2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Women's 4 × 400 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jamaica Sandie Richards Catherine Scott Debbie-Ann Parris Lorraine Fenton Michelle Burgher* Deon Hemmings*	Germany Florence Ekpo-Umoh Shanta Ghosh Claudia Marx Grit Breuer	Russia Irina Rosikhina Yuliya Nosova Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Olesya Zykina Natalya Shevtsova*

* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

The first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualify.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	United States	Demetria Washington, Michelle Collins, Mikele Barber, Suziann Reid	3:21.97	Q
2	1	Jamaica	Michelle Burgher, Catherine Scott, Deon Hemmings, Sandie Richards	3:24.87	Q, SB
3	1	Canada	Foy Williams, Samantha George, Danielle Kot, LaDonna Antoine	3:25.68	Q
4	2	Germany	Florence Ekpo-Umoh, Shanta Ghosh, Claudia Marx, Grit Breuer	3:26.81	Q
5	1	France	Francine Landre, Anita Mormand, Sylvanie Morandais, Marie-Louise Bévis	3:26.92	q
6	2	Great Britain	Lee McConnell, Lesley Owusu, Catherine Murphy, Donna Fraser	3:27.25	Q, SB
7	1	Poland	Aleksandra Pielużek, Grażyna Prokopek, Aneta Lemiesz, Małgorzata Pskit	3:27.37	q, SB
8	2	Russia	Natalya Shevtsova, Irina Rosikhina, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Olesya Zykina	3:27.39	Q
9	1	Cuba	Yudalis Diaz, Julia Duporty, Libania Grenot, Daimí Pernía	3:28.68
10	2	Belarus	Natalya Safronnikova, Svetlana Usovich, Irina Khlyustova, Anna Kozak	3:28.93
11	2	Senegal	Aïda Diop, Mame Tacko Diouf, Fatou Bintou Fall, Amy Mbacké Thiam	3:30.03
12	1	Puerto Rico	Militza Castro, Yvonne Harrison, Sandra Moya, Yamelis Ortiz	3:30.81	NR
13	2	Japan	Miho Sugimori, Kazue Kakinuma, Sakie Nobuoka, Makiko Yoshida	3:33.51
14	2	Spain	Julia Alba, Norfalia Carabalí, Miriam Bravo, Yolanda Reyes	3:33.78	SB

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Jamaica	Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott, Debbie-Ann Parris, Lorraine Fenton	3:20.65	WL
	Germany	Florence Ekpo-Umoh, Shanta Ghosh, Claudia Marx, Grit Breuer	3:21.97	SB
	Russia	Irina Rosikhina, Yuliya Nosova, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Olesya Zykina	3:24.92
4	United States	Jearl Miles Clark, Monique Hennagan, Michelle Collins, Suziann Reid	3:26.88
5	Great Britain	Lee McConnell, Helen Frost, Natasha Danvers, Catherine Murphy	3:26.94	SB
6	France	Francine Landre, Anita Mormand, Sylvanie Morandais, Marie-Louise Bévis	3:27.54
7	Poland	Aleksandra Pielużek, Grażyna Prokopek, Aneta Lemiesz, Małgorzata Pskit	3:27.78
8	Canada	Foy Williams, Samantha George, Danielle Kot, LaDonna Antoine	3:27.93