Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics |
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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 |
The women's 4×400 metres relay was one of 23 track events of the athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens. It was contested at the Athens Olympic Stadium, from August 27 to August 28, by a total of sixteen national teams comprising 64 athletes.
The sixteen teams competed in a two-heat qualifying round in which the first three teams from each heat, together with the next two fastest teams, were given a place in the final race.
The United States originally won this event in 3:19.01, but were disqualified after Crystal Cox admitted to using anabolic steroids from 2001 to 2004. As a result, she forfeited all of her results from that time period, and agreed to a four-year suspension, until January 2014.[1]
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Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Russia (RUS) Olesya Krasnomovets Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina Natalya Antyukh Tatyana Firova* Natalya Ivanova* |
Jamaica (JAM) Novlene Williams Michelle Burgher Nadia Davy Sandie Richards Ronetta Smith* |
Great Britain (GBR) Donna Fraser Catherine Murphy Christine Ohuruogu Lee McConnell Helen Karagounis* |
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
The Olympic qualification period for the athletics' relay events ran from January 1, 2003 to July 21, 2004. A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter a maximum of one qualified relay team per relay event, with a maximum of six qualified athletes. For this event, an NOC would be invited to participate with a relay team if the average of the team's two best times — obtained in IAAF-sanctioned meetings or tournaments — would be among the best sixteen, at the end of this period.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 3:15.17 | Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina |
Seoul (KOR) | October 1, 1988 |
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Olympic Record | 3:15.17 | Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina |
Seoul (KOR) | October 1, 1988 |
All times are shown in minutes. The following abbreviations are used:
DQ: United States (DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan)
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