Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 4x400 metre relay

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.

Medalists

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Qualification

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.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Results

All times are shown in minutes. The following abbreviations are used:

* Q denotes qualification by place
* q denotes qualification by time
* SB denotes "season best"
* NR denotes national record

Heats

Heat 1

#) 3:23.52 Q SB
#) 3:24.92 Q SB
#) 3:25.05 Q SB
#) 3:26.99 q SB
#) 3:27.36 q
#) 3:27.38 SB
#) 3:29.93 SB
#) 3:30.78 SB

Heat 2

#) 3:23.79 Q
#) 3:26.70 Q
#) 3:26.89 Q NR
#) 3:27.75
#) 3:27.88 NR
#) 3:28.43 SB
#) 3:28.62
#) 3:35.18

Final

#United States (DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan) 3:19.01 SB
#Russia (Olesya Krasnomovets, Natalya Nazarova, Olesya Zykina, Natalya Antyukh) 3:20.16 SB
#Jamaica (Novlene Williams, Michelle Burgher, Nadia Davy, Sandie Richards) 3:22.00 SB
#Great Britain (Donna Fraser, Catherine Murphy, Christine Ohuruogu, Lee McConnell) 3:25.12 SB
#Poland (Zuzanna Radecka, Monika Bejnar, Malgorzata Pskit, Grazyna Prokopek) 3:25.22
#Romania (Angela Morosanu, Alina Rapanu, Maria Rus, Ionela Tirlea-Manolache) 3:26.81 SB
#India (Satti Geetha, K Mathews Beenamol, Chitra K Soman, Rajwinder Kaur) 3:28.51
#Greece (Hariklia Bouda, Hrisoula Goudenoudi, Dimitra Dova, Fani Halkia) 3:45.70

References

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