1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 4x400 metres relay event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 24 and 25 August.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Claudia Gesell Ulrike Urbansky  Germany
Silver	Otilia Ruicu  Romania
Bronze	Tamsyn Lewis Rosemary Hayward  Australia

Results[]

Final[]

25 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Germany	Claudia Gesell Ulrike Urbansky	3:31.12
	Romania	Otilia Ruicu	3:32.16
	Australia	Tamsyn Lewis Rosemary Hayward	3:32.47
4	United States	Suziann Reid	3:34.26
5	China		3:35.33
6	Russia	Yuliya Nosova	3:37.34
	France	Sylviane Félix Sylvanie Morandais	DQ	IAAF rule 170.6
	Jamaica	Michelle Burgher Ronetta Smith	DQ	IAAF rule 170.6

Heats[]

24 August

Heat 1[]

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Australia	Tamsyn Lewis	3:37.75	Q
2	United States	Suziann Reid	3:37.91	Q
3	Germany	Claudia Marx Ulrike Urbansky	3:38.26	Q
4	FR Yugoslavia	Biljana Mitrović Jelena Stanisavljević	3:44.34
5	Greece		3:50.54

Heat 2[]

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Romania	Otilia Ruicu	3:38.55	Q
2	Russia	Yuliya Nosova	3:39.84	Q
3	France	Sylviane Félix Sylvanie Morandais	3:39.99	Q
4	Jamaica	Michelle Burgher Ronetta Smith Peta-Gaye Gayle	3:40.58	q
5	China		3:41.97	q

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References[]