# 2017 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 23 April.
In the final, USA's Tianna Bartoletta started strongly in lane 3, gaining vs the stagger against Jamaica's Simone Facey who was also gaining on Germany's Alexandra Burghardt. Approaching the first handoff, as Bartoletta passed Brazil's Tânia da Silva waiting in lane 2, Bartoletta lost her balance and crashed to the track. Da Silva, who was standing in her own lane, was also set off balance, neither USA or Brazil completed their handoff. The incident seem to echo from the situation between the same two teams at the previous year's Olympics. China's clean first handoff between Liang Xiaojing and Wei Yongli put them into the lead, while Germany's handoff to Lisa Mayer and Jamaica's handoff to Natasha Morrison were hesitant but effective. Netherlands put their star world champion Dafne Schippers on the second leg. She rocketed past Wei and put her team into the lead, but after handing off to Madiea Ghafoor, the momentum stopped as China's Tao Yujia rapidly went by. Inside of them, Germany's Tatjana Pinto ran an exceptional leg, separating from Jamaica's Gayon Evans, Germany passing first to Rebekka Haase with Jamaica's pass to Sashalee Forbes also gaining an edge on China's handoff to Yuan Qiqi. Free to run, Hasse separated an extra metre from Forbes, who then found her gear and closed back in on Hasse. But Hasse had too much of a lead, Germany beating Jamaica by a metre with China another two back, holding off a fast closing Naomi Sedney for the Netherlands.

## 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, Great Britain | 10 August 2012 |
| Championship record | United States (Tianna Bartoletta, Alexandria Anderson, Jeneba Tarmoh, LaKeisha Lawson) | 41.88 | Nassau, Bahamas | 24 May 2014 |
| World Leading | University of Oregon | 42.12 | Torrance, United States | 15 April 2017 |
| African Record | Nigeria (Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara, Mary Onyali) | 42.39 | Barcelona, Spain | 7 August 1992 |
| Asian Record | China (Xiao Lin, 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 Silva, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos) | 42.29 | Moscow, Russia | 18 August 2013 |
| European Record | East Germany (Silke Gladisch-Möller, Sabine Rieger-Günther, 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 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 23 April 2017 | 20:00 | Heats |
| 23 April 2017 | 21:46 | Final B |
| 23 April 2017 | 22:13 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC-4)

## Results

| KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | WL | World leading | SB | Seasonal best | WC | 2017 World Championships qualification |

### Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final. The next 8 fastest times qualified for the final B.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | United States | Tianna Bartoletta, Jenna Prandini, English Gardner, Morolake Akinosun | 42.96 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Germany | Alexandra Burghardt, Lisa Mayer, Tatjana Pinto, Rebekka Haase | 43.04 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Jamaica | Simone Facey, Natasha Morrison, Gayon Evans, Christania Williams | 43.22 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | China | Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli, Ge Manqi, Yuan Qiqi | 43.90 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Netherlands | Jamile Samuel, Dafne Schippers, Madiea Ghafoor, Naomi Sedney | 43.98 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | Bahamas | Devine Parker, Brianne Bethel, Tayla Carter, Tynia Gaither | 44.11 | q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | France | Floriane Gnafoua, Stella Akakpo, Maroussia Paré, Charlotte Jeanne | 44.14 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | Brazil | Bruna Farias, Tânia da Silva, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Rosângela Santos | 44.20 | q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | Ecuador | Yuliana Angulo, Narcisa Landazuri, Romina Cifuentes, Ángela Tenorio | 44.54 | SB |
| 10 | 1 | British Virgin Islands | Nelda Huggins, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott, Ashley Kelly, Karene King | 44.78 | |
| 11 | 2 | Nigeria | Lindsay Lindley, Patience Okon George, Ugonna Ndu, Jennifer Madu | 44.95 | SB |
| 12 | 1 | Canada | Farah Jacques, Crystal Emmanuel, Shai-Anne Davis, Shaina Harrison | 44.98 | SB |
| | 2 | Italy | Libania Grenot, Gloria Hooper, Anna Bongiorni, Audrey Alloh | DQ | R163.3(A) |
| | 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Khalifa St. Fort, Semoy Hackett | DNF | |

### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Ecuador | Yuliana Angulo, Narcisa Landazuri, Romina Cifuentes, Ángela Tenorio | 44.26 | *WC |
| | 3 | Canada | Farah Jacques, Crystal Emmanuel, Shai-Anne Davis, Shaina Harrison | DQ | R170.7 |
| | 5 | British Virgin Islands | Nelda Huggins, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott, Ashley Kelly, Karene King | DNF | |
| | 6 | Nigeria | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | Points |
| | 5 | Germany | Alexandra Burghardt, Lisa Mayer, Tatjana Pinto, Rebekka Haase | 42.84 | WL, *WC | 8 |
| | 4 | Jamaica | Simone Facey, Natasha Morrison, Gayon Evans, Sashalee Forbes | 42.95 | SB, *WC | 7 |
| | 6 | China | Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli, Tao Yujia, Yuan Qiqi | 43.11 | SB, *WC | 6 |
| 4 | 7 | Netherlands | Jamile Samuel, Dafne Schippers, Madiea Ghafoor, Naomi Sedney | 43.17 | SB, *WC | 5 |
| 5 | 8 | France | Floriane Gnafoua, Stella Akakpo, Charlotte Jeanne, Carolle Zahi | 43.90 | SB, *WC | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | Bahamas | Devine Parker, Brianne Bethel, Tayla Carter, Tynia Gaither | 44.01 | SB, *WC | 3 |
| | 2 | Brazil | Bruna Farias, Tânia da Silva, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Rosângela Santos | DNF | | 0 |
| | 3 | United States | Tianna Bartoletta, Jenna Prandini, English Gardner, Morolake Akinosun | DNF | | 0 |