2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the 2001 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Women's 4x400 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jamaica Sandie Richards Catherine Scott Debbie-Ann Parris Lorraine Fenton Michelle Burgher* Deon Hemmings*	Germany Florence Ekpo-Umoh Shanta Ghosh Claudia Marx Grit Breuer	Russia Irina Rosikhina Yuliya Nosova Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Olesya Zykina Natalya Shevtsova*

* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Results

Heats

The first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualify.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	United States	Demetria Washington, Michelle Collins, Mikele Barber, Suziann Reid	3:21.97	Q
2	1	Jamaica	Michelle Burgher, Catherine Scott, Deon Hemmings, Sandie Richards	3:24.87	Q, SB
3	1	Canada	Foy Williams, Samantha George, Danielle Kot, LaDonna Antoine	3:25.68	Q
4	2	Germany	Florence Ekpo-Umoh, Shanta Ghosh, Claudia Marx, Grit Breuer	3:26.81	Q
5	1	France	Francine Landre, Anita Mormand, Sylvanie Morandais, Marie-Louise Bevis	3:26.92	q
6	2	Great Britain	Lee McConnell, Lesley Owusu, Catherine Murphy, Donna Fraser	3:27.25	Q, SB
7	1	Poland	Aleksandra Pielużek, Grażyna Prokopek, Aneta Lemiesz, Małgorzata Pskit	3:27.37	q, SB
8	2	Russia	Natalya Shevtsova, Irina Rosikhina, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Olesya Zykina	3:27.39	Q
9	1	Cuba	Yudalis Diaz, Julia Duporty, Libania Grenot, Daimi Pernia	3:28.68
10	2	Belarus	Natalya Safronnikova, Svetlana Usovich, Irina Khlyustova, Anna Kozak	3:28.93
11	2	Senegal	Aïda Diop, Mame Tacko Diouf, Fatou Bintou Fall, Amy Mbacke Thiam	3:30.03
12	1	Puerto Rico	Militza Castro, Yvonne Harrison, Sandra Moya, Yamelis Ortiz	3:30.81	NR
13	2	Japan	Miho Sugimori, Kazue Kakinuma, Sakie Nobuoka, Makiko Yoshida	3:33.51
14	2	Spain	Julia Alba, Norfalia Carabali, Miriam Bravo, Yolanda Reyes	3:33.78	SB

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Jamaica	Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott, Debbie-Ann Parris, Lorraine Fenton	3:20.65	WL
	Germany	Florence Ekpo-Umoh, Shanta Ghosh, Claudia Marx, Grit Breuer	3:21.97	SB
	Russia	Irina Rosikhina, Yuliya Nosova, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Olesya Zykina	3:24.92
4	United States	Jearl Miles-Clark, Monique Hennagan, Michelle Collins, Suziann Reid	3:26.88
5	Great Britain	Lee McConnell, Helen Frost, Natasha Danvers, Catherine Murphy	3:26.94	SB
6	France	Francine Landre, Anita Mormand, Sylvanie Morandais, Marie-Louise Bevis	3:27.54
7	Poland	Aleksandra Pielużek, Grażyna Prokopek, Aneta Lemiesz, Małgorzata Pskit	3:27.78
8	Canada	Foy Williams, Samantha George, Danielle Kot, LaDonna Antoine	3:27.93

References

• Results
• IAAF