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

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the 2017 World Championships
Women's 4 × 100 metres relay ; at the 2017 World Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	12 August (heats & final)
Competitors	63 from 15 nations
Winning time	41.82
Medalists
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Last updated April 12, 2023

Video on YouTube
Official Video

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

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]

Record	Perf.	Team	Date	Location
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
World leading	42.12	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]

Record	Perf.	Team	Date
World leading	41.84	United States Aaliyah Brown, Allyson Felix, Morolake Akinosun, Ariana Washington	12 Apr 2017
World leading	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 August	10:35	Heats
12 August	21:30	Final

Results

Heats

Video on YouTube
Official Video

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

Heat	1	2
Start time	10:35	10:44
Photo finish	link	link

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	4	United States (USA)	Aaliyah Brown, Allyson Felix, Morolake Akinosun, Ariana Washington	41.84	Q, WL
2	1	5	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Asha Philip, Desirèe Henry, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita	41.93	Q, SB
3	2	6	Germany (GER)	Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase	42.34	Q
4	1	9	Switzerland (SUI)	Ajla Del Ponte, Sarah Atcho, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora	42.50	Q, NR
5	2	5	Jamaica (JAM)	Christania Williams, Natasha Morrison, Jura Levy, Sashalee Forbes	42.50	Q
6	1	8	Netherlands (NED)	Madiea Ghafoor, Dafne Schippers, Naomi Sedney, Jamile Samuel	42.64	q, SB
7	2	9	Brazil (BRA)	Franciela Krasucki, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Rosângela Santos	42.77	Q, SB
8	2	2	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Semoy Hackett, Khalifa St. Fort	42.91	q, SB
9	1	7	France (FRA)	Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Maroussia Paré, Carolle Zahi	42.92	SB
10	1	6	Ghana (GHA)	Flings Owusu-Agyapong, Gemma Acheampong, Akua Obeng-Akrofi, Janet Amponsah	43.68	SB
11	2	4	Ukraine (UKR)	Alina Kalistratova, Yelyzaveta Bryzhina, Yana Kachur, Hanna Plotitsyna	43.77
12	1	3	Ecuador (ECU)	Yuliana Angulo, Narcisa Landazuri, Romina Cifuentes, Ángela Tenorio	43.94	SB
13	2	8	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Rima Kashafutdinova, Viktoriya Zyabkina, Svetlana Golendova, Olga Safronova	45.47
	2	3	Bahamas (BAH)	Devynne Charlton, Carmiesha Cox, Jenae Ambrose, Tynia Gaither	DNF
	2	7	China (CHN)	Tao Yujia, Wei Yongli, Ge Manqi, Liang Xiaojing	DQ	R 170.7
	1	2	Nigeria (NGR)		DNS

Final

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

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	4	United States (USA)	Aaliyah Brown, Allyson Felix, Morolake Akinosun, Tori Bowie	41.82	WL
	5	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Asha Philip, Desirèe Henry, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita	42.12
	7	Jamaica (JAM)	Jura Levy, Natasha Morrison, Simone Facey, Sashalee Forbes	42.19	SB
4	6	Germany (GER)	Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase	42.36
5	9	Switzerland (SUI)	Ajla Del Ponte, Sarah Atcho, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora	42.51
6	3	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	Semoy Hackett, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Khalifa St. Fort, Kelly-Ann Baptiste	42.62	SB
7	8	Brazil (BRA)	Franciela Krasucki, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Rosângela Santos	42.63	SB
8	2	Netherlands (NED)	Tessa van Schagen, Dafne Schippers, Naomi Sedney, Jamile Samuel	43.07

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References

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

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[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.

[Timetable-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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Events at the 2017 World Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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