2022 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay explained

Event:	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Games:	2022 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympiastadion
Location:	Munich, Germany
Competitors:	74
Nations:	16
Win Value:	3:20.87 min
Gold Nation:	NED
Silver Nation:	POL
Bronze Nation:	GBR
Previous:	2018
Next:	2024

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympiastadion on 19 and 20 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2022 European Athletics Championships
World record	Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina	3:15.17^[2]	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
European record
Championship record	Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch Petra Müller, Marita Koch	3:16.87	Stuttgart, West Germany	31 August 1986
World Leading	Talitha Diggs, Abby Steiner Britton Wilson, Sydney McLaughlin	3:17.79 ^[3]	Eugene, United States	24 July 2022
European Leading	Victoria Ohuruogu, Nicole Yeargin Jessie Knight, Laviai Nielsen	3:22.64^[4]	Eugene, United States	24 July 2022

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
19 August 2022	11:40	Round 1
20 August 2022	21:45	Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	3			3:23.79	Q
2	1	5			3:25.44	Q,
3	2	8			3:25.84	Q,
4	1	1			3:26.05	Q,
5	2	1			3:26.06	Q,
6	2	6			3:26.83	Q,
7	1	4			3:27.76	q,
8	2	3			3:27.92	q,
9	1	2			3:28.14
10	1	6			3:29.39
11	2	2			3:29.64
12	1	8			3:31.36
13	2	4			3:31.57
14	2	5			3:33.33
15	2	7			3:33.40
	1	7

Final

^[6]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	6			3:20.87
	7			3:21.68
	3			3:21.74
4	4			3:22.12
5	1			3:26.09
6	5			3:26.63
7	8			3:26.94
8	2			3:29.70

Notes and References

1. Web site: ATHLETICS TIMETABLE . european-athletics.org . 14 August 2022 . 14 August 2022.
2. Web site: All Time Best . 19 August 2022 . World Athletics.
3. Web site: 2022 Top List . 19 August 2022 . World Athletics.
4. Web site: 2022 Top European List . 19 August 2022 . World Athletics.
5. https://results.mun.mev.atos.net/ECM2022/resECM2022/pdf/ECM2022/ATH/ECM2022_ATH_C74A_ATHW4X400M------------RND1--------.pdf Round 1 SUMMARY
6. Web site: Final results . 2022-08-20 . 2022-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821175228/https://results.mun.mev.atos.net/ECM2022/resECM2022/pdf/ECM2022/ATH/ECM2022_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf . dead .