2021 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Competition:	2021 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue:	Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn
Dates:	11 July
Competitors:	64
Nations:	16
Win Value:	43.05
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Aitana Rodrigo Jaël Bestué Eva Santidrián Carmen Marco
Silvernoc:	ESP
Bronze:	Marie-Ange Rimlinger Sacha Alessandrini Wided Atatou Mallory Leconte
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships was held on Day 4 on July 11 at Kadriorg Stadium in Tallinn, Estonia.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record		42.09	Turin, Italy	4 August 1979
Championship U23 record		43.29	Tampere, Finland	14 July 2013

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	align=left		align=left		43.24	Q, CR
2	2	align=left		align=left		43.50	Q, NU23R
3	1	align=left		align=left		43.62	Q
4	1	align=left		align=left		43.65	Q, NU23R
5	1	align=left		align=left		43.74	Q
6	2	align=left		align=left		44.29	Q
7	2	align=left		align=left		44.51	q
8	1	align=left		align=left		44.64	q, NU23R
9	2	align=left		align=left		44.77
10	2	align=left		align=left		45.14
11	1	align=left		align=left		45.14
12	1	align=left		align=left		45.24
13	1	align=left		align=left		45.33
14	2	align=left		align=left		45.48
	2	align=left		align=left
	1	align=left		align=left

Final

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Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		43.05	CR
	align=left		align=left		43.74
	align=left		align=left		44.15
4	align=left		align=left		44.22
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Notes and References

1. https://tallinn2021.ee/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/eu23ch2021-timetable-tallinn-03-07-eng-1.pdf "European Athletics U23 Championships Tallinn/EST, 8-11 July 2021 Timetable as on 3 July 2021"
2. Web site: 4 x 100m Relay Women Round 1 Heat 1/2 Results. EAA. 11 July 2021. 13 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20210720193704/https://tallinn21-u23results.european-athletics.com/resEU23CH-/pdf/EU23CH-/ATH/EU23CH-_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X100M------------RND1000100--.pdf. 20 July 2021.
3. Web site: 4 x 100m Relay Women Round 1 Heat 2/2 Results. EAA. 11 July 2021. 13 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20210720193702/https://tallinn21-u23results.european-athletics.com/resEU23CH-/pdf/EU23CH-/ATH/EU23CH-_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X100M------------RND1000200--.pdf. 20 July 2021.
4. Web site: 4 x 100m Relay Women Round 1 Results Summary. EAA. 11 July 2021. 13 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20210720193704/https://tallinn21-u23results.european-athletics.com/resEU23CH-/pdf/EU23CH-/ATH/EU23CH-_ATH_C74A_ATHW4X100M------------RND1--------.pdf. 20 July 2021.
5. Web site: 4 x 100m Relay Women Final Results. EAA. 11 July 2021. 13 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20210712121000/https://tallinn21-u23results.european-athletics.com/resEU23CH-/pdf/EU23CH-/ATH/EU23CH-_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf. 12 July 2021.