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4 × 400 metres Relay, Women

Date27 – 28 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants71 from 16 countries

The last three World Championships had been won by Russia (1999), Jamaica (2001), and the United States (2003). And the three dominant nations remained so in Athina. In the final the United States opened a big lead when DeeDee Trotter ran 49.8 on the opener. Given that lead the US was never headed, with all four US runners breaking 50 seconds, the lead increasing to the anchor leg, on which Monique Hennagan eased slightly to win by 10 metres. Russia ran second throughout the race, with their anchor, Nataliya Antyukh, running the fastest leg of the race, 49.43. Jamaica was well clear of Great Britain for the bronze medal.

In 2010 Crystal Cox, of the gold-medal winning USA team, admitting to doping with anabolic steroids. She was given a four-year suspension and disqualification of her results from 2001-04, including the Olympics and her gold medal. Cox ran only in the heats in Athina. However, in 2013 the IOC and IAAF (later World Athletics) ruled that the USA would keep their gold medal overall and the other runners would keep the gold medal.

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCR1Final
1–United StatesUSA3:23.79 (1 h2)3:19.01 (1)Gold1
DeeDee Trotter • Monique Henderson • Sanya Richards • Monique Hennagan • Moushaumi Robinson • Crystal Cox
2–Russian FederationRUS3:23.52 (1 h1)3:20.16 (2)Silver
Olesya Krasnomovets • Nataliya Nazarova • Olesya Zykina • Nataliya Antyukh • Nataliya Ivanova • Tatyana Firova • Olga Kotlyarova (DNS)
3–JamaicaJAM3:24.92 (2 h1)3:22.00 (3)Bronze
Novlene Williams • Michelle Burgher • Nadia Davy • Sandie Richards • Ronetta Smith • Allison Beckford (DNS)
4–Great BritainGBR3:26.99 (4 h1)3:25.12 (4)
Donna Fraser • Catherine Murphy • Christine Ohuruogu • Lee McConnell • Helen Karagounis • Carey Marshall (DNS)
5–PolandPOL3:25.05 (3 h1)3:25.22 (5)
Zuzanna Radecka • Monika Bejnar • Małgorzata Pskit • Grażyna Prokopek-Janacek • Anna Jesień (DNS) • Anna Pacholak (DNS)
6–RomaniaROU3:27.36 (5 h1)3:26.81 (6)
Angela Moroșanu • Alina Rîpanu • Maria Rus • Ionela Târlea-Manolache • Elena Iagăr (DNS) • Otilia Ruicu (DNS)
7–IndiaIND3:26.89 (3 h2)3:28.51 (7)
Sathi Geetha • K. M. Beenamol • Chitra Soman • Rajwinder Kaur • Manjit Kaur • Sagardeep Kaur (DNS)
8–GreeceGRE3:26.70 (2 h2)3:45.70 (8)
Chara Bouda • Chrysoula Gountenoudi • Dimitra Ntova • Fani Chalkia • Olga Kaidantzi (DNS) • Georgia Koumnaki (DNS)
3 h2 r1/2–GermanyGER3:27.75 (4 h2)–
Claudia Hoffmann • Claudia Marx • Jana Neubert • Grit Breuer • Anke Feller (DNS)
4 h2 r1/2–MexicoMEX3:27.88 (5 h2)–
Liliana Allen • Magaly Yáñez • Ana Guevara • Mayra Marcela González • Ruth Grajeda (DNS)
5 h2 r1/2–BrazilBRA3:28.43 (6 h2)–
Maria Laura Almirão • Josiane Tito • Geisa Coutinho • Lucimar Teodoro • Magnólia Figueiredo (DNS) • Luciana Mendes (DNS)
6 h1 r1/2–BelarusBLR3:27.38 (6 h1)–
Natallia Salahub • Iryna Khliustava • Ilona Usovich • Sviatlana Vusovich • Hanna Kazak (DNS) • Katsiaryna Stankevich (DNS)
6 h2 r1/2–UkraineUKR3:28.62 (7 h2)–
Oleksandra Ryzhkova • Oksana Illiushkina • Antonina Yefremova • Nataliya Pyhyda • Nataliya Zhuravlyova-Vdovychenko (DNS)
7 h1 r1/2–CameroonCMR3:29.93 (7 h1)–
Mireille Nguimgo • Clementine Béwouda • Carole Kaboud Mebam • Muriel Noah Ahanda • Delphine Atangana (DNS) • Nathalie Itok (DNS)
7 h2 r1/2–SenegalSEN3:35.18 (8 h2)–
Aïda Diop • Mame Tacko Diouf • Aminata Diouf • Fatou Bintou Fall • Aminata Sylla (DNS) • Amy Mbacké Thiam (DNS)
8 h1 r1/2–NigeriaNGR3:30.78 (8 h1)–
Ngozi Nwokocha • Gloria Amuche Nwosu • Halimat Ismaila • Christy Ekpukhon • Lade Akinremi (DNS) • Mabel Madojemu (DNS)

