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

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

Medalists edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Results edit

Round 1 edit

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

Heat 1 edit

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

Heat 2 edit

Rank Lane Nation Athletes React Time Notes
DQ 2   Russia (RUS) Yuna Mekhti-Zade, Yuliya Katsura, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya 0.177 43.23 Q, Doping
1 4   Poland (POL) Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler 0.163 43.30 Q
2 8   France (FRA) Céline Distel, Véronique Mang, Nelly Banco, Christine Arron 0.200 43.35 Q
3 3   Belgium (BEL) Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Elodie Ouédraogo, Frauke Penen 0.194 43.82 q
4 9   Sweden (SWE) Emma Rienas, Lena Berntsson, Elina Backman, Moa Hjelmer 0.177 43.90 q
5 7   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Joice Maduaka, Montell Douglas, Hayley Jones, Laura Turner 0.184 44.09
6 5   Bulgaria (BUL) Inna Eftimova, Monika Gachevska, Gabriela Laleva, Ivet Lalova 0.194 44.72
7 1   Latvia (LAT) Marlēna Reimane, Ieva Zunda, Sandra Kruma, Jekaterina Čekele 0.185 44.92
8 6   Norway (NOR) Siri Eritsland, Mari Gilde Brubak, Ida Bakke Hansen, Ezinne Okparaebo 0.156 44.96

Summary edit

Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes React Time Notes
DQ 2 2   Russia (RUS) Yuna Mekhti-Zade, Yuliya Katsura, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya 0.177 43.23 Q, Doping
1 1 4   Ukraine (UKR) Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Olena Chebanu 0.163 43.24 Q
2 2 4   Poland (POL) Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler 0.163 43.30 Q
3 2 8   France (FRA) Céline Distel, Véronique Mang, Nelly Banco, Christine Arron 0.200 43.35 Q
4 1 1   Belarus (BLR) Yulia Nestsiarenka, Katsiaryna Shumak, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Yuliya Balykina 0.183 43.69 Q
5 2 3   Belgium (BEL) Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Elodie Ouédraogo, Frauke Penen 0.194 43.82 q
6 1 2   Spain (ESP) Ana Torrijos, Digna Luz Murillo, Estela García, Amparo María Cotán 0.180 43.88 Q
7 2 9   Sweden (SWE) Emma Rienas, Lena Berntsson, Elina Backman, Moa Hjelmer 0.177 43.90 q
8 1 5   Ireland (IRL) Amy Foster, Niamh Whelan, Claire Brady, Ailis McSweeney 0.200 43.93 NR
9 2 7   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) Joice Maduaka, Montell Douglas, Hayley Jones, Laura Turner 0.184 44.09
10 1 3   Lithuania (LTU) Silva Pesackaite, Edita Kavaliauskiene, Sonata Tamosaityte, Lina Grincikaite 0.188 44.13
11 1 9   Italy (ITA) Jessica Paoletta, Tiziana Grasso, Giulia Arcioni, Audrey Alloh 0.293 44.15
12 1 6   Slovenia (SLO) Tina Murn, Sabina Veit, Kristina Žumer, Merlene Ottey 0.230 44.30
13 1 7   Netherlands (NED) Femke van der Meij, Loreanne Kuhurima, Anouk Hagen, Jamile Samuel 0.184 44.70
14 2 5   Bulgaria (BUL) Inna Eftimova, Monika Gachevska, Gabriela Laleva, Ivet Lalova 0.194 44.72
15 2 1   Latvia (LAT) Marlēna Reimane, Ieva Zunda, Sandra Kruma, Jekaterina Cekele 0.185 44.92
16 2 6   Norway (NOR) Siri Eritsland, Mari Gilde Brubak, Ida Bakke Hansen, Ezinne Okparaebo 0.156 44.96
1 8   Germany (GER) Yasmin Kwadwo, Marion Wagner, Anne Möllinger, Verena Sailer 0.146 DQ

Final edit

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

References edit