2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 13 and 14 July.[1]

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2018 World U20 Championships
Venue	Ratina Stadium
Dates	13 July (heats) 14 July (final)
Competitors	62 from 14 nations
Winning time	43.82
Medalists
Victoria Dönicke Corinna Schwab Sophia Junk Denise Uphoff Keshia Beverly Kwadwo*    Germany   Molly Scott Gina Akpe-Moses Ciara Neville Patience Jumbo-Gula Rhasidat Adeleke*    Ireland   Kristal Awuah Alisha Rees Georgina Adam Ebony Carr Mair Edwards* Vera Chinedu*    Great Britain

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World U20 Record	Germany	43.27	Grosseto, Italy	23 July 2017
Championship Record	Jamaica	43.40	Kingston, Jamaica	21 July 2002
World U20 Leading	Ireland	44.15	Oordegem, Belgium	26 May 2018

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat ( Q ) plus the 2 fastest times ( q ) qualify for the final.[2][3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	2	Germany	Victoria Dönicke, Keshia Beverly Kwadwo, Sophia Junk, Corinna Schwab	43.80	Q, WU20L
2	2	4	Ireland	Molly Scott, Gina Akpe-Moses, Rhasidat Adeleke, Patience Jumbo-Gula	44.27	Q
3	2	5	Italy	Vittoria Fontana, Moillet Kouakou, Alessia Carpinteri, Margherita Zuecco	44.52	Q, NU20R
4	2	2	France	Wided Atatou, Sacha Alessandrini, Marine Mignon, Eleane Marcelin	44.80	Q, SB
5	1	3	Great Britain	Kristal Awuah, Mair Edwards, Vera Chinedu, Ebony Carr	44.84	Q
6	1	5	Switzerland	Judith Goll, Silke Lemmens, Veronica Vancardo, Mélissa Gutschmidt	45.01	Q, SB
7	2	8	Poland	Pia Skrzyszowska, Magdalena Stefanowicz, Alicja Potasznik, Anna Pluschke	45.19	q
8	1	4	Australia	Nana-Adoma Owusu-Afriyie, Kristie Edwards, Samantha Johnson, Grace Brennan	45.26	q, SB
9	2	3	Brazil	Micaela de Mello, Gabriela Mourão, Leticia Lima, Tiffani Silva	45.28
10	1	7	Canada	Keira Christie-Galloway, Deondra Green, Kendra Leger, Tatiana Aholou	45.68
11	2	6	Austria	Lena Pressler, Isabel Posch, Magdalena Lindner, Chiara-Belinda Schuler	45.99
	1	8	China	Lin Yuwei, Zhou Yu, Liang Nuo, Feng Lulu	DQ	R163.3(b)[4]
	2	7	Jamaica	Kimone Shaw, Ackera Nugent, Fredricka McKenzie, Kemba Nelson	DQ	R163.3(a)[5]
	1	6	United States	Daija Lampkin, Tamara Clark, Jasmin Reed, Thelma Davies	DQ	R170.6(c)[6]

Final

The final was held on 14 July at 16:01.[7]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	6	Germany	Victoria Dönicke, Corinna Schwab, Sophia Junk, Denise Uphoff	43.82
	5	Ireland	Molly Scott, Gina Akpe-Moses, Ciara Neville, Patience Jumbo-Gula	43.90	NU20R
	3	Great Britain	Kristal Awuah, Alisha Rees, Georgina Adam, Ebony Carr	44.05	SB
4	8	France	Wided Atatou, Sacha Alessandrini, Marine Mignon, Eleane Marcelin	44.24	SB
5	1	Poland	Pia Skrzyszowska, Magdalena Stefanowicz, Alicja Potasznik, Martyna Kotwiła	44.61	SB
6	7	Switzerland	Judith Goll, Silke Lemmens, Veronica Vancardo, Mélissa Gutschmidt	44.65	SB
7	2	Australia	Nana-Adoma Owusu-Afriyie, Kristie Edwards, Samantha Johnson, Mia Gross	44.78	OCU20R
8	4	Italy	Vittoria Fontana, Moillet Kouakou, Alessia Carpinteri, Margherita Zuecco	44.81

References

1. "2018 World U20 Championships Tampere Timetable by day". IAAF.org. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
2. "4 x 100 Metres Relay Women – Round 1 – Results" (PDF). IAAF. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
3. "4 x 100 Metres Relay Women – Round 1 – Summary" (PDF). IAAF. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
4. Infringement of the inside border
5. Lane infringement
6. Fault at recovering a dropped baton
7. "4 x 100 Metres Relay Women – Final – Results" (PDF). IAAF. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.