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

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
Talitha Diggs Abby Steiner Britton Wilson Sydney McLaughlin   United States   Candice McLeod Janieve Russell Stephenie Ann McPherson Charokee Young   Jamaica   Victoria Ohuruogu Nicole Yeargin Jessie Knight Laviai Nielsen   Great Britain

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The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 23 and 24 July 2022.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

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

Qualification standard

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

Schedule

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

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

Final

The final was held at 7:50PM on July 24.

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