2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

None The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 11 March 2012. Perri Shakes-Drayton held off individual champion Sanya Richards-Ross to claim Great Britain's first-ever medal in this event. Ukraine originally finished fourth, but were later disqualified as their first leg runner (Bryzhina) inadvertently ran outside her assigned lane. The winning margin was 0.03 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the women's 4x400 metres relay was won by less than a tenth of a second at these championships. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeGreat BritainShana CoxNicola SandersChristine OhuruoguPerri Shakes-DraytonUnited StatesLeslie ColeNatasha HastingsJernail HayesSanya Richards-RossAngela Moroșanu Alina PanainteAdelina Pastor Elena Mirela Lavric Records Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld recordRUS3:23.37Glasgow, Great Britain28 January 2006Championship recordRUS3:23.88Budapest, Hungary7 March 2004World LeadingUniversity of Kansas3:31.36College Station, United States25 February 2012Asian recordIND3:37.46Doha, Qatar16 February 2008European recordRUS3:23.37Glasgow, Great Britain28 January 2006North and Central American and Caribbean recordUSA3:27.34Doha, Qatar14 March 2010Oceanian RecordAUS3:26.87Maebashi, Japan7 March 1999 Schedule Date Time RoundMarch 11, 2012 16:40 Final Results Final Started at 16:40.http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-4X4-W-f--1--.RS1.pdf 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 4×400 metres relay (final) Omega Timing 2012-03-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120316144348/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-4X4-W-f--1--.RS1.pdf 2012-03-16 Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes Great Britain Shana Cox, Nicola Sanders, Christine Ohuruogu, Perri Shakes-Drayton 3:28.76 WL United States Leslie Cole, Natasha Hastings, Jernail Hayes, Sanya Richards-Ross 3:28.79 SB Angela Moroșanu, Alina Panainte, Adelina Pastor, Elena Mirela Lavric 3:33.41 SB 4 Hanna Tashpulatava, Yulyana Yushchanka, Iryna Khliustava, Sviatlana Usovich 3:33.73 SB 5 Yelizaveta Bryzhina, Iuliia Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak, Nataliya Pyhyda 9:99.99 DQ R 163.3 6 Russia Yuliya Gushchina, Kseniya Ustalova, Marina Karnaushchenko, Aleksandra Fedoriva 9:99.99 3:29.55 DQ References Relay 4 x 400 metres Category:4 × 400 metres relay at the World Athletics Indoor Championships