# 2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 22 and 23 July 2022.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | United States Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter | 40.82 | London, Great Britain | 10 August 2012 |
| Championship record | Jamaica Veronica Campbell-Brown, Natasha Morrison, Elaine Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | 41.07 | Beijing, China | 29 August 2015 |
| World Leading | Switzerland Géraldine Frey, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora, Ajla del Ponte | 42.13 | Stockholm, Sweden | 30 June 2022 |
| African Record | Nigeria Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara, Mary Onyali | 42.39 | Barcelona, Spain | 7 August 1992 |
| Asian Record | Sichuan Lin Xiao, Li Yali, Liu Xiaomei, Li Xuemei | 42.23 | Shanghai, China | 23 October 1997 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | United States Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter | 40.82 | London, Great Britain | 10 August 2012 |
| South American Record | Brazil Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Claudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos | 42.29 | Moscow, Russia | 18 August 2013 |
| European Record | East Germany Silke Möller, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr | 41.37 | Canberra, Australia | 6 October 1985 |
| Oceanian record | Australia Rachael Massey, Suzanne Broadrick, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Jodi Lambert | 42.99 | Pietersburg, South Africa | 18 March 2000 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was to finish in the first 10 at 2021 World Relays, completed by 6 2021-2022 top lists' teams.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC-7), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 22 July | 17:40 | Heats |
| 23 July | 19:30 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | United States (USA) | Melissa Jefferson, Aleia Hobbs, Jenna Prandini, Twanisha Terry | 41.56 | Q, WL |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Ashleigh Nelson, Daryll Neita | 41.99 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 8 | Jamaica (JAM) | Briana Williams, Natalliah Whyte, Remona Burchell, Kemba Nelson | 42.37 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Germany (GER) | Tatjana Pinto, Alexandra Burghardt, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase | 42.44 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 8 | Spain (ESP) | Sonia Molina-Prados, Jaël Bestué, Paula Sevilla, Maria Isabel Pérez | 42.61 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Nigeria (NGR) | Joy Chinenye Udo-Gabriel, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha | 42.68 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Italy (ITA) | Zaynab Dosso, Dalia Kaddari, Anna Bongiorni, Vittoria Fontana | 42.71 | q, NR |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Switzerland (SUI) | Géraldine Frey, Sarah Atcho, Salomé Kora, Ajla del Ponte | 42.73 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | China (CHN) | Li He, Ge Manqi, Wei Yongli, Liang Xiaojing | 42.93 | SB |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | Canada (CAN) | Crystal Emmanuel, Khamica Bingham, Jacqueline Madogo, Leya Buchanan | 43.09 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Poland (POL) | Magdalena Stefanowicz, Martyna Kotwiła, Marika Popowicz-Drapała, Ewa Swoboda | 43.19 | SB |
| 12 | 1 | 5 | Japan (JPN) | Masumi Aoki, Arisa Kimishima, Mei Kodama, Midori Mikase | 43.33 | NR |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Netherlands (NED) | Andrea Bouma, Zoë Sedney, Minke Bisschops, Naomi Sedney | 43.46 | |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Denmark (DEN) | Mette Graversgaard, Mathilde Kramer, Astrid Glenner-Frandsen, Ida Karstoft | 43.46 | NR |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | Ecuador (ECU) | Yuliana Angulo, Anahí Suárez, Nicole Caicedo, Nicole Jazmine Chala | 44.17 | SB |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Ireland (IRL) | Joan Healy, Adeyemi Talabi, Lauren Roy, Sarah Leahy | 44.48 | |

### Final

The final started on 23 July at 19:30.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | United States (USA) | Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini, Twanisha Terry | 41.14 | WL |
| | 5 | Jamaica (JAM) | Kemba Nelson, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson | 41.18 | SB |
| | 7 | Germany (GER) | Tatjana Pinto, Alexandra Burghardt, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase | 42.03 | SB |
| 4 | 8 | Nigeria (NGR) | Joy Chinenye Udo-Gabriel, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha | 42.22 | AR |
| 5 | 4 | Spain (ESP) | Sonia Molina-Prados, Jaël Bestué, Paula Sevilla, Maria Isabel Pérez | 42.58 | NR |
| 6 | 6 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita | 42.75 | |
| 7 | 1 | Switzerland (SUI) | Géraldine Frey, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora, Ajla del Ponte | 42.81 | |
| 8 | 2 | Italy (ITA) | Zaynab Dosso, Dalia Kaddari, Anna Bongiorni, Vittoria Fontana | 42.92 | |