# 2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 24 and 25 August 2023.

## Summary

Jamaica had all of three 2022 World Championships 100m medalists, but double Olympic Gold Medalist Elaine Thompson-Herah ran in the heats and was replaced by 200 metre Gold Medalist Shericka Jackson in the final. The USA replaced Tamara Clark and Melissa Jefferson with 200 metre silver medalist Gabby Thomas and 100 metre Gold Medalist Sha'Carri Richardson.
Côte d'Ivoire set an African record of 41.90 in the heats.
In the final, out of the blocks, USA's Tamari Davis gained against the stagger of Jamaica's Natasha Morrison who in turn was gaining on GBR's Asha Philip. USA passed first to Twanisha Terry. Jamaica passed late to their fifteen time World Championship medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who recaptured some of the distance lost, passing GBR's Imani-Lara Lansiquot down the backstretch. USA and Jamaica passed virtually together, but that meant USA in the inside had the advantage. This exchange was a disaster for Côte d'Ivoire as Marie-Josée Ta Lou tripped over Jessika Gbai, both athletes crashing to the track. Thomas brought USA around the turn ahead of Jamaica's Shashalee Forbes, only GBR with Bianca Williams and the Netherlands with Nadine Visser still battling for the bronze. Tasa Jiya started running too early, never connecting with Visser and GBR had clear sailing to bronze. Richardson got the baton for USA two metres up on Jamaica's Jackson. The United States was clear to win with Jamaica two metres back and GBR's Daryll Neita 10 metres back. The winning time of 41.03 took down Jamaica's Championships Record and was the fourth best time ever run, the third best by an American squad. Jamaica's 41.21 was number 8 on that same all time list, the fourth best by a Jamaican squad.

## 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 | University of Texas Julien Alfred, Ezinne Abba, Rhasidat Adeleke, Kevona Davis | 41.55 | Austin, United States | 8 June 2023 |
| African Record | Nigeria Joy Chinenye Udo-Gabriel, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha | 42.22 | Eugene, United States | 23 July 2022 |
| 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

After the postponement for COVID-19 pandemic reasons of the 2023 World Relays to 2024 Nassau, the modified system to qualify automatically is to have finished in the first eight (finalists) at 2022 World Championships, in Eugene, completed by eight more 2022-2023 top lists' teams.
The top 8 from the 2022 World Athletics Championships:
* United States (USA) (1st)
* Jamaica (JAM) (2nd)
* Germany (GER) (3rd)
* Nigeria (NGR) (4th)
* Spain (ESP) (5th)
* Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) (6th)
* Switzerland (SUI) (7th)
* Italy (ITA) (8th)
Top list before the 30 July 2023:
* 42.23 Ivory Coast (CIV) Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne (SUI) - 30 June 2023
* 42.38 Netherlands (NED) Olympic Stadium, London (GBR) - 23 July 2023
* 42.61 Poland (POL) Olympiastadion, München (GER) - 21 August 2022
* 43.16 Australia (AUS) Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) - 7 August 2022
* 43.17 Cuba (CUB) San Salvador (ESA) - 6 July 2023
* 43.24 France (FRA) Olympiastadion, München (GER) - 19 August 2022
* 43.34 Bahamas (BAH) Grand Bahama Sports Complex, Freeport (BAH) - 21 AUG 2022 Not entered (was Next best by Top List)
* 43.35 China (CHN) Central Stadium, Almaty (KAZ) - 01 JUL 2023 Not entered (was Next best by Top List)
* 43.43 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 43.43 - San Salvador (ESA) - 6 July 2023
* 43.45 Dominican Republic (DOM) 43.45 - San Salvador (ESA) - 06 JUL 2023 Not entered (was Next best by Top List)
* 43.47 Brazil (BRA) COTP Stadium, São Paulo (BRA) - 29 July 2023

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 25 August | 20:00 | Heats |
| 26 August | 21:53 | 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 | 6 | United States (USA) | Tamari Davis, Twanisha Terry, Tamara Clark, Melissa Jefferson | 41.59 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Jamaica (JAM) | Briana Williams, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shashalee Forbes, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | 41.70 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | Murielle Ahouré-Demps, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Jessika Gbai, Maboundou Koné | 41.90 | Q, AR |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Italy (ITA) | Dalia Kaddari, Anna Bongiorni, Alessia Pavese, Zaynab Dosso | 42.14 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Bianca Williams, Annie Tagoe | 42.33 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Netherlands (NED) | N'Ketia Seedo, Marije van Hunenstijn, Jamile Samuel, Tasa Jiya | 42.53 | q |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Switzerland (SUI) | Nathacha Kouni, Salomé Kora, Géraldine Frey, Melissa Gutschmidt [es] | 42.64 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Poland (POL) | Pia Skrzyszowska, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, Magdalena Stefanowicz, Ewa Swoboda | 42.65 | q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | Germany (GER) | Louise Wieland, Sina Mayer [de], Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase | 42.78 | qR, SB |
| 10 | 1 | 8 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | Akilah Lewis, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas, Leah Bertrand | 42.85 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | 9 | Spain (ESP) | Lucia Carrillo, Jaël Bestué, Paula Sevilla, Carmen Marco [es] | 42.96 | SB |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | France (FRA) | Carolle Zahi, Gémima Joseph, Helene Parisot, Mallory Leconte | 43.12 | SB |
| 13 | 2 | 9 | Cuba (CUB) | Laura Moreira, Enis M. Pérez, Yarima García [de], Yunisleidy García | 43.17 | =SB |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Hungary (HUN) | Gréta Kerekes, Jusztina Csóti [es], Boglárka Takács, Anna Luca Kocsis | 43.38 | NR |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Brazil (BRA) | Garbriela Mourão, Vitoria Cristina Rosa, Ana Carolina Azevedo, Rosângela Santos | 43.46 | SB |
| | 2 | 7 | Nigeria (NGR) | Justina Eyakpobeyan, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, Faith Okwose | | DNF |
| | 1 | 6 | Australia (AUS) | Ebony Lane, Bree Masters, Kristie Edwards, Torrie Lewis | | DNF |

### Final

The final was started on 26 August at 21:53.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | United States (USA) | Tamari Davis, Twanisha Terry, Gabrielle Thomas, Sha'Carri Richardson | 41.03 | CR |
| | 7 | Jamaica (JAM) | Natasha Morrison, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shashalee Forbes, Shericka Jackson | 41.21 | SB |
| | 8 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Bianca Williams, Daryll Neita | 41.97 | SB |
| 4 | 4 | Italy (ITA) | Zaynab Dosso, Dalia Kaddari, Anna Bongiorni, Alessia Pavese | 42.49 | |
| 5 | 3 | Poland (POL) | Pia Skrzyszowska, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, Magdalena Stefanowicz, Ewa Swoboda | 42.66 | |
| 6 | 1 | Germany (GER) | Louise Wieland, Sina Mayer [de], Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase | 42.98 | |
| | 5 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | Murielle Ahouré-Demps, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Jessika Gbai, Maboundou Koné | DNF | DNF |
| | 2 | Netherlands (NED) | N'Ketia Seedo, Lieke Klaver, Nadine Visser, Tasa Jiya | DNF | DNF |
| | 9 | Switzerland (SUI) | Nathacha Kouni, Salomé Kora, Géraldine Frey, Melissa Gutschmidt [es] | DQ | TR24.7 |