2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
# 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Women's 4 × 400 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Jamaica Sandie Richards Catherine Scott Debbie-Ann Parris Lorraine Fenton Michelle Burgher* Deon Hemmings* | Germany Florence Ekpo-Umoh Shanta Ghosh Claudia Marx Grit Breuer | Russia Irina Rosikhina Yuliya Nosova Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Olesya Zykina Natalya Shevtsova* |

* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.

## Results

### Heats

The first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualify.

| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | United States | Demetria Washington, Michelle Collins, Mikele Barber, Suziann Reid | 3:21.97 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Jamaica | Michelle Burgher, Catherine Scott, Deon Hemmings, Sandie Richards | 3:24.87 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Canada | Foy Williams, Samantha George, Danielle Kot, LaDonna Antoine | 3:25.68 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Germany | Florence Ekpo-Umoh, Shanta Ghosh, Claudia Marx, Grit Breuer | 3:26.81 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | France | Francine Landre, Anita Mormand, Sylvanie Morandais, Marie-Louise Bévis | 3:26.92 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Great Britain | Lee McConnell, Lesley Owusu, Catherine Murphy, Donna Fraser | 3:27.25 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | Poland | Aleksandra Pielużek, Grażyna Prokopek, Aneta Lemiesz, Małgorzata Pskit | 3:27.37 | q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | Russia | Natalya Shevtsova, Irina Rosikhina, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Olesya Zykina | 3:27.39 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Cuba | Yudalis Diaz, Julia Duporty, Libania Grenot, Daimí Pernía | 3:28.68 | |
| 10 | 2 | Belarus | Natalya Safronnikova, Svetlana Usovich, Irina Khlyustova, Anna Kozak | 3:28.93 | |
| 11 | 2 | Senegal | Aïda Diop, Mame Tacko Diouf, Fatou Bintou Fall, Amy Mbacké Thiam | 3:30.03 | |
| 12 | 1 | Puerto Rico | Militza Castro, Yvonne Harrison, Sandra Moya, Yamelis Ortiz | 3:30.81 | NR |
| 13 | 2 | Japan | Miho Sugimori, Kazue Kakinuma, Sakie Nobuoka, Makiko Yoshida | 3:33.51 | |
| 14 | 2 | Spain | Julia Alba, Norfalia Carabalí, Miriam Bravo, Yolanda Reyes | 3:33.78 | SB |

### Final

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Jamaica | Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott, Debbie-Ann Parris, Lorraine Fenton | 3:20.65 | WL |
| | Germany | Florence Ekpo-Umoh, Shanta Ghosh, Claudia Marx, Grit Breuer | 3:21.97 | SB |
| | Russia | Irina Rosikhina, Yuliya Nosova, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Olesya Zykina | 3:24.92 | |
| 4 | United States | Jearl Miles Clark, Monique Hennagan, Michelle Collins, Suziann Reid | 3:26.88 | |
| 5 | Great Britain | Lee McConnell, Helen Frost, Natasha Danvers, Catherine Murphy | 3:26.94 | SB |
| 6 | France | Francine Landre, Anita Mormand, Sylvanie Morandais, Marie-Louise Bévis | 3:27.54 | |
| 7 | Poland | Aleksandra Pielużek, Grażyna Prokopek, Aneta Lemiesz, Małgorzata Pskit | 3:27.78 | |
| 8 | Canada | Foy Williams, Samantha George, Danielle Kot, LaDonna Antoine | 3:27.93 | |
