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.

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzhina Ukraine (UKR)
Silver	Myriam Soumaré, Véronique Mang, Lina Jacques-Sébastien, Christine Arron France (FRA)
Bronze	Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler Poland (POL)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record	East Germany Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	41.37	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
European record	East Germany Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	41.37	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Championship record	East Germany Silke Möller, Katrin Krabbe Kerstin Behrendt, Sabine Günther	41.68	Split, Yugoslavia	1 September 1990
World Leading	Texas A&M University Jeneba Tarmoh, Porscha Lucas Dominique Duncan, Gabrielle Mayo	42.49	Austin, United States	29 May 2010
European Leading	Russia Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	42.98	Bergen, Norway	19 June 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World Leading	Ukraine Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzhina	42.29	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
European 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	Ukraine	Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Olena Chebanu	0.163	43.24	Q
2	1	Belarus	Yulia Nestsiarenka, Katsiaryna Shumak, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Yuliya Balykina	0.183	43.69	Q
3	2	Spain	Ana Torrijos, Digna Luz Murillo, Estela García, Amparo María Cotán	0.180	43.88	Q
4	5	Ireland	Amy Foster, Claire Brady, Niamh Whelan, Ailis McSweeney	0.200	43.93
5	3	Lithuania	Silva Pesackaite, Edita Kavaliauskiene, Sonata Tamosaityte, Lina Grincikaite	0.188	44.13
6	9	Italy	Jessica Paoletta, Tiziana Grasso, Giulia Arcioni, Audrey Alloh	0.293	44.15
7	6	Slovenia	Tina Murn, Sabina Veit, Kristina Žumer, Merlene Ottey	0.230	44.30
8	7	Netherlands	Femke van der Meij, Loreanne Kuhurima, Anouk Hagen, Jamile Samuel	0.184	44.70
-	8	Germany	Yasmin Kwadwo, Marion Wagner, Anne Möllinger, Verena Sailer	0.146	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	React	Time	Notes
DQ	2	Russia	Yuna Mekhti-Zade, Yuliya Katsura, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	0.177	43.23	Q, Doping
1	4	Poland	Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler	0.163	43.30	Q
2	8	France	Céline Distel, Véronique Mang, Nelly Banco, Christine Arron	0.200	43.35	Q
3	3	Belgium	Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Elodie Ouédraogo, Frauke Penen	0.194	43.82	q
4	9	Sweden	Emma Rienas, Lena Berntsson, Elina Backman, Moa Hjelmer	0.177	43.90	q
5	7	Great Britain & N.I.	Joice Maduaka, Montell Douglas, Hayley Jones, Laura Turner	0.184	44.09
6	5	Bulgaria	Inna Eftimova, Monika Gachevska, Gabriela Laleva, Ivet Lalova	0.194	44.72
7	1	Latvia	Marlēna Reimane, Ieva Zunda, Sandra Kruma, Jekaterina Čekele	0.185	44.92
8	6	Norway	Siri Eritsland, Mari Gilde Brubak, Ida Bakke Hansen, Ezinne Okparaebo	0.156	44.96

Summary

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	React	Time	Notes
DQ	2	2	Russia	Yuna Mekhti-Zade, Yuliya Katsura, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	0.177	43.23	Q, Doping
1	1	4	Ukraine	Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Olena Chebanu	0.163	43.24	Q
2	2	4	Poland	Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler	0.163	43.30	Q
3	2	8	France	Céline Distel, Véronique Mang, Nelly Banco, Christine Arron	0.200	43.35	Q
4	1	1	Belarus	Yulia Nestsiarenka, Katsiaryna Shumak, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Yuliya Balykina	0.183	43.69	Q
5	2	3	Belgium	Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Elodie Ouédraogo, Frauke Penen	0.194	43.82	q
6	1	2	Spain	Ana Torrijos, Digna Luz Murillo, Estela García, Amparo María Cotán	0.180	43.88	Q
7	2	9	Sweden	Emma Rienas, Lena Berntsson, Elina Backman, Moa Hjelmer	0.177	43.90	q
8	1	5	Ireland	Amy Foster, Niamh Whelan, Claire Brady, Ailis McSweeney	0.200	43.93	NR
9	2	7	Great Britain & N.I.	Joice Maduaka, Montell Douglas, Hayley Jones, Laura Turner	0.184	44.09
10	1	3	Lithuania	Silva Pesackaite, Edita Kavaliauskiene, Sonata Tamosaityte, Lina Grincikaite	0.188	44.13
11	1	9	Italy	Jessica Paoletta, Tiziana Grasso, Giulia Arcioni, Audrey Alloh	0.293	44.15
12	1	6	Slovenia	Tina Murn, Sabina Veit, Kristina Žumer, Merlene Ottey	0.230	44.30
13	1	7	Netherlands	Femke van der Meij, Loreanne Kuhurima, Anouk Hagen, Jamile Samuel	0.184	44.70
14	2	5	Bulgaria	Inna Eftimova, Monika Gachevska, Gabriela Laleva, Ivet Lalova	0.194	44.72
15	2	1	Latvia	Marlēna Reimane, Ieva Zunda, Sandra Kruma, Jekaterina Cekele	0.185	44.92
16	2	6	Norway	Siri Eritsland, Mari Gilde Brubak, Ida Bakke Hansen, Ezinne Okparaebo	0.156	44.96
	1	8	Germany	Yasmin Kwadwo, Marion Wagner, Anne Möllinger, Verena Sailer	0.146	DQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Athlete	React	Time	Notes
	6	Ukraine	Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzhina	0.156	42.29	WL, NR
	7	France	Myriam Soumaré, Véronique Mang, Lina Jacques-Sébastien, Christine Arron	0.223	42.45
	5	Poland	Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler	0.221	42.68	NR
DQ	3	Russia	Yuna Mekhti-Zade, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	0.182	42.91	Doping
4	4	Belarus	Yulia Nestsiarenka, Katsiaryna Shumak, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Yuliya Balykina	0.234	43.18
5	8	Spain	Ana Torrijos, Digna Luz Murillo, Estela García, Amparo María Cotán	0.207	43.45	NR
6	2	Sweden	Emma Rienas, Lena Berntsson, Elina Backman, Moa Hjelmer	0.170	43.75
	1	Belgium	Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Elodie Ouédraogo, Frauke Penen	0.195	DNF

References

• Round 1 Results
• Final Results