2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:	Women's 4 x 100 metres relay
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.

Medalists

Gold	Leena Günther, Anne Cibis Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto, Verena Sailer
Silver	Kadene Vassell, Dafne Schippers Eva Lubbers, Jamile Samuel
Bronze	Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska Marta Jeschke, Ewelina Ptak

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	41.37	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
European record	Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	41.37	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Championship record	Silke Möller, Katrin Krabbe Kerstin Behrendt, Sabine Günther	41.68	Split, Yugoslavia	1 September 1990
World Leading	RED	42.19	Philadelphia, United States	28 April 2012
European Leading	Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen Olesya Povh, Viktoriya Pyatachenko	42.60		29 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships
European Leading	Leena Günther, Anne Cibis Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto, Verena Sailer	42.51	Helsinki, Finland	1 July 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
30 June 2012	13:05	Round 1
1 July 2012	17:05	Final

Results

Round 1

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	2			42.70	Q
2	2	8			43.03	Q, SB
3	1	3			43.12	Q, SB
4	1	6			43.13	Q, SB
5	1	4			43.51	q, NR
6	2	7			43.62	Q, SB
7	1	5			43.69	q
8	2	3			43.80	Q
9	2	1			43.81	SB
10	2	5			43.90	SB
11	1	7			44.28	SB
12	2	4			44.65	SB
13	1	8			45.25
14	1	1			45.47
	2	6				R 163.3a^[1]
	2	2				R 170.7^[2]

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	6			42.51	EL
	7			42.80	NR
	8			43.06
	4			43.37
	3			43.44
	1			43.61
	2			44.06
	5

References

Notes and References

Lane infringement
Early / late takeover