2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay explained

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 23 and 24 July.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Lynna Irby Anna Cockrell Karrington Winters Samantha Watson Hannah Waller Syaira Richardson	Shannon Kalawan Tiffany James Stacey-Ann Williams Junelle Bromfield Roneisha McGregor	Xahria Santiago Ashlan Best Natassha McDonald Victoria Tachinski Jazz Shukla

*Athletes who competed in heats only

Records

World Junior Record		3:27.60	Grosseto, Italy	18 July 2004
Championship Record		3:27.60	Grosseto, Italy	18 July 2004
World Junior Leading		3:34.84	St. George's, Jamaica	28 March 2016

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2			3:33.18	Q, WU20L
2	1			3:34.64	Q
3	1			3:35.34	Q, SB
4	1			3:35.47	Q, SB
5	1			3:35.47	q, SB
6	1			3:36.38	q, NU20R
7	1			3:37.83	SB
8	2			3:38.23	Q, SB
8	2			3:38.23	Q, SB
10	2			3:45.07
11	2			3:46.12	SB
	2				R170.20^[2]

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
			3:29.11	WU20L
			3:31.01	SB
			3:32.25	NU20R
4			3:32.63	SB
5			3:33.95	NU20R
6			3:36.95	SB
7			3:37.36
8			3:42.53

Notes and References

Web site: Heats results. IAAF. 9 October 2017.
Exchanging positions before takeover
Web site: Final results. IAAF. 9 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20200709215841/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5680/AT-4X4-W-f----.RS6.pdf. 9 July 2020.