# Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay races at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held on Friday, 29 September and Saturday, 30 September.

## Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes:seconds) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 41.37 s | East Germany | Silke Gladisch-Möller Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr Sabine Rieger | Canberra, (Australia) | 6 October 1985 |
| Olympic Record | 41.60 s | East Germany | Romy Müller Bärbel Wöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr | Moscow, (USSR) | 1 August 1980 |

## Medals

On 23 November 2007, the IAAF recommended to the IOC Executive Board to disqualify the USA women's 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relay teams after Marion Jones admitted to having taken performance-enhancing drugs prior to the Games. On 12 December, the IOC disqualified Jones and stripped her of her relay medals but it did not disqualify the U.S. relay teams. On 10 April 2008, the IOC disqualified both U.S. relay teams and asked for Jones' teammates' medals to be returned. France (Linda Ferga, Muriel Hurtis, Fabe Dia, Christine Arron, Sandra Citte*) finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay in a time of 42.42, and Nigeria (Olabisi Afolabi, Opara Charity, Rosemary Okafor, Falilat Ogunkoya-Osheku, Doris Jacob*) finished fourth in the 4 × 400 m relay in a time of 3:23.80. All members of the U.S. relay teams except Nanceen Perry then appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport who on 16 July 2010 ruled in favor of them due to the fact that, according to the rules at the time, a team should not be disqualified because of a doping offense of one athlete. Their medals were then restored to them.
* Athletes who participated in the heats only, and also received medals.

## Golden Girls

Bahamas was so enamored by their winning team, they celebrated their "Golden Girls" with a very visible mural at the Nassau airport.

## Results
### Abbreviations

All times shown are in seconds.
* Q denotes automatic qualification.
* q denotes fastest losers.
* DNS denotes did not start.
* DNF denotes did not finish.
* AR denotes area record.
* NR denotes national record.
* SB denotes season's best.

### Heats
#### Heat 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and four fastest losers (q) advance to the semi-finals.
Heat 1 of 4 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 :
| Place | Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record |
| Heat | Overall | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 7 | France | Sandra Citte, Fabe Dia, Muriel Hurtis, Christine Arron | 3 | 43.23 | Q | |
| 2 | 10 | Greece | Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosíni Patsoú, Ekateríni Kóffa, Ekateríni Thánou | 6 | 43.46 | Q | SB |
| 3 | 15 | Poland | Marzena Pawlak, Joanna Niełacna, Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Zuzanna Radecka | 7 | 44.05 | Q | |
| 4 | 19 | Thailand | Wirawan Ruamsuk, Supavadee Khawpeag, Orranut Klomdee, Trecia Roberts | 2 | 44.51 | | SB |
| 5 | 21 | FR Yugoslavia | Elvira Pančić, Mila Savić, Biljana Mitrović, Vukosava Đapić | 4 | 45.02 | | |
| 6 | | Australia | Elly Hutton, Lauren Hewitt, Sharon Cripps, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | 4 | DNF | | |

#### Heat 2

Heat 2 of 4 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 :
| Place | Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record |
| Heat | Overall | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 1 | Jamaica | Tayna Lawrence, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer | 4 | 42.46 | Q | SB |
| 2 | 3 | Germany | Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain, Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner | 5 | 42.82 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | China | Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei, Qin Wangping, Li Xuemei | 2 | 43.07 | Q | SB |
| 4 | 8 | Great Britain | Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson, Sarah Wilhelmy, Shani Anderson | 3 | 43.26 | q | SB |
| 5 | 16 | Colombia | Digna Luz Murillo, Ximena Restrepo, Mirtha Brock, Felipa Palacios | 7 | 44.08 | q | SB |
| 6 | 16 | Canada | Atia Weekes, Esi Benyarku, Tamara Perry, Martha Adusei | 6 | 44.08 | | |

