2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' medley relay

Girls' medley relay at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue	RSC Olimpiyskiy
Dates	13 July (heats) 14 July (final)
Nations	22
Winning time	2:05.15 WYL
Medalists
Dior Hall Ky Westbrook Raevyn Rogers Olivia Baker Chyna Ries   United States   Taylor Hill Nelda Huggins Jonel Lacey Tarika Moses Lakeisha Warner   British Virgin Islands   Mizuki Nakamura Nana Fujimori Seika Aoyama Nanako Matsumoto   Japan

The girls' medley relay at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 13 and 14 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States Dior Hall Ky Westbrook Raevyn Rogers Olivia Baker Chyna Ries	British Virgin Islands Taylor Hill Nelda Huggins Jonel Lacey Tarika Moses Lakeisha Warner	Japan Mizuki Nakamura Nana Fujimori Seika Aoyama Nanako Matsumoto

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best	Jamaica	2:03.42	Lille, France	10 July 2011
Championship Record	Jamaica	2:03.42	Lille, France	10 July 2011
World Youth Leading	Nigeria	2:09.36	Warri, Nigeria	31 March 2013

Heats

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note
1	5	Canada	Natasha Brown, Raquel Tjernagel, Mariam Abdul-Rashid, Kendra Clarke	2:08.52	Q, WYL
2	7	British Virgin Islands	Taylor Hill, Nelda Huggins, Tarika Moses, Lakeisha Warner	2:08.80	Q, PB
3	3	Czech Republic	Andrejka Školová, Veronika Paličková, Jana Reissová, Zdeňka Seidlová	2:09.12	q, PB
4	1	Brazil	Mirna da Silva, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Letícia de Souza, Tábata de Carvalho	2:11.20	SB
5	2	New Zealand	Abby Goldie, Zoe Hobbs, Megan Kikuchi, Shannon Gearey	2:13.00	SB
6	8	Botswana	Gosego Mpeo, Joy Mphatho, Gorata Thebe, Galefele Moroko	2:13.85
7	6	Romania	Lorena Almășan, Livia Cristurean, Andreea Timofei, Elena Strutinschi	2:16.71	SB
8	4	Algeria	Sarah Nazef, Loubna Ben Si Ali, Zouaouia Berrehil, Sabrina Hocine	2:16.84

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note
1	8	Japan	Mizuki Nakamura, Nana Fujimori, Seika Aoyama, Nanako Matsumoto	2:08.39	Q, WYL
2	6	Italy	Annalisa Spadotto Scott, Denise Rega, Alice Mangione, Elena Bellò	2:11.25	Q, SB
3	7	Ukraine	Alina Kalistratova, Oleksandra Romanyuk, Yana Kachur, Yuliya Moroz	2:14.54
	5	Jamaica	Yanique Thompson, Shanice Reid, Tiffany James, Yanique McNeil	DQ
	4	Nigeria	Tobi Amusan, Deborah Adewunmi Adewale, Edidiong Odiong, Abimbola Junaid	DQ
	3	Croatia		DNS
	2	South Africa		DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note
1	8	United States	Chyna Ries, Ky Westbrook, Olivia Baker, Raevyn Rogers	2:07.13	Q, WYL
2	7	China	Ge Manqi, Wang Xuan, Liang Xiaojing, Huang Guifen	2:09.90	Q, PB
3	2	Hungary	Luca Kozák, Melinda Ferenczi, Mónika Zsiga, Luca Palásti	2:10.85	q
4	8	Slovakia	Zuzana Karaffová, Martina Sameková, Daniela Ledecká, Viktória Zahradníčková	2:13.47	PB
5	6	Bahamas	Makeya White, Jenae Ambrose, Mesha Newbold, Kadeisha Hield	2:13.63	SB
6	3	Slovenia	Tjaša Sirc, Eva Pivk, Julija Praprotnik, Maja Pogorevc	2:14.09	SB
7	4	Ecuador	Jenifer Canchingre, Inara Cortez, María Cobo, Virginia Villalba	2:16.11

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note
	5	United States	Dior Hall, Ky Westbrook, Raevyn Rogers, Olivia Baker	2:05.15	WYL
	3	British Virgin Islands	Taylor Hill, Nelda Huggins, Jonel Lacey, Tarika Moses	2:07.40	PB
	4	Japan	Mizuki Nakamura, Nana Fujimori, Seika Aoyama, Nanako Matsumoto	2:07.61	PB
4	1	Czech Republic	Andrejka Školová, Veronika Paličková, Jana Reissová, Zdeňka Seidlová	2:08.55	PB
5	6	Canada	Natasha Brown, Raquel Tjernagel, Mariam Abdul-Rashid, Kendra Clarke	2:08.59
6	2	Hungary	Luca Kozák, Melinda Ferenczi, Mónika Zsiga, Luca Palásti	2:09.32	SB
7	7	Italy	Annalisa Spadotto Scott, Micaela Moroni, Anna Schena, Elena Bellò	2:10.64	SB
	8	China	Ge Manqi, Wang Xuan, Liang Xiaojing, Huang Guifen	DQ