2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 22 and August 23.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Debbie Dunn Allyson Felix Lashinda Demus Sanya Richards Natasha Hastings* Jessica Beard*	Jamaica (JAM) Rosemarie Whyte Novlene Williams-Mills Shereefa Lloyd Shericka Williams Kaliese Spencer*	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Lee McConnell Christine Ohuruogu Vicki Barr Nicola Sanders Jenny Meadows*

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

**Original medalists Russia forfeited results and medals as a result of disqualification of Kapachinskaya^[1].

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record	Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
Championship record	United States (USA) Gwen Torrence, Jearl Miles Clark, Natasha Kaiser-Brown, Maicel Malone-Wallace	3:16.71	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
World Leading	United States (USA) Monica Hargrove, Natasha Hastings, Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards	3:23.08	Philadelphia, United States	25 April 2009
African Record	Nigeria (NGR) Falilat Ogunkoya, Fatima Yusuf, Olabisi Afolabi, Charity Opara	3:21.04	Atlanta, United States	3 August 1996
Asian Record	China (CHN) An Xiaohong, Bai Xiaoyun, Cao Chunying, Ma Yuqin	3:24.28	Beijing, China	13 September 1993
North American Record	United States (USA) Denean Howard-Hill, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith Joyner	3:15.51	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
South American record	Brazil (BRA) Lucimar Teodoro, Geisa Aparecida Coutinho, Maria Laura Almirão, Josiane Tito	3:26.82	Helsinki, Finland	13 August 2005
European Record	Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
Oceanian Record	Australia (AUS) Cathy Freeman, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Tamsyn Lewis, Nova Peris	3:23.81	Sydney, Australia	30 September 2000

No new world or championship record was set during this competition.

Standard
3:31.00

Date	Time	Round
August 22, 2009	20:15	Heats
August 23, 2009	17:50	Final

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	Russia (RUS)	Natalya Nazarova, Tatyana Firova, Natalya Antyukh, Lyudmila Litvinova	3:23.80	Q, SB
2	2	Jamaica (JAM)	Kaliese Spencer, Shereefa Lloyd, Rosemarie Whyte, Novlene Williams-Mills	3:24.72	Q
3	2	Germany (GER)	Fabienne Kohlmann, Sorina Nwachukwu, Esther Cremer, Claudia Hoffmann	3:25.08	Q, SB
4	2	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Nicola Sanders, Vicki Barr, Jenny Meadows, Lee McConnell	3:25.23	q, SB
5	2	Cuba (CUB)	Susana A. Clement, Daisurami Bonne, Zulia Calatayud, Indira Terrero	3:27.36	q, SB
6	2	Canada (CAN)	Esther Akinsulie, Adrienne Power, Jenna Martin, Carline Muir	3:29.17	SB
7	1	United States (USA)	Debbie Dunn, Natasha Hastings, Jessica Beard, Sanya Richards	3:29.31	Q
8	1	Nigeria (NGR)	Endurance Abinuwa, Muizat Ajoke Odumosu, Josephine Ehigie, Folashade Abugan	3:29.60	Q, SB
8	1	France (FRA)	Virginie Michanol, Aurélie Kamga, Symphora Béhi, Solen Désert-Mariller	3:29.60	Q, SB
10	2	Ukraine (UKR)	Yuliya Baraley, Tetiana Petlyuk, Anastasiya Rabchenyuk, Antonina Yefremova	3:30.76
11	1	Australia (AUS)	Pirrenee Steinert, Madeleine Pape, Caitlin Willis-Pincott, Tamsyn Lewis	3:30.80
12	1	Italy (ITA)	Marta Milani, Daniela Reina, Maria Enrica Spacca, Libania Grenot	3:31.05
13	1	Brazil (BRA)	Geisa Aparecida Coutinho, Emmilly Pinheiro, Sheila Ferreira, Jailma de Lima	3:31.42
14	2	Japan (JPN)	Sayaka Aoki, Asami Tanno, Mayu Sato, Satomi Kubokura	3:34.46
15	1	Mexico (MEX)	Alejandra Cherizola, Nallely Vela, Ruth Grajeda, Karla Dueñas	3:40.03
	1	Bahamas (BAH)	Sasha Rolle, Shakeitha Henfield, Rashan Brown, Katrina Seymour		DQ

Key: DQ = Disqualified, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	United States (USA)	Debbie Dunn, Allyson Felix, Lashinda Demus, Sanya Richards	3:17.83	WL
	Jamaica (JAM)	Rosemarie Whyte, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shereefa Lloyd, Shericka Williams	3:21.15	SB
3	Russia (RUS)	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Tatyana Firova, Lyudmila Litvinova, Antonina Krivoshapka	~~3:21.64~~	Doping
	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Lee McConnell, Christine Ohuruogu, Vicki Barr, Nicola Sanders	3:25.16	SB^[2]
4	Germany (GER)	Fabienne Kohlmann, Sorina Nwachukwu, Esther Cremer, Claudia Hoffmann	3:27.61
5	Nigeria (NGR)	Endurance Abinuwa, Muizat Ajoke Odumosu, Josephine Ehigie, Folasade Abugan	3:28.55	SB
6	France (FRA)	Virginie Michanol, Aurélie Kamga, Symphora Béhi, Solen Désert-Mariller	3:30.16
7	Cuba (CUB)	Diosmely Peña, Daisurami Bonne, Zulia Calatayud, Indira Terrero	3:36.99

Key: SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

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