2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

None thumb|110px|Official Video The Women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on 2 and 3 September. Friday and Saturday. This is a change in schedule from previous years when all the relays were at the end of the program. This might necessitate a change in strategy to allow for team members involved in other events. The United States held the two fastest relay times before the championships and had won the 2007 and 2009 world titles, as well as the 2008 Olympic gold medals. Jamaica and Russia – the only other nations to have won a world title since 2000 – were the other primary contenders. A Brazilian team had broken the South American record a month before the championships and was the third fastest qualifying nation. Great Britain, Ukraine and Germany comprised the other major nations at the competition.Rowbottom, Mike (21 August 2011). Women's 4x400m Relay – PREVIEW https://web.archive.org/web/20120801032704/http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/NewsEventPreviewsListDetail.aspx?id=61179 2012-08-01 . IAAF. Retrieved on 25 August 2011. Twenty teams, instead of the normal sixteen, started this event, necessitating three heats instead of two. United States was an easy winner in heat one, with Ukraine edging out neighboring Belarus for the second automatic qualifying spot, but Belarus qualified on time. Russia, with the fastest time, was an easy winner in heat two with Nigeria taking the second automatic spot and Czech Republic taking the second time qualifier. Jamaica and Great Britain separated cleanly from their competitors in heat three. In the final, the United States led off with previous world champion Sanya Richards-Ross, who handed off to silver medalist Allyson Felix in the lead. Felix extended the lead with Russian Natalya Antyukh and then Jamaica 's Davita Prendergast chasing about 5 metres back. Prendergast passed a fading Antyukh, who had charged after Felix and was slowing, just before the handoff. Novlene Williams-Mills solidified Jamaica's hold on second place during the third leg. On the anchor leg, Francena McCorory burst away from the handoff, extending the lead to 10 metres and discouraging a challenge. McCorory paid for that burst on the home stretch, but still maintained the 5 metre lead at the finish. Jamaica knocked a second off their National record. On 21 June 2017, Russia forfeited the bronze medal following the disqualification of Kapachinskaya. The medal was reallocated by IAAF to Great Britain. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeUnited States 2011 WorldSanya Richards-RossAllyson FelixJessica BeardFrancena McCororyNatasha Hastings*Keshia Baker*Jamaica 2011 WorldRosemarie WhyteDavita PrendergastNovlene Williams-MillsShericka WilliamsShereefa Lloyd*Patricia Hall*Great Britain 2011 WorldPerri Shakes-Drayton Nicola Sanders Christine Ohuruogu Lee McConnell Records World recordSoviet Union (Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Kulchunova, Olga Bryzgina)3:15.17Seoul, South Korea1 October 1988Championship recordUnited States (Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Jearl Miles Clark)3:16.71Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993World leadingUnited States Red(Debbie Dunn, Allyson Felix, Natasha Hastings, Sanya Richards-Ross)3:22.92Philadelphia, United States30 April 2011African recordNigeria (Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya)3:21.04Atlanta, GA, United States3 August 1996Asian recordChina Hebei province(Xiaohong An, Xiaoyun Bai, Chunying Cao, Yuqin Ma)3:24.28Beijing, China13 September 1993North, Central American and Caribbean recordUnited States (Denean Howard-Hill, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith-Joyner)3:15.51Seoul, South Korea1 October 1988South American recordBrazil BM&F Bovespa(Geisa Aparecida Coutinho, Bárbara de Oliveira, Joelma Sousa, Jailma