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
3:15.17Seoul, South Korea1 October 1988
European record
Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova
Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina
3:15.17Seoul, South Korea1 October 1988
Championship record
Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch
Petra Müller, Marita Koch
3:16.87Stuttgart, West Germany31 August 1986
World Leading
Ksenia Zadorina, Natalia Ivanova
Natalya Antyukh, Kseniya Ustalova
3:23.76Bergen, Norway20 June 2010
European Leading
Ksenia Zadorina, Natalya Ivanova
Natalya Antyukh, Kseniya Ustalova
3:23.76Bergen, Norway 20 June 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World Leading
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Antonina Krivoshapka
Kseniya Ustalova, Tatyana Firova
3:21.26Barcelona, Spain1 August 2010
European Leading

Schedule

DateTimeRound
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 ReactTime Notes
60.2123:26.89 Q
1 30.2043:28.01 Q
2 83:29.25 Q
40.3003:29.27 q
50.2293:33.13NR
3 20.1953:35.25
4 70.2143:37.56

Heat 2

Rank Lane Nation Athletes ReactTime Notes
1 53:27.95 Q
2 30.2403:28.67Q
3 70.2503:29.46Q
4 20.2113:29.50 q
5 60.1733:30.11 NR
6 40.3563:31.91
7 10.2163:41.72

Summary

Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes ReactTime Notes
1 60.2123:26.89 Q
1 2 53:27.95 Q
2 1 30.2043:28.01 Q
3 2 30.2403:28.67Q
4 1 83:29.25 Q
1 40.3003:29.27 q
5 2 70.2503:29.46Q
6 2 20.2113:29.50 q
7 2 60.1733:30.11 NR
8 2 40.3563:31.91
1 50.2293:33.13 NR
9 1 20.1953:35.25
10 1 70.2143:37.56
11 2 10.2163:41.72

Final

Rank Lane Nationality Athlete React Time Notes
4 0.2853:21.26WL
5 0.1943:24.07
6 0.2463:24.32
3 0.2723:25.71NR
4 2 0.2833:28.03
5 7 3:28.11
1 0.2323:28.74
6 8 0.2043:29.75

References