The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 12 August.Start list
Summary USA with Aaliyah Brown and the home British team with Asha Philip were out fast, gaining slightly on Tatjana Pinto for Germany to their outside, while outside of Germany, Jura Levy had Jamaica pulling away. USA and Jamaica had smooth handoffs to Allyson Felix and Natasha Morrison respectively, but the British team had a hesitation on the handoff to Desirèe Henry, losing a slight amount of time. On the backstretch, Henry passed Germany's Lisa Mayer. Felix made a comfortable hand off to Morolake Akinosun slightly ahead of Jamaica's handoff to Simone Facey, GBR handing off to Dina Asher-Smith two steps later. Through the final turn, Germany's Gina Lückenkemper made up a lot of ground as the field tightened. At the final handoff Jamaica's Sashalee Forbes took a quick glance back, USA's Tori Bowie took a more serious look to make sure she got the baton, effectively in handoff style, while Germany to Rebekka Haase and the British to Daryll Neita used the more conventional blind handoffs to pull closer. Onto the straightaway, Bowie had a half metre lead over Forbes and Neita, who were virtually even. Neita looked to stay with Bowie for the first half of the straightaway, separating from Jamaica before Bowie put in some clear separation for the USA win. As Neita tightened, Forbes started to close but not enough for Jamaica to take the silver away from the British.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
Record Team Date LocationWorld40.82Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter10 Aug 2012London, United KingdomChampionship41.07Veronica Campbell-Brown, Natasha Morrison, Elaine Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceBeijing, ChinaWorld leading42.12 University of OregonMakenzie Dunmore, Deajah Stevens, Hannah Cunliffe, Ariana Washington15 Apr 2017Torrance, United States Louisiana State UniversityMikiah Brisco, Kortnei Johnson, Jada Martin, Aleia Hobbs29 Apr 2017Baton Rouge, United StatesAfrican42.39Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara-Thompson, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi7 Aug 1992Barcelona, SpainAsian42.23Xiao Lin, Li Yali, Liu Xiaomei, Li Xuemei23 Oct 1997Shanghai, ChinaNACAC40.82Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter10 Aug 2012London, United KingdomSouth American42.29Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos18 Aug 2013Moscow, RussiaEuropean41.37Silke Gladisch-Möller, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Göhr6 Oct 1985Canberra, AustraliaOceanian42.99Rachael Massey, Suzanne Broadrick, Jodi Lambert, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor18 Mar 2000Pietersburg, South Africa
The following records were set at the competition:
Record Team Date World leading41.84Aaliyah Brown, Allyson Felix, Morolake Akinosun, Ariana Washington12 Apr 201741.82Swiss42.50Ajla Del Ponte, Sarah Atcho, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora
Qualification criteria The first eight placed teams at the 2017 IAAF World Relays and the host country qualify automatically for entry with remaining places being filled by teams with the fastest performances during the qualification period.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: Date Time Round12 August 10:35 Heats12 August 21:30 Final
Results Heats
The first round took place on 12 August in two heats as follows:
Heat 1 2 Start time 10:35 10:44 Photo finishlinklink
The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 1 4 Aaliyah Brown, Allyson Felix, Morolake Akinosun, Ariana Washington 41.84 , 2 1 5 Asha Philip, Desirèe Henry, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita 41.93 , 3 2 6 Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase 42.34 4 1 9 Ajla Del Ponte, Sarah Atcho, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora 42.50 , 5 2 5 Christania Williams, Natasha Morrison, Jura Levy, Sashalee Forbes 42.50 6 1 8 Madiea Ghafoor, Dafne Schippers, Naomi Sedney, Jamile Samuel 42.64 , 7 2 9 Franciela Krasucki, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Rosângela Santos 42.77 , 8 2 2 Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Semoy Hackett, Khalifa St. Fort 42.91 , 9 1 7 Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Maroussia Paré, Carolle Zahi 42.92 10 1 6 Flings Owusu-Agyapong, Gemma Acheampong, Akua Obeng-Akrofi, Janet Amponsah 43.68 11 2 4 Alina Kalistratova, Yelyzaveta Bryzhina, Yana Kachur, Hanna Plotitsyna 43.77 12 1 3 Yuliana Angulo, Narcisa Landazuri, Romina Cifuentes, Ángela Tenorio 43.94 13 2 8 Rima Kashafutdinova, Viktoriya Zyabkina, Svetlana Golendova, Olga Safronova 45.47 2 3 Devynne Charlton, Carmiesha Cox, Jenae Ambrose, Tynia Gaither 2 7 Tao Yujia, Wei Yongli, Ge Manqi, Liang Xiaojing 1 2
Final The final took place on 12 August at 20:05. The results were as follows (photo finish):
Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 4 Aaliyah Brown, Allyson Felix, Morolake Akinosun, Tori Bowie 41.82 5 Asha Philip, Desirèe Henry, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita 42.12 7 Jura Levy, Natasha Morrison, Simone Facey, Sashalee Forbes 42.19 4 6 Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase 42.36 5 9 Ajla Del Ponte, Sarah Atcho, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora 42.51 6 3 Semoy Hackett, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Khalifa St. Fort, Kelly-Ann Baptiste 42.62 7 8 Franciela Krasucki, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Rosângela Santos 42.63 8 2 Tessa van Schagen, Dafne Schippers, Naomi Sedney, Jamile Samuel 43.07
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