# 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' medley relay

The girls' medley relay at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 13 and 14 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| United States Dior Hall Ky Westbrook Raevyn Rogers Olivia Baker Chyna Ries | British Virgin Islands Taylor Hill Nelda Huggins Jonel Lacey Tarika Moses Lakeisha Warner | Japan Mizuki Nakamura Nana Fujimori Seika Aoyama Nanako Matsumoto |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Jamaica | 2:03.42 | Lille, France | 10 July 2011 |
| Championship Record | Jamaica | 2:03.42 | Lille, France | 10 July 2011 |
| World Youth Leading | Nigeria | 2:09.36 | Warri, Nigeria | 31 March 2013 |

## Heats

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| 1 | 5 | Canada | Natasha Brown, Raquel Tjernagel, Mariam Abdul-Rashid, Kendra Clarke | 2:08.52 | Q, WYL |
| 2 | 7 | British Virgin Islands | Taylor Hill, Nelda Huggins, Tarika Moses, Lakeisha Warner | 2:08.80 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Czech Republic | Andrejka Školová, Veronika Paličková, Jana Reissová, Zdeňka Seidlová | 2:09.12 | q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | Brazil | Mirna da Silva, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Letícia de Souza, Tábata de Carvalho | 2:11.20 | SB |
| 5 | 2 | New Zealand | Abby Goldie, Zoe Hobbs, Megan Kikuchi, Shannon Gearey | 2:13.00 | SB |
| 6 | 8 | Botswana | Gosego Mpeo, Joy Mphatho, Gorata Thebe, Galefele Moroko | 2:13.85 | |
| 7 | 6 | Romania | Lorena Almășan, Livia Cristurean, Andreea Timofei, Elena Strutinschi | 2:16.71 | SB |
| 8 | 4 | Algeria | Sarah Nazef, Loubna Ben Si Ali, Zouaouia Berrehil, Sabrina Hocine | 2:16.84 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| 1 | 8 | Japan | Mizuki Nakamura, Nana Fujimori, Seika Aoyama, Nanako Matsumoto | 2:08.39 | Q, WYL |
| 2 | 6 | Italy | Annalisa Spadotto Scott, Denise Rega, Alice Mangione, Elena Bellò | 2:11.25 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 7 | Ukraine | Alina Kalistratova, Oleksandra Romanyuk, Yana Kachur, Yuliya Moroz | 2:14.54 | |
| | 5 | Jamaica | Yanique Thompson, Shanice Reid, Tiffany James, Yanique McNeil | DQ | |
| | 4 | Nigeria | Tobi Amusan, Deborah Adewunmi Adewale, Edidiong Odiong, Abimbola Junaid | DQ | |
| | 3 | Croatia | | DNS | |
| | 2 | South Africa | | DNS | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| 1 | 8 | United States | Chyna Ries, Ky Westbrook, Olivia Baker, Raevyn Rogers | 2:07.13 | Q, WYL |
| 2 | 7 | China | Ge Manqi, Wang Xuan, Liang Xiaojing, Huang Guifen | 2:09.90 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | Hungary | Luca Kozák, Melinda Ferenczi, Mónika Zsiga, Luca Palásti | 2:10.85 | q |
| 4 | 8 | Slovakia | Zuzana Karaffová, Martina Sameková, Daniela Ledecká, Viktória Zahradníčková | 2:13.47 | PB |
| 5 | 6 | Bahamas | Makeya White, Jenae Ambrose, Mesha Newbold, Kadeisha Hield | 2:13.63 | SB |
| 6 | 3 | Slovenia | Tjaša Sirc, Eva Pivk, Julija Praprotnik, Maja Pogorevc | 2:14.09 | SB |
| 7 | 4 | Ecuador | Jenifer Canchingre, Inara Cortez, María Cobo, Virginia Villalba | 2:16.11 | |

## Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| | 5 | United States | Dior Hall, Ky Westbrook, Raevyn Rogers, Olivia Baker | 2:05.15 | WYL |
| | 3 | British Virgin Islands | Taylor Hill, Nelda Huggins, Jonel Lacey, Tarika Moses | 2:07.40 | PB |
| | 4 | Japan | Mizuki Nakamura, Nana Fujimori, Seika Aoyama, Nanako Matsumoto | 2:07.61 | PB |
| 4 | 1 | Czech Republic | Andrejka Školová, Veronika Paličková, Jana Reissová, Zdeňka Seidlová | 2:08.55 | PB |
| 5 | 6 | Canada | Natasha Brown, Raquel Tjernagel, Mariam Abdul-Rashid, Kendra Clarke | 2:08.59 | |
| 6 | 2 | Hungary | Luca Kozák, Melinda Ferenczi, Mónika Zsiga, Luca Palásti | 2:09.32 | SB |
| 7 | 7 | Italy | Annalisa Spadotto Scott, Micaela Moroni, Anna Schena, Elena Bellò | 2:10.64 | SB |
| | 8 | China | Ge Manqi, Wang Xuan, Liang Xiaojing, Huang Guifen | DQ | |