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. Medals. 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 2007, 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 relay in a time of 42.42, and Nigeria (Olabisi Afolabi, Opara Charity, Rosemary Okafor, Falilat Ogunkoya-Osheku, Doris Jacob*) finished fourth in the 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. <nowiki>*</nowiki> 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. Heats. Heat 1 . First 3 in each heat (Q) and four fastest losers (q) advance to the semi-finals. Semi-Finals. First three in each heat (Q) and two fastest losers (q) advance to the final.