# 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4x100 metres relay event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 30 and 31 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Grit Breuer Katrin Krabbe Diana Dietz Katrin Henke East Germany |
| Silver | Eusebia Riquelme Liliana Allen Aliuska López Ana Valdivia Cuba |
| Bronze | Angela Burnham Kendra Mackey Frenchie Holmes Esther Jones United States |

## Results
### Final

31 July
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | East Germany | Grit Breuer Katrin Krabbe Diana Dietz Katrin Henke | 43.48 |
| | Cuba | Eusebia Riquelme Liliana Allen Aliuska López Ana Valdivia | 44.04 |
| | United States | Angela Burnham Kendra Mackey Frenchie Holmes Esther Jones | 44.27 |
| 4 | France | Cécile Peyre Magalie Simioneck Natacha Cilirié Odiah Sidibé | 44.88 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | Stephi Douglas Kathleen Lithgow Rachel Kirby Jacqui Agyepong | 44.91 |
| 6 | Jamaica | Orlene McIntosh Revolie Campbell Beverly McDonald Michelle Freeman | 45.04 |
| 7 | West Germany | Angelika Haggenmüller Anke Feller Monika Schoy Solveig Pribnow | 45.56 |
| | Soviet Union | Anzhela Golovchenko Oksana Kovalyova Zhanna Tarnopolskaya Nadezhda Chistyakova | DNF |

### Heats

30 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | East Germany | Grit Breuer Katrin Krabbe Diana Dietz Katrin Henke | 43.76 | Q |
| 2 | Soviet Union | Oksana Kovalyova Anzhela Golovchenko Zhanna Tarnopolskaya Nadezhda Chistyakova | 44.64 | Q |
| 3 | France | Cécile Peyre Magalie Simioneck Natacha Cilirié Odiah Sidibé | 44.91 | q |
| 4 | United Kingdom | Stephi Douglas Kathleen Lithgow Rachel Kirby Jacqui Agyepong | 44.99 | q |
| 5 | Finland | Marjo Liminka Sanna Hernesniemi Tarja Leveelahti Sanni Suhonen | 46.12 | |
| 6 | Canada | Karen Clarke Val Beckles Charmaine Gilgeous Nicolle Gillis | 46.16 | |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | Wang Huei-Chen Wang Shu-Hua Chen Ya-Li Su Huei-Chun | 46.59 | |
| 8 | Spain | Begoña Yúdice Cristina Castro Marta Onate Patricia Morales | 46.74 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Cuba | Eusebia Riquelme Aliuska López Ana Valdivia Liliana Allen | 44.25 | Q |
| 2 | United States | Angela Burnham Kendra Mackey Frenchie Holmes Esther Jones | 44.25 | Q |
| 3 | West Germany | Angelika Haggenmüller Anke Feller Monika Schoy Solveig Pribnow | 45.03 | Q |
| 4 | Jamaica | Orlene McIntosh Revolie Campbell Beverly McDonald Michelle Freeman | 45.05 | q |
| 5 | Switzerland | Petra Osterwalder Sandra Roth Sara Wüest Esther Luedi | 45.20 | |
| 6 | China | Ge Weidong Li Guilian Wang Ping Li Shuxiang | 45.91 | |
| 7 | Australia | Monique Dunstan Kylie Hanigan Kerri Kinnane Amanda Christie | 45.93 | |
| 8 | Netherlands | Nelleke Koppelaar Annique Goudemond Annerose Scholsberg Monique Bogaards | 46.43 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 64 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (4)
* Canada (4)
* China (4)
* Chinese Taipei (4)
* Cuba (4)
* East Germany (4)
* Finland (4)
* France (4)
* Jamaica (4)
* Netherlands (4)
* Soviet Union (4)
* Spain (4)
* Switzerland (4)
* United Kingdom (4)
* United States (4)
* West Germany (4)