Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
| Women's 4×400 metres relay at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
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| Venue | Athens Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 27–28 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 64 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:19.01 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
| Wheelchair races | ||||
The women's 4×400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 27 to 28. 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.
The U.S. women's team blitzed to a decisive, yet a commanding victory over the traditional Russian rivals with the help of a sterling anchor leg from Monique Hennagan. Running the race perfectly for the Americans from the very start, she scorched her way over the rest of the field by a few strides to deliver the foursome of DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, and Sanya Richards a gold-medal time in 3:19.01.[1][2]
In 2010, Crystal Cox, who only ran for the U.S. team in the prelims, admitted to using anabolic steroids from 2001 to 2004. As a result, she forfeited all of her results from that time period, and agreed to a four-year suspension, until January 2014. The IAAF recommended to the IOC the disqualification of the entire team.[3][4] In 2013, both the IAAF and the IOC announced that the result would stand and the American squad (except Cox) would be allowed to retain their gold medals and that they now considered the case closed.[5]
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Records
Prior to the competition[update], the existing World and Olympic 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 |
| Olympic record |  Soviet Union (URS)Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina |
41.60 s | Seoul, South Korea | 1 October 1988 |
No new records were set during the competition.
Qualification
The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter one qualified relay team per relay event, with a maximum of six 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.
Schedule
All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Friday, 27 August 2004 | 20:35 | Round 1 |
| Saturday, 28 August 2004 | 22:00 | Final |
Results
Round 1
Qualification rule: The first three teams in each heat (Q) plus the next two fastest overall (q) moved on to the final.[6]
Heat 1
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 |  Russia |
Olesya Krasnomovets, Natalia Ivanova, Tatyana Firova, Olesya Zykina | 3:23.52 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 5 |  Jamaica |
Ronetta Smith, Michelle Burgher, Nadia Davy, Sandie Richards | 3:24.92 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 3 |  Poland |
Zuzanna Radecka, Monika Bejnar, Małgorzata Pskit, Grażyna Prokopek | 3:25.05 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 7 |  Great Britain |
Christine Ohuruogu, Catherine Murphy, Helen Karagounis, Lee McConnell | 3:26.99 | q, SB |
| 5 | 4 |  Romania |
Angela Moroşanu, Alina Rapanu, Maria Rus, Ionela Tirlea-Manolache | 3:27.36 | q |
| 6 | 8 |  Belarus |
Natallia Solohub, Irina Khlyustova, Ilona Usovich, Sviatlana Usovich | 3:27.38 | SB |
| 7 | 6 |  Cameroon |
Mireille Nguimgo, Hortense Béwouda, Carole Kaboud Mebam, Muriel Noah Ahanda | 3:29.93 | SB |
| 8 | 2 |  Nigeria |
Ngozi Cynthia Nwokocha, Gloria Amuche Nwosu, Halimat Ismaila, Christy Ekpukhon | 3:30.78 | SB |
Heat 2
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 |  United States |
Crystal Cox, Moushaumi Robinson, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards | 3:23.79 | Q |
| 2 | 6 |  Greece |
Hariklia Bouda, Hrisoula Goudenoudi, Dimitra Dova, Faní Halkiá | 3:26.70 | Q |
| 3 | 7 |  India |
Rajwinder Kaur, K. M. Beenamol, Chitra K. Soman, Manjit Kaur | 3:26.89 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 |  Germany |
Claudia Hoffmann, Claudia Marx, Jana Neubert, Grit Breuer | 3:27.75 | |
| 5 | 3 |  Mexico |
Liliana Allen, Magali Yanez, Ana Guevara, Mayra González | 3:27.88 | NR |
| 6 | 4 |  Brazil |
Maria Laura Almirao, Josiane Tito, Geisa Coutinho, Lucimar Teodoro | 3:28.43 | SB |
| 7 | 8 |  Ukraine |
Oleksandra Ryzhkova, Oksana Ilyushkina, Antonina Yefremova, Nataliya Pyhyda | 3:28.62 | |
| 8 | 5 |  Senegal |
Aïda Diop, Mame Tacko Diouf, Aminata Diouf, Fatou Bintou Fall | 3:35.18 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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5 | United States |
DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan | 3:19.01 | SB |
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6 | Russia |
Olesya Krasnomovets, Natalya Nazarova, Olesya Zykina, Natalya Antyukh | 3:20.16 | SB |
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3 | Jamaica |
Novlene Williams, Michelle Burgher, Nadia Davy, Sandie Richards | 3:22.00 | SB |
| 4 | 7 | Great Britain |
Donna Fraser, Catherine Murphy, Christine Ohuruogu, Lee McConnell | 3:25.12 | SB |
| 5 | 8 | Poland |
Zuzanna Radecka, Monika Bejnar, Małgorzata Pskit, Grażyna Prokopek | 3:25.22 | |
| 6 | 1 | Romania |
Angela Moroşanu, Alina Rapanu, Maria Rus, Ionela Tirlea-Manolache | 3:26.81 | SB |
| 7 | 2 | India |
Sathi Geetha, K. M. Beenamol, Chitra K. Soman, Rajwinder Kaur | 3:28.51 | |
| 8 | 4 | Greece |
Hariklia Bouda, Hrisoula Goudenoudi, Dimitra Dova, Faní Halkiá | 3:45.70 |
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