2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay explained

Event:	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Competition:	2015 IAAF World Relays
Venue:	Thomas Robinson Stadium
Dates:	2 May (heats) & 3 May (final)
Nations:	17
Win Value:	3:19.39
Gold:	Phyllis Francis Natasha Hastings Sanya Richards-Ross Francena McCorory
Silver:	Anastasia Le-Roy Novlene Williams-Mills Christine Day Stephenie Ann McPherson
Bronze:	Eilidh Child Anyika Onuora Kelly Massey Seren Bundy-Davies
Prev:	2014
Next:	2017

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2–3 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 Korea	1 October 1988
Championship record	(DeeDee Trotter, Sanya Richards-Ross, Natasha Hastings, Joanna Atkins)	3:21.73	Nassau, Bahamas	25 May 2014
World Leading	Jamaica (Christine Day, Patricia Hall, Anastasia Leroy, Stephenie-Ann McPherson	3:26.58	Philadelphia, United States	25 April 2015
African record	Nigeria (Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya)	3:21.04	Atlanta, United States	3 August 1996
Asian record	Hebei province (An Xiaohong, Bai Xiaoyun, Cao Chunying, Ma Yuqin)	3:24.28	Beijing, China	13 September 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record	(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 Aparecida Coutinho, Bárbara de Oliveira, Joelma Sousa, Jailma de Lima)	3:26.68	São Paulo, Brazil	7 August 2011
European record	(Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina)	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
Oceanian record	(Nova Peris, Tamsyn Manou, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Cathy Freeman)	3:23.81	Sydney, Australia	30 September 2000

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
2 May 2015	20:31	Heats
3 May 2015	20:15	Final B
3 May 2015	20:27	Final

Results

KEY:	bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	Q	Qualified	WL	World leading	NR	National record	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.^[1] ^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	3	6			3:24.05	Q, WL
2	2	4			3:26.41	Q, WL
3	2	3			3:28.51	Q
4	2	2			3:29.38	q, SB
5	3	5			3:30.32	Q, SB
6	3	7			3:30.64	q, SB
7	1	2			3:30.73	Q, SB
8	1	7			3:30.95	Q, SB
9	1	4			3:31.43	SB
10	1	3			3:32.16
11	2	5		Seika Aoyama, Asami Chiba, Sayaka Aoki, Kana Ichikawa	3:32.79	SB
12	2	7		Brianca Farrington, Shaquania Dorsett, Katrina Seymour, Christine Amertil	3:33.60	SB
13	3	3			3:36.69	SB
14	1	5			3:39.42	SB
15	2	6			3:40.54	SB
16	1	6			3:41.47	NR
	3	4

Final B

The final B was started at 20:20.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	6			3:30.94	SB
2	4		Seika Aoyama, Asami Chiba, Sayaka Aoki, Manami Kira	3:34.65
3	3		Brianca Farrington, Christine Amertil, D'Nia Freeman, Katrina Seymour	3:35.01
4	7			3:35.23	SB
5	8			3:35.76	SB
6	1			3:40.21	NR
	5
	2

Final

The final was started at 20:32.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	4			3:19.39	CR
	6			3:22.49	SB
	5			3:26.38	SB
4	8			3:26.68	SB
5	7			3:29.30	SB
6	2			3:29.65	SB
7	3			3:30.03	SB
8	1			3:31.30

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