| Event: | Women's 4 x 400 metres relay |
The Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Monday 11 October and Tuesday 12 October 2010.
On 15 October 2010, three days following the event, Folashade Abugan was reported to have tested positive for Testosterone prohormone, subsequently disqualifying her results including those of the Nigerian women's 4 x 400 metres relay team. The English and Canadian teams' results were elevated to the silver and bronze medal-winning positions respectively.[1]
| World Record | 3:15.17 | Seoul, South Korea | 1 October 1988 | ||
| Games Record | 3:25.63 | Manchester, England | 2002 |
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| width=15 | Lane | width=300 | Nation | width=700 | Competitors | width=15 | Time | width=15 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Jauna Murmu, Sini Jose, Chitra Soman, Ashwini Akkunji | 3:32.52 | Q | ||||||
| 7 | Pirrenee Steinert, Lauren Boden, Olivia Tauro, Jody Henry | 3:33.07 | Q | ||||||
| 6 | Amonn Nelson, Ruky Abdulai, Vicki Tolton, Carline Muir | 3:33.42 | Q | ||||||
| 8 | Bukola Abogunloko, Margaret Etim, Josephine Ehigie, Folashade Abugan | 3:35.70 | q | ||||||
| 3 | Florence Wasike, Cathrine Musiko, Maureen Maiyo, Grace Kidake | 3:39.96 | |||||||
| 5 | Joanna Mills, Christine McMahon, Katie Kirk, Jo Patterson | 3:40.92 |
| width=15 | Lane | width=300 | Nation | width=700 | Competitors | width=15 | Time | width=15 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Lydia Mushila, Kgalalelo Sefo, Oarabile Babolayi, Amantle Montsho | 3:36.01 | Q | ||||||
| 7 | Kelly Massey, Joice Maduaka, Nadine Okyere, Vicki Barr | 3:36.68 | Q | ||||||
| 5 | Gemma Nicol, Kathryn Evans, Claire Gibson, Eilidh Child | 3:36.93 | Q | ||||||
| 8 | Justine Bayigga, Janet Achola, Annet Negesa, Emily Nanziri | 3:39.30 | q | ||||||
| 2 | Betty Burua, Salome Dell, Helen Philemon, Toea Wisil | 3:40.40 | |||||||
| 4 | Davita Prendergast, Nadia Cunningham, Tanice Barnett, Dominique Blake | 3:42.31 | |||||||
| 3 | DNS |
| width=15 | Rank | width=15 | Lane | width=300 | Nation | width=700 | Competitors | width=15 | Time | width=15 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Manjeet Kaur, Sini Jose, Ashwini Akkunji, Mandeep Kaur | 3:27.77 | |||||||||
| 4 | Kelly Massey, Vicki Barr, Meghan Beesley, Nadine Okyere | 3:29.51 | |||||||||
| 9 | Amonn Nelson, Adrienne Power, Vicki Tolton, Carline Muir | 3:30.20 | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Jody Henry, Pirrenee Steinert, Olivia Tauro, Sally Pearson | 3:30.29 | ||||||||
| 5 | 8 | Gemma Nicol, Eilidh Child, Kathryn Evans, Lee McConnell | 3:30.91 | ||||||||
| 6 | 6 | Lydia Mushila, Kgalalelo Sefo, Oarabile Babolayi, Amantle Montsho | 3:38.44 | ||||||||
| — | 3 | Justine Bayigga, Janet Achola, Annet Negesa, Emily Nanziri | DQ | ||||||||
| — | 2 | Folashade Abugan, Margaret Etim, Bukola Abogunloko, Muizat Odumosu | DQ (3:28.72) | Doping |