The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 8–9 March 2014. The gold medal was won by the United States, with Jamaica and Great Britain taking the silver and bronze, respectively.
Doping The Russian team finished fourth in the final and was later disqualified after Kseniya Ryzhova's doping sample from 7 March 2014 was found positive for trimetazidine.IAAF: IAAF World Indoor Championships > IAAF World Indoor Championships 2014 > 4x400 Metres Relay - women
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeNatasha HastingsJoanna AtkinsFrancena McCororyCassandra TateJernail Hayes*Monica Hargrove*Patricia Hall Anneisha McLaughlin Kaliese Spencer Stephenie Ann McPhersonVerone Chambers*Natoya Goule*Eilidh Child Shana Cox Margaret Adeoye Christine OhuruoguVictoria Ohuruogu* *Athletes who competed in heats only.
Records Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record3:23.37Glasgow, Great Britain28 January 2006Championship record3:23.88Budapest, Hungary7 March 2004World LeadingUniversity of Oregon3:30.08Albuquerque, United States15 February 2014Asian record3:37.46Doha, Qatar16 February 2008European record3:23.37Glasgow, Great Britain28 January 2006North and Central American and Caribbean record3:27.34Doha, Qatar14 March 2010Oceanian Record3:26.87Maebashi, Japan7 March 1999Records broken during the 2014 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld Leading3:29.06Sopot, Poland8 March 2014World Leading3:24.83Sopot, Poland9 March 2014
Schedule Date Time Round8 March 2014 12:20 Heats9 March 2014 17:45 Final
Results Heats Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.Heats results
Rank Heat Country Athletes Time Notes 1 2 Natasha Hastings, Jernail Hayes, Monica Hargrove, Cassandra Tate 3:29.06 Q, WL 2 2 Verone Chambers, Anneisha McLaughlin, Natoya Goule, Stephanie McPherson 3:29.43 Q, NR 3 2 Ewelina Ptak, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Joanna Linkiewicz, Małgorzata Hołub 3:29.48 q, SB 4 2 Omolara Omotoso, Patience Okon George, Bukola Abogunloko, Folashade Abugan 3:29.67 q, AR 5 1 Eilidh Child, Shana Cox, Victoria Ohuruogu, Christine Ohuruogu 3:30.60 Q, SB 6 1 Olga Tovarnova, Irina Davydova, Yuliya Terekhova, Natalya Nazarova 3:30.87 Q, SB 7 1 Maria Enrica Spacca, Elena Maria Bonfanti, Marta Milani, Chiara Bazzoni 3:31.99 NR 8 1 Adelina Pastor, Alina Andreea Panainte, Sanda Belgyan, Bianca Răzor 3:38.18 SB
Final Final results
Rank Country Athletes Time Notes Natasha Hastings, Joanna Atkins, Francena McCorory, Cassandra Tate 3:24.83 WL, NR Patricia Hall, Anneisha McLaughlin, Kaliese Spencer, Stephanie McPherson 3:26.54 NR Eilidh Child, Shana Cox, Margaret Adeoye, Christine Ohuruogu 3:27.90 SB Olga Tovarnova, Alena Tamkova, Yuliya Terekhova, Kseniya Ryzhova 3:28.39 SBThe team was disqualified retrospectivelly after Kseniya Ryzhova failed a doping test 4 Ewelina Ptak, Małgorzata Hołub, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Justyna Święty 3:29.89 5 Omolara Omotoso, Folashade Abugan, Bukola Abogunloko, Patience Okon George 3:31.59
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