Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Games:	2015
Venue:	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates:	July 24 – July 25
Competitors:	46
Nations:	11
Win Value:	42.58
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Barbara Pierre LaKeisha Lawson Morolake Akinosun Kaylin Whitney
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Samantha Henry-Robinson Kerron Stewart Schillonie Calvert Simone Facey Sherone Simpson
Silvernoc:	JAM
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2011
Next:	2019

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games will take place between the 24 and 25 of July at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champions are Ana Cláudia Silva, Vanda Gomes, Franciela Krasucki and Rosângela Santos of Brazil.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record		40.82	London, United Kingdom	August 10, 2012
Pan American Games record		42.62	Winnipeg, Canada	July 30, 1999

Qualification

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) ranked in the world's top 16 was able to enter one team.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
July 24, 2015	19:45	Semifinals
July 25, 2015	19:40	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Nation	Name	Time	Notes
1	1			42.82	Q
2	1			42.98	Q
3	2			43.07	Q
4	1			43.24	Q
5	2			44.34	Q
6	1			44.36	q
7	1			44.39	q
8	2			44.58	Q, SB
9	2			44.64
10	1			45.38
	2

Final

Rank	Nation	Name	Time	Notes
			42.58	PR
			42.68
			43.00
4			43.01
5			44.13	SB
6			44.27
7			44.38

Notes and References

1. Web site: Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide . 20 April 2015 . toronto2015.org . . 26 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150420184712/http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/4013/original/pan-am-games-ticket-guide-042015.pdf . 20 April 2015 . dead .
2. Web site: Athletics Technical Manual . 11 January 2015 . americasathletics.org . . 29 January 2015 . 21 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150421101153/http://americasathletics.org/attachments/article/115/CAN%20PANAM%20Games%20Jul2015%20-%20Technical%20Manual%20ENGLISH.pdf . dead .