#### Heat 3

Heat 3 of 4 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 :
| Place | Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record |
| Heat | Overall | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 2 | Bahamas | Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Sevatheda Fynes | 3 | 42.58 | Q | |
| 2 | 12 | Finland | Manuela Bosco, Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen, Johanna Manninen, Heidi Hannula | 5 | 43.66 | Q | SB |
| 3 | 13 | Ghana | Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum, Veronica Bawuah, Vida Nsiah | 7 | 43.77 | Q | NR |
| 4 | 14 | Ukraine | Irina Pukha, Anzhela Kravchenko, Olena Pastushenko, Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska | 4 | 43.93 | q | |
| 5 | 18 | Ivory Coast | Amandine Allou Affoué, Makaridja Sanganoko, Marie Gnahoré, Louise Ayétotché | 6 | 44.34 | | NR |
| 6 | 23 | India | Valdivel Jayalakshmi, Vinita Tripathi, Saraswati Dey, Rachita Mistry | 2 | 45.20 | | |

#### Heat 4

Heat 4 of 4 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 :
| Place | Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record |
| Heat | Overall | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 4 | United States | Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry, Passion Richardson | 6 | 42.92 | Q | |
| 2 | 6 | Russia | Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova, Marina Kislova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | 3 | 43.15 | Q | SB |
| 3 | 9 | Nigeria | Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua, Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali | 8 | 43.28 | Q | |
| 4 | 11 | Madagascar | Monica Rahanitraniriana, Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy, Rosa Rakotozafy, Hanitrinianina Rakotondrabe | 5 | 43.61 | q | NR |
| 5 | 19 | Sri Lanka | Tamara Samandeepika, Pradeepa Herath, Nimmi de Zoysa, K. V. Damayanthi Dharsha | 4 | 44.51 | | |
| 6 | 22 | Uzbekistan | Yelena Kvyatkovskaya, Lyubov Perepelova, Lyudmila Dmitriadi, Guzel Khubbieva | 2 | 45.14 | | SB |
| 7 | 24 | Cameroon | Esther Mvondo, Anne-Marie Mouri-Nkeng, Carine Eyenga, Françoise Mbango Etone | 7 | 45.82 | | SB |

