2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:	Women's 4 x 100 metres relay
Competition:	European Athletics Championships
Dates:	9 July (round 1) 10 July (final)
Competitors:	65
Nations:	16
Win Value:	42.04
Gold:	Jamile Samuel Dafne Schippers Tessa van Schagen Naomi Sedney Marije van Hunenstijn
Goldnoc:	NED
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronzenoc:	GER

The women's 4 × 100 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	(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	Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase	42.00	Regensburg, Germany	5 June 2016
European Leading	Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase	42.00	Regensburg, Germany	5 June 2016

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
9 July 2016	20:00	Round 1
10 July 2016	17:35	Final

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			42.59	Q, SB
2	2			42.71	Q
3	1			42.87	Q, NR
4	1			42.93	Q, SB
5	1			43.06	q, SB
6	2			43.33	Q
7	2			43.34	Q, SB
8	2			43.59	q, SB
9	1			43.87	NR
10	2			44.14	SB
11	1			44.27	SB
12	1			44.29	SB
13	2			44.34	=NR
14	2			44.58
15	2			45.31
	1

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	7			42.04	NR
	5			42.45	SB
	4			42.48
4	8			42.87	SB
5	3			43.00
6	2			43.05	SB
7	1			43.24	SB
8	6			43.57

Notes and References

http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW401901_C73E.pdf Heat 1 results
http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW401101_C73E.pdf Final results