Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Athletics at the
2002 Commonwealth Games
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
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on July 30–31.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Australia
Lauren Hewitt
Cathy Freeman
Tamsyn Lewis
Jana Pittman
Kylie Wheeler*
 England
Helen Frost
Helen Karagounis
Melanie Purkiss
Lisa Miller
Jenny Meadows*
 Nigeria
Olabisi Afolabi
Kudirat Akhigbe
Hajarat Yusuf
Doris Jacob

* Athletes who competed in heats only and received medals.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 2  England Helen Frost, Helen Karagounis, Jenny Meadows, Lisa Miller 3:30.63 Q
2 1  Jamaica Ronetta Smith, Lorraine Fenton, Charmaine Howell, Debbie-Ann Parris 3:31.99 Q
3 2  Nigeria Olabisi Afolabi, Kudirat Akhigbe, Hajarat Yusuf, Doris Jacob 3:32.38 Q
4 2  Canada Foy Williams, Karlene Haughton, Lindsay Lochhead, LaDonna Antoine-Watkins 3:33.23 Q
5 1  Australia Kylie Wheeler, Cathy Freeman, Tamsyn Lewis, Jana Pittman 3:33.25 Q
6 2  Scotland Gemma Nicol, Susan Burnside, Carey Easton, Sinead Dudgeon 3:36.41 q
7 1  Cameroon Hortense Bewouda, Carole Kaboud Mebam, Muriel Noah Ahanda, Mireille Nguimgo 3:38.24 Q
8 1  Trinidad and Tobago Adia McKinnon, Fana Ashby, Melissa de Leon, Nickeisha Charles 3:43.10 q
9 2  Cyprus Gavriella Sofocleous, Anny Christofidou, Theodora Kyriakou, Alyssa Kallinikou 3:46.27
10 1  Fiji Makelesi Bulikiobo, Sisilia Dauniwe, Mereoni Raluve, Vasiti Vatureba 3:48.23

Final

Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Australia Lauren Hewitt, Cathy Freeman, Tamsyn Lewis, Jana Pittman 3:25.63 GR
2nd, silver medalist(s)  England Helen Frost, Helen Karagounis, Melanie Purkiss, Lisa Miller 3:26.73
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Nigeria Olabisi Afolabi, Kudirat Akhigbe, Hajarat Yusuf, Doris Jacob 3:29.16
4  Scotland Carey Easton, Sinead Dudgeon, Susan Burnside, Lee McConnell 3:31.50 NR
5  Canada Foy Williams, LaDonna Antoine-Watkins, Karlene Haughton, Lami Oyewumi 3:32.24
6  Cameroon Hortense Bewouda, Muriel Noah Ahanda, Mireille Nguimgo, Carole Kaboud Mebam 3:32.74 NR
7  Trinidad and Tobago Adia McKinnon, Fana Ashby, Melissa de Leon, Nickeisha Charles 3:39.14
8  Jamaica Allison Beckford, Lorraine Fenton, Debbie-Ann Parris, Sandie Richards DNF

References

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