The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on .Start list
Summary
In the final, the early leader was Nigeria as Patience Okon George made up the stagger on Botswana to her outside as they entered the far turn. Chrisann Gordon pulled Jamaica close to Nigeria on the inside but lost some ground coming off the turn. Down the home stretch, George faded while Quanera Hayes brought USA into the lead at the handoff to Allyson Felix. Felix ran a fast turn to put some separation on the field by the break. Further outside, Jamaica's Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby was the next in contention until about 50 metres into her leg she McLaughlin-Whilby began to hop and lean back in pain. The entire field passed her as she tried to continue to the break line before collapsing to the track. Felix and USA had a 20-metre lead over the next best, Nigeria, a metre ahead of Great Britain.
Felix continued to expand the lead. Down the homestretch, Laviai Nielsen ran GBR past Nigeria's Abike Funmilola Egbeniyi, but USA had already passed to Shakima Wimbley almost four seconds before the other teams arrived. Iga Baumgart ran around the outside and after the handoff Aleksandra Gaworska, Poland was behind GBR's Eilidh Doyle breaking away from the other teams. 25 metres behind USA, Doyle opened up almost five metres on Gaworska but on the home stretch Doyle began to fade, Gaworska came back while Wimbley was speeding away. USA passed to world champion Phyllis Francis for their anchor. Over five seconds later, GBR passed to Emily Diamond slightly ahead of Poland's pass to Justyna Święty. Francis continued to expand the lead. Behind her Diamond opened up as much as a 10-metre gap on Święty while Nigeria's Yinka Ajayi and France's Elea-Mariama Diarra almost catching her from behind by the half way mark. Francis finished six seconds ahead of Diamond, a virtual walkover gold for USA, with Święty closing rapidly on the homestretch to get Poland close to GBR by the finish.
The 5.98 second margin of victory was the largest in World Championship history.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
Record Team Date LocationWorld3:15.17Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Kulchunova, Olga Bryzgina1 Oct 1988Seoul, South KoreaChampionship3:16.71Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Jearl Miles ClarkStuttgart, GermanyWorld leading3:23.13 University of OregonMakenzie Dunmore, Deajah Stevens, Elexis Guster, Raevyn Rogers10 Jun 2017 Eugene, United StatesAfrican3:21.04Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya3 Aug 1996Atlanta, United StatesAsian record3:24.28 Hebei ProvinceAn Xiaohong, Bai Xiaoyun, Cao Chunying, Ma Yuqin13 Sep 1993Beijing, ChinaNACAC3:15.51Denean Howard-Hill, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith-Joyner1 Oct 1988Seoul, South KoreaSouth American3:26.68 BM&F BovespaGeisa Aparecida Coutinho, Bárbara de Oliveira, Joelma Sousa, Jailma de Lima7 Aug 2011São Paulo, BrazilEuropean3:15.17Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Kulchunova, Olga Bryzgina1 Oct 1988Seoul, South KoreaOceanian3:23.81Nova Peris, Tamsyn Manou, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Cathy Freeman30 Sep 2000Sydney, Australia
The following records were set at the competition:
Record Team Date World leading3:21.66Quanera Hayes, Kendall Ellis, Shakima Wimbley, Natasha Hastings12 Aug 20173:19.02Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix, Shakima Wimbley, Phyllis Francis13 Aug 2017Botswanan3:26.90Christine Botlogetswe, Lydia Jele, Galefele Moroko, Amantle Montsho12 Aug 2017
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 11:20 Heats13 August 20:55 Final
Results Heats
The first round took place on 12 August in two heats as follows:
Heat 1 2 Start time 11:20 11:32 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 3 Quanera Hayes, Kendall Ellis, Shakima Wimbley, Natasha Hastings 3:21.66 , 2 2 8 Anastasia Le-Roy, Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby, Chrisann Gordon, Stephenie Ann McPherson 3:23.64 , 3 1 4 Zoey Clark, Laviai Nielsen, Perri Shakes-Drayton, Emily Diamond 3:24.74 , 4 2 6 Patience Okon George, Glory Onome Nathaniel, Emerald Egwim, Yinka Ajayi 3:25.40 , 5 2 9 Ruth Spelmeyer, Nadine Gonska, Svea Köhrbrück, Laura Müller 3:26.24 , 6 2 9 Małgorzata Hołub, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Martyna Dąbrowska, Iga Baumgart 3:26.47 , 7 1 5 Christine Botlogetswe, Lydia Jele, Galefele Moroko, Amantle Montsho 3:26.90 , 8 1 6 Déborah Sananes, Estelle Perrossier, Agnès Raharolahy, Elea-Mariama Diarra 3:27.59 , 9 2 7 Maria Benedicta Chigbolu, Maria Enrica Spacca, Libania Grenot, Ayomide Folorunso 3:27.81 10 2 5 Anneliese Rubie, Ella Connolly, Lauren Wells, Morgan Mitchell 3:28.02 11 1 3 Carline Muir, Aiyanna Stiverne, Travia Jones, Natassha McDonald 3:28.47 12 2 8 Kateryna Klymiuk, Olha Bibik, Tetyana Melnyk, Anastasiia Bryzhina 3:31.84 13 2 7 Justine Palframan, Gena Löfstrand, Ariane Nel, Wenda Nel 3:37.82 1 2 Lanece Clarke, Christine Amertil, Anthonique Strachan, Shaquania Dorsett 1 2 Jisna Mathew, M. R. Poovamma, Anilda Thomas, Nirmala Sheoran 1 5 Madiea Ghafoor, Lisanne de Witte, Laura de Witte, Eva Hovenkamp
Final The final took place on 13 August at 20:55. The results were as follows (photo finish):
Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 4 Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix, Shakima Wimbley, Phyllis Francis 3:19.02 5 Zoey Clark, Laviai Nielsen, Eilidh Doyle, Emily Diamond 3:25.00 3 Małgorzata Hołub, Iga Baumgart, Aleksandra Gaworska, Justyna Święty 3:25.41 4 2 Estelle Perrossier, Déborah Sananes, Agnès Raharolahy, Elea-Mariama Diarra 3:26.56 5 7 Patience Okon George, Abike Funmilola Egbeniyi, Glory Onome Nathaniel, Yinka Ajayi 3:26.72 6 9 Ruth Spelmeyer, Laura Müller, Nadine Gonska, Hannah Mergenthaler 3:27.45 7 8 Christine Botlogetswe, Lydia Jele, Galefele Moroko, Amantle Montsho 3:28.00 6 Chrisann Gordon, Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby, Shericka Jackson, Novlene Williams-Mills
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