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

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.

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| | United States | Jeneba Tarmoh Shayla Mahan Gabrielle Glenn Tiffany Townsend | 43.66 |
| | Jamaica | Shawna Anderson Kaycea Jones Gayon Evans Jura Levy | 43.98 |
| | 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 | |
| | Australia | Larissa Perry Melissa Breen Olivia Tauro Brittney McGlone | DQ | IAAF rule 170.14 |
| | 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.

* Australia (4)
* Bahamas (5)
* Barbados (4)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (4)
* France (4)
* Germany (4)
* Ireland (4)
* Italy (4)
* Jamaica (5)
* Netherlands (4)
* Nigeria (4)
* Poland (4)
* Russia (4)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (4)
* Serbia (4)
* South Africa (4)
* Spain (4)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (4)
* Thailand (4)
* United Kingdom (4)
* United States (4)
