# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 18 August. The winning margin was 1.46 seconds, which as of 2024 is the only time this women's relay race has been won by more than one second at these championships.
In the final, Jamaica and the United States were out early, Jamaica passing first. The British team seemed to be keeping up with the leaders, passing efficiently. At the second handoff, English Gardner seemed to leave even with Schillonie Calvert, while Alexandria Anderson had not arrived with the baton yet. Gardner had to come to a complete stop at the end of the zone to wait for the baton, finally resuming with a legal handoff in dead last place. Inside of USA, France was having similar difficulties with the baton. By the final handoff, Jamaica had an 8-meter lead on the second place Russian team, Gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on the anchor pulling away and victory assured. Jamaica dominated the race finishing with a championship record 41.29. Coming down the straight, Britain's Hayley Jones was swallowed up by France's Stella Akakpo, Germany's Verena Sailer and American Octavious Freeman speeding from the back trying to make up lost ground. Freeman was able to pass three teams in the last few steps but France beat USA to the line. The French relay team members were duly presented their silver medals during the medal ceremony. After the medal ceremony, the British team filed a protest against the French team, claiming that the latter had an out-of-zone baton handover between Ayodelé Ikuesan and Myriam Soumaré. More than two hours after the race, the French relay team was officially disqualified. The French delegation appealed against their disqualification, but it was in vain. Consequently, the American team was upgraded to the silver medal and the British team received the bronze medal. Bernard Amsalem, the president of the Fédération française d'athlétisme, called the French team's disqualification "an outrage". He explained that normally the decision to disqualify a team had to be made before the medal ceremony and teams had to file protests within thirty minutes from the end of the race. With this 4 × 100 m victory, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the first woman to win the sprint triple (100, 200, 4 × 100) at the World Athletics Championships

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | United States (Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter) | 40.82 | London, United Kingdom | 10 August 2012 |
| Championship record | United States (Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers) | 41.47 | Athens, Greece | 9 August 1997 |
| World leading | United States Red (English Gardner, Octavious Freeman, Allyson Felix, Carmelita Jeter) | 41.75 | Monaco | 19 July 2013 |
| African record | Nigeria (Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara-Thompson, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi) | 42.39 | Barcelona, Spain | 7 August 1992 |
| Asian record | People's Republic of China (Xiao Lin, Li Yali, Liu Xiaomei, Li Xuemei) | 42.23 | Shanghai, People's Republic of China | 23 October 1997 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | United States (Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter) | 40.82 | London, United Kingdom | 10 August 2012 |
| South American record | Brazil (Ana Claudia Silva, Franciela Krasucki, Evelyn dos Santos, Rosângela Santos) | 42.55 | London, United Kingdom | 9 August 2012 |
| European record | East Germany (Silke Gladisch-Möller, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Göhr) | 41.37 | Canberra, Australia | 6 October 1985 |
| Oceanian record | Australia (Rachael Massey, Suzanne Broadrick, Jodi Lambert, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor) | 42.99 | Pietersburg, South Africa | 18 March 2000 |

## Qualification standards

* Time
* 44.00

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 18 August 2013 | 16:15 | Heats |
| 18 August 2013 | 18:10 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)

## Results

| KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | United States (USA) | Jeneba Tarmoh, Alexandria Anderson, English Gardner, Octavious Freeman | 41.82 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Jamaica (JAM) | Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert, Sheri-Ann Brooks | 41.87 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | France (FRA) | Céline Distel-Bonnet, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Myriam Soumaré, Stella Akakpo | 42.25 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Brazil (BRA) | Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos | 42.29 | Q, AR |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Germany (GER) | Yasmin Kwadwo, Inna Weit, Tatjana Pinto, Verena Sailer | 42.65 | q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Dina Asher-Smith, Ashleigh Nelson, Annabelle Lewis, Hayley Jones | 42.75 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Russia (RUS) | Olga Belkina, Natalia Rusakova, Elizaveta Savlinis, Yelena Bolsun | 42.94 | q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Canada (CAN) | Crystal Emmanuel, Kimberly Hyacinthe, Shai-Anne Davis, Khamica Bingham | 42.99 | Q, NR |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | Kamaria Durant, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas, Kai Selvon | 43.01 | SB |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelyzaveta Bryzhina | 43.12 | |
| 11 | 3 | 7 | Poland (POL) | Marika Popowicz, Weronika Wedler, Ewelina Ptak, Marta Jeschke | 43.18 | SB |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | Mujinga Kambundji, Marisa Lavanchy, Ellen Sprunger, Léa Sprunger | 43.21 | NR |
| 13 | 1 | 5 | Netherlands (NED) | Kadene Vassell, Dafne Schippers, Madiea Ghafoor, Jamile Samuel | 43.26 | SB |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | Mariely Sánchez, Fany Chalas, Marleni Mejia, Margarita Manzueta | 43.28 | NR |
| 15 | 3 | 8 | Colombia (COL) | Yomara Hinestroza, Maria Alejandra Idrobo, Darlenys Obregón, Eliecith Palacios | 43.65 | SB |
| 16 | 2 | 4 | Italy (ITA) | Audrey Alloh, Marzia Caravelli, Ilenia Draisci, Martina Amidei | 44.05 | |
| 17 | 3 | 5 | China (CHN) | Tao Yujia, Li Meijuan, Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli | 44.22 | |
| | 1 | 7 | Nigeria (NGR) | Alphonsus Peace Uko, Patience Okon George, Stephanie Kalu, Regina George | DQ | R170.7 |
| | 2 | 6 | Bahamas (BAH) | Sheniqua Ferguson, Shaunae Miller, Cache Armbrister, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | DQ | R163.3(a) |

### Final

The final was started at 18:10.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Jamaica (JAM) | Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | 41.29 | CR |
| | 5 | United States (USA) | Jeneba Tarmoh, Alexandria Anderson, English Gardner, Octavious Freeman | 42.75 | |
| | 3 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Dina Asher-Smith, Ashleigh Nelson, Annabelle Lewis, Hayley Jones | 42.87 | |
| 4 | 1 | Germany (GER) | Yasmin Kwadwo, Inna Weit, Tatjana Pinto, Verena Sailer | 42.90 | |
| 5 | 2 | Russia (RUS) | Olga Belkina, Natalia Rusakova, Elizaveta Savlinis, Yelena Bolsun | 42.93 | SB |
| 6 | 7 | Canada (CAN) | Crystal Emmanuel, Kimberly Hyacinthe, Shai-Anne Davis, Khamica Bingham | 43.28 | |
| | 4 | France (FRA) | Céline Distel-Bonnet, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Myriam Soumaré, Stella Akakpo | DQ | R170.7 |
| | 8 | Brazil (BRA) | Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Vanda Gomes | DNF | |