2026 World Athletics Relays – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
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3 May (repechage round & final)
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2026 World Athletics Relays | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone |
| Dates | 2 May (heats) 3 May (repechage round & final) |
| 2026 World Athletics Relays | |||
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| Events | |||
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women | mixed |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women | mixed |
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2026 World Athletics Relays was held at the Botswana National Stadium in Gaborone, Botswana on 2 and 3 May 2026.
The event will serve as a qualifying event for the 2027 World Athletics Championships in Beijing. In this context, the top 12 teams in each event will qualify for the World Championships.[1]
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| Record | Team | Time | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record[2] |  Soviet Union
(Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina) |
3:15.17 |  Seoul, South Korea |
1 October 1988 |
| Championships record[3] |  United States
(Phyllis Francis, Natasha Hastings, Sanya Richards-Ross, Francena McCorory) |
3:19.39 |  Nassau, Bahamas |
3 May 2015 |
| 2026 World Leading[4] | Arkansas (Sanaria Butler, Analissa Batista, Kaylyn Brown, Sanu Jallow) |
3:22.06 | Waco, United States |
28 March 2026 |
Qualification
The top 8 teams in each event at the 2025 World Athletics Championships automatically qualify for entry to the championships.[5] The remaining teams (up to 24 in total per event ) will be determined through the top lists in the qualification period from 1 January 2025 to 5 April 2026.[5] Host country Botswana can enter with one team in each event, regardless of any entry conditions.[5]