2017 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 800 metres relay

The women's 4 × 800 metres relay at the 2017 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 22 April.

Women's 4 × 800 metres relay
at the 2017 IAAF World Relays
VenueThomas Robinson Stadium
Dates22 April (final)
Competitors20 from 5 nations
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Belarus
bronze medal    Australia
← 2015

Just before the gun, Kenya's Eglay Nafuna Nalanya flinched, almost disqualifying their team, but she righted herself before the gun. The first runner to the break line was American Chanelle Price who found her way to the front followed closely by Nalanya and Australian Lora Storey. All five teams sorted themselves out into a string, with Poland's Anna Sabat the first to fall behind. After shadowing Price through most of the first leg, Nalanya slowed during the last 150 metres leaving Storey and Belarus' Darya Barysevich as the only chasers. Shortly after the first handoff, Chrishuna Williams broke away for the American team. That lead was temporary as Australian Abbey De La Motte and Belarus' Ilona Usovich not only pulled in the gap but went past Williams. De La Motte continued the momentum and put a gap on both of her pursuers handing off to Zoe Buckman with almost a 10-metre lead. Williams finally put on a strong kick finish to separate from Usovich, slightly pulling in De La Motte's big lead.

During the first 200 metres of the third leg, American Laura Roesler pulled back the lead. With 300 to go in their leg, Roesler passed Buckman with Belarus' Viktoria Kushnir making up the gap behind. During the next 200 metres Roesler opened up a 20-metre lead while Kushnir eased past Buckman. Roesler continued to expand the lead handing off to Charlene Lipsey with over a 30-metre advantage. Kushnir separated from Buckman to hand off to world Champion Marina Arzamasova with a comfortable gap. Through the first lap, Arzamasova brought the gap down to just over 5 metres, with Australian Heidi See in tow 10 metres back. From there, Lipsey began to open the gap again, separating ultimately to a 25-metre victory. See closed the gap down to 4 metres but Arzamasova was stronger on the last 100 metres for a Belarus silver.

Records

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Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record   Soviet Union
(Nadiya Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina, Lyudmila Borisova, Irina Podyalovskaya)
7:50.17   Moscow, Soviet Union 5 August 1984
Championship record   United States
(Chanelle Price, Geena Lara, Ajee' Wilson, Brenda Martinez)
8:01.58   Nassau, Bahamas 25 May 2014
World Leading   Villanova University
(Kelsey Margey, Stephanie Schappert, Siofra Buttner, Angel Piccirillo)
8:26.36   Philadelphia, United States 25 April 2015
African Record   Kenya
(Janeth Jepkosgei, Agatha Jeruto Kimaswai, Sylvia Chematui Chesebe, Eunice Jepkoech Sum)
8:04.28   Nassau, Bahamas 25 May 2014
Asian Record   China (Liaoning Team)
Liu Dong, Chen Yumei, Qu Yunxia, Liu Li
8:16.2   Shanghai, China 3 October 1991
North, Central American and Caribbean record   United States
(Chanelle Price, Geena Lara, Ajee' Wilson, Brenda Martinez)
8:01.58   Nassau, Bahamas 25 May 2014
South American Record   Brazil (C.R. Flamengo)
(Cristiane Barbosa, Cintia Fragoso, Lorena de Oliveira, Ana Paula Pereira)
9:29.10   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 21 December 2000
European Record   Soviet Union
(Nadiya Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina, Lyudmila Borisova, Irina Podyalovskaya)
7:50.17   Moscow, Soviet Union 5 August 1984
Oceanian record   Australia
(Brittany McGowan, Zoe Buckman, Selma Kajan, Melissa Duncan)
8:13.26   Nassau, Bahamas 25 May 2014

Schedule

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Date Time Round
22 April 2017 21:48 Final

All times are local times (UTC-4)

Results

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Final

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The final was started at 21:51.[1]

Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes Points
  6   United States Chanelle Price, Chrishuna Williams, Laura Roesler, Charlene Lipsey 8:16.36 WL 8
  3   Belarus Darya Barysevich, Ilona Usovich, Viktoria Kushnir, Marina Arzamasova 8:20.07 SB 7
  5   Australia Lora Storey, Abbey De La Motte, Zoe Buckman, Heidi See 8:21.08 SB 6
4 4   Poland Anna Sabat, Paulina Mikiewicz-Łapińska, Martyna Galant, Angelika Cichocka 8:24.71 SB 5
5 7   Kenya Eglay Nafuna Nalyanya, Sylivia Chematui Chesebe, Josphine Chelangat Kiplangat, Emily Cherotich Tuei 8:31.05 SB 4

References

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