1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Medalists

Gold	Peggy Müller Claudia Gesell Doreen Harstick Ulrike Urbansky  Germany
Silver	Otilia Ruicu Andrea Burlacu  Romania
Bronze	Tamsyn Lewis Josephine Fowley Rosemary Hayward  Australia

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Germany	Peggy Müller Claudia Gesell Doreen Harstick Ulrike Urbansky	3:31.12
	Romania	Otilia Ruicu Andrea Burlacu	3:32.16
	Australia	Tamsyn Lewis Josephine Fowley Rosemary Hayward	3:32.47
4	United States	Heather Hanchak Tamieka Grizzle Theodoesha Rivers Suziann Reid	3:34.26
5	China	Wu Wei Bi Tanna Chen Yuxiang Li Jing	3:35.33
6	Russia	Yuliya Nosova Olga Sakharova Yekaterina Solovyova Yuliya Taranova	3:37.34
	France	Sylviane Félix Katiana Rene Sylvanie Morandais Cindy Ega	DQ	IAAF rule 170.6
	Jamaica	Keasha Downer Ronetta Smith Tanya Jarrett	DQ	IAAF rule 170.6

Heats

24 August

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Australia	Tamsyn Lewis Jennifer Marshall Josephine Fowley	3:37.75	Q
2	United States	Heather Hanchak Tamieka Grizzle Theodoesha Rivers Suziann Reid	3:37.91	Q
3	Germany	Claudia Marx Peggy Müller Jennifer Vollrath Ulrike Urbansky	3:38.26	Q
4	Yugoslavia	Biljana Mitrović Sanja Tripković Jelena Stanisavljević	3:44.34
5	Greece	Aryiró Tsoka Chrísoula Goudenoúdhi Anastasía Thomatdou Kasiani Dimopoúlou	3:50.54

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Romania	Otilia Ruicu Andrea Burlacu	3:38.55	Q
2	Russia	Yuliya Nosova Olga Sakharova Yekaterina Solovyova Yuliya Taranova	3:39.84	Q
3	France	Sylviane Félix Katiana Rene Sylvanie Morandais Cindy Ega	3:39.99	Q
4	Jamaica	Keasha Downer Michelle Burgher Ronetta Smith Peta-Gaye Gayle	3:40.58	q
5	China	Wu Wei Bi Tanna Chen Yuxiang Li Jing	3:41.97	q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.