Round One

Date27 August 2004 — 20:35
FormatTop 3 in each heat and next 2 fastest advanced to the final round.
PosTeamNOCTime (automatic)Reaction Time
1Russian FederationRUS3:23.520.207Q
2United StatesUSA3:23.790.240Q2
3JamaicaJAM3:24.920.306Q
4PolandPOL3:25.050.275Q
5GreeceGRE3:26.700.235Q
6IndiaIND3:26.89–Q
7Great BritainGBR3:26.990.387q
8RomaniaROU3:27.360.335q
9BelarusBLR3:27.380.219
10GermanyGER3:27.750.255
11MexicoMEX3:27.880.203
12BrazilBRA3:28.43–
13UkraineUKR3:28.620.335
14CameroonCMR3:29.930.365
15NigeriaNGR3:30.780.242
16SenegalSEN3:35.180.443

Heat #1

Time20:35
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction TimeSplitExchange
11Russian FederationRUS3:23.520.207– (–)– (–)Q
Lead-Off2970Olesya Krasnomovets ––50.71 (1)– (–)
2nd Leg2886Nataliya Ivanova ––51.41 (1)1:42.12 (1)
3rd Leg2872Tatyana Firova ––50.94 (1)2:33.06 (1)
Anchor2966Olesya Zykina ––50.46 (2)– (–)
25JamaicaJAM3:24.920.306– (–)– (–)Q
Lead-Off2246Ronetta Smith ––51.60 (4)– (–)
2nd Leg2221Michelle Burgher ––51.49 (2)1:43.09 (3)
3rd Leg2225Nadia Davy ––51.09 (3)2:34.18 (3)
Anchor2242Sandie Richards ––50.74 (4)– (–)
33PolandPOL3:25.050.275– (–)– (–)Q
Lead-Off2694Zuzanna Radecka ––51.03 (2)– (–)
2nd Leg2663Monika Bejnar ––52.04 (4)1:43.07 (2)
3rd Leg2692Małgorzata Pskit ––51.02 (2)2:34.09 (2)
Anchor2691Grażyna Prokopek-Janacek ––50.96 (6)– (–)
47Great BritainGBR3:26.990.387– (–)– (–)q
Lead-Off1828Christine Ohuruogu ––52.29 (7)– (–)
2nd Leg1823Catherine Murphy ––51.92 (3)1:44.21 (5)
3rd Leg1812Helen Karagounis ––52.19 (5)2:36.40 (4)
Anchor1821Lee McConnell ––50.59 (3)– (–)
54RomaniaROU3:27.360.335– (–)– (–)q
Lead-Off2790Angela Moroșanu ––51.74 (5)– (–)
2nd Leg2794Alina Rîpanu ––53.35 (8)1:45.09 (8)
3rd Leg2796Maria Rus ––52.25 (6)2:37.34 (7)
Anchor2801Ionela Târlea-Manolache ––50.02 (1)– (–)
68BelarusBLR3:27.380.219– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off1197Natallia Salahub ––51.93 (6)– (–)
2nd Leg1177Iryna Khliustava ––52.63 (7)1:44.56 (6)
3rd Leg1207Ilona Usovich ––51.94 (4)2:36.50 (5)
Anchor1208Sviatlana Vusovich ––50.88 (5)– (–)
76CameroonCMR3:29.930.365– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off1404Mireille Nguimgo ––51.40 (3)– (–)
2nd Leg1400Clementine Béwouda ––52.59 (6)1:43.99 (4)
3rd Leg1402Carole Kaboud Mebam ––53.12 (7)2:37.11 (6)
Anchor1405Muriel Noah Ahanda ––52.82 (8)– (–)
82NigeriaNGR3:30.780.242– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off2605Ngozi Nwokocha ––52.57 (8)– (–)
2nd Leg2606Gloria Amuche Nwosu ––52.36 (5)1:44.93 (7)
3rd Leg2600Halimat Ismaila ––53.17 (8)2:38.10 (8)
Anchor2595Christy Ekpukhon ––52.68 (7)– (–)

