2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
# 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 12 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Lanie Whittaker Jessica Beard Erica Alexander Takecia Jameson United States |
| - | - |
| Silver | Olha Zemlyak Yuliya Krasnoshchok Hanna Yaroshchuk Yuliya Baraley Ukraine |
| Bronze | Brittney McGlone Trychelle Kingdom Olivia Tauro Angeline Blackburn Australia |

## Results

### Final

13 July

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | United States | Lanie Whittaker Jessica Beard Erica Alexander Takecia Jameson | 3:30.19 |
| | Ukraine | Olha Zemlyak Yuliya Krasnoshchok Hanna Yaroshchuk Yuliya Baraley | 3:34.20 |
| | Australia | Brittney McGlone Trychelle Kingdom Olivia Tauro Angeline Blackburn | 3:34.23 |
| 4 | France | Amélie Fosse Berenice Manimba Margot Viot Floria Gueï | 3:35.83 |
| 5 | Russia | Liliya Gafiyatullina Kseniya Prytkova Olesya Tsaranok Aleksandra Bulanova | 3:37.40 |
| 6 | Belarus | Maryna Liboza Viktoryia Shauchuk Viktoryia Manko Katsiaryna Mishyna | 3:38.38 |
| 7 | Germany | Vera Stelkens Julia Müller-Foell Inga Müller Fabienne Kohlmann | 3:39.00 |
| 8 | Canada | Alyssa Johnson Jessica Parry Sarah Wells Natalie Geiger | 3:39.27 |

### Heats

12 July

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | Lanie Whittaker Jessica Beard Erica Alexander Porche Byrd | 3:29.54 | Q |
| 2 | Australia | Brittney McGlone Trychelle Kingdom Olivia Tauro Angeline Blackburn | 3:35.22 | Q |
| 3 | Russia | Yuliya Terekhova Kseniya Prytkova Aleksandra Bulanova Liliya Gafiyatullina | 3:36.61 | Q |
| 4 | Canada | Alyssa Johnson Jessica Parry Sarah Wells Natalie Geiger | 3:37.84 | q |
| 5 | Poland | Kamila Nowak Joanna Linkiewicz Ewa Jacniak Anna Pacholska | 3:43.08 | |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | Natalya Tukova Yelena Geptina Margarita Kudinova Taissa Makhmayeva | 3:43.70 | |
| 7 | India | Juana Murmu Bindu Simon Rajam Tintu Luka Machettira Poovamma | 3:44.13 | |
| 8 | Serbia | Angela Terek Jelena Andjelkovic Mila Andrić Marijela Markovic | 3:46.64 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ukraine | Yuliya Shpihernyuk Olha Zemlyak Yuliya Krasnoshchok Yuliya Baraley | 3:37.12 | Q |
| 2 | Germany | Vera Stelkens Julia Müller-Foell Inga Müller Fabienne Kohlmann | 3:37.20 | Q |
| 3 | Belarus | Maryna Liboza Viktoryia Shauchuk Viktoryia Manko Katsiaryna Mishyna | 3:37.45 | Q |
| 4 | France | Amélie Fosse Berenice Manimba Floria Gueï Margot Viot | 3:37.54 | q |
| 5 | Jamaica | Kayan Robinson Latoya McDermott Amoy Blake Natoya Goule | 3:38.00 | |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | Nyoka Giles Janeil Bellille Kai Selvon Britney St. Louis | 3:38.14 | |
| 7 | Romania | Andreea Ogrăzeanu Mihaela Nunu Andreea Ionescu Elena Mirela Lavric | 3:41.39 | |

## Participation

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

* Australia (4)
* Belarus (4)
* Canada (4)
* France (4)
* Germany (4)
* India (4)
* Jamaica (4)
* Kazakhstan (4)
* Poland (4)
* Romania (4)
* Russia (5)
* Serbia (4)
* Trinidad and Tobago (4)
* Ukraine (5)
* United States (5)