#### Round 1- Overall

Round 1 Overall Results :
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Heat | Lane | Place | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | Jamaica | Tayna Lawrence, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer | 2 | 4 | 1 | 42.46 | Q | SB |
| 2 | Bahamas | Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Sevatheda Fynes | 3 | 3 | 1 | 42.58 | Q | |
| 3 | Germany | Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain, Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner | 2 | 5 | 2 | 42.82 | Q | |
| 4 | United States | Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry, Passion Richardson | 4 | 6 | 1 | 42.92 | Q | |
| 5 | China | Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei, Qin Wangping, Li Xuemei | 2 | 5 | 3 | 43.07 | Q | SB |
| 6 | Russia | Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova, Marina Kislova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | 4 | 3 | 2 | 43.15 | Q | SB |
| 7 | France | Sandra Citte, Fabe Dia, Muriel Hurtis, Christine Aaron | 1 | 2 | 3 | 43.23 | Q | |
| 8 | Great Britain | Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson, Sarah Wilhelmy, Shani Anderson | 2 | 3 | 4 | 43.26 | q | SB |
| 9 | Nigeria | Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua, Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali | 4 | 8 | 3 | 43.28 | Q | |
| 10 | Greece | Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosíni Patsoú, Ekateríni Kóffa, Ekateríni Thánou | 1 | 2 | 6 | 43.46 | Q | SB |
| 11 | Madagascar | Monica Rahanitraniriana, Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy, Rosa Rakotozafy, Hanitrinianina Rakotondrabe | 4 | 5 | 2 | 43.61 | q | NR |
| 12 | Finland | Manuela Bosco, Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen, Johanna Manninen, Heidi Hannula | 3 | 5 | 2 | 43.66 | Q | SB |
| 13 | Ghana | Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum, Veronica Bawuah, Vida Nsiah | 3 | 7 | 3 | 43.77 | Q | NR |
| 14 | Ukraine | Irina Pukha, Anzhela Kravchenko, Olena Pastushenko, Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska | 3 | 4 | 4 | 43.93 | q | |
| 15 | Poland | Marzena Pawlak, Joanna Niełacna, Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Zuzanna Radecka | 1 | 7 | 3 | 44.05 | Q | |
| 16 | Colombia | Digna Luz Murillo, Ximena Restrepo, Mirtha Brock, Felipa Palacios | 2 | 7 | 5 | 44.08 | q | SB |
| 16 | Canada | Atia Weekes, Esi Benyarku, Tamara Perry, Martha Adusei | 2 | 6 | 6 | 44.08 | | |
| 18 | Ivory Coast | Amandine Allou Affoué, Makaridja Sanganoko, Mary Gnahore, Louise Ayétotché | 3 | 6 | 5 | 44.34 | | NR |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | Tamara Saman Deepika, Pradeepa Herath, S. Nimi De Zoya, K. V. Damayanthi Dharsha | 4 | 4 | 5 | 44.51 | | |
| 19 | Thailand | Wirawan Ruamsuk, Supavadee Khawpeag, Orranut Klomdee, Trecia Roberts | 1 | 2 | 4 | 44.51 | | SB |
| 21 | FR Yugoslavia | Elvira Pancic, Mila Savic, Biljana Mitrovic, Vukosava Djapic | 1 | 5 | 5 | 45.02 | | |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | Elena Kviatkovskaya, Lyubov Perepelova, Lyudmila Dmitriadi, Guzel Khubbieva | 4 | 2 | 6 | 45.14 | | SB |
| 23 | India | Valdivel Jayalakshmi, Vinta Tripathi, Saraswati Dey, Rachita Mistry | 3 | 2 | 6 | 45.20 | | |
| 24 | Cameroon | Esther Mvondo, Anne Marie Mouri Nkeng, Carine Eyenga, Françoise Mbango Etone | 4 | 7 | 4 | 45.82 | | SB |
| | Australia | Elly Hutton, Lauren Hewitt, Sharon Cripps, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | 1 | 4 | | DNF | | |

### Semi-finals

First three in each heat (Q) and two fastest losers (q) advance to the final.

#### Heat 1

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 :
| Place | Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record |
| Heat | Overall | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 2 | Bahamas | Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Sevatheda Fynes | 6 | 42.42 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | United States | Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry, Passion Richardson | 3 | 42.82 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | Nigeria | Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua, Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali | 7 | 42.82 | Q | SB |
| 4 | 6 | Russia | Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova, Irina Khabarova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | 4 | 42.84 | q | SB |
| 5 | 9 | Ghana | Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum, Vida Anim, Vida Nsiah | 2 | 43.19 | | NR |
| 6 | 11 | Ukraine | Irina Pukha, Anzhela Kravchenko, Olena Pastushenko, Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska | 8 | 43.31 | | |
| 7 | 13 | Greece | Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosíni Patsoú, Ekateríni Kóffa, Ekateríni Thánou | 5 | 43.53 | | |
| 8 | 14 | Madagascar | Monica Rahanitraniriana, Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy, Rosa Rakotozafy, Hanitrinianina Rakotondrabe | 1 | 43.98 | | |

