USA qualifies fastest at 41.56, Jamaica and Great Britain also advanced - Women's 4x100m results | World-Track and Field News and Results

Twanisha Terry of USA runs the anchor leg in the women's 4x100m relay at the World Athletics Championships 2022

EUGENE, Oregon (July 22) — The United States stormed into the final of the women’s 4x100m relay with the fastest time with Great Britain & Northern Ireland and Jamaica also advancing to the medal race at the World Athletics Championships 2022 on Friday (22).

Running in the second of the two semi-final heats, the USA clocked 41.56 seconds to set a world-leading time to improve the 41.99 seconds performance by Great Britain in heat one. Read more: Start list and lane draw for the women’s 400m hurdles final – World Athletics Championships 2022

Spain clocked a new national record of 42.61 for second place behind the USA in heat two, with Nigeria running 42.68 for third place. Italy also posted a national record of 42.71 for fourth and Switzerland (42.73) also advanced to the final.

Great Britain finished ahead of defending champion Jamaica in the second heat but the Caribbean nation will be well loaded for the final, after resting the triple threat of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson, and Elaine Thompson-Herah for the heats. The Jamaicans clocked 42.37 seconds for second place.

Germany took the last qualifying spot from heat one with a time of 42.44 secs.

Women’s 4x100m relay heats results

RESULT

POS	COUNTRY	TEAM	MARK	DETAILS
1	GBR	Great Britain & NI Asha PHILIP Imani LANSIQUOT Ashleigh NELSON Daryll NEITA	41.99 WL	Q
2	JAM	Jamaica Briana WILLIAMS Natalliah WHYTE Remona BURCHELL Kemba NELSON	42.37 SB	Q
3	GER	Germany Tatjana PINTO Alexandra BURGHARDT Gina LÜCKENKEMPER Rebekka HAASE	42.44 SB	Q
4	CHN	PR of China He LI Manqi GE Yongli WEI Xiaojing LIANG	42.93 SB
5	CAN	Canada Crystal EMMANUEL Khamica BINGHAM Jacqueline MADOGO Leya BUCHANAN	43.09
6	POL	Poland Magdalena STEFANOWICZ Martyna KOTWIŁA Marika POPOWICZ-DRAPAŁA Ewa SWOBODA	43.19 SB
7	JPN	Japan Masumi AOKI Arisa KIMISHIMA Mei KODAMA Midori MIKASE	43.33 NR
8	IRL	Ireland Joan HEALY Adeyemi TALABI Lauren ROY Sarah LEAHY	44.48

RESULT
POS	COUNTRY	TEAM	MARK	DETAILS
1	USA	United States Melissa JEFFERSON Aleia HOBBS Jenna PRANDINI Twanisha TERRY	41.56 WL	Q
2	ESP	Spain Sonia MOLINA-PRADOS Jaël BESTUÉ Paula SEVILLA Maria Isabel PÉREZ	42.61 NR	Q
3	NGR	Nigeria Joy Chinenye UDO-GABRIEL Favour OFILI Rosemary CHUKWUMA Nzubechi Grace NWOKOCHA	42.68 SB	Q
4	ITA	Italy Zaynab DOSSO Dalia KADDARI Anna BONGIORNI Vittoria FONTANA	42.71 NR	q
5	SUI	Switzerland Géraldine FREY Sarah ATCHO Salomé KORA Ajla DEL PONTE	42.73	q
6	NED	Netherlands Andrea BOUMA Zoë SEDNEY Minke BISSCHOPS Naomi SEDNEY	43.46
6	DEN	Denmark Mette GRAVERSGAARD Mathilde U. KRAMER Astrid GLENNER-FRANDSEN Ida KARSTOFT	43.46 NR
8	ECU	Ecuador Yuliana ANGULO Gabriela Anahi SUAREZ Nicole CAICEDO Nicole Jazmine CHALA	44.17 SB

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