2005 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 x 100 metres relay

__NOTOC__The 4 x 100 metre relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 13 and August 14.

Medals

Qualifying

From the initial two heats the first three teams in each plus two fastest losers progressed through to the final.

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.
*PB denotes personal best.
*SB denotes season's best.

Heats

Heat 1

#) 42.16s Q (WL)
#) 43.53s Q (SB)
#) 43.67s (NR)
#) 43.83 (SB)
*) DQ
*) DNF

Heat 2

#) 42.86 Q (SB)
#) 42.97s Q (SB)
#) 43.03s q (NR)
#) 43.22s q (SB)
#) 44.03s
*) DNF

Heat 3

#) 42.80s Q (NR)
#) 43.37s Q (SB)
#) 43.40s (SB)
#) 43.62s (SB)
#) 44.52s (SB)
*) DNF

Final

# (Angela Daigle, Muna Lee, Me'Lisa Barber, Lauryn Williams) 41.78s (WL)
#) 41.99s (SB)
# (Yulia Nesterenko, Natalya Sologub, Alena Nevmerzhitskaya, Oksana Dragun) 42.56s (NR)
# (Patricia Buval, Lina Jacques-Sébastien, Fabe Dia, Christine Arron) 42.85 (SB)
# (Raquel Martins da Costa, Lucimar Aparecida de Moura, Thatiana Regina Ignâcio, Luciana Alves dos Santos) 42.99s (SB)
# (Melisa Murillo, Felipa Palacios, Darlenis Obregón, Norma Gonzalez) 43.07s
# (Gloria Kemasuode, Endurance Ojokolo, Oludamola Osayomi, Mercy Nku) 43.25s (SB)
# (Iwona Dorobisz, Daria Onysko, Dorota Dydo, Iwona Brzezinska) 43.49s

External references

* [http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/results/gender=W/discipline=4X1/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/index.html IAAF results, heats]
* [http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/results/gender=W/discipline=4X1/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/index.html IAAF results, final]