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4 × 100 metres Relay, Women

Date	29 – 30 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	108 from 25 countries

The United States was a slight favorite, led by 100 and 200 champion Marion Jones. But the Bahamas had won the 1999 World Championship. The Bahamas had the fastest time in the first round, and Jamaica posted the best time the semi-finals. The final saw Sevatheda Fynes put the Bahamas in the lead from the outset. The US speed tried to gain on them, but poor exchanges hindered their efforts. By the anchor leg, Jones was in third, trailing the Bahamas and Jamaica, and she could not make up the deficit, Debbie Ferguson anchoring the Bahamas to the gold medal. Jamaica’s anchor runner was Merlene Ottey, who had first competed in the Olympics in 1980. In 2007, Marion Jones would admit that she had used performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) at the time of the 2000 Olympics, and the US team would lose its bronze medal, France moving up from fourth. This was later overturned on appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the US team was not disqualified, only Marion Jones had to return her medal.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	–	The Bahamas	BAH	42.58 (1 h3)	42.42 (1 h1)	41.95 (1)	Gold
		Savatheda Fynes • Chandra Sturrup • Pauline Davis-Thompson • Debbie Ferguson • Eldece Clarke-Lewis
2	–	Jamaica	JAM	42.46 (1 h2)	42.15 (1 h2)	42.13 (2)	Silver
		Tayna Lawrence • Veronica Campbell • Beverly McDonald • Merlene Ottey • Merlene Frazer
3	–	United States	USA	42.92 (1 h4)	42.82 (2 h1)	42.20 (3)	Bronze
		Chryste Gaines • Torri Edwards • Nanceen Perry • Passion Richardson • Marion Jones 1
4	–	France	FRA	43.23 (1 h1)	42.42 (2 h2)	42.42 (4)
		Linda Ferga • Muriel Hurtis • Fabé Dia • Christine Arron • Sandra Citté
5	–	Russian Federation	RUS	43.15 (2 h4)	42.84 (4 h1)	43.02 (5)
		Nataliya Ignatova • Marina Trandenkova • Irina Khabarova • Nataliya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova • Marina Kislova
6	–	Germany	GER	42.82 (2 h2)	42.85 (3 h2)	43.11 (6)
		Gabi Rockmeier • Sabrina Mulrain • Andrea Philipp • Marion Wagner
7	–	Nigeria	NGR	43.28 (3 h4)	42.82 (3 h1)	44.05 (7)
		Glory Alozie • Benedicta Ajudua • Mercy Nku • Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
8	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	43.07 (3 h2)	43.04 (4 h2)	44.87 (8)
		Zeng Xiujun • Liu Xiaomei • Qin Wangping • Li Xuemei
5 h1 r2/3	–	Ghana	GHA	43.77 (3 h3)	43.19 (5 h1)	–
		Mavis Akoto • Monica Twum • Vida Anim • Vida Nsiah • Veronica Bawuah
5 h2 r2/3	–	Great Britain	GBR	43.26 (4 h2)	43.19 (5 h2)	–
		Joice Maduaka • Marcia Richardson • Samantha Davies • Shani Anderson • Sarah Wilhelmy
6 h1 r2/3	–	Ukraine	UKR	43.93 (4 h3)	43.31 (6 h1)	–
		Iryna Pukha • Anzhela Kravchenko • Olena Pastushenko • Olena Ovcharova-Krasovska
6 h2 r2/3	–	Finland	FIN	43.66 (2 h3)	43.50 (6 h2)	–
		Manuela Bosco • Sanna Kyllönen • Johanna Manninen • Heidi Hannula
7 h1 r2/3	–	Greece	GRE	43.46 (2 h1)	43.53 (7 h1)	–
		Voula Patoulidou • Froso Patsou • Katerina Koffa • Aikaterini Thanou
7 h2 r2/3	–	Poland	POL	44.05 (3 h1)	44.07 (7 h2)	–
		Marzena Pawlak • Joanna Niełacna • Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz • Zuzanna Radecka
8 h1 r2/3	–	Madagascar	MAD	43.61 (4 h4)	43.98 (8 h1)	–
		Monica Rahanitraniriana • Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy • Rosa Rakotozafy • Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabé
8 h2 r2/3	–	Colombia	COL	44.08 (5 h2)	44.37 (8 h2)	–
		Melisa Murillo • Ximena Restrepo • Mirtha Brock • Felipa Palacios • Digna Murillo
4 h1 r1/3	–	Thailand	THA	44.51 (4 h1)	–	–
		Wirawan Ruamsuk • Supavadee Khawpeag • Orranut Klomdee • Tricia Roberts
5 h1 r1/3	–	Yugoslavia	SCG	45.02 (5 h1)	–	–
		Elvira Pančić • Mila Savić • Biljana Mitrović • Vukosava Đapić
5 h3 r1/3	–	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	44.34 (5 h3)	–	–
		Amandine Allou Affoué • Makaridja Sanganoko • Marie Gnahoré • Louise Ayétotché
5 h4 r1/3	–	Sri Lanka	SRI	44.51 (5 h4)	–	–
		Tamara Samandeepika • Pradeepa Herath • Nimmi de Zoysa • Damayanthi Dharsha
6 h2 r1/3	–	Canada	CAN	44.08 (6 h2)	–	–
		Atia Weekes • Esi Benyarku • Tara Perry • Martha Adusei
6 h3 r1/3	–	India	IND	45.20 (6 h3)	–	–
		Valdivel Jayalakshmi • Vinita Tripathi • Saraswati Dey • Rachita Mistry
6 h4 r1/3	–	Uzbekistan	UZB	45.14 (6 h4)	–	–
		Yelena Kvyatkovskaya • Lyubov Perepelova • Lyudmila Dmitriady • Guzel Khubbiyeva
7 h4 r1/3	–	Cameroon	CMR	45.82 (7 h4)	–	–
		Esther Mvondo • Anne-Marie Mouri-Nkeng • Carine Eyenga • Françoise Mbango
AC h1 r1/3	–	Australia	AUS	– (DNF h1)	–	–
		Elly Hutton • Lauren Hewitt • Sharon Cripps • Melinda Gainsford-Taylor

