2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay explained

Event:	Women's 4 x 400 metres relay
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.

Medalists

Gold	Janin Lindenberg, Esther Cremer, Fabienne Kohlmann, Claudia Hoffmann Germany (GER)
Silver	Nicola Sanders, Marilyn Okoro, Lee McConnell, Perri Shakes-Drayton Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Chiara Bazzoni, Marta Milani, Maria Enrica Spacca, Libania Grenot Italy (ITA)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record	Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
European record	Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
Championship record	Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch Petra Müller, Marita Koch	3:16.87	Stuttgart, West Germany	31 August 1986
World Leading	Ksenia Zadorina, Natalia Ivanova Natalya Antyukh, Kseniya Ustalova	3:23.76	Bergen, Norway	20 June 2010
European Leading	Ksenia Zadorina, Natalya Ivanova Natalya Antyukh, Kseniya Ustalova	3:23.76	Bergen, Norway	20 June 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World Leading	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Antonina Krivoshapka Kseniya Ustalova, Tatyana Firova	3:21.26	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
European Leading

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
31 July 2010	11:50	Round 1
1 August 2010	21:40	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
	6			0.212	3:26.89	Q
1	3			0.204	3:28.01	Q
2	8				3:29.25	Q
	4			0.300	3:29.27	q
	5			0.229	3:33.13	NR
3	2			0.195	3:35.25
4	7			0.214	3:37.56

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	React	Time	Notes
1	5				3:27.95	Q
2	3			0.240	3:28.67	Q
3	7			0.250	3:29.46	Q
4	2			0.211	3:29.50	q
5	6			0.173	3:30.11	NR
6	4			0.356	3:31.91
7	1			0.216	3:41.72

Summary

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	React	Time	Notes
	1	6			0.212	3:26.89	Q
1	2	5				3:27.95	Q
2	1	3			0.204	3:28.01	Q
3	2	3			0.240	3:28.67	Q
4	1	8				3:29.25	Q
	1	4			0.300	3:29.27	q
5	2	7			0.250	3:29.46	Q
6	2	2			0.211	3:29.50	q
7	2	6			0.173	3:30.11	NR
8	2	4			0.356	3:31.91
	1	5			0.229	3:33.13	NR
9	1	2			0.195	3:35.25
10	1	7			0.214	3:37.56
11	2	1			0.216	3:41.72

Final

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Athlete	React	Time	Notes
	4			0.285	3:21.26	WL
	5			0.194	3:24.07
	6			0.246	3:24.32
	3			0.272	3:25.71	NR
4	2			0.283	3:28.03
5	7				3:28.11
	1			0.232	3:28.74
6	8			0.204	3:29.75

References

• Round 1 Results
• Final Results