Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
November 23, 2023
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay races at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held on Friday, 29 September and Saturday, 30 September.[1] The first two in each heat and the next 2 fastest overall advanced to the final.
Coming from the gun, Nigeria's Olabisi Afolabi was the first to break from the stagger formation in lane 3, gaining on Australia's Nova Peris-Kneebone to her outside. After the first half lap, Afolabi began to pay for her enthusiasm, tying up through the second turn where American Jearl Miles Clark and then Jamaican Sandie Richards began to assert themselves. The Jamaicans handed off slightly ahead of the Americans, but Monique Hennagan ran a strong turn to give the Americans the edge ahead of Catherine Scott, with the rest of the world, led by Nigeria and Australia, five metres back. Scott kept the gap less than a metre all the way to the home stretch, then moved into lane two to sprint for home, passing off to 400 hurdles silver medalist Deon Hemmings just ahead of Marion Jones. But Hemmings did not charge out ahead, instead allowing Jones to secure the baton. Narrowing the gap, Nigeria, Australia, Great Britain and Russia were all just a few metres back. Hemmings held second place to that same straightaway, but a late rush by Olga Kotlyarova had Russia handing off in second place. With no competitors near her, LaTasha Colander expanded the American lead to almost 20 metres with 100 metres to go before slowing going into the finish. Graham held off Privalova for the entire last lap. Cathy Freeman made a heroic effort to pull Australia back into fourth position, but let off the gas just before the line and was pipped by Falilat Ogunkoya. Australia's time was good enough for the Oceanian record, beating the record they set in the qualifying round.
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
On 23 November 2007, the IAAF recommended to the IOC Executive Board to disqualify the USA women's 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relay teams after Marion Jones admitted to having taken performance-enhancing drugs prior to the Games. On 12 December, the IOC disqualified Jones and stripped her of her relay medals but it did not disqualify the U.S. relay teams. On 10 April 2008, the IOC disqualified both U.S. relay teams and asked for Jones' teammates' medals to be returned.[1]France (Linda Ferga, Muriel Hurtis, Fabe Dia, Christine Arron, Sandra Citte*) finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay in a time of 42.42, and Nigeria (Olabisi Afolabi, Opara Charity, Rosemary Okafor, Falilat Ogunkoya-Osheku, Doris Jacob*) finished fourth in the 4 × 400 m relay in a time of 3:23.80. All members of the U.S. relay teams except Nanceen Perry then appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport who on 16 July 2010 ruled in favor of them due to the fact that, according to the rules at the time, a team should not be disqualified because of a doping offense of one athlete. The rule that an entire team be disqualified and required to vacate medals on the instance of one offender was imposed in 2003. [2] Their medals were then restored to them because the penalty was based on a policy imposed ex post facto, which is prohibited by the CAS.
Resultsedit
All times shown are in seconds.
Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
q denotes qualification by overall place.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
DQ denotes disqualification.
NR denotes national record.
AR denotes area/continental record.
OR denotes Olympic record.
WR denotes world record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season best.
Heatsedit
First 2 in each heat(Q) and the next 2 fastest(q) advance to the Final.
^. sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
External linksedit
– IAAF
– IAAF
Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at
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The women s 4 400 metres relay races at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held on Friday 29 September and Saturday 30 September 1 The first two in each heat and the next 2 fastest overall advanced to the final Coming from the gun Nigeria s Olabisi Afolabi was the first to break from the stagger formation in lane 3 gaining on Australia s Nova Peris Kneebone to her outside After the first half lap Afolabi began to pay for her enthusiasm tying up through the second turn where American Jearl Miles Clark and then Jamaican Sandie Richards began to assert themselves The Jamaicans handed off slightly ahead of the Americans but Monique Hennagan ran a strong turn to give the Americans the edge ahead of Catherine Scott with the rest of the world led by Nigeria and Australia five metres back Scott kept the gap less than a metre all the way to the home stretch then moved into lane two to sprint for home passing off to 400 hurdles silver medalist Deon Hemmings just ahead of Marion Jones But Hemmings did not charge out ahead instead allowing Jones to secure the baton Narrowing the gap Nigeria Australia Great Britain and Russia were all just a few metres back Hemmings held second place to that same straightaway but a late rush by Olga Kotlyarova had Russia handing off in second place With no competitors near her LaTasha Colander expanded the American lead to almost 20 metres with 100 metres to go before slowing going into the finish Graham held off Privalova for the entire last lap Cathy Freeman made a heroic effort to pull Australia back into fourth position but let off the gas just before the line and was pipped by Falilat Ogunkoya Australia s time was good enough for the Oceanian record beating the record they set in the qualifying round Contents 1 Records 2 Medals 3 Results 3 1 Heats 3 1 1 Heat 1 3 1 2 Heat 2 3 1 3 Heat 3 3 2 Final 4 References 5 External linksRecords editThese were the standing world and Olympic records in minutes seconds prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics World Record 3 15 17 nbsp Soviet Union Tatyana LedovskayaOlga NazarovaMariya PiniginaOlga Bryzgina Seoul South Korea 1 October 1988Olympic Record 3 15 17 nbsp Soviet Union Tatyana LedovskayaOlga NazarovaMariya PiniginaOlga Bryzgina Seoul South Korea 1 October 1988Medals editGold nbsp Silver nbsp Bronze nbsp nbsp United StatesJearl Miles ClarkMonique HennaganMarion Jones LaTasha ColanderAndrea Anderson nbsp JamaicaSandie RichardsCatherine ScottDeon HemmingsLorraine GrahamCharmaine Howell Michelle Burgher nbsp RussiaYuliya SotnikovaSvetlana GoncharenkoOlga KotlyarovaIrina PrivalovaNatalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals On 23 November 2007 the IAAF recommended to the IOC Executive Board to disqualify the USA women s 4 100 m and 4 400 m relay teams after Marion Jones admitted to having taken performance enhancing drugs prior to the Games On 12 December the IOC disqualified Jones and stripped her of her relay medals but it did not disqualify the U S relay teams On 10 April 2008 the IOC disqualified both U S relay teams and asked for Jones teammates medals to be returned 1 France Linda Ferga Muriel Hurtis Fabe Dia Christine Arron Sandra Citte finished fourth in the 4 100 m relay in a time of 42 42 and Nigeria Olabisi Afolabi Opara Charity Rosemary Okafor Falilat Ogunkoya Osheku Doris Jacob finished fourth in the 4 400 m relay in a time of 3 23 80 All members of the U S relay teams except Nanceen Perry then appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport who on 16 July 2010 ruled in favor of them due to the fact that according to the rules at the time a team should not be disqualified because of a doping offense of one athlete The rule that an entire team be disqualified and required to vacate medals on the instance of one offender was imposed in 2003 2 Their medals were then restored to them because the penalty was based