2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Events at the 2008 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		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 12 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Jeneba Tarmoh Shayla Mahan Gabrielle Glenn Tiffany Townsend  United States
Silver	Shawna Anderson Kaycea Jones Gayon Evans Jura Levy  Jamaica
Bronze	Bárbara de Oliveira Bárbara Leôncio Luana Correa Rosângela Santos  Brazil

Results

Final

12 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
01 !	United States	Jeneba Tarmoh Shayla Mahan Gabrielle Glenn Tiffany Townsend	43.66
02 !	Jamaica	Shawna Anderson Kaycea Jones Gayon Evans Jura Levy	43.98
03 !	Brazil	Bárbara de Oliveira Bárbara Leôncio Luana Correa Rosângela Santos	44.61
4	Bahamas	Sheniqua Ferguson Krystal Bodie Tia Rolle Nivea Smith	44.61
5	France	Orlann Ombissa Emilie Gaydu Wendy Pascal Cornnelly Calydon	45.02
6	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Marecia Pemberton Meritzer Williams Sheriffa Whyte Tameka Williams	45.10
7	Barbados	Tameka Rawlins Mara Weekes Sade Greene Kierre Beckles	45.36
8	Switzerland	Marisa Lavanchy Jacqueline Gasser Grace Muamba Valentine Arrieta	45.51

Heats

11 July

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	United States	Jeneba Tarmoh Shayla Mahan Gabrielle Glenn Tiffany Townsend	43.76	Q
2	Brazil	Bárbara de Oliveira Bárbara Leôncio Luana Correa Rosângela Santos	44.25	Q
3	Bahamas	V'Alonnee Robinson Sheniqua Ferguson Tia Rolle Nivea Smith	44.32	q
4	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Marecia Pemberton Meritzer Williams Sheriffa Whyte Tameka Williams	44.45	q
5	Poland	Justyna Rybak Weronika Wedler Aleksandra Kociołek Anna Kiełbasińska	44.73
6	Netherlands	Kadene Vassell Loreanne Kuhurima Janice Babel Jamile Samuel	45.21
7	Canada	Natalie Geiger Kimberley Hyacinthe Alyssa Johnson Chantal Grant	45.66
8	Thailand	Kamonch Sornplod Sintara Seangdee Tassporn Wannakit Athchima Engchuan	45.99

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Jamaica	Danielle Jeffrey Kaycea Jones Gayon Evans Shawna Anderson	44.55	Q
2	Switzerland	Marisa Lavanchy Jacqueline Gasser Grace Muamba Valentine Arrieta	45.57	Q
3	Italy	Ilenia Draisci Martina Balboni Sabrina Mutschlechner Marta Maffioletti	45.64
4	Ireland	Joan Healy Steffi Creaner Hannah Lewis Mairead Murphy	45.93
5	Sweden	Caroline Lundahl Isabelle Eurenius Linnéa Collin Louise Kronlund	46.58
6	Australia	Larissa Perry Melissa Breen Olivia Tauro Brittney McGlone	DQ	IAAF rule 170.14
7	United Kingdom	Elaine O'Neill Holly Croxford Anike Shand-Whittingham Ashleigh Nelson	DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Barbados	Tameka Rawlins Mara Weekes Sade Greene Kierre Beckles	44.79	Q
2	France	Orlann Ombissa Emilie Gaydu Wendy Pascal Cornnelly Calydon	44.96	Q
3	Germany	Yasmin Kwadwo Lara Hoffmann Zsuzsanna Zimanyi Ruth Spelmeyer	44.98
4	Russia	Irina Kasatkina Olga Belkina Yekaterina Filatova Alena Tamkova	45.15
5	Nigeria	Justina Sule Susan Akene Gloria Bassey Agnes Osazuwa	45.30
6	Spain	Shannon García Estela García Carmen Sánchez Alba Obesso	45.88
7	South Africa	Celeste Rietels Alyssa Conley Christy Coetzee Claudia Viljoen	46.37
8	Serbia	Marijela Markovic Mila Andrić Andrijana Andric Angela Terek	47.73

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 94 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

References