2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the 2022 World Championships
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay ; at the 2022 World Championships
Venue	Hayward Field
Dates	23 July (heats); 24 July (final)
Competitors	94 from 16 nations
Winning time	3:17.79
Medalists
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Video on YouTube
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Records edit

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Soviet Union Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
Championship record	United States Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone, Natasha Kaiser, Jearl Miles Clark	3:16.71	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
World Leading	Kentucky Karimah Davis, Dajour Miles, Abby Steiner, Alexis Holmes	3:21.93	Oxford, Mississippi, United States	14 May 2022
African Record	Nigeria Olabisi Afolabi, Fatimat Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya	3:21.04	Atlanta, United States	3 August 1996
Asian Record	Hebei Bai Xiaoyun, Cao Chunying, Ma Yuqin, An Xiaohong	3:24.28	Beijing, China	13 September 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record	United States Denean Howard, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith Joyner	3:15.51	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
South American Record	BM&F Bovespa Geisa Coutinho, Bárbara Farias de Oliveira, Joelma Sousa, Jailma de Lima	3:26.68	São Paulo, Brazil	7 August 2011
European Record	Soviet Union Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
Oceanian record	Australia Nova Peris-Kneebone, Tamsyn Manou, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Cathy Freeman	3:23.81	Sydney, Australia	30 September 2000

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was to finish in the first 10 at 2021 World Relays, completed by 6 top lists' teams.^[3]

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

Date	Time	Round
23 July	17:10	Heats
24 July	19:50	Final

The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[4]^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	2	United States (USA)	Talitha Diggs, Allyson Felix, Kaylin Whitney, Jaide Stepter Baynes	3:23.38	Q, SB
2	1	1	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Ama Pipi, Laviai Nielsen, Victoria Ohuruogu, Nicole Yeargin	3:23.92	Q, SB
3	2	8	Jamaica (JAM)	Stacey-Ann Williams, Junelle Bromfield, Tiffany James, Charokee Young	3:24.23	Q, SB
4	2	2	Belgium (BEL)	Naomi Van Den Broeck, Imke Vervaet, Helena Ponette, Camille Laus	3:28.02	Q, SB
5	2	6	Canada (CAN)	Micha Powell, Aiyanna Stiverne, Kyra Constantine, Natassha McDonald	3:28.49	Q, SB
6	2	4	Italy (ITA)	Anna Polinari, Ayomide Folorunso, Virginia Troiani, Alice Mangione	3:28.72	q, SB
7	1	3	France (FRA)	Sokhna Lacoste, Shana Grebo, Sounkamba Sylla, Amandine Brossier	3:28.89	Q, SB
8	1	8	Switzerland (SUI)	Silke Lemmens, Julia Niederberger, Annina Fahr, Yasmin Giger	3:29.11	q, SB
9	1	7	Ukraine (UKR)	Kateryna Karpyuk, Anastasiya Bryzhina, Viktoriya Tkachuk, Anna Ryzhykova	3:29.25	SB
10	2	7	Poland (POL)	Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Kinga Gacka, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik	3:29.34
11	1	4	Germany (GER)	Corinna Schwab, Elisa Lechleitner, Judith Franzen, Alica Schmidt	3:30.48
12	2	1	Norway (NOR)	Astri Ertzgaard, Elisabeth Slettum, Linn Oppegaard, Amalie Iuel	3:32.00
13	2	3	Spain (ESP)	Eva Santidrián, Aauri Lorena Bokesa, Laura Hernández, Carmen Avilés	3:32.87
14	1	5	South Africa (RSA)	Miranda Charlene Coetzee, Marlie Viljoen, Gontse Martha Morake, Zenéy van der Walt	3:46.68
	1	6	Netherlands (NED)	Hanneke Oosterwegel, Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, Femke Bol	DQ	TR24.6
	2	5	Bahamas (BAH)		DNS

The final was held at 7:50PM on July 24.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	5	United States (USA)	Talitha Diggs, Abby Steiner, Britton Wilson, Sydney McLaughlin	3:17.79	WL
	4	Jamaica (JAM)	Candice McLeod, Janieve Russell, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Charokee Young	3:20.74	SB
	6	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Victoria Ohuruogu, Nicole Yeargin, Jessie Knight, Laviai Nielsen	3:22.64	SB
4	7	Canada (CAN)	Natassha McDonald, Aiyanna Stiverne, Zoe Sherar, Kyra Constantine	3:25.18	SB
5	8	France (FRA)	Sokhna Lacoste, Shana Grebo, Sounkamba Sylla, Amandine Brossier	3:25.81	SB
6	3	Belgium (BEL)	Helena Ponette, Imke Vervaet, Paulien Couckuyt, Camille Laus	3:26.29	SB
7	2	Italy (ITA)	Anna Polinari, Ayomide Folorunso, Virginia Troiani, Alice Mangione	3:26.45	SB
8	1	Switzerland (SUI)	Silke Lemmens, Julia Niederberger, Annina Fahr, Yasmin Giger	3:27.81	SB