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

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

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes:seconds) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Medals

For a period of 2 years, the Bronze medals won by the United States team were stripped due to doping by Marion Jones. On November 23, 2007, the IAAF recommended to the IOC Executive Board to disqualify the USA women's 4x100 m and 4x400 m relay teams after Marion Jones admitted to having taken performance enhancing drugs prior to the Games. On December 12, the IOC disqualified Jones and stripped her of her relay medals but it did not disqualify the U.S. relay teams. On April 10, 2008, the IOC disqualified both U.S. relay teams and asked for Jones' teammates' medals to be returned.[1]

On July 16, 2010, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favor of the non-disqualified American women, who had appealed the International Olympic Committee's decision to disqualify them from the Sydney Games. The court said that rules in place in 2000 did not allow entire teams to be disqualified because of doping by one athlete. [2]

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and 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.^[1]

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 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Round 1- Overall

Semi-Finals

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

Heat 1

Heat 2

Semi-Finals- Overall

Final

The United States originally won bronze, but on 10 April 2008, following Marion Jones's admission that she had used performance enhancing drugs, the entire team was stripped of their medals. As of August 2008, medals have not been reallocated by the International Olympic Committee.

• September 30, 2000

References

1. ^ http://amasewa.tripod.com/Bahamian-women-athletes-and-politicians.html

Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm

External links

• Results, round 1 - IAAF
• Results, semi-finals - IAAF
• Results, final - IAAF