1999 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 x 400 metres relay
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The Women's 4 x 400 metres relay
event at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics
was held at the Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla on August 28 and August 29.
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, Charity Opara
, Olabisi Afolabi
, Mabel Madojemu) DNS
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4 x 400 metres relay
The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...
event at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics
1999 World Championships in Athletics
The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29....
was held at the Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla on August 28 and August 29.
Medals
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 RussiaTatyana Chebykina Tatyana Chebykina Tatyana Chebykina is a former Russian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. Over the course of her career her greatest success came in relay races.She is married to the race walker Nikolay Matyukhin.-Achievements:-External links:... Svetlana Goncharenko Svetlana Goncharenko Svetlana Goncharenko is a former Russian athlete who mainly competed in the 200 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the bronze medal in 4x400 metres relay at the 2000 Olympics.... Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay... Natalya Nazarova Natalya Nazarova Natalya Viktorovna Nazarova is a sprint athlete.She was born in Moscow.Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a fortnight earlier, Natalya had lost form by the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and only just made the final finishing 8th... |
 United StatesSuziann Reid Maicel Malone-Wallace Maicel Malone-Wallace Maicel Malone-Wallace is a former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 meters. She was the 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the women's 4 x 400 meters relay for the United States.-External links:... Michelle Collins Jearl Miles Clark |
 GermanyAnke Feller Anke Feller Anke Feller is a retired German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.Her personal best time is 51.82 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in Erfurt.-Achievements:-References:... Uta Rohländer-Fromm Anja Rücker Anja Rücker Anja Rücker is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Uta Rohländer, Linda Kisabaka and Grit Breuer... Grit Breuer Grit Breuer Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events.... |
Heats
All times shown are in minutes.Heat 1
- Russia (Natalya Sharova, Yekaterina Bakhvalova, Tatyana ChebykinaTatyana ChebykinaTatyana Chebykina is a former Russian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. Over the course of her career her greatest success came in relay races.She is married to the race walker Nikolay Matyukhin.-Achievements:-External links:...
, Svetlana GoncharenkoSvetlana GoncharenkoSvetlana Goncharenko is a former Russian athlete who mainly competed in the 200 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the bronze medal in 4x400 metres relay at the 2000 Olympics....
) 3:24.51 Q (WL) 
Australia (Tamsyn LewisTamsyn LewisTamsyn Carolyn Lewis is an Australian athlete and middle-distance runner, who has won a total of seventeen Australian Championships at 400 metres, 800 metres and 400m hurdles....
, Lee NaylorLee Naylor (athlete)Lee Michelle Naylor is a retired middle-distance runner from Australia. She qualified to the quarterfinals in the 400 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics before finishing 8th and ran on her national 4x400 metres relay team that finished 6th in the qualifying round...
, Susan Andrews, Cathy FreemanCathy FreemanCatherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first ever Aboriginal...
) 3:27.31 Q
Cuba (Julia DuportyJulia DuportyEsther Julia Duporty Torres is a retired female sprinter from Cuba, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992...
, Zulia CalatayudZulia CalatayudZulia Inés Calatayud Torres is a Cuban runner competing mostly in the 800 metres event.-Early career:Calatayud, who attended Havana's Manuel Permuy Sports School, got involved in athletics to help her deal with her asthma. She first gained prominence by reaching the semi-finals of the 400m at the...
, Yudalis Díaz, Idalmis BonneIdalmis BonneIdalmis Bonne Rousseaux is a retired female sprinter from Cuba. She claimed a gold medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Bonne competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992.Bonne gave birth to a daughter, Daisurami Bonne, at the...
) 3:27.54 q
Canada (Karlene Haughton, LaDonna Antoine-Watkins, Candice Jones, Foy Williams) 3:28.47 (SB)
Senegal (Aïda DiopAïda DiopAïda Diop is a Senegalese sprinter who specializes in 100 and 200 metres.At the 2000 African Championships in Algiers she won silver medals in both 100 and 200 metres. She followed up at the 2002 African Championships in Radès with another silver medal in 200 m...
