The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 23 April.
In the final, USA's Tianna Bartoletta started strongly in lane 3, gaining vs the stagger against Jamaica's Simone Facey who was also gaining on Germany's Alexandra Burghardt. Approaching the first handoff, as Bartoletta passed Brazil's Tânia da Silva waiting in lane 2, Bartoletta lost her balance and crashed to the track. Da Silva, who was standing in her own lane, was also set off balance, neither USA or Brazil completed their handoff. The incident seem to echo from the situation between the same two teams at the previous year's Olympics. China's clean first handoff between Liang Xiaojing and Wei Yongli put them into the lead, while Germany's handoff to Lisa Mayer and Jamaica's handoff to Natasha Morrison were hesitant but effective. Netherlands put their star world champion Dafne Schippers on the second leg. She rocketed past Wei and put her team into the lead, but after handing off to Madiea Ghafoor, the momentum stopped as China's Tao Yujia rapidly went by. Inside of them, Germany's Tatjana Pinto ran an exceptional leg, separating from Jamaica's Gayon Evans, Germany passing first to Rebekka Haase with Jamaica's pass to Sashalee Forbes also gaining an edge on China's handoff to Yuan Qiqi. Free to run, Hasse separated an extra metre from Forbes, who then found her gear and closed back in on Hasse. But Hasse had too much of a lead, Germany beating Jamaica by a metre with China another two back, holding off a fast closing Naomi Sedney for the Netherlands.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record(Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter)40.82 London, Great Britain10 August 2012Championship record(Tianna Bartoletta, Alexandria Anderson, Jeneba Tarmoh, LaKeisha Lawson)41.88 Nassau, Bahamas24 May 2014World LeadingUniversity of Oregon42.12 Torrance, United States15 April 2017African Record(Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara, Mary Onyali)42.39 Barcelona, Spain7 August 1992Asian Record(Xiao Lin, Li Yali, Liu Xiaomei, Li Xuemei)42.23 Shanghai, China23 October 1997North, Central American and Caribbean record(Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter)40.82 London, Great Britain10 August 2012South American Record(Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Claudia Silva, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos)42.29 Moscow, Russia18 August 2013European Record(Silke Gladisch-Möller, Sabine Rieger-Günther, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Göhr)41.37 Canberra, Australia6 October 1985Oceanian record(Rachael Massey, Suzanne Broadrick, Jodi Lambert, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor)42.99 Pietersburg, South Africa18 March 2000
Schedule Date Time Round23 April 2017 20:00 Heats23 April 2017 21:46 Final B23 April 2017 22:13 Final
Results KEY:QQualifiedqFastest non-qualifiersWLWorld leadingSBSeasonal bestWC2017 World Championships qualification
Heats Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final. The next 8 fastest times qualified for the final B.Heats Results
Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 1 Tianna Bartoletta, Jenna Prandini, English Gardner, Morolake Akinosun 42.96 Q 2 2 Alexandra Burghardt, Lisa Mayer, Tatjana Pinto, Rebekka Haase 43.04 Q, SB 3 2 Simone Facey, Natasha Morrison, Gayon Evans, Christania Williams 43.22 Q 4 1 Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli, Ge Manqi, Yuan Qiqi 43.90 Q 5 1 Jamile Samuel, Dafne Schippers, Madiea Ghafoor, Naomi Sedney 43.98 Q, SB 6 1 Devine Parker, Brianne Bethel, Tayla Carter, Tynia Gaither 44.11 q, SB 7 2 Floriane Gnafoua, Stella Akakpo, Maroussia Paré, Charlotte Jeanne 44.14 Q, SB 8 2 Bruna Farias, Tânia da Silva, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Rosângela Santos 44.20 q, SB 9 2 Yuliana Angulo, Narcisa Landazuri, Romina Cifuentes, Ángela Tenorio 44.54 SB 10 1 Nelda Huggins, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott, Ashley Kelly, Karene King 44.78 11 2 Lindsay Lindley, Patience Okon George, Ugonna Ndu, Jennifer Madu 44.95 SB 12 1 Farah Jacques, Crystal Emmanuel, Shai-Anne Davis, Shaina Harrison 44.98 SB 2 Libania Grenot, Gloria Hooper, Anna Bongiorni, Audrey Alloh R163.3(A)Lane infringement 1 Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Khalifa St. Fort, Semoy Hackett
Final B Final B Results Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 4 Yuliana Angulo, Narcisa Landazuri, Romina Cifuentes, Ángela Tenorio 44.26 *WC 3 Farah Jacques, Crystal Emmanuel, Shai-Anne Davis, Shaina Harrison R170.7Passing the baton outside the takeover zone 5 Nelda Huggins, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott, Ashley Kelly, Karene King 6
Final Final Results Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes Points 5 Alexandra Burghardt, Lisa Mayer, Tatjana Pinto, Rebekka Haase 42.84 WL, *WC 8 4 Simone Facey, Natasha Morrison, Gayon Evans, Sashalee Forbes 42.95 SB, *WC 7 6 Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli, Tao Yujia, Yuan Qiqi 43.11 SB, *WC 6 4 7 Jamile Samuel, Dafne Schippers, Madiea Ghafoor, Naomi Sedney 43.17 SB, *WC 5 5 8 Floriane Gnafoua, Stella Akakpo, Charlotte Jeanne, Carolle Zahi 43.90 SB, *WC 4 6 1 Devine Parker, Brianne Bethel, Tayla Carter, Tynia Gaither 44.01 SB, *WC 3 2 Bruna Farias, Tânia da Silva, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Rosângela Santos 0Failed to pass the baton on the first changeover. 3 Tianna Bartoletta, Jenna Prandini, English Gardner, Morolake Akinosun 0Tianna Bartoletta fell on the wet track before the first changeover and did not pass the baton.
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