# 2014 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 24 and 25 May.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Soviet Union (Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina) | 3:15.17 | Seoul, South Korea | 1 October 1988 |
| Championship record | New event | New event | New event | New event |
| World Leading | University of Texas | 3:25.05 | Philadelphia, United States | 26 April 2014 |
| African Record | Nigeria (Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya) | 3:21.04 | Atlanta, United States | 3 August 1996 |
| Asian Record | Hebei province (An Xiaohong, Bai Xiaoyun, Cao Chunying, Ma Yuqin) | 3:24.28 | Beijing, China | 13 September 1993 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | United States (Denean Howard, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith Joyner) | 3:15.51 | Seoul, South Korea | 1 October 1988 |
| South American Record | BM&F Bovespa (Geisa Aparecida Coutinho, Bárbara de Oliveira, Joelma Sousa, Jailma de Lima) | 3:26.68 | São Paulo, Brazil | 7 August 2011 |
| European Record | Soviet Union (Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina) | 3:15.17 | Seoul, South Korea | 1 October 1988 |
| Oceanian record | Australia (Nova Peris, Tamsyn Manou, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Cathy Freeman) | 3:23.81 | Sydney, Australia | 30 September 2000 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 24 May 2014 | 18:26 | Heats |
| 25 May 2014 | 18:12 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC−4)

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | United States | DeeDee Trotter, Sanya Richards-Ross, Monica Hargrove, Jessica Beard | 3:23.84 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Jamaica | Christine Day, Anastasia Le-Roy, Shericka Jackson, Kaliese Spencer | 3:24.95 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Nigeria | Folasade Abugan, Regina George, Bukola Abogunloko, Patience Okon George | 3:27.07 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Great Britain | Eilidh Child, Shana Cox, Emily Diamond, Margaret Adeoye | 3:27.30 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Poland | Małgorzata Hołub, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Agata Bednarek, Justyna Święty | 3:27.37 | q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | 8 | France | Marie Gayot, Lenora Guion-Fermin, Estelle Perrossier, Floria Gueï | 3:28.93 | q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | Brazil | Joelma Sousa, Liliane Fernandes, Jailma de Lima, Geisa Aparecida Coutinho | 3:30.37 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Italy | Chiara Bazzoni, Maria Enrica Spacca, Elena Maria Bonfanti, Libania Grenot | 3:30.67 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | Shawna Fermin, Domonique Williams, Romona Modeste, Alena Brooks | 3:30.91 | SB |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Australia | Anneliese Rubie, Jessica Gulli, Lyndsay Pekin, Morgan Mitchell | 3:30.92 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Canada | Carline Muir, Jenna Martin, Wendy Fawn Dorr, Noelle Montcalm | 3:34.60 | SB |
| 12 | 1 | 5 | Bahamas | Lanece Clarke, Shakeitha Henfield, Christine Amertil, Miriam Byfield | 3:54.95 | |
| | 1 | 2 | Russia | Yelena Zuykevich, Nadezhda Kotlyarova, Ayvika Malanova, Svetlana Rogozina | DNS | |

### Final
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 3 | Australia | Anneliese Rubie, Morgan Mitchell, Jessica Gulli, Lyndsay Pekin | 3:31.01 | |
| 10 | 6 | Bahamas | Lanece Clarke, Christine Amertil, Shakeitha Henfield, Miriam Byfield | 3:31.71 | SB |
| 11 | 4 | Canada | Jenna Martin, Carline Muir, Sarah-Lynn Wells, Wendy Fawn Dorr | 3:32.58 | SB |
| 12 | 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | Shawna Fermin, Alena Brooks, Magnolia Howell, Romona Modeste | 3:33.21 | |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | Points |
| | 5 | United States | DeeDee Trotter, Sanya Richards-Ross, Natasha Hastings, Joanna Atkins | 3:21.73 | CR | 8 |
| | 4 | Jamaica | Kaliese Spencer, Novlene Williams-Mills, Anastasia Le-Roy, Shericka Jackson | 3:23.26 | SB | 7 |
| | 6 | Nigeria | Folasade Abugan, Regina George, Omolara Omotoso, Patience Okon George | 3:23.41 | SB | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | France | Marie Gayot, Lénora Guion-Firmin, Agnès Raharolahy, Floria Gueï | 3:25.84 | SB | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | Poland | Małgorzata Hołub, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Joanna Linkiewicz, Justyna Święty | 3:27.37 | =SB | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | Italy | Chiara Bazzoni, Maria Enrica Spacca, Elena Maria Bonfanti, Libania Grenot | 3:27.44 | SB | 3 |
| 7 | 8 | Great Britain | Eilidh Child, Shana Cox, Christine Ohuruogu, Margaret Adeoye | 3:28.03 | | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | Brazil | Joelma Sousa, Liliane Fernandes, Jailma de Lima, Geisa Aparecida Coutinho | 3:31.59 | | 1 |