Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	14 April
Nations	8
Winning time	42.46
Medalists
Asha Philip Dina Asher-Smith Bianca Williams Lorraine Ugen    England   Christania Williams Natasha Morrison Gayon Evans Elaine Thompson    Jamaica   Joy Udo-Gabriel Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor Oluwatobiloba Amusan Rosemary Chukwuma    Nigeria
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Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Para events
100 m (T12)	men
100 m (T35)		women
100 m (T38)	men	women
100 m (T47)	men
1500 m (T54)	men	women
Marathon (T54)	men	women
Long jump (T38)		women
Shot put (F38)	men
Javelin throw (F46)		women
v t e

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 14 April 2018.^[1]

The English team set an English record of 42.46 seconds to defeat the defending Jamaicans. Long jumper Lorraine Ugen, who had not run a relay in four years, replaced heat runner Corinne Humphreys in the England set-up at 24 hours' notice following an injury to Humphreys, and successfully managed to hold off Olympic champion Elaine Thompson on the anchor leg.^[2]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[3]

World record	United States (Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter)	40.82	London, United Kingdom	10 August 2012
Games record	Jamaica (Kerron Stewart, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce)	41.83	Glasgow, Scotland	2 August 2014

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

With eight teams, the event was held as a straight final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Result	Notes
	5	England	Asha Philip Dina Asher-Smith Bianca Williams Lorraine Ugen	42.46	NR
	1	Jamaica	Christania Williams Natasha Morrison Gayon Evans Elaine Thompson	42.52
	6	Nigeria	Joy Udo-Gabriel Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor Oluwatobiloba Amusan Rosemary Chukwuma	42.75
4	8	Trinidad and Tobago	Khalifa St. Fort Semoy Hackett Reyare Thomas Kai Selvon	43.50
5	3	Ghana	Flings Owusu Agyapong Gemma Acheampong Halutie Hor Janet Amponsah	43.64
6	4	Cameroon	Germaine Abessolo Bivina Marie Gisele Eleme Irene Bell Bonong Fanny Appes Ekanga	45.24
–	2	Australia	Brianna Beahan Maddie Coates Riley Day Melissa Breen	DQ	R 163.3a
–	7	Bahamas		DNS