The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 18 August.Start list Jamaica claimed gold, ahead of the United States and Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Summary In the final, Jamaica and the United States were out early, Jamaica passing first. The British team seemed to be keeping up with the leaders, passing efficiently. At the second handoff, English Gardner seemed to leave even with Schillonie Calvert, while Alexandria Anderson had not arrived with the baton yet. Gardner had to come to a complete stop at the end of the zone to wait for the baton, finally resuming with a legal handoff in dead last place. Inside of USA, France was having similar difficulties with the baton. By the final handoff, Jamaica had an 8-meter lead on the second place Russian team, Gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on the anchor pulling away and victory assured. Jamaica dominated the race finishing with a championship record 41.29. Coming down the straight, Britain's Hayley Jones was swallowed up by France's Stella Akakpo, Germany's Verena Sailer and American Octavious Freeman speeding from the back trying to make up lost ground. Freeman was able to pass three teams in the last few steps but France beat USA to the line.
The French relay team members were duly presented their silver medals during the medal ceremony. After the medal ceremony, the British team filed a protest against the French team, claiming that the latter had an out-of-zone baton handover between Ayodelé Ikuesan and Myriam Soumaré. More than two hours after the race, the French relay team was officially disqualified. The French delegation appealed against their disqualification, but it was in vain. Consequently, the American team was upgraded to the silver medal and the British team received the bronze medal. Bernard Amsalem, the president of the Fédération française d'athlétisme, called the French team's disqualification "an outrage". He explained that normally the decision to disqualify a team had to be made before the medal ceremony and teams had to file protests within thirty minutes from the end of the race.
With this 4 × 100 m victory, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the first woman to win the sprint triple (100, 200, 4 × 100) at the World Athletics Championships. The winning margin was 1.46 seconds, which as of 2024 is the only time this women's relay race has been won by more than one second at these championships.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World recordUnited States (Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter)40.82London, United Kingdom10 August 2012Championship recordUnited States (Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers)41.47Athens, Greece9 August 1997World leadingUnited States Red(English Gardner, Octavious Freeman, Allyson Felix, Carmelita Jeter)41.75Monaco19 July 2013African recordNigeria (Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara-Thompson, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi)42.39Barcelona, Spain7 August 1992Asian recordPeople's Republic of China (Xiao Lin, Li Yali, Liu Xiaomei, Li Xuemei)42.23Shanghai, People's Republic of China23 October 1997North, Central American and Caribbean recordUnited States (Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter)40.82London, United Kingdom10 August 2012South American recordBrazil (Ana Claudia Silva, Franciela Krasucki, Evelyn dos Santos, Rosângela Santos)42.55London, United Kingdom9 August 2012European recordEast Germany (Silke Gladisch-Möller, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Göhr)41.37Canberra, Australia6 October 1985Oceanian recordAustralia (Rachael Massey, Suzanne Broadrick, Jodi Lambert, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor)42.99Pietersburg, South Africa18 March 2000
Qualification standards Time44.00
Schedule Date Time Round18 August 2013 16:15 Heats18 August 2013 18:10 Final
Results KEY:QQualifiedqFastest non-qualifiersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.Heats Results
Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 3 4 Jeneba Tarmoh, Alexandria Anderson, English Gardner, Octavious Freeman 41.82 Q 2 1 4 Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert, Sheri-Ann Brooks 41.87 Q, SB 3 1 3 Céline Distel-Bonnet, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Myriam Soumaré, Stella Akakpo 42.25 Q 4 3 2 Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos 42.29 Q, AR 5 1 6 Yasmin Kwadwo, Inna Weit, Tatjana Pinto, Verena Sailer 42.65 q, SB 6 2 5 Dina Asher-Smith, Ashleigh Nelson, Annabelle Lewis, Hayley Jones 42.75 Q 7 3 6 Olga Belkina, Natalia Rusakova, Elizaveta Savlinis, Yelena Bolsun 42.94 q, SB 8 2 7 Crystal Emmanuel, Kimberly Hyacinthe, Shai-Anne Davis, Khamica Bingham 42.99 Q, NR 9 3 3 Kamaria Durant, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas, Kai Selvon 43.01 SB 10 2 2 Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelyzaveta Bryzhina 43.12 Relay member, Yelyzaveta Bryzhina, tested positive for a prohibited substance earlier at the competition. There is no official information if the result was nullified. 11 3 7 Marika Popowicz, Weronika Wedler, Ewelina Ptak, Marta Jeschke 43.18 SB 12 2 3 Mujinga Kambundji, Marisa Lavanchy, Ellen Sprunger, Léa Sprunger 43.21 NR 13 1 5 Kadene Vassell, Dafne Schippers, Madiea Ghafoor, Jamile Samuel 43.26 SB 14 1 2 Mariely Sánchez, Fany Chalas, Marleni Mejia, Margarita Manzueta 43.28 NR 15 3 8 Yomara Hinestroza, María Alejandra Idrobo, Darlenys Obregón, Eliecith Palacios 43.65 SB 16 2 4 Audrey Alloh, Marzia Caravelli, Ilenia Draisci, Martina Amidei 44.05 17 3 5 Tao Yujia, Li Meijuan, Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli 44.22 1 7 Alphonsus Peace Uko, Patience Okon George, Stephanie Kalu, Regina George R170.7Passing the baton outside the takeover zone 2 6 Sheniqua Ferguson, Shaunae Miller, Cache Armbrister, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie R163.3(a)Lane infringement
Final The final was started at 18:10.Final Results
Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 6 Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 41.29 CR 5 Jeneba Tarmoh, Alexandria Anderson, English Gardner, Octavious Freeman 42.75 3 Dina Asher-Smith, Ashleigh Nelson, Annabelle Lewis, Hayley Jones 42.87 4 1 Yasmin Kwadwo, Inna Weit, Tatjana Pinto, Verena Sailer 42.90 5 2 Olga Belkina, Natalia Rusakova, Elizaveta Savlinis, Yelena Bolsun 42.93 SB 6 7 Crystal Emmanuel, Kimberly Hyacinthe, Shai-Anne Davis, Khamica Bingham 43.28 4 Céline Distel-Bonnet, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Myriam Soumaré, Stella Akakpo (42.73) R170.7 8 Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Vanda Gomes
References
External links 4 × 100 metres relay results at IAAF website