Qualifying

The qualifying was started on 16 October at 11:30. ^[3] The eight fastest teams advanced to the first round.

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	Great Britain Katie Archibald Megan Barker Josie Knight Anna Morris	4:11.868		Q
2	Italy Martina Fidanza Letizia Paternoster Chiara Consonni Vittoria Guazzini	4:14.788	+2.920	Q
3	Germany Franziska Brauße Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger Laura Süßemilch	4:16.823	+4.955	Q
4	China Zhou Menghan Sun Feiyan Wang Hong Zhang Mingzhu	4:24.807	+12.939	Q
5	Switzerland Fabienne Buri Jasmin Liechti Annika Liehner Cybèle Schneider	4:25.178	+13.300	Q
6	Canada Lily Plante Kiara Lylyk Ariane Bonhomme Fiona Majendie	4:25.532	+13.664	Q
7	Belgium Katrijn De Clercq Marith Vanhove Hélène Hesters Febe Jooris	4:27.205	+15.337	Q
8	Poland Maja Tracka Olga Wankiewicz Nikol Płosaj Martyna Szczęsna	4:27.887	+16.019	Q
9	Spain Ainara Albert Isabel Ferreres Marina Garau Ziortza Isasi	4:30.188	+18.250
10	Mexico Yareli Acevedo Jessica Bonilla María Gaxiola Lizbeth Salazar	4:36.906	+25.038

First round

The first round was stated on 17 October at 18:32. ^[4]

First round heats were held as follows:
Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastest
Heat 2: 5th v 8th fastest
Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastest
Heat 4: 1st v 4th fastest

The winners of heats three and four advanced to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1	Canada Lily Plante Kiara Lylyk Ariane Bonhomme Fiona Majendie	4:21.095	QB
2	1	Belgium Katrijn De Clercq Marith Vanhove Hélène Hesters Febe Jooris	4:22.511
1	2	Poland Olga Wankiewicz Patrycja Lorkowska Nikol Płosaj Martyna Szczęsna	4:21.930
2	2	Switzerland Fabienne Buri Jasmin Liechti Annika Liehner Cybèle Schneider	4:22.472
1	3	Germany Franziska Brauße Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger Laura Süßemilch	4:11.602	QG
2	3	Italy Letizia Paternoster Chiara Consonni Martina Alzini Vittoria Guazzini	4:12.467	QB
1	4	Great Britain Jessica Roberts Katie Archibald Josie Knight Anna Morris		QG
2	4	China Zhou Menghan Sun Feiyan Wang Hong Chen Si	4:25.177

• QG = qualified for gold medal final
• QB = qualified for bronze medal final

Finals

The finals were stated on 17 October at 21:14. ^[5]

Rank	Nation	Time	Notes
Gold medal race
	Great Britain Jessica Roberts Katie Archibald Josie Knight Anna Morris
	Germany Franziska Brauße Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger Laura Süßemilch	OVL
Bronze medal race
	Italy Letizia Paternoster Chiara Consonni Martina Alzini Vittoria Guazzini
4	Canada Lily Plante Kiara Lylyk Ariane Bonhomme Fiona Majendie	OVL