Before the competition records were as follows:[2]
Record
|
Athlete & Nat.
|
Perf.
|
Location
|
Date
|
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 Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone, Natasha Kaiser, Jearl Miles Clark
|
3:16.71
|
Stuttgart, Germany
|
22 August 1993
|
World Leading
|
Kentucky Karimah Davis, Dajour Miles, Abby Steiner, Alexis Holmes
|
3:21.93
|
Oxford, Mississippi, United States
|
14 May 2022
|
African Record
|
Nigeria Olabisi Afolabi, Fatimat Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya
|
3:21.04
|
Atlanta, United States
|
3 August 1996
|
Asian Record
|
Hebei Bai Xiaoyun, Cao Chunying, Ma Yuqin, An Xiaohong
|
3:24.28
|
Beijing, China
|
13 September 1993
|
North, Central American and Caribbean record
|
United States 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 Coutinho, Bárbara Farias de Oliveira, Joelma Sousa, Jailma de Lima
|
3:26.68
|
São Paulo, Brazil
|
7 August 2011
|
European Record
|
Soviet Union Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina
|
3:15.17
|
Seoul, South Korea
|
1 October 1988
|
Oceanian record
|
Australia Nova Peris-Kneebone, Tamsyn Manou, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Cathy Freeman
|
3:23.81
|
Sydney, Australia
|
30 September 2000
|
Qualification standard
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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was to finish in the first 10 at 2021 World Relays, completed by 6 top lists' teams.[3]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
Date
|
Time
|
Round
|
23 July |
17:10 |
Heats
|
24 July |
19:50 |
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 |
1 |
2 |
United States (USA) |
Talitha Diggs, Allyson Felix, Kaylin Whitney, Jaide Stepter Baynes |
3:23.38 |
Q, SB
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
Ama Pipi, Laviai Nielsen, Victoria Ohuruogu, Nicole Yeargin |
3:23.92 |
Q, SB
|
3 |
2 |
8 |
Jamaica (JAM) |
Stacey-Ann Williams, Junelle Bromfield, Tiffany James, Charokee Young |
3:24.23 |
Q, SB
|
4 |
2 |
2 |
Belgium (BEL) |
Naomi Van Den Broeck, Imke Vervaet, Helena Ponette, Camille Laus |
3:28.02 |
Q, SB
|
5 |
2 |
6 |
Canada (CAN) |
Micha Powell, Aiyanna Stiverne, Kyra Constantine, Natassha McDonald |
3:28.49 |
Q, SB
|
6 |
2 |
4 |
Italy (ITA) |
Anna Polinari, Ayomide Folorunso, Virginia Troiani, Alice Mangione |
3:28.72 |
q, SB
|
7 |
1 |
3 |
France (FRA) |
Sokhna Lacoste, Shana Grebo, Sounkamba Sylla, Amandine Brossier |
3:28.89 |
Q, SB
|
8 |
1 |
8 |
Switzerland (SUI) |
Silke Lemmens, Julia Niederberger, Annina Fahr, Yasmin Giger |
3:29.11 |
q, SB
|
9 |
1 |
7 |
Ukraine (UKR) |
Kateryna Karpyuk, Anastasiya Bryzhina, Viktoriya Tkachuk, Anna Ryzhykova |
3:29.25 |
SB
|
10 |
2 |
7 |
Poland (POL) |
Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Kinga Gacka, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik |
3:29.34 |
|
11 |
1 |
4 |
Germany (GER) |
Corinna Schwab, Elisa Lechleitner, Judith Franzen, Alica Schmidt |
3:30.48 |
|
12 |
2 |
1 |
Norway (NOR) |
Astri Ertzgaard, Elisabeth Slettum, Linn Oppegaard, Amalie Iuel |
3:32.00 |
|
13 |
2 |
3 |
Spain (ESP) |
Eva Santidrián, Aauri Lorena Bokesa, Laura Hernández, Carmen Avilés |
3:32.87 |
|
14 |
1 |
5 |
South Africa (RSA) |
Miranda Charlene Coetzee, Marlie Viljoen, Gontse Martha Morake, Zenéy van der Walt |
3:46.68 |
|
|
1 |
6 |
Netherlands (NED) |
Hanneke Oosterwegel, Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, Femke Bol |
DQ |
TR24.6
|
|
2 |
5 |
Bahamas (BAH) |
|
DNS |
|
The final was held at 7:50PM on July 24.[6]
Rank |
Lane |
Nation |
Athletes |
Time |
Notes
|
|
5 |
United States (USA) |
Talitha Diggs, Abby Steiner, Britton Wilson, Sydney McLaughlin |
3:17.79 |
WL
|
|
4 |
Jamaica (JAM) |
Candice McLeod, Janieve Russell, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Charokee Young |
3:20.74 |
SB
|
|
6 |
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
Victoria Ohuruogu, Nicole Yeargin, Jessie Knight, Laviai Nielsen |
3:22.64 |
SB
|
4 |
7 |
Canada (CAN) |
Natassha McDonald, Aiyanna Stiverne, Zoe Sherar, Kyra Constantine |
3:25.18 |
SB
|
5 |
8 |
France (FRA) |
Sokhna Lacoste, Shana Grebo, Sounkamba Sylla, Amandine Brossier |
3:25.81 |
SB
|
6 |
3 |
Belgium (BEL) |
Helena Ponette, Imke Vervaet, Paulien Couckuyt, Camille Laus |
3:26.29 |
SB
|
7 |
2 |
Italy (ITA) |
Anna Polinari, Ayomide Folorunso, Virginia Troiani, Alice Mangione |
3:26.45 |
SB
|
8 |
1 |
Switzerland (SUI) |
Silke Lemmens, Julia Niederberger, Annina Fahr, Yasmin Giger |
3:27.81 |
SB
|