Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Dates	7 August
Competitors	32 from 8 nations
Winning time	3:25.84
Medalists
Natassha McDonald Aiyanna Stiverne Micha Powell Kyra Constantine    Canada   Shiann Salmon Junelle Bromfield Roneisha McGregor Natoya Goule    Jamaica   Zoey Clark Beth Dobbin Jill Cherry Nicole Yeargin    Scotland
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The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 7 August 2022.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	Soviet Union (Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzhina)	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
Commonwealth record	Jamaica (Rosemarie Whyte, Davita Prendergast, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shericka Williams)	3:18.71	Daegu, South Korea	3 September 2011
Games record	Jamaica (Stephenie Ann McPherson, Christine Day, Novlene Williams-Mills, Anastasia Le-Roy)	3:23.82	Glasgow, Scotland	2 August 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 7 August 2022	21:40	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Final

The medals were determined in the final. ^[2] Although England beat Canada in a photo-finish by 0.01 second, it was found that England's Jodie Williams had intruded into an inner lane during the handover from Victoria Ohuruogu, and the gold was awarded to Canada, which was only revealed after England had already run a victory lap. ^[3]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	5	Canada	Natassha McDonald, Aiyanna Stiverne, Micha Powell, Kyra Constantine	3:25.84
	8	Jamaica	Shiann Salmon, Junelle Bromfield, Roneisha McGregor, Natoya Goule	3:26.93
	9	Scotland	Zoey Clark, Beth Dobbin, Jill Cherry, Nicole Yeargin	3:30.15	SB
4	6	South Africa	Miranda Coetzee, Taylon Bieldt, Shirley Nekhubui, Zenéy van der Walt	3:30.25
5	4	Kenya	Millicent Ndoro, Jarinter Mwasya, Veronica Kamumbe Mutua, Mary Moraa	3:32.28	SB
6	7	Nigeria	Amarachukwu Obi, Ella Onojuvwevwo, Patience Omovoh, Patience Okon George	3:33.13
7	2	Botswana	Lydia Jele, Thomphang Basele, Motlatsi Rante, Christine Botlogetswe	3:41.14
	3	England	Victoria Ohuruogu, Jodie Williams, Ama Pipi, Jessie Knight	DQ	TR 17.3.1 (3:25.83)

References

1. "Women's 4 x 400m Relay". Birmingham 2022. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
2. Final results
3. England’s ‘glittering’ moment spoilt as major error forces heartbreaking ruling in 4x400m women’s relay - 7News