Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay races at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held on Friday, 29 September and Saturday, 30 September.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.| World Record | 41.37 s |  East Germany | Silke Gladisch-Möller Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr Sabine Rieger | Canberra, | 6 October 1985 |
| Olympic Record | 41.60 s | East Germany | Romy Müller Bärbel Wöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr | Moscow, | 1 August 1980 |
Medals
On 23 November 2007, the IAAF recommended to the IOC Executive Board to disqualify the USA women's 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relay teams after Marion Jones admitted to having taken performance enhancing drugs prior to the Games. On 12 December, the IOC disqualified Jones and stripped her of her relay medals but it did not disqualify the U.S. relay teams. On 10 April 2008, the IOC disqualified both U.S. relay teams and asked for Jones' teammates' medals to be returned. France finished fourth in the 4×100 m relay in a time of 42.42, and Nigeria finished fourth in the 4×400 m relay in a time of 3:23.80.All members of the U.S. relay teams except Nanceen Perry then appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport who on 16 July 2010 ruled in favor of them due to the fact that, according to the rules at the time, a team should not be disqualified because of a doping offense of one athlete. Their medals were then restored to them.
Golden Girls
Bahamas was so enamored by their winning team, they celebrated their "Golden Girls" with a very visible mural at the Nassau airport.Results
Abbreviations
All times shown are in seconds.- Q denotes automatic qualification.
- q denotes fastest losers.
- DNS denotes did not start.
- DNF denotes did not finish.
- AR denotes area record.
- NR denotes national record.
- SB denotes season's best.
Heats