Round One

Date	29 September 2000
Format	Top 3 in each heat and next 4 fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Team	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	Jamaica	JAM	42.46	0.175	Q
2	The Bahamas	BAH	42.58	0.239	Q
3	Germany	GER	42.82	0.470	Q
4	United States	USA	42.92	0.509	Q
5	People's Republic of China	CHN	43.07	0.270	Q
6	Russian Federation	RUS	43.15	0.178	Q
7	France	FRA	43.23	0.244	Q
8	Great Britain	GBR	43.26	0.173	q
9	Nigeria	NGR	43.28	0.432	Q
10	Greece	GRE	43.46	0.503	Q
11	Madagascar	MAD	43.61	0.168	q
12	Finland	FIN	43.66	0.145	Q
13	Ghana	GHA	43.77	0.443	Q
14	Ukraine	UKR	43.93	0.271	q
15	Poland	POL	44.05	0.181	Q
16	Colombia	COL	44.08	0.270	q
17	Canada	CAN	44.08	0.482
18	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	44.34	0.186
=19	Thailand	THA	44.51	0.236
=19	Sri Lanka	SRI	44.51	–
21	Yugoslavia	SCG	45.02	0.185
22	Uzbekistan	UZB	45.14	0.226
23	India	IND	45.20	–
24	Cameroon	CMR	45.82	0.213
DNF	Australia	AUS	–	0.157

Heat #1

Time	10:45

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	3	France	FRA	43.23	0.244	Q
Lead-Off	1752	Sandra Citté		–	–
2nd Leg	1753	Fabé Dia		–	–
3rd Leg	1756	Muriel Hurtis		–	–
Anchor	1747	Christine Arron		–	–
2	6	Greece	GRE	43.46	0.503	Q
Lead-Off	2002	Voula Patoulidou		–	–
2nd Leg	–	Froso Patsou		–	–
3rd Leg	1995	Katerina Koffa		–	–
Anchor	2005	Aikaterini Thanou		–	–
3	7	Poland	POL	44.05	0.181	Q
Lead-Off	–	Marzena Pawlak		–	–
2nd Leg	–	Joanna Niełacna		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz		–	–
Anchor	2738	Zuzanna Radecka		–	–
4	2	Thailand	THA	44.51	0.236
Lead-Off	–	Wirawan Ruamsuk		–	–
2nd Leg	–	Supavadee Khawpeag		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Orranut Klomdee		–	–
Anchor	3140	Tricia Roberts		–	–
5	5	Yugoslavia	SCG	45.02	0.185
Lead-Off	–	Elvira Pančić		–	–
2nd Leg	3447	Mila Savić		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Biljana Mitrović		–	–
Anchor	3440	Vukosava Đapić		–	–
DNF	4	Australia	AUS	–	0.157
Lead-Off	–	Elly Hutton		–	–
2nd Leg	1115	Lauren Hewitt		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Sharon Cripps		–	–
Anchor	1823	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor		–	–

