The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 20 and 21 September 2025.
Records Before the competition, records were as follows:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter40.82 London, United Kingdom 10 August 2012 Championship record Tamari Davis, Twanisha Terry, Gabby Thomas, Sha'Carri Richardson41.07 Budapest, Hungary 26 August 2023 World Leading Dina Asher-Smith, Amy Hunt, Desiree Henry, Daryll Neita41.69 London, United Kingdom 19 July 2025 African Record Murielle Ahouré-Demps, Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith, Jessika Gbai, Maboundou Koné41.90 Budapest, Hungary 25 August 2023 Asian Record SichuanLin Xiao, Li Yali, Liu Xiaomei, Li Xuemei42.23 Shanghai, China 23 October 1997 European Record Silke Möller, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr41.37 Canberra, Australia 6 October 1985 North, Central American and Caribbean record Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter40.82 London, United Kingdom 10 August 2012 Oceanian record Ella Connolly, Bree Masters, Kristie Edwards, Torrie Lewis42.48 20 July 2024 South American Record Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Claudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos42.29 Moscow, Russia 18 August 2013
Qualification standard First fourteen placed teams at the 2025 World Athletics Relays and the next two highest placed team on year top list.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), is as follows:
Date Time Round 20 September 20:45 Heats 21 September 21:06 Final
Results Heats The heats took place on 20 September. The first three teams in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Place Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 7 Jodean Williams, Tia Clayton, Tina Clayton, Jonielle Smith 41.80 , 2 5 Esperança Cladera, Jaël Bestué, Paula Sevilla, María Isabel Pérez 42.53 3 9 Marie-Ange Rimlinger, Sarah Richard, Helene Parisot, Gémima Joseph 42.71 , 4 6 Isabel van den Berg, Britt de Blaauw, Marije van Hunenstijn, Demi van den Wildenberg 43.62 5 2 , , Isidora Jiménez, Anaís Hernández 44.07 6 4 Vittoria Fontana, Gloria Hooper, Dalia Kaddari, Alessia Pavese 49.41 — 3 Ella Connolly, Bree Rizzo, Kristie Edwards, Torrie Lewis 8 Rani Vincke, Rani Rosius, Janie De Naeyer, Delphine Nkansa
Heat 2 Place Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 5 Jacious Sears, Twanisha Terry, Kayla White, Sha'Carri Richardson 41.60 , 2 8 Sina Mayer, Rebekka Haase, Sophia Junk, Gina Lückenkemper 41.86 , 3 7 Dina Asher-Smith, Success Eduan, Desiree Henry, Daryll Neita 41.88 4 6 Sade McCreath, Jacqueline Madogo, Marie-Éloïse Leclair, Audrey Leduc 42.38 , 5 3 Magdalena Niemczyk, Pia Skrzyszowska, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, Ewa Swoboda 42.83 , 6 4 Liang Xiaojing, Li Yuting, , Chen Yujie 42.94 7 2 Dinedye Denis, Maboundou Koné, Jessika Gbai, Lou Yonan Chantal Djehi 44.64 — 9 Géraldine Frey, Céline Bürgi, Léonie Pointet, Ajla Del Ponte
Final Place Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 5 Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Twanisha Terry, Kayla White, Sha'Carri Richardson 41.75 6 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Tia Clayton, Tina Clayton, Jonielle Smith 41.79 8 Sina Mayer, Rebekka Haase, Sophia Junk, Gina Lückenkemper 41.87 4 4 Dina Asher-Smith, Amy Hunt, Desiree Henry, Daryll Neita 42.07 5 7 Esperança Cladera, Jaël Bestué, Paula Sevilla, María Isabel Pérez 42.47 6 9 Marie-Ange Rimlinger, Sarah Richard, Helene Parisot, Gémima Joseph 42.81 7 2 Sade McCreath, Jacqueline Madogo, Marie-Éloïse Leclair, Audrey Leduc 42.82 — 3 Magdalena Niemczyk, Pia Skrzyszowska, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, Ewa Swoboda
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