2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 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 4x100 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Germany Melanie Paschke Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Marion Wagner	France Sylviane Felix Frederique Bangue Muriel Hurtis Odiah Sidibe	Jamaica Juliet Campbell Merlene Frazer Beverly McDonald Astia Walker Elva Goulbourne*

* 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	2	France	Sylviane Felix, Frederique Bangue, Muriel Hurtis, Odiah Sidibe	42.49	Q, WL
2	1	Germany	Melanie Paschke, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Marion Wagner	42.92	Q, WL
3	1	Nigeria	Chioma Ajunwa, Endurance Ojokolo, Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	43.04	Q
4	2	Great Britain	Marcia Richardson, Sarah Wilhelmy, Vernicha James, Abiodun Oyepitan	43.08	Q, SB
5	1	Jamaica	Astia Walker, Merlene Frazer, Beverly McDonald, Elva Goulbourne	43.09	Q, SB
6	2	Russia	Natalya Ignatova, Irina Khabarova, Marina Kislova, Larisa Kruglova	43.09	q
7	1	Greece	Yeoryia Kokloni, Effrosini Patsou, Olga Kaidantzi, Ekaterini Thanou	43.58
8	1	Sri Lanka	Susanthika Jayasinghe, Anoma Sooriyaarachchi, S. Nimi De Zoya, K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha	43.89	NR
9	1	Ivory Coast	Marie Gnahore, Makaridja Sanganoko, Amandine Allou Affoue, Louise Ayetotche	44.05
10	1	Canada	Tara Perry, Erica Witter, Esi Benyarku, Martha Adusei	44.11
11	2	Belgium	Nancy Callaerts, Katleen DeCaluwe, Elodie Ouedraogo, Kim Gevaert	44.19	NR
12	2	Uzbekistan	Anna Kazakova, Guzel Khubbieva, Lyudmila Dmitriadi, Lyubov Perepelova	45.99
	2	United States	Angela Williams, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, Torri Edwards	DQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	4	Germany	Melanie Paschke, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Marion Wagner	42.32	SB
	3	France	Sylviane Felix, Frederique Bangue, Muriel Hurtis, Odiah Sidibe	42.39	SB
	7	Jamaica	Juliet Campbell, Merlene Frazer, Beverly McDonald, Astia Walker	42.40	SB
4	5	Nigeria	Chioma Ajunwa, Endurance Ojokolo, Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	42.52
5	2	Great Britain	Marcia Richardson, Sarah Wilhelmy, Vernicha James, Abiodun Oyepitan	42.60	SB
6	8	Greece	Yeoryia Kokloni, Effrosini Patsou, Olga Kaidantzi, Ekaterini Thanou	43.25	SB
7	1	Russia	Natalya Ignatova, Irina Khabarova, Marina Kislova, Larisa Kruglova	43.58
	6	United States	Kelli White, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, Marion Jones	DQ

References

• Results
• IAAF