on a policy imposed ex post facto which is prohibited by the CAS Results editAll times shown are in seconds Q denotes qualification by place in heat q denotes qualification by overall place DNS denotes did not start DNF denotes did not finish DQ denotes disqualification NR denotes national record AR denotes area continental record OR denotes Olympic record WR denotes world record PB denotes personal best SB denotes season best Heats edit First 2 in each heat Q and the next 2 fastest q advance to the Final Heat 1 edit Heat 1 of 3 Date Friday 29 September 2000Place Nation Athletes Lane Time Qual RecordHeat Overall1 2 nbsp United States Jearl Miles Clark Monique Hennagan Andrea Anderson LaTasha Colander 4 3 23 95 Q SB2 5 nbsp Cuba Zulia Calatayud Julia Duporty Idalmis Bonne Daimi Pernia 3 3 25 22 Q SB3 9 nbsp Belarus Natalya Sologub Yelena Budnik Irina Khlyustova Anna Kozak 8 3 26 31 NR4 10 nbsp Germany Shanta Ghosh Ulrike Urbansky Birgit Rockmeier Florence Ekpo Umoh 5 3 27 02 SB5 12 nbsp Canada Karlene Haughton LaDonna Antoine Foy Williams Samantha George 2 3 27 36 SB6 17 nbsp Spain Julia Alba Norfalia Carabali Miriam Bravo Maite Martinez 7 3 32 45 SB7 20 nbsp FR Yugoslavia Mila Savic Jelena Stanisavljevic Vukosava Đapic Tatjana Lojanica 1 3 37 99 nbsp Cameroon Did Not StartHeat 2 edit Heat 2 of 3 Date Friday 29 September 2000Place Nation Athletes Lane Time Qual RecordHeat Overall1 6 nbsp Great Britain Helen Frost Donna Fraser Allison Curbishley Katharine Merry 5 3 25 28 Q SB2 7 nbsp Jamaica Charmaine Howell Catherine Scott Michelle Burgher Sandie Richards 8 3 25 65 Q SB3 8 nbsp Russia Yuliya Sotnikova Olesya Zykina Svetlana Goncharenko Natalya Nazarova 4 3 26 05 q4 11 nbsp Italy Daniela Graglia Francesca Carbone Fabiola Piroddi Virna De Angeli 3 3 27 23 SB5 15 nbsp India Paramjeet Kaur Jincy Phillip Rosa Kutty K M Beena Mol 2 3 31 466 18 nbsp Puerto Rico Militza Castro Sandra Moya Beatriz Cruz Maritza Salas 6 3 33 30 NR7 nbsp Colombia 7 Did Not StartHeat 3 edit Heat 3 of 3 Date Friday 29 September 2000Place Nation Athletes Lane Time Qual RecordHeat Overall1 1 nbsp Nigeria Doris Jacob Olabisi Afolabi Rosemary Okafor Charity Opara 5 3 22 99 Q SB2 3 nbsp Australia Tamsyn Lewis Susan Andrews Jana Pittman Nova Peris Kneebone 2 3 24 05 Q AR3 4 nbsp Czech Republic Jitka Burianova Hana Benesova Lenka Fickova Helena Dziurova Fuchsova 3 3 24 40 q SB4 13 nbsp Senegal Aida Diop Mame Tacko Diouf Aminata Diouf Amy Mbacke Thiam 1 3 28 02 NR5 14 nbsp Barbados Melissa Straker Andrea Blackett Sherline Williams Tanya Oxley 7 3 30 83 SB6 16 nbsp Ireland Karen Shinkins Martina McCarthy Emily Maher Ciara Sheehy 6 3 32 24 NR7 19 nbsp Slovenia Meta Macus Brigita Langerholc Jolanda Steblovnik Ceplak Sasa Prokofijev 8 3 35 00 NR8 21 nbsp Uzbekistan Nataliya Kobina Yelena Piskunova Zamira Amirova Nataliya Senkina 4 3 43 96Final edit Final Date Saturday 30 September 2000Place Nation Athletes Lane Time Record nbsp nbsp United States Jearl Miles Clark Monique Hennagan Marion Jones LaTasha Colander 5 3 22 62 nbsp nbsp Jamaica Sandie Richards Catherine Scott Deon Hemmings Lorraine Graham 7 3 23 25 SB nbsp nbsp Russia Yuliya Sotnikova Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Irina Privalova 1 3 23 46 SB4 nbsp Nigeria Olabisi Afolabi Charity Opara Rosemary Okafor Falilat Ogunkoya 3 3 23 805 nbsp Australia Nova Peris Kneebone Tamsyn Lewis Melinda Gainsford Taylor Cathy Freeman 4 3 23 81 AR6 nbsp Great Britain Natasha Danvers Donna Fraser Allison Curbishley Katharine Merry 6 3 25 677 nbsp Czech Republic Jitka Burianova Hana Benesova Lenka Fickova Helena Dziurova Fuchsova 2 3 29 178 nbsp Cuba Zulia Calatayud Julia Duporty Idalmis Bonne Daimi Pernia 8 3 29 47References edit Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games Women s 4 400 metres Relay sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 9 September 2017 External links editResults round 1 IAAF Results final IAAF Source Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at https web archive org web 20080522105330 http www la84foundation org 5va 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