2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Appearance
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 14 and 15 July 2012.[1][2][3]
Medalists
Records
Prior to the competition[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
World Junior Record & Championship Record |
United States (Alexandria Anderson, Ashlee Kidd, Stephanie Smith, Natasha Hastings) |
3:27.60 | Grosseto, Italy | 18 July 2004 |
World Junior Leading | Jamaica (Genekee Leith, Simoya Campbell, Janieve Russell, Olivia James) |
3:34.27 | Hamilton, Bermuda | 9 April 2012 |
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics | ||||
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World Junior Leading | United States (Erika Rucker, Olivia Ekpone, Kendall Baisden, Ashley Spencer) |
3:30.01 | Barcelona, Spain | 15 July 2012 |
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
Final
Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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9 | United States | Erika Rucker, Olivia Ekpone, Kendall Baisden, Ashley Spencer | 3:30.01 | WJL | |
6 | Jamaica | Sandrae Farquharson, Olivia James, Shericka Jackson, Janieve Russell | 3:32.97 | SB | |
3 | Russia | Yana Glotova, Alina Galitskaya, Yuliya Koltachikhina, Ekaterina Renzhina | 3:36.42 | ||
4 | 1 | Ukraine | Oksana Ralko, Kateryna Slyusarenko, Viktoriya Tkachuk, Anastasiia Tkachuk | 3:37.02 | |
5 | 2 | Germany | Maike Schachtschneider, Lea Madlen Meyer, Anna-Sophie Bellerich, Sonja Mosler | 3:37.23 | SB |
6 | 7 | Canada | Alexandra Courtnall, Devan Wiebe, Julia Zrinyi, Sage Watson | 3:37.84 | |
7 | 5 | Poland | Agnieszka Karczmarczyk, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Małgorzata Curyło, Martyna Dąbrowska | 3:37.90 | SB |
8 | 8 | Australia | Abbey de la Motte, Ella Solin, Tessa Consedine, Morgan Mitchell | 3:38.84 | SB |
9 | 4 | South Africa | Justine Palframan, Janet Seeliger, Ane Fourie, Stephanie Wicksell | 3:40.31 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 59 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
- Australia (5)
- Canada (4)
- Colombia (4)
- Germany (5)
- Hungary (4)
- Jamaica (5)
- Kazakhstan (4)
- Poland (4)
- Romania (4)
- Russia (4)
- South Africa (5)
- Ukraine (5)
- United States (6)
References
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=4X4/combCode=hash/timetable.html
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015