| Event: | Women's 4 × 100 metres relay |
| Competition: | 2022 World Championships |
| Venue: | Hayward Field |
| Dates: | 22 July (heats) 23 July (final) |
| Competitors: | 93 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Win Value: | 41.14 |
| Gold: | Melissa Jefferson Abby Steiner Jenna Prandini Twanisha Terry Aleia Hobbs |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Kemba Nelson Elaine Thompson-Herah Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shericka Jackson Briana Williams* Natalliah Whyte* Remona Burchell* |
| Silvernoc: | JAM |
| Bronze: | Tatjana Pinto Alexandra Burghardt Gina Lückenkemper Rebekka Haase |
| Bronzenoc: | GER |
| Prev: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 22 and 23 July 2022.[1]
Before the competition records were as follows:[2]
| width=25% align=center | Record | width=25% align=center | Athlete & | width=10% align=center | width=25% align=center | Location | width=15% align=center | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter | 40.82 | London, Great Britain | 10 August 2012 | |||||
| Championship record | Veronica Campbell-Brown, Natasha Morrison, Elaine Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | 41.07 | Beijing, China | 29 August 2015 | |||||
| World Leading | Géraldine Frey, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora, Ajla del Ponte | 42.13 | Stockholm, Sweden | 30 June 2022 | |||||
| African Record | Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara, Mary Onyali | 42.39 | Barcelona, Spain | 7 August 1992 | |||||
| Asian Record |  SichuanLin Xiao, Li Yali, Liu Xiaomei, Li Xuemei | 42.23 | Shanghai, China | 23 October 1997 | |||||
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter | 40.82 | London, Great Britain | 10 August 2012 | |||||
| South American Record | Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Claudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos | 42.29 | Moscow, Russia | 18 August 2013 | |||||
| European Record | Silke Möller, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr | 41.37 | Canberra, Australia | 6 October 1985 | |||||
| Oceanian record | Rachael Massey, Suzanne Broadrick, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Jodi Lambert | 42.99 | Pietersburg, South Africa | 18 March 2000 |
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was to finish in the first 10 at 2021 World Relays, completed by 6 2021-2022 top lists' teams.[3]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC-7), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July | 17:40 | Heats | |
| 23 July | 19:30 | Final |
The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.[4] [5]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 41.56 | , | |||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 41.99 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 8 | 42.37 | , | |||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 42.44 | , | |||
| 5 | 2 | 8 | 42.61 | , | |||
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 42.68 | , | |||
| 7 | 2 | 4 | 42.71 | , | |||
| 8 | 2 | 7 | 42.73 | ||||
| 9 | 1 | 7 | 42.93 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 43.09 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 6 | 43.19 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 5 | 43.33 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 5 | 43.46 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 6 | 43.46 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 3 | 44.17 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 2 | 44.48 |
The final started on 23 July at 19:30.[6] [7] [8]
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 41.14 | ||||
| 5 | 41.18 | ||||
| 7 | 42.03 | ||||
| 4 | 8 | 42.22 | |||
| 5 | 4 | 42.58 | |||
| 6 | 6 | 42.75 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Géraldine Frey, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora, Ajla del Ponte | 42.81 | ||
| 8 | 2 | 42.92 | |||