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

Event:	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Competition:	2018 World U20 Championships
Venue:	Ratina Stadium
Dates:	13 July (heats) 14 July (final)
Competitors:	62
Nations:	14
Win Label:	Winning time
Win Value:	43.82
Gold:	Victoria Dönicke Corinna Schwab Sophia Junk Denise Uphoff Keshia Beverly Kwadwo
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Molly Scott Gina Akpe-Moses Ciara Neville Patience Jumbo-Gula Rhasidat Adeleke
Silvernoc:	IRE
Bronze:	Kristal Awuah Alisha Rees Georgina Adam Ebony Carr Mair Edwards Vera Chinedu
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

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]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World U20 Record		43.27	Grosseto, Italy	23 July 2017
Championship Record		43.40	Kingston, Jamaica	21 July 2002
World U20 Leading		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			43.80	,
2	2	4			44.27
3	2	5			44.52	,
4	2	2			44.80	,
5	1	3			44.84
6	1	5			45.01	,
7	2	8			45.19
8	1	4			45.26	,
9	2	3			45.28
10	1	7			45.68
11	2	6			45.99
	1	8				R163.3(b)^[4]
	2	7				R163.3(a)^[5]
	1	6				R170.6(c)^[6]

Final

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

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	6		Victoria Dönicke, Corinna Schwab, Sophia Junk, Denise Uphoff	43.82
	5		Molly Scott, Gina Akpe-Moses, Ciara Neville, Patience Jumbo-Gula	43.90
	3		Kristal Awuah, Alisha Rees, Georgina Adam, Ebony Carr	44.05
4	8			44.24
5	1		Pia Skrzyszowska, Magdalena Stefanowicz, Alicja Potasznik, Martyna Kotwiła	44.61
6	7			44.65
7	2		Nana-Adoma Owusu-Afriyie, Kristie Edwards, Samantha Johnson, Mia Gross	44.78	OCU20R
8	4		Vittoria Fontana, Moillet Kouakou, Alessia Carpinteri, Margherita Zuecco	44.81

Notes and References

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