Heat #2

Time	10:53

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	4	Jamaica	JAM	42.46	0.175	Q
Lead-Off	2290	Tayna Lawrence		–	–
2nd Leg	2277	Veronica Campbell		–	–
3rd Leg	2291	Beverly McDonald		–	–
Anchor	–	Merlene Frazer		–	–
2	5	Germany	GER	42.82	0.470	Q
Lead-Off	1924	Gabi Rockmeier		–	–
2nd Leg	1918	Sabrina Mulrain		–	–
3rd Leg	1921	Andrea Philipp		–	–
Anchor	1930	Marion Wagner		–	–
3	2	People's Republic of China	CHN	43.07	0.270	Q
Lead-Off	1392	Zeng Xiujun		–	–
2nd Leg	1385	Liu Xiaomei		–	–
3rd Leg	1386	Qin Wangping		–	–
Anchor	1383	Li Xuemei		–	–
4	3	Great Britain	GBR	43.26	0.173	q
Lead-Off	1835	Joice Maduaka		–	–
2nd Leg	1843	Marcia Richardson		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Sarah Wilhelmy		–	–
Anchor	1822	Shani Anderson		–	–
5	7	Colombia	COL	44.08	0.270	q
Lead-Off	–	Digna Murillo		–	–
2nd Leg	–	Ximena Restrepo		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Mirtha Brock		–	–
Anchor	1435	Felipa Palacios		–	–
6	6	Canada	CAN	44.08	0.482
Lead-Off	–	Atia Weekes		–	–
2nd Leg	1336	Esi Benyarku		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Tara Perry		–	–
Anchor	1333	Martha Adusei		–	–

Heat #3

Time	11:01

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	3	The Bahamas	BAH	42.58	0.239	Q
Lead-Off	–	Eldece Clarke-Lewis		–	–
2nd Leg	1180	Chandra Sturrup		–	–
3rd Leg	1174	Pauline Davis-Thompson		–	–
Anchor	1179	Savatheda Fynes		–	–
2	5	Finland	FIN	43.66	0.145	Q
Lead-Off	1697	Manuela Bosco		–	–
2nd Leg	–	Sanna Kyllönen		–	–
3rd Leg	1702	Johanna Manninen		–	–
Anchor	1698	Heidi Hannula		–	–
3	7	Ghana	GHA	43.77	0.443	Q
Lead-Off	–	Mavis Akoto		–	–
2nd Leg	1956	Monica Twum		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Veronica Bawuah		–	–
Anchor	1955	Vida Nsiah		–	–
4	4	Ukraine	UKR	43.93	0.271	q
Lead-Off	3240	Iryna Pukha		–	–
2nd Leg	3231	Anzhela Kravchenko		–	–
3rd Leg	3238	Olena Pastushenko		–	–
Anchor	3230	Olena Ovcharova-Krasovska		–	–
5	6	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	44.34	0.186
Lead-Off	–	Amandine Allou Affoué		–	–
2nd Leg	–	Makaridja Sanganoko		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Marie Gnahoré		–	–
Anchor	1401	Louise Ayétotché		–	–
6	2	India	IND	45.20	–
Lead-Off	–	Valdivel Jayalakshmi		–	–
2nd Leg	–	Vinita Tripathi		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Saraswati Dey		–	–
Anchor	–	Rachita Mistry		–	–

