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4 x 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	Nr	Team	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 (29 September 2000)

Top three in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (10:45)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	France	FRA	43.23	0.244	Q
		Sandra Citté • Fabé Dia • Muriel Hurtis • Christine Arron
2	–	Greece	GRE	43.46	0.503	Q
		Voula Patoulidou • Froso Patsou • Katerina Koffa • Aikaterini Thanou
3	–	Poland	POL	44.05	0.181	Q
		Marzena Pawlak • Joanna Niełacna • Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz • Zuzanna Radecka
4	–	Thailand	THA	44.51	0.236
		Wirawan Ruamsuk • Supavadee Khawpeag • Orranut Klomdee • Tricia Roberts
5	–	Yugoslavia	SCG	45.02	0.185
		Elvira Pančić • Mila Savić • Biljana Mitrović • Vukosava Đapić
DNF	–	Australia	AUS	–	0.157
		Elly Hutton • Lauren Hewitt • Sharon Cripps • Melinda Gainsford-Taylor

Heat Two (10:53)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	Jamaica	JAM	42.46	0.175	Q
		Tayna Lawrence • Veronica Campbell • Beverly McDonald • Merlene Frazer
2	–	Germany	GER	42.82	0.470	Q
		Gabi Rockmeier • Sabrina Mulrain • Andrea Philipp • Marion Wagner
3	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	43.07	0.270	Q
		Zeng Xiujun • Liu Xiaomei • Qin Wangping • Li Xuemei
4	–	Great Britain	GBR	43.26	0.173	q
		Joice Maduaka • Marcia Richardson • Sarah Wilhelmy • Shani Anderson
5	–	Colombia	COL	44.08	0.270	q
		Digna Murillo • Ximena Restrepo • Mirtha Brock • Felipa Palacios
6	–	Canada	CAN	44.08	0.482
		Atia Weekes • Esi Benyarku • Tara Perry • Martha Adusei

Heat Three (11:01)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	The Bahamas	BAH	42.58	0.239	Q
		Eldece Clarke-Lewis • Chandra Sturrup • Pauline Davis-Thompson • Savatheda Fynes
2	–	Finland	FIN	43.66	0.145	Q
		Manuela Bosco • Sanna Kyllönen • Johanna Manninen • Heidi Hannula
3	–	Ghana	GHA	43.77	0.443	Q
		Mavis Akoto • Monica Twum • Veronica Bawuah • Vida Nsiah
4	–	Ukraine	UKR	43.93	0.271	q
		Iryna Pukha • Anzhela Kravchenko • Olena Pastushenko • Olena Ovcharova-Krasovska
5	–	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	44.34	0.186
		Amandine Allou Affoué • Makaridja Sanganoko • Marie Gnahoré • Louise Ayétotché
6	–	India	IND	45.20	–
		Valdivel Jayalakshmi • Vinita Tripathi • Saraswati Dey • Rachita Mistry

Heat Four (11:09)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	United States	USA	42.92	0.509	Q
		Chryste Gaines • Torri Edwards • Nanceen Perry • Passion Richardson
2	–	Russian Federation	RUS	43.15	0.178	Q
		Nataliya Ignatova • Marina Trandenkova • Marina Kislova • Nataliya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova
3	–	Nigeria	NGR	43.28	0.432	Q
		Glory Alozie • Benedicta Ajudua • Mercy Nku • Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
4	–	Madagascar	MAD	43.61	0.168	q
		Monica Rahanitraniriana • Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy • Rosa Rakotozafy • Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabé
5	–	Sri Lanka	SRI	44.51	–
		Tamara Samandeepika • Pradeepa Herath • Nimmi de Zoysa • Damayanthi Dharsha
6	–	Uzbekistan	UZB	45.14	0.226
		Yelena Kvyatkovskaya • Lyubov Perepelova • Lyudmila Dmitriady • Guzel Khubbiyeva
7	–	Cameroon	CMR	45.82	0.213
		Esther Mvondo • Anne-Marie Mouri-Nkeng • Carine Eyenga • Françoise Mbango

Semi-Finals (29 September 2000)

Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:20)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	The Bahamas	BAH	42.42	0.234	Q
		Eldece Clarke-Lewis • Chandra Sturrup • Pauline Davis-Thompson • Savatheda Fynes
2	–	United States	USA	42.82	0.254	Q
		Chryste Gaines • Torri Edwards • Nanceen Perry • Passion Richardson
3	–	Nigeria	NGR	42.82	0.296	Q
		Glory Alozie • Benedicta Ajudua • Mercy Nku • Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
4	–	Russian Federation	RUS	42.84	0.154	q
		Nataliya Ignatova • Marina Trandenkova • Irina Khabarova • Nataliya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova
5	–	Ghana	GHA	43.19	0.193
		Mavis Akoto • Monica Twum • Vida Anim • Vida Nsiah
6	–	Ukraine	UKR	43.31	0.187
		Iryna Pukha • Anzhela Kravchenko • Olena Pastushenko • Olena Ovcharova-Krasovska
7	–	Greece	GRE	43.53	0.446
		Voula Patoulidou • Froso Patsou • Katerina Koffa • Aikaterini Thanou
8	–	Madagascar	MAD	43.98	0.168
		Monica Rahanitraniriana • Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy • Rosa Rakotozafy • Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabé

Heat Two (20:28)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	Jamaica	JAM	42.15	0.242	Q
		Tayna Lawrence • Veronica Campbell • Beverly McDonald • Merlene Frazer
2	–	France	FRA	42.42	0.490	Q
		Sandra Citté • Muriel Hurtis • Fabé Dia • Christine Arron
3	–	Germany	GER	42.85	0.157	Q
		Gabi Rockmeier • Sabrina Mulrain • Andrea Philipp • Marion Wagner
4	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	43.04	0.367	q
		Zeng Xiujun • Liu Xiaomei • Qin Wangping • Li Xuemei
5	–	Great Britain	GBR	43.19	0.198
		Joice Maduaka • Marcia Richardson • Samantha Davies • Shani Anderson
6	–	Finland	FIN	43.50	0.170
		Manuela Bosco • Sanna Kyllönen • Johanna Manninen • Heidi Hannula
7	–	Poland	POL	44.07	0.164
		Marzena Pawlak • Joanna Niełacna • Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz • Zuzanna Radecka
8	–	Colombia	COL	44.37	0.253
		Melisa Murillo • Ximena Restrepo • Mirtha Brock • Felipa Palacios

Final (30 September 2000 — 19:40)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	–	The Bahamas	BAH	41.95	0.153
		Savatheda Fynes • Chandra Sturrup • Pauline Davis-Thompson • Debbie Ferguson
2	–	Jamaica	JAM	42.13	0.174
		Tayna Lawrence • Veronica Campbell • Beverly McDonald • Merlene Ottey
3	–	United States	USA	42.20	0.384	2
		Chryste Gaines • Torri Edwards • Nanceen Perry • Marion Jones 3
4	–	France	FRA	42.42	0.433
		Linda Ferga • Muriel Hurtis • Fabé Dia • Christine Arron
5	–	Russian Federation	RUS	43.02	0.153
		Nataliya Ignatova • Marina Trandenkova • Irina Khabarova • Nataliya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova
6	–	Germany	GER	43.11	0.155
		Gabi Rockmeier • Sabrina Mulrain • Andrea Philipp • Marion Wagner
7	–	Nigeria	NGR	44.05	0.415
		Glory Alozie • Benedicta Ajudua • Mercy Nku • Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
8	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	44.87	0.212
		Zeng Xiujun • Liu Xiaomei • Qin Wangping • Li Xuemei