Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 x 100 metres relay

Women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates	26–27 August
Competitors	65 from 16 nations
Medalists
Jamaica (JAM)    Russia (RUS)    France (FRA)
«2000	2008»

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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
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
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 4×100 metres relay was one of 23 track events of the athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens. It was contested at the Athens Olympic Stadium, from August 26 to August 27, by a total of sixteen national teams comprising 65 athletes.

The sixteen teams competed in a two-heat qualifying round in which the first three teams from each heat, together with the next two fastest teams, were given a place in the final race.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jamaica (JAM) Tayna Lawrence Sherone Simpson Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald*	Russia (RUS) Olga Fyodorova Yuliya Tabakova Irina Khabarova Larisa Kruglova	France (FRA) Véronique Mang Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Félix Christine Arron

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Qualification

The Olympic qualification period for the athletics' relay events ran from January 1, 2003 to July 21, 2004. A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter a maximum of one qualified relay team per relay event, with a maximum of six qualified athletes. For this event, an NOC would be invited to participate with a relay team if the average of the team's two best times — obtained in IAAF-sanctioned meetings or tournaments — would be among the best sixteen, at the end of this period.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics.

World Record	41.37	Silke Gladisch Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	Canberra (AUS)	October 6, 1985
Olympic Record	41.60	Romy Müller Bärbel Wöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	Moscow (URS)	August 1, 1980

Results

All times are shown in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:

• Q denotes qualification by place
• q denotes qualification by time
• DNF denotes "did not finish"
• NR denotes "national record"
• SB denotes "season best"

Round 1

First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 2 fastest(q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Results	Notes
1	1	1	United States	LaTasha Colander, Lauryn Williams, Marion Jones, Angela Williams	41.67	Q, =SB
2	2	4	Russia	Larisa Kruglova, Irina Khabarova, Yuliya Tabakova, Olga Fyodorova	42.12	Q, SB
3	2	1	Jamaica	Aleen Bailey, Beverly McDonald, Sherone Simpson, Tayna Lawrence	42.20	Q, SB
4	2	8	France	Christine Arron, Sylviane Félix, Muriel Hurtis, Véronique Mang	42.98	Q
5	2	2	Nigeria	Endurance Ojokolo, Oludamola Osayomi, Mercy Nku, Gloria Kemasuode	43.00	q, SB
6	1	6	Bahamas	Debbie Ferguson, Shandria Brown, Chandra Sturrup, Timicka Clarke	43.02	Q, SB
7	2	5	Belarus	Aksana Drahun, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Natallia Safronnikava, Yulia Nestsiarenka	43.06	q
8	1	4	Belgium	Kim Gevaert, Élodie Ouédraogo, Lien Huyghebaert, Katleen De Caluwé	43.08	Q, NR
9	1	3	Brazil	Luciana dos Santos, Rosemar Coelho Neto, Lucimar de Moura, Katia de Jesus	43.12
10	1	2	Colombia	Norma González, Digna Murillo, Felipa Palacios, Melisa Murillo	43.30
11	2	3	Cuba	Miladis Lazo, Ana Lopez, Roxana Díaz, Virgen Benavides	43.60
12	1	8	Germany	Katja Wakan, Birgit Rockmeier, Marion Wagner, Sina Schielke	43.64	SB
13	1	5	Ukraine	Zhanna Block, Tetyana Tkalich, Maryna Maydanova, Iryna Kozhemyakina	43.77
14	1	7	Greece	Maria Karastamati, Marina Vasarmidou, Effrosíni Patsoú, Georgia Kokloni	44.45	SB
15	2	6	Netherlands	Annemarie Kramer, Pascal van Assendelft, Jacqueline Poelman, Joan van den Akker	99.99 !DNF
15	2	7	Trinidad and Tobago	Ayanna Hutchinson, Wanda Hutson, Fana Ashby, Kelly-Ann Baptiste	99.99 !DNF

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Results	Notes
01 !	4	Jamaica	Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell, Sherone Simpson, Tayna Lawrence	41.73	NR
02 !	6	Russia	Larisa Kruglova, Irina Khabarova, Yuliya Tabakova, Olga Fyodorova	42.27
03 !	2	France	Christine Arron, Sylviane Félix, Muriel Hurtis, Véronique Mang	42.54
4	3	Bahamas	Debbie Ferguson, Shandria Brown, Chandra Sturrup, Timicka Clarke	42.69	SB
5	1	Belarus	Aksana Drahun, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Natallia Safronnikava, Yulia Nestsiarenka	42.94	NR
6	7	Belgium	Kim Gevaert, Élodie Ouédraogo, Lien Huyghebaert, Katleen De Caluwé	43.11
7	8	Nigeria	Endurance Ojokolo, Oludamola Osayomi, Mercy Nku, Gloria Kemasuode	43.42
8	5	United States	LaTasha Colander, Lauryn Williams, Marion Jones, Angela Williams	99.99 !DNF

References

• Official Olympic Report
• "Athens Olympic Games 2004 - Results". IAAF. 2004. http://www.iaaf.org/oly04/results/byevent.html. Retrieved 2007-08-22.