2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.

Medalists Gold Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta BryzhinaUkraine (UKR)Silver Myriam Soumaré, Véronique Mang, Lina Jacques-Sébastien, Christine ArronFrance (FRA)Bronze Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika WedlerPoland (POL)

Records Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld recordSilke Gladisch, Sabine RiegerIngrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr41.37Canberra, Australia6 October 1985European recordSilke Gladisch, Sabine RiegerIngrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr41.37Canberra, Australia6 October 1985Championship recordSilke Möller, Katrin KrabbeKerstin Behrendt, Sabine Günther41.68Split, Yugoslavia1 September 1990World LeadingTexas A&M UniversityJeneba Tarmoh, Porscha LucasDominique Duncan, Gabrielle Mayo42.49Austin, United States29 May 2010European LeadingEvgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra FedorivaYulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya42.98Bergen, Norway19 June 2010Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld LeadingOlesya Povh, Nataliya PohrebnyakMariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzhina42.29Barcelona, Spain1 August 2010European Leading

Schedule Date Time Round 31 July 2010 10:45 Round 1 1 August 2010 19:50 Final

Results Round 1 First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1 Rank Lane Nation Athletes React Time Notes 1 4 Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Olena Chebanu 0.163 43.24 Q 2 1 Yulia Nestsiarenka, Katsiaryna Shumak, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Yuliya Balykina 0.183 43.69 Q 3 2 Ana Torrijos, Digna Luz Murillo, Estela García, Amparo María Cotán 0.180 43.88 Q 4 5 Amy Foster, Claire Brady, Niamh Whelan, Ailis McSweeney 0.200 43.93 5 3 Silva Pesackaite, Edita Kavaliauskiene, Sonata Tamosaityte, Lina Grincikaite 0.188 44.13 6 9 Jessica Paoletta, Tiziana Grasso, Giulia Arcioni, Audrey Alloh 0.293 44.15 7 6 Tina Murn, Sabina Veit, Kristina Žumer, Merlene Ottey 0.230 44.30 8 7 Femke van der Meij, Loreanne Kuhurima, Anouk Hagen, Jamile Samuel 0.184 44.70 - 8 Yasmin Kwadwo, Marion Wagner, Anne Möllinger, Verena Sailer 0.146DQ

Heat 2 Rank Lane Nation Athletes React Time Notes 2 Yuna Mekhti-Zade, Yuliya Katsura, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya 0.17743.23 Q, Doping 1 4 Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler0.163 43.30 Q 2 8 Céline Distel, Véronique Mang, Nelly Banco, Christine Arron 0.20043.35 Q 3 3 Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Elodie Ouédraogo, Frauke Penen 0.19443.82q 4 9 Emma Rienas, Lena Berntsson, Elina Backman, Moa Hjelmer 0.17743.90q 5 7 Joice Maduaka, Montell Douglas, Hayley Jones, Laura Turner 0.18444.09 6 5 Inna Eftimova, Monika Gachevska, Gabriela Laleva, Ivet Lalova 0.19444.72 7 1 Marlēna Reimane, Ieva Zunda, Sandra Kruma, Jekaterina Čekele 0.18544.92 8 6 Siri Eritsland, Mari Gilde Brubak, Ida Bakke Hansen, Ezinne Okparaebo 0.15644.96

Summary Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes React Time Notes 2 2 Yuna Mekhti-Zade, Yuliya Katsura, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya 0.17743.23 Q, Doping 1 1 4 Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Olena Chebanu 0.163 43.24 Q 2 2 4 Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler0.163 43.30 Q 3 2 8 Céline Distel, Véronique Mang, Nelly Banco, Christine Arron 0.20043.35 Q 4 1 1 Yulia Nestsiarenka, Katsiaryna Shumak, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Yuliya Balykina 0.183 43.69 Q 5 2 3 Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Elodie Ouédraogo, Frauke Penen 0.19443.82q 6 1 2 Ana Torrijos, Digna Luz Murillo, Estela García, Amparo María Cotán 0.180 43.88 Q 7 2 9 Emma Rienas, Lena Berntsson, Elina Backman, Moa Hjelmer 0.17743.90q 8 1 5 Amy Foster, Niamh Whelan, Claire Brady, Ailis McSweeney 0.200 43.93 NR 9 2 7 Joice Maduaka, Montell Douglas, Hayley Jones, Laura Turner 0.18444.09 10 1 3 Silva Pesackaite, Edita Kavaliauskiene, Sonata Tamosaityte, Lina Grincikaite 0.188 44.13 11 1 9 Jessica Paoletta, Tiziana Grasso, Giulia Arcioni, Audrey Alloh 0.293 44.15 12 1 6 Tina Murn, Sabina Veit, Kristina Žumer, Merlene Ottey 0.230 44.30 13 1 7 Femke van der Meij, Loreanne Kuhurima, Anouk Hagen, Jamile Samuel 0.184 44.70 14 2 5 Inna Eftimova, Monika Gachevska, Gabriela Laleva, Ivet Lalova 0.19444.72 15 2 1 Marlēna Reimane, Ieva Zunda, Sandra Kruma, Jekaterina Cekele 0.18544.92 16 2 6 Siri Eritsland, Mari Gilde Brubak, Ida Bakke Hansen, Ezinne Okparaebo 0.15644.96 1 8 Yasmin Kwadwo, Marion Wagner, Anne Möllinger, Verena Sailer 0.146

Final Rank Lane Nationality Athlete React Time Notes 6 Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzhina 0.15642.29 WL, NR 7 Myriam Soumaré, Véronique Mang, Lina Jacques-Sébastien, Christine Arron 0.22342.45 5 Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler 0.22142.68 NR 3 Yuna Mekhti-Zade, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya 0.18242.91 Doping 4 4 Yulia Nestsiarenka, Katsiaryna Shumak, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Yuliya Balykina 0.23443.18 5 8 Ana Torrijos, Digna Luz Murillo, Estela García, Amparo María Cotán 0.20743.45 NR 6 2 Emma Rienas, Lena Berntsson, Elina Backman, Moa Hjelmer 0.17043.75 1 Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Elodie Ouédraogo, Frauke Penen 0.195

References Round 1 Results Final Results