2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the 2017 World Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates12 August (heats)
13 August (final)
Competitors72 from 16 nations
Winning time3:19.02
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
  2015
2019  

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 12–13 August. [1]

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Summary

In the final, the early leader was Nigeria as Patience Okon George made up the stagger on Botswana to her outside as they entered the far turn. Chrisann Gordon pulled Jamaica close to Nigeria on the inside but lost some ground coming off the turn. Down the home stretch, George faded while Quanera Hayes brought USA into the lead at the handoff to Allyson Felix. Felix ran a fast turn to put some separation on the field by the break. Further outside, Jamaica's Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby was the next in contention until about 50 metres into her leg she McLaughlin-Whilby began to hop and lean back in pain. The entire field passed her as she tried to continue to the break line before collapsing to the track. Felix and USA had a 20-metre lead over the next best, Nigeria, a metre ahead of Great Britain.

Felix continued to expand the lead. Down the homestretch, Laviai Nielsen ran GBR past Nigeria's Abike Funmilola Egbeniyi, but USA had already passed to Shakima Wimbley almost four seconds before the other teams arrived. Iga Baumgart ran around the outside and after the handoff Aleksandra Gaworska, Poland was behind GBR's Eilidh Doyle breaking away from the other teams. 25 metres behind USA, Doyle opened up almost five metres on Gaworska but on the home stretch Doyle began to fade, Gaworska came back while Wimbley was speeding away. USA passed to world champion Phyllis Francis for their anchor. Over five seconds later, GBR passed to Emily Diamond slightly ahead of Poland's pass to Justyna Święty. Francis continued to expand the lead. Behind her Diamond opened up as much as a 10-metre gap on Święty while Nigeria's Yinka Ajayi and France's Elea-Mariama Diarra almost catching her from behind by the half way mark. Francis finished six seconds ahead of Diamond, a virtual walkover gold for USA, with Święty closing rapidly on the homestretch to get Poland close to GBR by the finish.

The 5.98 second margin of victory was the largest in World Championship 4 × 400 metres history. [2]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [3]

RecordPerf.TeamDateLocation
World 3:15.17Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Kulchunova, Olga Bryzgina
1 Oct 1988 Seoul, South Korea
Championship 3:16.71Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Jearl Miles Clark
22 Aug 1993 Stuttgart, Germany
World leading3:23.13 Flag of the United States.svg University of Oregon
Makenzie Dunmore, Deajah Stevens, Elexis Guster, Raevyn Rogers
10 Jun 2017 Eugene, United States
African 3:21.04Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya
3 Aug 1996 Atlanta, United States
Asian record 3:24.28Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Hebei Province
An Xiaohong, Bai Xiaoyun, Cao Chunying, Ma Yuqin
13 Sep 1993 Beijing, China
NACAC 3:15.51Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Denean Howard-Hill, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith-Joyner
1 Oct 1988Seoul, South Korea
South American 3:26.68Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil BM&F Bovespa
Geisa Aparecida Coutinho, Bárbara de Oliveira, Joelma Sousa, Jailma de Lima
7 Aug 2011 São Paulo, Brazil
European 3:15.17Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Kulchunova, Olga Bryzgina
1 Oct 1988Seoul, South Korea
Oceanian 3:23.81Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Nova Peris, Tamsyn Manou, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Cathy Freeman
30 Sep 2000 Sydney, Australia

The following records were set at the competition: [4]

RecordPerf.TeamDate
World leading3:21.66Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Quanera Hayes, Kendall Ellis, Shakima Wimbley, Natasha Hastings
12 Aug 2017
3:19.02Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix, Shakima Wimbley, Phyllis Francis
13 Aug 2017
Botswanan 3:26.90Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Christine Botlogetswe, Lydia Jele, Galefele Moroko, Amantle Montsho
12 Aug 2017

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. [5]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: [6]

DateTimeRound
12 August11:20 Heats
13 August20:55 Final

Results

Heats

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The first round took place on 12 August in two heats as follows: [7]

Heat12
Start time11:2011:32
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The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows: [8]

RankHeatLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
113Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA) Quanera Hayes, Kendall Ellis, Shakima Wimbley, Natasha Hastings 3:21.66 Q, WL
228Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM) Anastasia Le-Roy, Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby, Chrisann Gordon, Stephenie Ann McPherson 3:23.64 Q, SB
314Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR) Zoey Clark, Laviai Nielsen, Perri Shakes-Drayton, Emily Diamond 3:24.74 Q, SB
426Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR) Patience Okon George, Glory Onome Nathaniel, Emerald Egwim, Yinka Ajayi 3:25.40 Q, SB
529Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER) Ruth Spelmeyer, Nadine Gonska, Svea Köhrbrück, Laura Müller 3:26.24 Q, SB
629Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL) Małgorzata Hołub, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Martyna Dąbrowska, Iga Baumgart 3:26.47 q, SB
715Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT) Christine Botlogetswe, Lydia Jele, Galefele Moroko, Amantle Montsho 3:26.90 Q, NR
816Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA) Déborah Sananes, Estelle Perrossier, Agnès Raharolahy, Elea-Mariama Diarra 3:27.59 q, SB
927Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA) Maria Benedicta Chigbolu, Maria Enrica Spacca, Libania Grenot, Ayomide Folorunso 3:27.81 SB
1025Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS) Anneliese Rubie, Ella Connolly, Lauren Wells, Morgan Mitchell 3:28.02 SB
1113Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN) Carline Muir, Aiyanna Stiverne, Travia Jones, Natassha McDonald 3:28.47 SB
1228Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR) Kateryna Klymiuk, Olha Bibik, Tetyana Melnyk, Anastasiia Bryzhina 3:31.84
1327Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA) Justine Palframan, Gena Löfstrand, Ariane Nel, Wenda Nel 3:37.82 SB
12Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH) Lanece Clarke, Christine Amertil, Anthonique Strachan, Shaquania Dorsett DNF
12Flag of India.svg  India  (IND) Jisna Mathew, M. R. Poovamma, Anilda Thomas, Nirmala Sheoran DQ R 163.3 (a)
15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED) Madiea Ghafoor, Lisanne de Witte, Laura de Witte, Eva Hovenkamp DQ R 170.6 (c)

Final

The final took place on 13 August at 20:55. The results were as follows (photo finish): [9]

RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA) Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix, Shakima Wimbley, Phyllis Francis 3:19.02 WL
Silver medal icon.svg5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR) Zoey Clark, Laviai Nielsen, Eilidh Doyle, Emily Diamond 3:25.00
Bronze medal icon.svg3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL) Małgorzata Hołub, Iga Baumgart, Aleksandra Gaworska, Justyna Święty 3:25.41 SB
42Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA) Estelle Perrossier, Déborah Sananes, Agnès Raharolahy, Elea-Mariama Diarra 3:26.56 SB
57Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR) Patience Okon George, Abike Funmilola Egbeniyi, Glory Onome Nathaniel, Yinka Ajayi 3:26.72
69Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER) Ruth Spelmeyer, Laura Müller, Nadine Gonska, Hannah Mergenthaler 3:27.45
78Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT) Christine Botlogetswe, Lydia Jele, Galefele Moroko, Amantle Montsho 3:28.00
6Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM) Chrisann Gordon, Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby, Shericka Jackson, Novlene Williams-Mills DNF

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