1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 4x400 metres relay event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 30 and 31 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Manuela Derr Stefanie Fabert Anke Wöhlk Grit Breuer  East Germany
Silver	Keisha Demas Stephanie Saleem Kendra Mackey Teri Smith  United States
Bronze	Tatyana Movchan Viktoria Miloserdova Olga Burkanova Olga Moroz  Soviet Union

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
01 !	East Germany	Manuela Derr Stefanie Fabert Anke Wöhlk Grit Breuer	3:28.39
02 !	United States	Keisha Demas Stephanie Saleem Kendra Mackey Teri Smith	3:31.48
03 !	Soviet Union	Tatyana Movchan Viktoria Miloserdova Olga Burkanova Olga Moroz	3:31.89
4	Canada	Caroline Fortin Senzeni Steingruber Karen Layne Cheryl Allen	3:36.41
5	Yugoslavia	Marina Filipović Marjana Lužar Slavica Živković Suzana Belac	3:37.52
6	Romania	Aura Cracea Catalina Gheorghiu Luminita Avasiloaie Daniela Plescan	3:38.18
7	Spain	María Díez Gemma Bergasa Isabel Rodríguez Julia Merino	3:38.94
8	France	Catherine Chanfreau Patricia Djaté Valérie Jaunâtre Elsa Devassoigne	3:39.07

Heats

30 July

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	East Germany	Antje Axmann Daniele Steinecke Stefanie Fabert Anke Wöhlk	3:37.64	Q
2	Canada	Caroline Fortin Kristen Lundgren Karen Layne Cheryl Allen	3:38.06	Q
3	France	Catherine Chanfreau Patricia Djaté Valérie Jaunâtre Elsa Devassoigne	3:40.69	q
4	Spain	María Díez Gemma Bergasa Isabel Rodríguez Julia Merino	3:41.22	q
5	United Kingdom	Tracy Allen Paula Fryer Tracy Goddard Emma Langston	3:42.36
6	New Zealand	Anna Shattky Vanessa Jack Tania Murray Sonia Barry	4:02.57

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United States	Keisha Demas Stephanie Saleem Frenchie Holmes Teri Smith	3:39.21	Q
2	Romania	Aura Cracea Catalina Gheorghiu Luminita Avasiloaie Daniela Plescan	3:39.56	Q
3	Cuba	Mayelin Lemus Lency Montelier Marlen Estévez Nancy McLeón	3:43.18
4	Australia	Amanda Christie Sue Andrews Adrienne Rainbird Annette Cavanagh	3:47.58
5	Hungary	Zsofia Antok Katalin Fogarassy Erzsebet Todorán Kinga Fodor	3:48.71
6	Italy	Rossana Morabito Loredana Fontana Chiara Dalla Giovanna Monica De Col	DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Soviet Union	Viktoria Miloserdova Tatyana Movchan Olga Burkanova Olga Moroz	3:37.88	Q
2	Yugoslavia	Marina Filipović Marjana Lužar Slavica Živković Suzana Belac	3:39.93	Q
3	China	Li Shuxiang Li Liang Wang Ping Li Guilian	3:43.27
4	Netherlands	Michelle Martinot Ineke de Jong Ester Goossens Monique Steennis	3:45.30
5	West Germany	Linda Kisabaka Ruth Scheppan Sonja Macher Amona-Nicola Schneeweis	3:55.49
6	Bulgaria	Katerina Krasteva Daniela Spasova Julieta Kondova Sofia Sabeva	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 76 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References