2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2022 World Championships
Venue	Hayward Field
Dates	22 July (heats) 23 July (final)
Competitors	93 from 16 nations
Winning time	41.14
Medalists
Melissa Jefferson Abby Steiner Jenna Prandini Twanisha Terry Aleia Hobbs*   United States   Kemba Nelson Elaine Thompson-Herah Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shericka Jackson Briana Williams* Natalliah Whyte* Remona Burchell*   Jamaica   Tatjana Pinto Alexandra Burghardt Gina Lückenkemper Rebekka Haase   Germany

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The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 22 and 23 July 2022.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	United States Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter	40.82	London, Great Britain	10 August 2012
Championship record	Jamaica Veronica Campbell-Brown, Natasha Morrison, Elaine Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	41.07	Beijing, China	29 August 2015
World Leading	Switzerland Géraldine Frey, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora, Ajla del Ponte	42.13	Stockholm, Sweden	30 June 2022
African Record	Nigeria Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara, Mary Onyali	42.39	Barcelona, Spain	7 August 1992
Asian Record	Sichuan Lin Xiao, Li Yali, Liu Xiaomei, Li Xuemei	42.23	Shanghai, China	23 October 1997
North, Central American and Caribbean record	United States Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter	40.82	London, Great Britain	10 August 2012
South American Record	Brazil Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Claudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos	42.29	Moscow, Russia	18 August 2013
European Record	East Germany Silke Möller, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	41.37	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Oceanian record	Australia Rachael Massey, Suzanne Broadrick, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Jodi Lambert	42.99	Pietersburg, South Africa	18 March 2000

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was to finish in the first 10 at 2021 World Relays, completed by 6 2021-2022 top lists' teams.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC-7), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
22 July	17:40	Heats
23 July	19:30	Final

Results

Heats

The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	2	United States (USA)	Melissa Jefferson, Aleia Hobbs, Jenna Prandini, Twanisha Terry	41.56	Q, WL
2	1	4	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Ashleigh Nelson, Daryll Neita	41.99	Q
3	1	8	Jamaica (JAM)	Briana Williams, Natalliah Whyte, Remona Burchell, Kemba Nelson	42.37	Q, SB
4	1	3	Germany (GER)	Tatjana Pinto, Alexandra Burghardt, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase	42.44	Q, SB
5	2	8	Spain (ESP)	Sonia Molina-Prados, Jaël Bestué, Paula Sevilla, Maria Isabel Pérez	42.61	Q, NR
6	2	1	Nigeria (NGR)	Joy Chinenye Udo-Gabriel, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha	42.68	Q, SB
7	2	4	Italy (ITA)	Zaynab Dosso, Dalia Kaddari, Anna Bongiorni, Vittoria Fontana	42.71	q, NR
8	2	7	Switzerland (SUI)	Géraldine Frey, Sarah Atcho, Salomé Kora, Ajla del Ponte	42.73	q
9	1	7	China (CHN)	Li He, Ge Manqi, Wei Yongli, Liang Xiaojing	42.93	SB
10	1	1	Canada (CAN)	Crystal Emmanuel, Khamica Bingham, Jacqueline Madogo, Leya Buchanan	43.09
11	1	6	Poland (POL)	Magdalena Stefanowicz, Martyna Kotwiła, Marika Popowicz-Drapała, Ewa Swoboda	43.19	SB
12	1	5	Japan (JPN)	Masumi Aoki, Arisa Kimishima, Mei Kodama, Midori Mikase	43.33	NR
13	2	5	Netherlands (NED)	Andrea Bouma, Zoë Sedney, Minke Bisschops, Naomi Sedney	43.46
13	2	6	Denmark (DEN)	Mette Graversgaard, Mathilde Kramer, Astrid Glenner-Frandsen, Ida Karstoft	43.46	NR
15	2	3	Ecuador (ECU)	Yuliana Angulo, Anahí Suárez, Nicole Caicedo, Nicole Jazmine Chala	44.17	SB
16	1	2	Ireland (IRL)	Joan Healy, Adeyemi Talabi, Lauren Roy, Sarah Leahy	44.48

Final

The final started on 23 July at 19:30.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	3	United States (USA)	Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini, Twanisha Terry	41.14	WL
	5	Jamaica (JAM)	Kemba Nelson, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson	41.18	SB
	7	Germany (GER)	Tatjana Pinto, Alexandra Burghardt, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase	42.03	SB
4	8	Nigeria (NGR)	Joy Chinenye Udo-Gabriel, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha	42.22	AR
5	4	Spain (ESP)	Sonia Molina-Prados, Jaël Bestué, Paula Sevilla, Maria Isabel Pérez	42.58	NR
6	6	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita	42.75
7	1	Switzerland (SUI)	Géraldine Frey, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora, Ajla del Ponte	42.81
8	2	Italy (ITA)	Zaynab Dosso, Dalia Kaddari, Anna Bongiorni, Vittoria Fontana	42.92