2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

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The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 12 and 13 July.[1][2]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Lanie Whittaker
Jessica Beard
Erica Alexander
Takecia Jameson
 United States
Silver Olha Zemlyak
Yuliya Krasnoshchok
Hanna Yaroshchuk
Yuliya Baraley
 Ukraine
Bronze Brittney McGlone
Trychelle Kingdom
Olivia Tauro
Angeline Blackburn
 Australia

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

13 July

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States Lanie Whittaker
Jessica Beard
Erica Alexander
Takecia Jameson
3:30.19
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ukraine Olha Zemlyak
Yuliya Krasnoshchok
Hanna Yaroshchuk
Yuliya Baraley
3:34.20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia Brittney McGlone
Trychelle Kingdom
Olivia Tauro
Angeline Blackburn
3:34.23
4  France Amélie Fosse
Berenice Manimba
Margot Viot
Floria Gueï
3:35.83
5  Russia Liliya Gafiyatullina
Kseniya Prytkova
Olesya Tsaranok
Aleksandra Bulanova
3:37.40
6  Belarus Maryna Liboza
Viktoryia Shauchuk
Viktoryia Manko
Katsiaryna Mishyna
3:38.38
7  Germany Vera Stelkens
Julia Müller-Foell
Inga Müller
Fabienne Kohlmann
3:39.00
8  Canada Alyssa Johnson
Jessica Parry
Sarah Wells
Natalie Geiger
3:39.27

Heats[edit]

12 July

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  United States Lanie Whittaker
Jessica Beard
Erica Alexander
Porche Byrd
3:29.54 Q
2  Australia Brittney McGlone
Trychelle Kingdom
Olivia Tauro
Angeline Blackburn
3:35.22 Q
3  Russia Yuliya Terekhova
Kseniya Prytkova
Aleksandra Bulanova
Liliya Gafiyatullina
3:36.61 Q
4  Canada Alyssa Johnson
Jessica Parry
Sarah Wells
Natalie Geiger
3:37.84 q
5  Poland Kamila Nowak
Joanna Linkiewicz
Ewa Jacniak
Anna Pacholska
3:43.08
6  Kazakhstan Natalya Tukova
Yelena Geptina
Margarita Kudinova
Taissa Makhmayeva
3:43.70
7  India Juana Murmu
Bindu Simon Rajam
Tintu Luka
Machettira Poovamma
3:44.13
8  Serbia Angela Terek
Jelena Andjelkovic
Mila Andrić
Marijela Markovic
3:46.64

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1  Ukraine Yuliya Shpihernyuk
Olha Zemlyak
Yuliya Krasnoshchok
Yuliya Baraley
3:37.12 Q
2  Germany Vera Stelkens
Julia Müller-Foell
Inga Müller
Fabienne Kohlmann
3:37.20 Q
3  Belarus Maryna Liboza
Viktoryia Shauchuk
Viktoryia Manko
Katsiaryna Mishyna
3:37.45 Q
4  France Amélie Fosse
Berenice Manimba
Floria Gueï
Margot Viot
3:37.54 q
5  Jamaica Kayan Robinson
Latoya McDermott
Amoy Blake
Natoya Goule
3:38.00
6  Trinidad and Tobago Nyoka Giles
Janeil Bellille
Kai Selvon
Britney St. Louis
3:38.14
7  Romania Andreea Ogrăzeanu
Mihaela Nunu
Andreea Ionescu
Elena Mirela Lavric
3:41.39

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 63 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015