2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Half marathon		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 and 10 July.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record	Soviet Union Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
European record	Soviet Union Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
Championship record	East Germany Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Petra Müller Marita Koch	3:16.87	Stuttgart, West Germany	31 August 1986
World Leading	United States	3:25.48	Lawrence, United States	28 May 2016
European Leading	United Kingdom Kelly Massey Laviai Nielsen Perri Shakes-Drayton Emily Diamond	3:28.62	Regensburg, Germany	5 June 2016

Schedule

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	Great Britain	Eilidh Doyle, Margaret Adeoye, Kelly Massey, Seren Bundy-Davies	3:26.42	Q, EL
2	1	Poland	Ewelina Ptak, Martyna Dąbrowska, Iga Baumgart, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	3:27.72	Q, SB
3	2	Ukraine	Yuliya Olishevska, Olha Bibik, Tetyana Melnyk, Olha Zemlyak	3:27.75	Q
4	2	Germany	Laura Müller, Friederike Möhlenkamp, Lara Hoffmann, Ruth Spelmeyer	3:28.03	Q, SB
5	2	France	Marie Gayot, Brigitte Ntiamoah, Agnès Raharolahy, Elea Marianna Diarra	3:28.38	Q, SB
6	2	Romania	Adelina Pastor, Anamaria Ioniță, Sanda Belgyan, Andrea Miklós	3:29.08	q, SB
7	2	Netherlands	Nicky van Leuveren, Lisanne de Witte, Eva Hovenkamp, Laura de Witte	3:29.18	q, NR
8	1	Italy	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu, Maria Enrica Spacca, Chiara Bazzoni, Elena Bonfanti	3:29.57	Q, SB
9	1	Belarus	Alena Kievich, Yulia Yurenia, Katsiaryna Khairullina, Ilona Usovich	3:31.23	SB
10	1	Slovakia	Silvia Šalgovičová, Alexandra Štuková, Alexandra Bezeková, Iveta Putálová	3:31.66	NR
10	2	Greece	Ekaterini Dalaka, Anna Vasiliou, Despina Mourta, Irini Vasiliou	3:31.66	SB
12	1	Norway	Benedicte Hauge, Sara Dorothea Jensen, Ida Bakke Hansen, Line Kloster	3:31.73	NR
13	1	Portugal	Rivinilda Mentai, Filipa Martins, Catia Azevedo, Dorothe Evora	3:32.48	SB
14	2	Spain	Laura Bueno, Aauri Lorena Bokesa, Bárbara Camblor, Geraxane Ussia	3:33.57	SB
15	2	Ireland	Sinead Denny, Phil Healy, Jenna Bromell, Ciara McCallion	3:34.02	SB
16	1	Turkey	Berfe Sancak, Meryem Kasap, Emel Şanlı, Elif Yıldırım	3:38.47

Final

^[2]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
01 !	5	Great Britain	Emily Diamond, Anyika Onuora, Eilidh Doyle, Seren Bundy-Davies	3:25.05	WL
02 !	8	France	Phara Anacharsis, Brigitte Ntiamoah, Marie Gayot, Floria Guei	3:25.96	SB
03 !	7	Italy	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu, Maria Enrica Spacca, Chiara Bazzoni, Libania Grenot	3:27.49	SB
4	3	Poland	Ewelina Ptak, Małgorzata Hołub, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Justyna Święty	3:27.60	SB
5	4	Germany	Laura Müller, Friederike Möhlenkamp, Lara Hoffmann, Ruth Spelmeyer	3:27.60	SB
6	6	Ukraine	Yuliya Olishevska, Olha Bibik, Tetyana Melnyk, Olha Zemlyak	3:27.64	SB
7	2	Netherlands	Laura de Witte, Lisanne de Witte, Eva Hovenkamp, Nicky van Leuveren	3:29.23
8	1	Romania	Adelina Pastor, Anamaria Ioniță, Sanda Belgyan, Andrea Miklós	3:30.63

References