2021 World Athletics Relays – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the 2021 World Athletics Relays
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay ; at the 2021 World Athletics Relays
Venue	Silesian Stadium
Dates	1 May (heats) & 2 May (final)
Nations	14
Winning time	3:28.41
Medalists
	← 2019 →

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2021 World Athletics Relays was held at Silesian Stadium on 1 and 2 May.^[1]

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:^[2]^[3]

World record	Soviet Union(Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina)	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
Championship record	United States(Phyllis Francis, Natasha Hastings, Sanya Richards-Ross, Francena McCorory)	3:19.39	Nassau, Bahamas	3 May 2015
World Leading	Texas A&M (Jania Martin, Syaira Richardson, Charokee Young, Athing Mu)	3:26.27	Fayetteville, United States	14 February 2021

KEY:	Q	Qualified	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	WL	World leading	CR	Championship record	NR	National record	SB	Seasonal best	WC	2022 World Championships qualification

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	Cuba	Zurian Hechavarría, Rose Mary Almanza, Lisneidy Veitía, Roxana Gómez	3:27.90	Q, SB
2	1	Poland	Kornelia Lesiewicz, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik, , Natalia Kaczmarek	3:28.11	Q, SB
3	1	Belgium	Cynthia Bolingo, Imke Vervaet, Paulien Couckuyt, Camille Laus	3:28.27	Q, SB
4	2	Netherlands	Eva Hovenkamp, , Lisanne de Witte, Femke Bol	3:28.40	Q
5	3	Great Britain	Ama Pipi, Zoey Clark, Jessie Knight, Jessica Turner	3:28.83	Q
6	3	Germany	Nadine Gonska, Corinna Schwab, Karolina Pahlitzsch, Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer-Preuß	3:29.73	Q, SB
7	1	Italy	Raphaela Lukudo, Eleonora Marchiando, Petra Nardelli, Ayomide Folorunso	3:30.04	q, SB, OG, WC
8	2	France	Amandine Brossier, Sokhna Lacoste, , Floria Gueï	3:30.46	q, SB
9	1	Switzerland	Silke Lemmens, Rachel Pellaud, ,	3:34.85	SB, *WC
10	1	Spain	, Laura Bueno, ,	3:34.92	SB, *WC
11	3	Botswana	, Loungo Matlhaku, Galefele Moroko, Amantle Montsho	3:34.99	SB
12	3	Japan	, , ,	3:35.26	SB
13	2	Kenya	Gladys Musyoki, Veronica Kamumbe Mutua, , Mary Moraa	3:39.34	SB
14	3	Chile	, , , María Fernanda Mackenna	3:41.28	SB

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time
	Cuba	Zurian Hechavarría, Rose Mary Almanza, Lisneidy Veitía, Roxana Gómez	3:28.41
	Poland	Kornelia Lesiewicz, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik, , Natalia Kaczmarek	3:28.81
	Great Britain	Laviai Nielsen, Ama Pipi, Emily Diamond, Jessie Knight	3:29.27
4	Netherlands	Eva Hovenkamp, Lisanne de Witte, Femke Bol, Lieke Klaver	3:30.12
5	Italy	Raphaela Lukudo, Eleonora Marchiando, Petra Nardelli, Ayomide Folorunso	3:32.69
6	Germany	Nadine Gonska, Corinna Schwab, Karolina Pahlitzsch, Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer-Preuß	3:33.00
7	Belgium	Paulien Couckuyt, Hanne Maudens, Margo van Puyvelde, Camille Laus	3:37.66
8	France	, Brigitte Ntiamoah, ,	3:40.58

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^ "World Athletics Relays Silesia21 | WRE 21 | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
^ Final A Results