2014 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 x 100 metres relay at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 16 and 17 August.

Medalists

Gold	Asha Philip, Ashleigh Nelson, Jodie Williams, Desiree Henry
Silver	Céline Distel-Bonnet, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Myriam Soumare, Stella Akakpo
Bronze	Marina Panteleyeva, Natalya Rusakova, Yelizaveta Savlinis, Kristina Sivkova

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record	(Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter)	40.82	London, Great Britain	10 August 2012
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	(Kerron Stewart, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce)	41.83	Glasgow, Great Britain	2 August 2014
European Leading	(Madiea Ghafoor, Dafne Schippers, Tessa van Schagen, Jamile Samuel)	42.40	Lausanne, Switzerland	3 July 2014

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
16 August 2014	15:10	Round 1
17 August 2014	17:22	Final

Results

Round 1

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note
1	1	2			42.29	Q, EL
2	2	4			42.62	Q, SB
3	1	8			42.77	Q
4	1	3			42.98	Q
5	1	1			43.29	q, SB
6	2	2			43.37	Q, SB
7	2	8			43.47	Q
8	1	4			43.80	q, SB
9	1	5			43.81	SB
10	2	1			43.84	NR
11	1	7			44.22	SB
12	2	7			44.29	NR
13	2	3			44.53	SB
14	1	6			44.68	SB
15	2	5			45.47
	2	6

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note
	5			42.24	EL, NR
	3			42.45
	7			43.22	SB
4	2			43.26	SB
5	4			43.58
6	1			44.36
	6
	8

References