# 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place in two rounds at the Štark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, on 20 March 2022.
Ten national teams competed in the two heats of round 1 during the morning session. National records were set by the teams of Belgium (3:30.58 minutes), Ireland (3:30.97 minutes), Canada (3:31.45 minutes), and Slovenia (3:37.08 minutes). The two fastest teams in each heat and the next two fastest teams overall qualified for the final.
Six national teams competed in the final during the evening session. The gold medal was won by the team of Jamaica in 3:28.40 minutes, the silver medal by the team of the Netherlands in 3:28.57 minutes and the bronze medal by the team of Poland in 3:28.59 minutes.

## Background

Records before the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships :
| Record | Team | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Russia | 3:23.37 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 28 January 2006 |
| Championship record | United States | 3:23.85 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 4 March 2018 |
| World leading | Arkansas | 3:24.09 | College Station, Texas, USA | 26 February 2022 |

## Results
### Round 1

The two heats of round 1 were held during the morning session, starting at 11:45. The first two teams in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest teams (q) advanced to the final. In the first heat, the team of Belgium set a national record (NR) of 3:30.58 min. In the second heat, the team of Ireland set a national record (NR) of 3:30.97 min, the team of Canada set a national record (NR) of 3:31.45 min, and the team of Slovenia set a national record (NR) of 3:37.08 min.
Results from round 1 :
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Country | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | United States | Jessica Beard, Brittany Aveni, Natashia Jackson, Lynna Irby | 3:28.82 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Netherlands | Lieke Klaver, Eveline Saalberg, Andrea Bouma, Lisanne de Witte | 3:29.36 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Poland | Iga Baumgart-Witan, Aleksandra Gaworska, Natalia Kaczmarek, Justyna Święty-Ersetic | 3:30.51 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Belgium | Hanne Claes, Naomi Van den Broeck, Imke Vervaet, Camille Laus | 3:30.58 | q, NR |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Great Britain | Hannah Williams, Ama Pipi, Yemi Mary John, Jessie Knight | 3:30.69 | q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Jamaica | Roneisha McGregor, Janieve Russell, Tiffany James, Junelle Bromfield | 3:30.91 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Ireland | Sophie Becker, Róisín Harrison, Sharlene Mawdsley, Phil Healy | 3:30.97 | NR |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | Canada | Lauren Gale, Kyra Constantine, Natassha McDonald, Sage Watson | 3:31.45 | NR |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Spain | Sara Gallego, Geena Stephens, Carmen Avilés, Laura Bueno | 3:34.92 | SB |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Slovenia | Agata Zupin, Jerneja Smonkar, Veronika Sadek, Anita Horvat | 3:37.08 | NR |

### Final

The final was held during the evening session, starting at 19:55.
The United States was the fastest qualifying team from the morning heats but it was Junelle Bromfield from the slowest qualifying team, Jamaica who appeared to take a slight lead through the first two turns. From the cones, Lieke Klaver, running her fifth fast 400 metres within about 56 hours, accelerated Netherlands past Bromfield to take the lead at the bell. USA's Na'Asha Robinson tried to get past Klaver but was held off, forced to running wide through the penultimate turn. Bromfield then went by on the inside, chasing after Klaver. Then Natalia Kaczmarek came up to put Poland into third place before the handoff. Eveline Saalberg held off Janieve Russell as the field stayed in the same order through three turns. Saalberg began to tie up, Russell went by and extended a big lead for Jamaica. Taking the baton in fourth place, Brittany Aveni went around Poland's Kinga Gacka and Netherlands' Lisanne de Witte and closed down the lead of Roneisha McGregor. Aveni couldn't get past McGregor, Gacka followed and took the rail immediately behind McGregor, forcing Aveni wide. Ginka slowed on the final turn, Aveni still couldn't get by McGregor by the handoff. The anchor leg was a rematch of the 400, with Jamaica's bronze medalist Stephenie Ann McPherson getting away in the lead, USA was next in line with semi-finalist Lynna Irby, followed by Poland with 3rd place Justyna Święty-Ersetic, also in her fifth race in the same time span, and in fourth place, Netherlands' silver medalist Femke Bol. They ran in that order, single file, chased by GBR's Jessie Knight until the final straightaway. McPherson came off the turn wide into lane 2 to protect her lead. This forced Irby to the outside of lane 2 looking for running room to pass. Święty-Ersetic went to lane 3 to run past Irby which opened up lane one for Bol. 20 metres before the finish it was the three, dead even, shoulder to shoulder across the track, battling for the silver medal 2 steps behind McPherson. Bol was the fastest to the line, barely ahead of Święty-Ersetic who had gotten past Irby, the three separated by about half a metre.
Results from the final :
| Rank | Lane | Country | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Jamaica | Junelle Bromfield, Janieve Russell, Roneisha McGregor, Stephenie Ann McPherson | 3:28.40 | SB |
| | 4 | Netherlands | Lieke Klaver, Eveline Saalberg, Lisanne de Witte, Femke Bol | 3:28.57 | SB |
| | 5 | Poland | Natalia Kaczmarek, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Kinga Gacka, Justyna Święty-Ersetic | 3:28.59 | SB |
| 4 | 6 | United States | Na'Asha Robinson, Jessica Beard, Brittany Aveni, Lynna Irby | 3:28.63 | SB |
| 5 | 1 | Great Britain | Hannah Williams, Ama Pipi, Yemi Mary John, Jessie Knight | 3:29.82 | SB |
| 6 | 2 | Belgium | Hanne Claes, Naomi Van den Broeck, Imke Vervaet, Camille Laus | 3:33.61 | |