Heat #4

Time	11:09

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	6	United States	USA	42.92	0.509	Q
Lead-Off	3349	Chryste Gaines		–	–
2nd Leg	3346	Torri Edwards		–	–
3rd Leg	3368	Nanceen Perry		–	–
Anchor	–	Passion Richardson		–	–
2	3	Russian Federation	RUS	43.15	0.178	Q
Lead-Off	2939	Nataliya Ignatova		–	–
2nd Leg	2981	Marina Trandenkova		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Marina Kislova		–	–
Anchor	2984	Nataliya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova		–	–
3	8	Nigeria	NGR	43.28	0.432	Q
Lead-Off	2641	Glory Alozie		–	–
2nd Leg	2639	Benedicta Ajudua		–	–
3rd Leg	2648	Mercy Nku		–	–
Anchor	2651	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi		–	–
4	5	Madagascar	MAD	43.61	0.168	q
Lead-Off	–	Monica Rahanitraniriana		–	–
2nd Leg	–	Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy		–	–
3rd Leg	2508	Rosa Rakotozafy		–	–
Anchor	2507	Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabé		–	–
5	4	Sri Lanka	SRI	44.51	–
Lead-Off	–	Tamara Samandeepika		–	–
2nd Leg	–	Pradeepa Herath		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Nimmi de Zoysa		–	–
Anchor	3054	Damayanthi Dharsha		–	–
6	2	Uzbekistan	UZB	45.14	0.226
Lead-Off	–	Yelena Kvyatkovskaya		–	–
2nd Leg	3406	Lyubov Perepelova		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Lyudmila Dmitriady		–	–
Anchor	–	Guzel Khubbiyeva		–	–
7	7	Cameroon	CMR	45.82	0.213
Lead-Off	–	Esther Mvondo		–	–
2nd Leg	–	Anne-Marie Mouri-Nkeng		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Carine Eyenga		–	–
Anchor	1417	Françoise Mbango		–	–

Semi-Finals

Date	29 September 2000
Format	Top 3 in each heat and next 2 fastest advanced to the final round.

Pos	Team	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	Jamaica	JAM	42.15	0.242	Q
=2	The Bahamas	BAH	42.42	0.234	Q
=2	France	FRA	42.42	0.490	Q
4	United States	USA	42.82	0.254	Q
5	Nigeria	NGR	42.82	0.296	Q
6	Russian Federation	RUS	42.84	0.154	q
7	Germany	GER	42.85	0.157	Q
8	People's Republic of China	CHN	43.04	0.367	q
=9	Ghana	GHA	43.19	0.193
=9	Great Britain	GBR	43.19	0.198
11	Ukraine	UKR	43.31	0.187
12	Finland	FIN	43.50	0.170
13	Greece	GRE	43.53	0.446
14	Madagascar	MAD	43.98	0.168
15	Poland	POL	44.07	0.164
16	Colombia	COL	44.37	0.253

Heat #1

Time	20:20

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	6	The Bahamas	BAH	42.42	0.234	Q
Lead-Off	–	Eldece Clarke-Lewis		–	–
2nd Leg	1180	Chandra Sturrup		–	–
3rd Leg	1174	Pauline Davis-Thompson		–	–
Anchor	1179	Savatheda Fynes		–	–
2	3	United States	USA	42.82	0.254	Q
Lead-Off	3349	Chryste Gaines		–	–
2nd Leg	3346	Torri Edwards		–	–
3rd Leg	3368	Nanceen Perry		–	–
Anchor	–	Passion Richardson		–	–
3	7	Nigeria	NGR	42.82	0.296	Q
Lead-Off	2641	Glory Alozie		–	–
2nd Leg	2639	Benedicta Ajudua		–	–
3rd Leg	2648	Mercy Nku		–	–
Anchor	2651	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi		–	–
4	4	Russian Federation	RUS	42.84	0.154	q
Lead-Off	2939	Nataliya Ignatova		–	–
2nd Leg	2981	Marina Trandenkova		–	–
3rd Leg	2942	Irina Khabarova		–	–
Anchor	2984	Nataliya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova		–	–
5	2	Ghana	GHA	43.19	0.193
Lead-Off	–	Mavis Akoto		–	–
2nd Leg	1956	Monica Twum		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Vida Anim		–	–
Anchor	1955	Vida Nsiah		–	–
6	8	Ukraine	UKR	43.31	0.187
Lead-Off	3240	Iryna Pukha		–	–
2nd Leg	3231	Anzhela Kravchenko		–	–
3rd Leg	3238	Olena Pastushenko		–	–
Anchor	3230	Olena Ovcharova-Krasovska		–	–
7	5	Greece	GRE	43.53	0.446
Lead-Off	2002	Voula Patoulidou		–	–
2nd Leg	–	Froso Patsou		–	–
3rd Leg	1995	Katerina Koffa		–	–
Anchor	2005	Aikaterini Thanou		–	–
8	1	Madagascar	MAD	43.98	0.168
Lead-Off	–	Monica Rahanitraniriana		–	–
2nd Leg	–	Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy		–	–
3rd Leg	2508	Rosa Rakotozafy		–	–
Anchor	2507	Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabé		–	–

