1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
# 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4x400 metres relay event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 23 and 24 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Cicely Scott Monique Hennagan Michelle Brown Jowanna McMullen United States |
| - | - |
| Silver | Marinella Mircea Lavinia Miroiu Andrea Burlacu Ionela Tîrlea Romania |
| Bronze | Susanne Merkel Claudia Angerhausen Ivonne Teichmann Ulrike Urbansky Germany |

## Results

### Final

24 July

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | United States | Cicely Scott Monique Hennagan Michelle Brown Jowanna McMullen | 3:32.08 |
| | Romania | Marinella Mircea Lavinia Miroiu Andrea Burlacu Ionela Tîrlea | 3:36.59 |
| | Germany | Susanne Merkel Claudia Angerhausen Ivonne Teichmann Ulrike Urbansky | 3:36.65 |
| 4 | Russia | Olga Kotlyarova Valentina Golovko Lyudmila Voronicheva Larisa Bolenok | 3:37.41 |
| 5 | Finland | Sari Kärkäs Riikka Niemelä Kirsi Kemppainen Heidi Suomi | 3:37.55 |
| 6 | South Africa | Yolande Venter Marie-Louise Henning Adri van der Merwe Ronelle Ullrich | 3:37.93 |
| 7 | Cuba | Yudalis Díaz Mairelín Fuentes Lidurka Torres Daimí Pernía | 3:37.95 |
| 8 | United Kingdom | Katharine Eustace Joanne Sloane Allison Curbishley Louretta Thorne | 3:39.80 |

### Heats

23 July

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | Michelle Brown Cicely Scott Yvonne Harrison Jowanna McMullen | 3:37.13 | Q |
| 2 | Germany | Susanne Merkel Sonja Wilmsmeyer Ivonne Teichmann Ulrike Urbansky | 3:38.03 | Q |
| 3 | Finland | Sari Kärkäs Riikka Niemelä Kirsi Kemppainen Heidi Suomi | 3:38.10 | Q |
| 4 | Jamaica | Charmaine Howell Shelly-Ann Berth Tanya Jarrett Michelle Ballentine | 3:39.58 | |
| 5 | Italy | Manuela Caddeo Federica Selis Claudia Salvarani Virna De Angeli | 3:41.02 | |
| 6 | Bahamas | Vernetta Rolle Ingrid Sears Tonique Williams Debbie Ferguson | 3:44.67 | |
| 7 | Canada | Cathy Rejouis Mame Twumasi Francis Seally Lisa Duffus | 3:46.82 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Romania | Marinella Mircea Lavinia Miroiu Andrea Burlacu Ionela Tîrlea | 3:37.29 | Q |
| 2 | Russia | Olga Kotlyarova Valentina Golovko Polina Staroverova Larisa Bolenok | 3:37.68 | Q |
| 3 | South Africa | Yolande Venter Marie-Louise Henning Adri van der Merwe Ronelle Ullrich | 3:38.14 | Q |
| 4 | United Kingdom | Katharine Eustace Joanne Sloane Allison Curbishley Louretta Thorne | 3:38.70 | q |
| 5 | Cuba | Yudalis Díaz Mairelín Fuentes Lidurka Torres Daimí Pernía | 3:38.78 | q |
| 6 | Australia | Kylie Watkins Rebecca Campbell Chelsea Andrews Melanie Bradley | 3:40.36 | |
| 7 | Nigeria | Florence Ekpo-Umoh Mercy Nku Endurance Ojokolo Olabisi Afolabi | 3:49.16 | |
| | China | Chen Zhenhong Zhu Wei Zhang Yu Li Yajun | DQ | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 63 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (4)
* Bahamas (4)
* Canada (4)
* China (4)
* Cuba (4)
* Finland (4)
* Germany (5)
* Italy (4)
* Jamaica (4)
* Nigeria (4)
* Romania (4)
* Russia (5)
* South Africa (4)
* United Kingdom (4)
* United States (5)