Heat #2

Time20:44
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction TimeSplitExchange
11United StatesUSA3:23.790.240– (–)– (–)Q3
Lead-Off3245Crystal Cox ––[51.82] ([2])– (–)
2nd Leg3334Moushaumi Robinson ––51.99 (1)1:43.81 (1)
3rd Leg3278Monique Henderson ––49.64 (1)2:33.45 (1)
Anchor3329Sanya Richards ––50.34 (3)– (–)
26GreeceGRE3:26.700.235– (–)– (–)Q
Lead-Off1968Chara Bouda ––51.66 (1)– (–)
2nd Leg1977Chrysoula Gountenoudi ––53.54 (7)1:45.20 (6)
3rd Leg1973Dimitra Ntova ––51.10 (3)2:36.30 (3)
Anchor1980Fani Chalkia ––50.40 (4)– (–)
37IndiaIND3:26.89–– (–)– (–)Q
Lead-Off2111Rajwinder Kaur ––51.86 (2)– (–)
2nd Leg2105K. M. Beenamol ––52.67 (5)1:44.53 (2)
3rd Leg2121Chitra Soman ––52.51 (5)2:37.04 (4)
Anchor2110Manjit Kaur ––49.85 (1)– (–)
42GermanyGER3:27.750.255– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off1895Claudia Hoffmann ––52.49 (5)– (–)
2nd Leg1909Claudia Marx ––52.33 (2)1:44.82 (4)
3rd Leg1916Jana Neubert ––52.73 (6)2:37.55 (=6)
Anchor1865Grit Breuer ––50.20 (2)– (–)
53MexicoMEX3:27.880.203– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off2508Liliana Allen ––52.63 (7)– (–)
2nd Leg2535Magaly Yáñez ––52.82 (6)1:45.45 (7)
3rd Leg2517Ana Guevara ––50.27 (2)2:35.72 (2)
Anchor2515Mayra Marcela González ––52.16 (7)– (–)
64BrazilBRA3:28.43–– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off1227Maria Laura Almirão ––52.56 (6)– (–)
2nd Leg1262Josiane Tito ––52.44 (3)1:45.00 (5)
3rd Leg1231Geisa Coutinho ––52.09 (4)2:37.09 (5)
Anchor1261Lucimar Teodoro ––51.34 (6)– (–)
78UkraineUKR3:28.620.335– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off3192Oleksandra Ryzhkova ––52.24 (4)– (–)
2nd Leg3174Oksana Illiushkina ––52.55 (4)1:44.79 (3)
3rd Leg3206Antonina Yefremova ––52.76 (7)2:37.55 (=6)
Anchor3190Nataliya Pyhyda ––51.07 (5)– (–)
85SenegalSEN3:35.180.443– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off2990Aïda Diop ––52.14 (3)– (–)
2nd Leg2992Mame Tacko Diouf ––54.01 (8)1:46.15 (8)
3rd Leg2991Aminata Diouf ––54.68 (8)2:40.83 (8)
Anchor2993Fatou Bintou Fall ––54.35 (8)– (–)

Final Round

Date28 August 2004 — 22:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction TimeSplitExchange
14United StatesUSA3:19.010.337– (–)– (–)4
Lead-Off3354DeeDee Trotter ––49.19 (1)– (–)
2nd Leg3278Monique Henderson ––50.28 (1)1:39.47 (1)
3rd Leg3329Sanya Richards ––49.81 (2)2:29.28 (1)
Anchor3279Monique Hennagan ––49.73 (3)– (–)
25Russian FederationRUS3:20.160.352– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off2970Olesya Krasnomovets ––49.73 (2)– (–)
2nd Leg2915Nataliya Nazarova ––50.91 (3)1:40.64 (2)
3rd Leg2966Olesya Zykina ––50.09 (3)2:30.73 (2)
Anchor2851Nataliya Antyukh ––49.43 (2)– (–)
36JamaicaJAM3:22.000.312– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off2256Novlene Williams ––50.37 (4)– (–)
2nd Leg2221Michelle Burgher ––50.83 (2)1:41.20 (3)
3rd Leg2225Nadia Davy ––50.25 (4)2:31.45 (3)
Anchor2242Sandie Richards ––50.55 (5)– (–)
43Great BritainGBR3:25.120.180– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off1805Donna Fraser ––50.08 (3)– (–)
2nd Leg1823Catherine Murphy ––54.20 (8)1:44.28 (5)
3rd Leg1828Christine Ohuruogu ––50.53 (5)2:34.81 (5)
Anchor1821Lee McConnell ––50.31 (4)– (–)
57PolandPOL3:25.220.299– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off2694Zuzanna Radecka ––51.08 (5)– (–)
2nd Leg2663Monika Bejnar ––51.81 (5)1:42.89 (4)
3rd Leg2692Małgorzata Pskit ––51.49 (6)2:34.38 (4)
Anchor2691Grażyna Prokopek-Janacek ––50.84 (6)– (–)
68RomaniaROU3:26.810.232– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off2790Angela Moroșanu ––52.81 (7)– (–)
2nd Leg2794Alina Rîpanu ––52.76 (7)1:45.57 (8)
3rd Leg2796Maria Rus ––53.29 (8)2:38.86 (7)
Anchor2801Ionela Târlea-Manolache ––47.95 (1)– (–)
71IndiaIND3:28.510.244– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off2115Sathi Geetha ––52.91 (8)– (–)
2nd Leg2105K. M. Beenamol ––51.52 (4)1:44.43 (6)
3rd Leg2121Chitra Soman ––52.55 (7)2:36.98 (6)
Anchor2111Rajwinder Kaur ––51.53 (7)– (–)
82GreeceGRE3:45.700.270– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off1968Chara Bouda ––52.51 (6)– (–)
2nd Leg1977Chrysoula Gountenoudi ––52.46 (6)1:44.97 (7)
3rd Leg1973Dimitra Ntova ––1:07.41 (1)2:52.38 (8)
Anchor1980Fani Chalkia ––53.32 (8)– (–)