Heat #2

Time	20:28

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	3	Jamaica	JAM	42.15	0.242	Q
Lead-Off	2290	Tayna Lawrence		–	–
2nd Leg	2277	Veronica Campbell		–	–
3rd Leg	2291	Beverly McDonald		–	–
Anchor	–	Merlene Frazer		–	–
2	4	France	FRA	42.42	0.490	Q
Lead-Off	1752	Sandra Citté		–	–
2nd Leg	1756	Muriel Hurtis		–	–
3rd Leg	1753	Fabé Dia		–	–
Anchor	1747	Christine Arron		–	–
3	5	Germany	GER	42.85	0.157	Q
Lead-Off	1924	Gabi Rockmeier		–	–
2nd Leg	1918	Sabrina Mulrain		–	–
3rd Leg	1921	Andrea Philipp		–	–
Anchor	1930	Marion Wagner		–	–
4	7	People's Republic of China	CHN	43.04	0.367	q
Lead-Off	1392	Zeng Xiujun		–	–
2nd Leg	1385	Liu Xiaomei		–	–
3rd Leg	1386	Qin Wangping		–	–
Anchor	1383	Li Xuemei		–	–
5	8	Great Britain	GBR	43.19	0.198
Lead-Off	1835	Joice Maduaka		–	–
2nd Leg	1843	Marcia Richardson		–	–
3rd Leg	1825	Samantha Davies		–	–
Anchor	1822	Shani Anderson		–	–
6	6	Finland	FIN	43.50	0.170
Lead-Off	1697	Manuela Bosco		–	–
2nd Leg	–	Sanna Kyllönen		–	–
3rd Leg	1702	Johanna Manninen		–	–
Anchor	1698	Heidi Hannula		–	–
7	2	Poland	POL	44.07	0.164
Lead-Off	–	Marzena Pawlak		–	–
2nd Leg	–	Joanna Niełacna		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz		–	–
Anchor	2738	Zuzanna Radecka		–	–
8	1	Colombia	COL	44.37	0.253
Lead-Off	–	Melisa Murillo		–	–
2nd Leg	–	Ximena Restrepo		–	–
3rd Leg	–	Mirtha Brock		–	–
Anchor	1435	Felipa Palacios		–	–

Final Round

Date	30 September 2000 — 19:40

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	5	The Bahamas	BAH	41.95	0.153
Lead-Off	1179	Savatheda Fynes		–	–
2nd Leg	1180	Chandra Sturrup		–	–
3rd Leg	1174	Pauline Davis-Thompson		–	–
Anchor	1178	Debbie Ferguson		–	–
2	3	Jamaica	JAM	42.13	0.174
Lead-Off	2290	Tayna Lawrence		–	–
2nd Leg	2277	Veronica Campbell		–	–
3rd Leg	2291	Beverly McDonald		–	–
Anchor	2293	Merlene Ottey		–	–
3	6	United States	USA	42.20	0.384	2
Lead-Off	3349	Chryste Gaines		–	–
2nd Leg	3346	Torri Edwards		–	–
3rd Leg	3368	Nanceen Perry		–	–
Anchor	3357	Marion Jones		–	–	3
4	4	France	FRA	42.42	0.433
Lead-Off	1754	Linda Ferga		–	–
2nd Leg	1756	Muriel Hurtis		–	–
3rd Leg	1753	Fabé Dia		–	–
Anchor	1747	Christine Arron		–	–
5	8	Russian Federation	RUS	43.02	0.153
Lead-Off	2939	Nataliya Ignatova		–	–
2nd Leg	2981	Marina Trandenkova		–	–
3rd Leg	2942	Irina Khabarova		–	–
Anchor	2984	Nataliya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova		–	–
6	1	Germany	GER	43.11	0.155
Lead-Off	1924	Gabi Rockmeier		–	–
2nd Leg	1918	Sabrina Mulrain		–	–
3rd Leg	1921	Andrea Philipp		–	–
Anchor	1930	Marion Wagner		–	–
7	7	Nigeria	NGR	44.05	0.415
Lead-Off	2641	Glory Alozie		–	–
2nd Leg	2639	Benedicta Ajudua		–	–
3rd Leg	2648	Mercy Nku		–	–
Anchor	2651	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi		–	–
8	2	People's Republic of China	CHN	44.87	0.212
Lead-Off	1392	Zeng Xiujun		–	–
2nd Leg	1385	Liu Xiaomei		–	–
3rd Leg	1386	Qin Wangping		–	–
Anchor	1383	Li Xuemei		–	–