Ecuador Yuliana Angulo, Narcisa Landazuri, Romina Cifuentes, Ángela Tenorio 44.54 SB
10 1   British Virgin Islands Nelda Huggins, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott, Ashley Kelly, Karene King 44.78
11 2   Nigeria Lindsay Lindley, Patience Okon George, Ugonna Ndu, Jennifer Madu 44.95 SB
12 1   Canada Farah Jacques, Crystal Emmanuel, Shai-Anne Davis, Shaina Harrison 44.98 SB
2   Italy Libania Grenot, Gloria Hooper, Anna Bongiorni, Audrey Alloh DQ R163.3(A)[2]
1   Trinidad and Tobago Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Khalifa St. Fort, Semoy Hackett DNF

Final B

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Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 4   Ecuador Yuliana Angulo, Narcisa Landazuri, Romina Cifuentes, Ángela Tenorio 44.26 *WC
3   Canada Farah Jacques, Crystal Emmanuel, Shai-Anne Davis, Shaina Harrison DQ R170.7[4]
5   British Virgin Islands Nelda Huggins, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott, Ashley Kelly, Karene King DNF
6   Nigeria DNS

Final

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Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes Points
  5   Germany Alexandra Burghardt, Lisa Mayer, Tatjana Pinto, Rebekka Haase 42.84 WL, *WC 8
  4   Jamaica Simone Facey, Natasha Morrison, Gayon Evans, Sashalee Forbes 42.95 SB, *WC 7
  6   China Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli, Tao Yujia, Yuan Qiqi 43.11 SB, *WC 6
4 7   Netherlands Jamile Samuel, Dafne Schippers, Madiea Ghafoor, Naomi Sedney 43.17 SB, *WC 5
5 8   France Floriane Gnafoua, Stella Akakpo, Charlotte Jeanne, Carolle Zahi 43.90 SB, *WC 4
6 1   Bahamas Devine Parker, Brianne Bethel, Tayla Carter, Tynia Gaither 44.01 SB, *WC 3
2   Brazil Bruna Farias, Tânia da Silva, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Rosângela Santos DNF 0[6]
3   United States Tianna Bartoletta, Jenna Prandini, English Gardner, Morolake Akinosun DNF 0[7]

References

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  1. ^ Heats Results
  2. ^ Lane infringement
  3. ^ Final B Results
  4. ^ Passing the baton outside the takeover zone
  5. ^ Final Results
  6. ^ Failed to pass the baton on the first changeover.
  7. ^ Tianna Bartoletta fell on the wet track before the first changeover and did not pass the baton.