2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
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
[edit]| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 United StatesErika Rucker Olivia Ekpone Kendall Baisden Ashley Spencer |
 JamaicaSandrae Farquharson Olivia James Shericka Jackson Janieve Russell |
 RussiaYana Glotova Alina Galitskaya Yuliya Koltachikhina Ekaterina Renzhina |
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition[update], 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
[edit]Heats
[edit]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, Melisa 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 Răzor | DQ | ||
| 1 | 3 |  Austria |
DNS | |||
| 1 | 6 |  Finland |
DNS | |||
| 1 | 8 |  France |
DNS | |||
| 1 | 9 |  Nigeria |
DNS | |||
| 3 | 5 | Romania |
DNS |
Final
[edit]| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
9 | United States |
Erika Rucker, Olivia Ekpone, Kendall Baisden, Ashley Spencer | 3:30.01 | WJL |
 |
6 | Jamaica |
Sandrae Farquharson, Olivia James, Shericka Jackson, Janieve Russell | 3:32.97 | SB |
 |
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
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 59 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
- Australia (5)
- Canada (4)
- Colombia (4)
- Germany (5)
- Hungary (4)
- Jamaica (5)
- Kazakhstan (4)
- Poland (4)
- Romania (4)
- Russia (4)
- South Africa (5)
- Ukraine (5)
- United States (6)
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=4X4/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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