, Mame Tacko DioufMame Tacko Diouf-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres hurdles - 12.94 s *400 metres hurdles - 54.75 s *200 metres - 23.43 s *400 metres - 53.96 s -External links:...
, Aminata Diouf, Amy Mbacke ThiamAmy Mbacke ThiamAmy Mbacke Thiam is a Senegalese athlete competing in the 400 metres. She has won medals in two World Championships, but at the 2004 Olympics she was knocked out in the heats...
) 3:30.99 (NR)
Spain (Elena Córcoles, Yolanda Reyes, Miriam BravoMiriam BravoMiriam Bravo is a retired Spanish sprinter and runner.In the 800 metres she finished fifth at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and sixth at the 2001 Summer Universiade...
, Lisette Ferri) 3:36.28
Heat 2
- Germany (Anke FellerAnke FellerAnke Feller is a retired German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.Her personal best time is 51.82 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in Erfurt.-Achievements:-References:...
, Uta Rohländer-Fromm, Anja KnippelAnja KnippelAnja Knippel is a retired German runner who specialized in the 800 metres.At the 1999 World Indoor Championships she finished fourth in the 4x400 metres relay, together with teammates Anja Rücker, Ulrike Urbansky and Grit Breuer...
, Anja RückerAnja RückerAnja Rücker is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Uta Rohländer, Linda Kisabaka and Grit Breuer...
) 3:24.80 Q (SB) 
Czech Republic (Jitka Burianová, Hana Benešová, Ludmila FormanováLudmila FormanováLudmila Formanová is a former Czech middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.In 1999 she broke Maria de Lurdes Mutola's running streak at the World Indoor Championships, and won in a championship record of 1:56.90...
, Helena FuchsováHelena FuchsováHelena Fuchsová, née Dziurová is a former Czech runner who specialized in the 400 and 800 m events...
) 3:25.58 Q (SB)
Jamaica (Beverly Grant, Charmaine HowellCharmaine HowellCharmaine L. Howell is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 800 metres.She competed at the 2000 Olympics, being knocked out in the semi final...
, Tracey Barnes, Claudine Williams) 3:27.78 q (SB)
United Kingdom (Donna FraserDonna FraserDonna Karen Fraser in Thornton Heath, Croydon is an English athlete who mainly competed in the 200 and 400 metres.-Career:...
, Helen Frost, Michelle Thomas, Sinead Dudgeon) 3:27.99 (SB)
Cameroon (Mireille NguimgoMireille NguimgoMireille Nguimgo is a Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.She has not competed on top level since the 2004 season.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*200 metres - 23.64 s...
, Myriam Léonie ManiMyriam Léonie ManiMyriam Léonie Mani is a Cameroonian athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.Mani represented Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed third behind Torri Edwards and Jeanette Kwakye in a time of 11.64 to advance to the...
, Stéphanie Nicole Zanga, Claudine KomgangClaudine KomgangClaudine Komgang is a Cameroonian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.She won the gold medal at the 2000 African Championships. She also competed at the 1999 World Championships and the 2000 Summer Olympics without reaching the final.Her personal best time is 50.73 seconds, achieved in July...
) 3:33.51 (NR)
Liberia (Jocelyn Harris, Grace Dinkins, Joetta Dweh, Hannah Cooper) 3:55.30 (NR)
Heat 3
- United States (Suziann Reid, Maicel Malone-WallaceMaicel Malone-WallaceMaicel Malone-Wallace is a former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 meters. She was the 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the women's 4 x 400 meters relay for the United States.-External links:...
, Andrea AndersonAndrea AndersonAndrea Anderson is an American track and field athlete best remembered for winning a gold medal on the 4 x 400 meters relay team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She ran in the preliminaries and semi-finals...
, Michelle Collins) 3:25.10 Q (SB) 
Italy (Danielle Perpoli, Patrizia Spuri, Monika NiederstätterMonika NiederstätterMonika Niederstätter is a 400 m hurdler.Her best achievement is a fourth place at the 2002 European Athletics Championships. Her personal best time of 55.10s was set on 22 August 1999 at the World Championships in Seville, Spain.-References:...
