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1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
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The 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 8 and August 9.
Medals
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
|---|---|---|
| USA | ||
| Chryste Gaines | ||
| Marion Jones | ||
| Inger Miller | ||
| Gail Devers | Jamaica | |
| Beverly McDonald | ||
| Merlene Frazer | ||
| Juliet Cuthbert | ||
| Beverly Grant | France | |
| Patricia Girard | ||
| Christine Arron | ||
| Delphine Combe | ||
| Sylviane Félix |
Results
All times shown are in seconds.
Semi-finals
Heat 1
- United States (Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers) 41.52 Q (WL)
- France (Frédérique Bangué, Christine Arron, Delphine Combe, Sylviane Félix) 42.53 Q (NR)
- Nigeria (Beatrice Utondu, Endurance Ojokolo, Angela Atede, Chioma Ajunwa) 43.00 Q
- Greece (Maria Tsoni, Ekaterini Koffa, Marina Vasarmidou, Ekaterini Thanou) 43.15
- Australia (Nova Peris, Lauren Hewitt, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Cathy Freeman) 43.21 (SB)
- Brazil (Rita da Cassia Araujo Gomes, Katia Regina Santos, Cleide Amaral, Lucimar Aparecida de Moura) 43.89 (NR)
- Italy (Elena Sordelli, Giada Gallina, Manuela Grillo, Manuela Levorato) 44.16
- Ukraine (Oksana Kaydash, Viktoriya Fomenko, Iryna Pukha, Anzhela Kravchenko) DQ
Heat 2
- Bahamas (Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Savatheda Fynes, Debbie Ferguson, Pauline Davis-Thompson) 42.19 Q
- Jamaica (Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer, Juliet Cuthbert, Beverly Grant) 42.31 Q (SB)
- Germany (Melanie Paschke, Esther Möller, Birgit Rockmeier, Andrea Philipp) 42.51 Q (SB)
- Russia (Olga Povtaryova, Galina Malchugina, Marina Trandenkova, Yekaterina Leshchova) 42.69 q (SB)
- China (Pei Fang, Yan Jiankui, Liu Xiaomei, Li Xuemei) 42.92 q (AR)
- Colombia (Sandra Borrero, Felipa Palacios, Patricia Rodríguez, Mirtha Brock) 43.51 (SB)
- Finland (Sanna Koivisto, Johanna Manninen, Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen, Anu Pirttimaa) 44.08 (SB)
- Japan (Hideko Kijinami, Kaori Yoshida, Toshie Iwamoto, Motoka Arai) 44.56
Final
- United States (Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers) 41.47 (CR)
- Jamaica (Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer, Juliet Cuthbert, Beverly Grant) 42.10 (SB)
- France (Patricia Girard, Christine Arron, Delphine Combe, Sylviane Félix) 42.21 (NR)
- Germany (Melanie Paschke, Esther Möller, Birgit Rockmeier, Andrea Philipp) 42.44 (SB)
- Russia (Olga Povtaryova, Galina Malchugina, Marina Trandenkova, Yekaterina Leshchova) 42.50 (SB)
- Bahamas (Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Savatheda Fynes, Debbie Ferguson, Pauline Davis-Thompson) 42.77
- Nigeria (Beatrice Utondu, Endurance Ojokolo, Angela Atede, Falilat Ogunkoya) 43.27
- China (Pei Fang, Yan Jiankui, Liu Xiaomei, Li Xuemei) 43.32
References
- Official results, semi-finals - IAAF.org
- Official results, final - IAAF.org
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