1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4x400 metres relay event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 24 and 25 August.

Medalists Gold Peggy MüllerClaudia GesellDoreen HarstickUlrike Urbansky Silver Medina TudorAnca SaftaOtilia RuicuAndrea Burlacu Bronze Jennifer MarshallTamsyn LewisJosephine FowleyRosemary Hayward

Results Final 25 August Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Peggy MüllerClaudia GesellDoreen HarstickUlrike Urbansky 3:31.12 Medina TudorAnca SaftaOtilia RuicuAndrea Burlacu 3:32.16 Jennifer MarshallTamsyn LewisJosephine FowleyRosemary Hayward 3:32.47 4 Heather HanchakTamieka GrizzleTheodoesha RiversSuziann Reid 3:34.26 5 Wu WeiBi TannaChen YuxiangLi Jing 3:35.33 6 Yuliya NosovaOlga SakharovaYekaterina SolovyovaYuliya Taranova 3:37.34 Sylviane FélixKatiana ReneSylvanie MorandaisCindy Ega DQ IAAF rule 170.6 Michelle BurgherKeasha DownerRonetta SmithTanya Jarrett DQ IAAF rule 170.6

Heats 24 August

Heat 1 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Renee RobsonTamsyn LewisJennifer MarshallJosephine Fowley 3:37.75 Q 2 Heather HanchakTamieka GrizzleTheodoesha RiversSuziann Reid 3:37.91 Q 3 Claudia MarxPeggy MüllerJennifer VollrathUlrike Urbansky 3:38.26 Q 4 Jovana MiljkovićBiljana MitrovićSanja TripkovićJelena Stanisavljević 3:44.34 5 Aryiró TsokaChrísoula GoudenoúdhiAnastasía ThomatdouKasiani Dimopoúlou 3:50.54

Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Medina TudorAnca SaftaOtilia RuicuAndrea Burlacu 3:38.55 Q 2 Yuliya NosovaOlga SakharovaYekaterina SolovyovaYuliya Taranova 3:39.84 Q 3 Sylviane FélixKatiana ReneSylvanie MorandaisCindy Ega 3:39.99 Q 4 Keasha DownerMichelle BurgherRonetta SmithPeta-Gaye Gayle 3:40.58 q 5 Wu WeiBi TannaChen YuxiangLi Jing 3:41.97 q

Participation According to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

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