The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 24 and 25 May.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record(Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina)3:15.17 Seoul, South Korea1 October 1988Championship recordNew eventWorld Leading University of Texas3:25.05 Philadelphia, United States26 April 2014African Record(Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya)3:21.04 Atlanta, United States3 August 1996Asian Record Hebei province(An Xiaohong, Bai Xiaoyun, Cao Chunying, Ma Yuqin)3:24.28 Beijing, China13 September 1993North, Central American and Caribbean record(Denean Howard, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith Joyner)3:15.51 Seoul, South Korea1 October 1988South American Record BM&F Bovespa(Geisa Aparecida Coutinho, Bárbara de Oliveira, Joelma Sousa, Jailma de Lima)3:26.68 São Paulo, Brazil7 August 2011European Record(Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina)3:15.17 Seoul, South Korea1 October 1988Oceanian record(Nova Peris, Tamsyn Manou, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Cathy Freeman)3:23.81 Sydney, Australia30 September 2000
Schedule Date Time Round24 May 2014 18:26 Heats25 May 2014 18:12 Final
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.Heats results
Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 5 DeeDee Trotter, Sanya Richards-Ross, Monica Hargrove, Jessica Beard 3:23.84 Q, CR 2 2 3 Christine Day, Anastasia Le-Roy, Shericka Jackson, Kaliese Spencer 3:24.95 Q, SB 3 1 4 Folasade Abugan, Regina George, Bukola Abogunloko, Patience Okon George 3:27.07 Q, SB 4 2 4 Eilidh Child, Shana Cox, Emily Diamond, Margaret Adeoye 3:27.30 Q, SB 5 2 6 Małgorzata Hołub, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Agata Bednarek, Justyna Święty 3:27.37 q, SB 6 2 8 Marie Gayot, Lenora Guion-Fermin, Estelle Perrossier, Floria Gueï 3:28.93 q, SB 7 1 7 Joelma Sousa, Liliane Fernandes, Jailma de Lima, Geisa Aparecida Coutinho 3:30.37 Q, SB 8 1 3 Chiara Bazzoni, Maria Enrica Spacca, Elena Maria Bonfanti, Libania Grenot 3:30.67 Q, SB 9 1 8 Shawna Fermin, Domonique Williams, Romona Modeste, Alena Brooks 3:30.91 SB 10 2 7 Anneliese Rubie, Jessica Gulli, Lyndsay Pekin, Morgan Mitchell 3:30.92 SB 11 1 6 Carline Muir, Jenna Martin, Wendy Fawn Dorr, Noelle Montcalm 3:34.60 SB 12 1 5 Lanece Clarke, Shakeitha Henfield, Christine Amertil, Miriam Byfield 3:54.95 1 2 Yelena Zuykevich, Nadezhda Kotlyarova, Ayvika Malanova, Svetlana Rogozina
Final
Final B Final B results Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 3 Anneliese Rubie, Morgan Mitchell, Jessica Gulli, Lyndsay Pekin 3:31.01 10 6 Lanece Clarke, Christine Amertil, Shakeitha Henfield, Miriam Byfield 3:31.71 SB 11 4 Jenna Martin, Carline Muir, Sarah-Lynn Wells, Wendy Fawn Dorr 3:32.58 SB 12 5 Shawna Fermin, Alena Brooks, Magnolia Howell, Romona Modeste 3:33.21
Final A Final A results Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes Points 5 DeeDee Trotter, Sanya Richards-Ross, Natasha Hastings, Joanna Atkins 3:21.73 CR 8 4 Kaliese Spencer, Novlene Williams-Mills, Anastasia Le-Roy, Shericka Jackson 3:23.26 SB 7 6 Folasade Abugan, Regina George, Omolara Omotoso, Patience Okon George 3:23.41 SB 6 1 Marie Gayot, Lénora Guion-Firmin, Agnès Raharolahy, Floria Gueï 3:25.84 SB 5 2 Małgorzata Hołub, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Joanna Linkiewicz, Justyna Święty 3:27.37 =SB 4 7 Chiara Bazzoni, Maria Enrica Spacca, Elena Maria Bonfanti, Libania Grenot 3:27.44 SB 3 8 Eilidh Child, Shana Cox, Christine Ohuruogu, Margaret Adeoye 3:28.03 2 3 Joelma Sousa, Liliane Fernandes, Jailma de Lima, Geisa Aparecida Coutinho 3:31.59 1
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