# 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 17 and 18 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ashley Owens Juanita Broaddus Jasmine Baldwin Shalonda Solomon United States |
| Silver | Nickesha Anderson Tracy-Ann Rowe Anneisha McLaughlin Schillonie Calvert Jamaica |
| Bronze | Natacha Vouaux Lina Jacques-Sébastien Aurélie Kamga Nelly Banco France |

## Results
### Final

18 July
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | United States | Ashley Owens Juanita Broaddus Jasmine Baldwin Shalonda Solomon | 43.49 | |
| | Jamaica | Nickesha Anderson Tracy-Ann Rowe Anneisha McLaughlin Schillonie Calvert | 43.63 | |
| | France | Natacha Vouaux Lina Jacques-Sébastien Aurélie Kamga Nelly Banco | 43.68 | |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | Jurlene Francis Wanda Hutson Monique Cabral Kelly-Ann Baptiste | 44.14 | |
| 5 | Australia | Jacinta Boyd Sally McLellan Michelle Cutmore Rebecca Negus | 45.10 | |
| 6 | Italy | Claudia Pacini Maria Salvagno Giulia Arcioni Simona Ciglia | 45.19 | |
| 7 | Poland | Agnieszka Kasica Marika Popowicz Iwona Brzezinska Marta Jeschke | 45.34 | |
| | Germany | Verena Sailer Katja Börner Maike Dix Anne Möllinger | DQ | IAAF rule 170.14 |

### Heats

17 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | United States | Ashley Owens Juanita Broaddus Jasmine Baldwin Cleo Tyson | 44.00 | Q |
| 2 | Poland | Agnieszka Kasica Marika Popowicz Iwona Brzezinska Marta Jeschke | 44.78 | Q |
| 3 | Italy | Claudia Pacini Maria Salvagno Giulia Arcioni Simona Ciglia | 44.82 | q |
| 4 | South Africa | Cindy Stewart Amanda Kotze Thandi Mngwevu Isabel Le Roux | 45.30 | |
| 5 | Japan | Azusa Ichiki Asami Tanno Kaoru Matsuda Saori Kitakaze | 45.80 | |
| | Ireland | Aoife McNeil Mandy Crowe Claire Brady Louise Kiernan | DQ | IAAF rule 170.14 |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | Jurlene Francis Wanda Hutson Monique Cabral Kelly-Ann Baptiste | 44.29 | Q |
| 2 | Australia | Jacinta Boyd Sally McLellan Michelle Cutmore Rebecca Negus | 44.86 | Q |
| 3 | Switzerland | Fabienne Weyermann Sabrina Altermatt Giorgia Candiani Irene Pusterla | 45.77 | |
| 4 | Norway | Christine Lia Christina Vukicevic Marie Hagle Thea Oppegaard | 46.54 | |
| | Mexico | Ana Coutinho Deneb Cervantes Gabriela Medina Zudikey Rodríguez | DQ | IAAF rule 170.14 |
| | Ukraine | Yuliya Semenova Galina Tonkovyd Natalya Pogrebnyak Sevil Ibrahimova | DQ | IAAF rule 170.14 |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | France | Natacha Vouaux Lina Jacques-Sébastien Aurélie Kamga Nelly Banco | 43.85 | Q |
| 2 | Germany | Verena Sailer Katja Börner Maike Dix Anne Möllinger | 44.58 | Q |
| 3 | Jamaica | Schillonie Calvert Tracy-Ann Rowe Jodi-Ann Powell Kimberly Smith | 45.14 | q |
| 4 | Canada | Francis Keating Carline Muir Emily Johnson Genevieve Thibault | 45.23 | |
| 5 | Finland | Emma Linton Minna Laukka Sari Keskitalo Elisa Hakamäki | 45.31 | |
| | Sweden | Annika Andersson Maria Teilman Pernilla Tornemark Mfon Etim | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 75 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (4)
* Canada (4)
* Finland (4)
* France (4)
* Germany (4)
* Ireland (4)
* Italy (4)
* Jamaica (6)
* Japan (4)
* Mexico (4)
* Norway (4)
* Poland (4)
* South Africa (4)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (4)
* Trinidad and Tobago (4)
* Ukraine (4)
* United States (5)