, Virna De Angeli) 3:31.67 Q
Barbados (Andrea BlackettAndrea BlackettAndrea Blackett is a Barbadian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. She is also an assistant women's track coach at her alma mater, Rice University.-Education:...
, Melissa StrakerMelissa StrakerMelissa Straker-Taylor is a retired female track and field sprinter from Barbados, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. She won a bronze medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 1999 Pan American Games, alongside Joanne Durant, Andrea Blackett, and...
, Lucy-Ann Richards, Joanne DurantJoanne DurantJoanne Durant is a retired female track and field sprinter from Barbados, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She won a bronze medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 1999 Pan American Games, alongside Melissa Straker, Andrea Blackett, and...
) 3:34.37
India (M. K. Asha, K. Mathews Beenamol, Rosa KuttyRosa KuttyRosa Kutty is a former Indian woman athlete who participated in 1996 and 2000 Olympics in 4x 400 relay race. She won silver medal in 1998 Asian Games in 800 mt race. She is from Aayavana, Muvattupuzha in Kerala and now live inMangalore in Karnataka...
, Jincy Philip) 3:36.54
} (Falilat Ogunkoya
Falilat Ogunkoya
Falilat Ogunkoya is a Nigerian athlete.Ogunkoya has won a number of national championships, including a gold medal in 1996 in the 400 metres, gold in the 200 metres and 400 m in 1998, and gold again in 1999 and 2001 in the 400 m. At the 1987 All Africa Games in Kenya she won the silver medal in...
, Charity Opara
Charity Opara
Charity Opara is a former Nigerian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. She was in particular a successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics....
, Olabisi Afolabi
Olabisi Afolabi
Olabisi Afolabi is a retired female track and field athlete from Nigeria, who specialized in the 400 metres during her career. She was a member of the Nigerian team that won the silver medal in the 1996 Olympics 4 x 400 metres relay.She won the World Junior Championships in 1994...
, Mabel Madojemu) DNS
} (Otilia Ruicu-Esanu, Ionela Târlea, Andrea Burlacu, Ana Maria Barbu) DNS
Final
- Russia (Tatyana Chebykina, Svetlana Goncharenko, Olga KotlyarovaOlga KotlyarovaOlga Kotlyarova is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay...
, Natalya NazarovaNatalya NazarovaNatalya Viktorovna Nazarova is a sprint athlete.She was born in Moscow.Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a fortnight earlier, Natalya had lost form by the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and only just made the final finishing 8th...
) 3:21.98 (WL) - United States (Suziann Reid, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Michelle Collins, Jearl Miles Clark) 3:22.09 (SB)
- Germany (Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer-Fromm, Anja Rücker, Grit BreuerGrit BreuerGrit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....
) 3:22.43 (SB) - Czech Republic (Jitka Burianová, Hana Benešová, Ludmila Formanová, Helena Fuchsová) 3:23.82 (SB)
- Jamaica (Beverly Grant, Lorraine FentonLorraine FentonLorraine Fenton is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres....
, Claudine Williams, Deon HemmingsDeon HemmingsDeon Hemmings is a former female 400 metres hurdler.Hemmings was the first ever Jamaican woman to win an Olympic Gold when she won the 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Olympics breaking the Olympic record which stood to 2004...
) 3:24.83 (SB) - Australia (Tania Van HeerTania Van HeerTania Van Heer is an Australian sprinter who won two gold medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.-Athletics career:...
, Lee Naylor, Susan Andrews, Cathy Freeman) 3:28.04 - Cuba (Julia Duporty, Zulia Calatayud, Yudalis Díaz, Idalmis Bonne) 3:29.19
- Italy (Virna De Angeli, Patrizia Spuri, Francesca Carbone, Monika NiederstätterMonika NiederstätterMonika Niederstätter is a 400 m hurdler.Her best achievement is a fourth place at the 2002 European Athletics Championships. Her personal best time of 55.10s was set on 22 August 1999 at the World Championships in Seville, Spain.-References:...
) 3:29.56