de Lima)3:26.68São Paulo, Brazil7 August 2011European recordSoviet Union (Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Kulchunova, Olga Bryzgina)3:15.17Seoul, South Korea1 October 1988Oceanian recordAustralia (Nova Peris, Tamsyn Manou, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Cathy Freeman)3:23.81Sydney, Australia30 September 2000 Qualification standards A timeB time 3:32.00 Schedule Date Time Round 2 September 2011 12:10 Heats 3 September 2011 20:40 Final Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best Heats Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final. Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 Russia 2011 World Kseniya Vdovina, Ksenia Zadorina, Lyudmila Litvinova, Antonina Krivoshapka 3:20.94 Q, WL 2 3 Jamaica 2011 World Rosemarie Whyte, Shereefa Lloyd, Patricia Hall, Davita Prendergast 3:22.01 Q, SB 3 3 Great Britain 2011 World Christine Ohuruogu, Nicola Sanders, Lee McConnell, Perri Shakes-Drayton 3:23.05 Q, SB 4 1 United States 2011 World Natasha Hastings, Jessica Beard, Francena McCorory, Keshia Baker 3:23.57 Q 5 1 Belarus 2011 World Hanna Tashpulatava, Yulyana Yushchanka, Ilona Usovich, Sviatlana Usovich 3:24.28 q, SB 6 2 Nigeria 2011 World Omolara Omotosho, Muizat Ajoke Odumosu, Margaret Etim, Bukola Abogunloko 3:25.59 Q, SB 7 2 Czech Republic 2011 World Denisa Rosolová, Zuzana Bergrová, Jitka Bartoničková, Zuzana Hejnová 3:26.01 q, SB 8 3 Italy 2011 World Chiara Bazzoni, Maria Enrica Spacca, Libania Grenot, Marta Milani 3:26.48 SB 9 2 Cuba 2011 World Aymée Martínez, Diosmely Peña, Susana Clement, Daisurami Bonne 3:26.74 SB 10 1 Germany 2011 World Janin Lindenberg, Esther Cremer, Lena Schmidt, Claudia Hoffmann 3:27.31 SB 11 3 Ireland 2011 World Marian Andrews-Heffernan, Joanne Cuddihy, Claire Bergin, Michelle Carey 3:27.48 NR 12 2 Canada 2011 World Adrienne Power, Esther Akinsulie, Jenna Martin, Lemlem Bereket 3:27.92 SB 13 1 France 2011 World Phara Anacharsis, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Marie Gayot, Floria Gueï 3:28.02 SB 14 3 Turkey 2011 World Nagihan Karadere, Birsen Engin, Meliz Redif, Pınar Saka 3:32.15 15 1 Australia 2011 World Caitlin Sargent, Caitlin Willis-Pincott, Lauren Boden, Anneliese Rubie 3:32.27 SB 16 3 China 2011 World Chen Yanmei, Tang Xiaoyin, Zheng Zhihui, Chen Jingwen 3:32.39 SB 17 2 Brazil 2011 World Geisa Coutinho, Bárbara de Oliveira, Joelma Sousa, Jailma de Lima 3:32.43 18 3 South Korea 2011 World Woo Yu-jin, Lee Ha-nee, Park Seongmyun, Oh Se-ra 3:43.22 SB 99 1 Kazakhstan 2011 World Alexandra Kuzina, Viktoriya Yalovtseva, Marina Maslenko, Tatyana Khadjimuradova 9:99.99 DNF 99 1 Ukraine 2011 World Nataliya Pyhyda, Olha Zavhorodnya, Hanna Yaroshchuk, Antonina Yefremova 3:24.13 (3:24.13) DQ1 Final Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 6 United States 2011 World Sanya Richards-Ross, Allyson Felix, Jessica Beard, Francena McCorory 3:18.09 WL 4 Jamaica 2011 World Rosemarie Whyte, Davita Prendergast, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shericka Williams 3:18.71 NR 3 Great Britain 2011 World Perri Shakes-Drayton, Nicola Sanders, Christine Ohuruogu, Lee McConnell 3:23.63 4 1 Belarus 2011 World Hanna Tashpulatava, Yulyana Yushchanka, Ilona Usovich, Sviatlana Usovich 3:25.64 5 2 Czech Republic 2011 World Denisa Rosolová, Zuzana Bergrová, Jitka Bartoničková, Zuzana Hejnová 3:26.57 6 8 Nigeria 2011 World Omolara Omotosho, Muizat Ajoke Odumosu, Margaret Etim, Bukola Abogunloko 3:29.82 99 5 Russia 2011 World Antonina Krivoshapka, Natalya Antyukh, Lyudmila Litvinova, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya 3:19.36 DQ1 99 7 Ukraine 2011 World Nataliya Pyhyda, Anastasiya Rabchenyuk, Hanna Yaroshchuk, Antonina Yefremova 3:23.86 DQ2 1 Positive drug test of Kapachinskaya 2 Positive drug test of Yefremova References External links Relay results at IAAF website Relay 4 x 400 Category:Relays at the World Athletics Championships