2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the
2012 World Junior
Championships in Athletics

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
10,000 m walk men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 14 and 15 July 2012.[1][2][3]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
 United States
Erika Rucker
Olivia Ekpone
Kendall Baisden
Ashley Spencer
 Jamaica
Sandrae Farquharson
Olivia James
Shericka Jackson
Janieve Russell
 Russia
Yana Glotova
Alina Galitskaya
Yuliya Koltachikhina
Ekaterina Renzhina

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record &
Championship Record
 United States
(Alexandria Anderson, Ashlee Kidd, Stephanie Smith, Natasha Hastings)
3:27.60 Grosseto, Italy 18 July 2004
World Junior Leading  Jamaica
(Genekee Leith, Simoya Campbell, Janieve Russell, Olivia James)
3:34.27 Hamilton, Bermuda 9 April 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
World Junior Leading  United States
(Erika Rucker, Olivia Ekpone, Kendall Baisden, Ashley Spencer)
3:30.01 Barcelona, Spain 15 July 2012

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 3 2  United States Kendall Baisden, Robin Reynolds, Kiara Porter, Olivia Ekpone 3:34.25 q, WJL
2 2 6  Jamaica Sandrae Farquharson, Olivia James, Genekee Leith, Shericka Jackson 3:34.96 Q
3 2 9  Canada Alexandra Courtnall, Devan Wiebe, Julia Zrinyi, Sage Watson 3:35.56 Q, SB
4 2 2  Russia Yana Glotova, Alina Galitskaya, Yuliya Koltachikhina, Ekaterina Renzhina 3:35.83 Q, SB
5 2 8  Ukraine Oksana Ralko, Kateryna Slyusarenko, Tetiana Shevchenko, Viktoriya Tkachuk 3:35.97 q, SB
6 2 7  Germany Maike Schachtschneider, Lea Madlen Meyer, Ann-Kathrin Kopf, Anna-Sophie Bellerich 3:37.90 q, SB
7 2 5  Colombia Janeth Largacha, Evelis Aguilar, Rosa Escobar, Melissa Torres 3:39.44
8 1 1  Poland Agnieszka Karczmarczyk, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Małgorzata Curyło, Martyna Dąbrowska 3:39.54 Q, SB
9 1 7  South Africa Izelle Neuhoff, Janet Seeliger, Stephanie Wicksell, Justine Palframan 3:40.00 Q, SB
10 1 4  Australia Abbey de la Motte, Ella Solin, Emily Coppins, Morgan Mitchell 3:40.57 Q, SB
11 2 4  Kazakhstan Elina Mikhina, Olga Andreyeva, Yekaterina Yermak, Marina Zaiko 3:45.34
12 2 3  Hungary Nóra Zajovics, Fanni Dániel, Zsanett Kenesei, Bianka Kéri 3:48.72 SB
1 2  United States Kendall Baisden, Robin Reynolds, Kiara Porter, Olivia Ekpone DQ
1 5  Romania Maria Loredana Carasila, Adelina Pastor, Roxana Ene, Bianca Razor DQ
1 3  Austria DNS
1 6  Finland DNS
1 8  France DNS
1 9  Nigeria DNS
3 5  Romania DNS

Final

Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 9  United States Erika Rucker, Olivia Ekpone, Kendall Baisden, Ashley Spencer 3:30.01 WJL
2nd, silver medalist(s) 6  Jamaica Sandrae Farquharson, Olivia James, Shericka Jackson, Janieve Russell 3:32.97 SB
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3  Russia Yana Glotova, Alina Galitskaya, Yuliya Koltachikhina, Ekaterina Renzhina 3:36.42
4 1  Ukraine Oksana Ralko, Kateryna Slyusarenko, Viktoriya Tkachuk, Anastasiia Tkachuk 3:37.02
5 2  Germany Maike Schachtschneider, Lea Madlen Meyer, Anna-Sophie Bellerich, Sonja Mosler 3:37.23 SB
6 7  Canada Alexandra Courtnall, Devan Wiebe, Julia Zrinyi, Sage Watson 3:37.84
7 5  Poland Agnieszka Karczmarczyk, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Małgorzata Curyło, Martyna Dąbrowska 3:37.90 SB
8 8  Australia Abbey de la Motte, Ella Solin, Tessa Consedine, Morgan Mitchell 3:38.84 SB
9 4  South Africa Justine Palframan, Janet Seeliger, Ane Fourie, Stephanie Wicksell 3:40.31

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 59 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

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