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

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the 2022 World Championships
VenueHayward Field
Dates23 July (heats)
24 July (final)
Competitors94 from 16 nations
Winning time3:17.79
Medalists
gold medal Talitha Diggs
Abby Steiner
Britton Wilson
Sydney McLaughlin		   United States
silver medal Candice McLeod
Janieve Russell
Stephenie Ann McPherson
Charokee Young		   Jamaica
bronze medal 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.[1]

Records

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 United States 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 China 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 Brazil 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.[3]

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.[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

Final

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

Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5  United States (USA) Talitha Diggs, Abby Steiner, Britton Wilson, Sydney McLaughlin 3:17.79 WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4  Jamaica (JAM) Candice McLeod, Janieve Russell, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Charokee Young 3:20.74 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "4 × 400 Metres Relay Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Road to | World Athletics". iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ STARTLIST 4 x 400 Metres Relay Women - Round 1
  5. ^ SUMMARY 4 x 400 Metres Relay Women - Round 1
  6. ^ RESULT 4 x 400 Metres Relay Women - Final