1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4x100 metres relay event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 30 and 31 July.

Medalists

Gold	Grit Breuer Katrin Krabbe Diana Dietz Katrin Henke East Germany
Silver	Eusebia Riquelme Liliana Allen Aliuska López Ana Valdivia Cuba
Bronze	Angela Burnham Kendra Mackey Frenchie Holmes Esther Jones United States

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	East Germany	Grit Breuer Katrin Krabbe Diana Dietz Katrin Henke	43.48
	Cuba	Eusebia Riquelme Liliana Allen Aliuska López Ana Valdivia	44.04
	United States	Angela Burnham Kendra Mackey Frenchie Holmes Esther Jones	44.27
4	France	Cécile Peyre Magalie Simioneck Natacha Cilirié Odiah Sidibé	44.88
5	United Kingdom	Stephi Douglas Kathleen Lithgow Rachel Kirby Jacqui Agyepong	44.91
6	Jamaica	Orlene McIntosh Revolie Campbell Beverly McDonald Michelle Freeman	45.04
7	West Germany	Angelika Haggenmüller Anke Feller Monika Schoy Solveig Pribnow	45.56
	Soviet Union	Anzhela Golovchenko Oksana Kovalyova Zhanna Tarnopolskaya Nadezhda Chistyakova	DNF

Heats

30 July

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	East Germany	Grit Breuer Katrin Krabbe Diana Dietz Katrin Henke	43.76	Q
2	Soviet Union	Oksana Kovalyova Anzhela Golovchenko Zhanna Tarnopolskaya Nadezhda Chistyakova	44.64	Q
3	France	Cécile Peyre Magalie Simioneck Natacha Cilirié Odiah Sidibé	44.91	q
4	United Kingdom	Stephi Douglas Kathleen Lithgow Rachel Kirby Jacqui Agyepong	44.99	q
5	Finland	Marjo Liminka Sanna Hernesniemi Tarja Leveelahti Sanni Suhonen	46.12
6	Canada	Karen Clarke Val Beckles Charmaine Gilgeous Nicolle Gillis	46.16
7	Chinese Taipei	Wang Huei-Chen Wang Shu-Hua Chen Ya-Li Su Huei-Chun	46.59
8	Spain	Begoña Yúdice Cristina Castro Marta Onate Patricia Morales	46.74

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Cuba	Eusebia Riquelme Aliuska López Ana Valdivia Liliana Allen	44.25	Q
2	United States	Angela Burnham Kendra Mackey Frenchie Holmes Esther Jones	44.25	Q
3	West Germany	Angelika Haggenmüller Anke Feller Monika Schoy Solveig Pribnow	45.03	Q
4	Jamaica	Orlene McIntosh Revolie Campbell Beverly McDonald Michelle Freeman	45.05	q
5	Switzerland	Petra Osterwalder Sandra Roth Sara Wüest Esther Luedi	45.20
6	China	Ge Weidong Li Guilian Wang Ping Li Shuxiang	45.91
7	Australia	Monique Dunstan Kylie Hanigan Kerri Kinnane Amanda Christie	45.93
8	Netherlands	Nelleke Koppelaar Annique Goudemond Annerose Scholsberg Monique Bogaards	46.43

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 64 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (4)
• Canada (4)
• China (4)
• Chinese Taipei (4)
• Cuba (4)
• East Germany (4)
• Finland (4)
• France (4)
• Jamaica (4)
• Netherlands (4)
• Soviet Union (4)
• Spain (4)
• Switzerland (4)
• United Kingdom (4)
• United States (4)
• West Germany (4)