#### Heat 2

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 :
| Place | Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record |
| Heat | Overall | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 1 | Jamaica | Tayna Lawrence, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer | 3 | 42.15 | Q | SB |
| 2 | 2 | France | Sandra Citte, Muriel Hurtis, Fabe Dia, Christine Arron | 4 | 42.42 | Q | |
| 3 | 7 | Germany | Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain, Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner | 5 | 42.85 | Q | |
| 4 | 8 | China | Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei, Qin Wangping, Li Xuemei | 7 | 43.04 | q | SB |
| 5 | 9 | Great Britain | Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson, Samantha Davies, Shani Anderson | 8 | 43.19 | | SB |
| 6 | 12 | Finland | Manuela Bosco, Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen, Johanna Manninen, Heidi Hannula | 6 | 43.50 | | SB |
| 7 | 15 | Poland | Marzena Pawlak, Joanna Niełacna, Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Zuzanna Radecka | 2 | 44.07 | | |
| 8 | 16 | Colombia | Melisa Murillo, Ximena Restrepo, Mirtha Brock, Felipa Palacios | 1 | 44.37 | | |

#### Semi-Finals- Overall

Semi-Finals Overall Results :
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Heat | Lane | Place | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | Jamaica | Tayna Lawrence, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer | 2 | 3 | 1 | 42.15 | Q | SB |
| 2 | France | Sandra Citte, Muriel Hurtis, Fabe Dia, Christine Arron | 2 | 4 | 2 | 42.42 | Q | |
| 2 | Bahamas | Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Sevatheda Fynes | 1 | 6 | 1 | 42.42 | Q | |
| 4 | United States | Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry, Passion Richardson | 1 | 3 | 2 | 42.82 | Q | |
| 4 | Nigeria | Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua, Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali | 1 | 7 | 3 | 42.82 | Q | SB |
| 6 | Russia | Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova, Irina Khabarova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | 1 | 4 | 4 | 42.84 | q | SB |
| 7 | Germany | Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain, Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner | 2 | 5 | 3 | 42.85 | Q | |
| 8 | China | Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei, Qin Wangping, Li Xuemei | 2 | 7 | 4 | 43.04 | q | SB |
| 9 | Great Britain | Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson, Samantha Davies, Shani Anderson | 2 | 8 | 5 | 43.19 | | SB |
| 9 | Ghana | Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum, Vida Anim, Vida Nsiah | 1 | 2 | 5 | 43.19 | | NR |
| 11 | Ukraine | Irina Pukha, Anzhela Kravchenko, Olena Pastushenko, Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska | 1 | 8 | 6 | 43.31 | | |
| 12 | Finland | Manuela Bosco, Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen, Johanna Manninen, Heidi Hannula | 2 | 6 | 6 | 43.50 | | SB |
| 13 | Greece | Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosíni Patsoú, Ekateríni Kóffa, Ekateríni Thánou | 1 | 5 | 7 | 43.53 | | |
| 14 | Madagascar | Monica Rahanitraniriana, Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy, Rosa Rakotozafy, Hanitrinianina Rakotondrabe | 1 | 1 | 8 | 43.98 | | |
| 15 | Poland | Marzena Pawlak, Joanna Niełacna, Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Zuzanna Radecka | 2 | 2 | 7 | 44.07 | | |
| 16 | Colombia | Melisa Murillo, Ximena Restrepo, Mirtha Brock, Felipa Palacios | 2 | 1 | 8 | 44.37 | | |

### Final

* 30 September 2000
Final :
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Lane | Reaction | Time | Record |
| | Bahamas | Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson | 5 | 0.153 s | 41.95 | SB |
| | Jamaica | Tayna Lawrence, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Ottey | 3 | 0.174 s | 42.13 | SB |
| | United States | Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry, Marion Jones | 6 | 0.384 s | 42.20 | |
| 4 | France | Linda Ferga, Muriel Hurtis, Fabe Dia, Christine Arron | 4 | 0.433 s | 42.42 | |
| 5 | Russia | Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova, Irina Khabarova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | 8 | 0.153 s | 43.02 | |
| 6 | Germany | Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain, Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner | 1 | 0.155 s | 43.11 | |
| 7 | Nigeria | Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua, Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali | 7 | 0.415 s | 44.05 | |
| 8 | China | Zeng Xiujun, Liu Xiaomei, Qin Wangping, Li Xuemei | 2 | 0.212 s | 44.87 | |