Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Games:2019
Venue:Athletics Stadium
Dates:August 9
Competitors:36
Nations:9
Win Value:43.04
Win Label:Winning time
Goldnoc:BRA
Silver:Khamica Bingham
Crystal Emmanuel
Ashlan Best
Leya Buchanan
Silvernoc:CAN
Bronze:Chanel Brissett
Twanisha Terry
Shania Collins
Lynna Irby
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:2015
Next:2023

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on 9 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is United States.

Summary

USA tried to use the advantage of USC teammates Chanel Brissett and Twanisha Terry on their first two legs. It didn't work because the two teammates didn't hand off at USC, USA found themselves in dead last at the first exchange. The lost their stagger advantage to Brazil on their inside, while on the far outside, Trinidad and Tobago and Canada with returning 2015 bronze medalists Khamica Bingham and Crystal Emmanuel were out ahead. Ecuador took too long to pass at the first exchange and were disqualified. Terry did gain some ground back from Brazil's Vitória Cristina Rosa on her leg. Brazil was first to make the second pass, with Trinidad arriving ahead of Canada but making a slow handoff from veteran Michelle-Lee Ahye to Mauricia Prieto. Peru and Bahamas disappeared at the second handoff. Shania Collins burned the turn for USA, catching up to within a step of Lorraine Martins for Brazil by the third handoff, ahead of Trinidad and Canada. It was a looking like battle as Lynna Irby would try to pull in Brazilian veteran Rosângela Santos but Irby's 400 speed was no match for Santos. Instead Canada's Leya Buchanan ran past Trinidad's veteran Kelly-Ann Baptiste and nipped Irby at the line for silver.

Records

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

World record40.82London, United KingdomAugust 10, 2012
Pan American Games record42.58Toronto, CanadaJuly 25, 2015

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:bgcolor=ccffcc align=centerqbgcolor=ccffcc align=centerQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Final

The results were as follows[1]

Rank Lane Nation Name Time Notes
4 43.04 SB
8 43.37 SB
5 43.39
4 7 43.57 SB
5 6 43.74
6 1 Nediam Vargas, Andrea Purica, Génesis Romero, Aries Sánchez44.73
3
2
6

Notes and References

  1. https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/ATH/PAG2019_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf Results