2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 16 and 17 August.

Medalists

Gold	Marie Gayot, Muriel Hurtis, Agnès Raharolahy, Floria Gueï France
Silver	Nataliya Pyhyda, Hrystyna Stuy, Hanna Ryzhykova, Olha Zemlyak Ukraine
Bronze	Eilidh Child, Kelly Massey, Shana Cox, Margaret Adeoye Great Britain

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record	Soviet Union (Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina)	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
European record	Soviet Union (Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina)	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
Championship record	East Germany (Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch, Petra Müller, Marita Koch)	3:16.87	Stuttgart, West Germany	31 August 1986
World Leading	United States (DeeDee Trotter, Sanya Richards-Ross, Natasha Hastings, Joanna Atkins)	3:21.73	Nassau, Bahamas	25 May 2014
European Leading	France (Marie Gayot, Lénora Guion-Firmin, Agnès Raharolahy, Floria Gueï)	3:25.84	Nassau, Bahamas	25 May 2014

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
16 August 2014	16:20	Round 1
17 August 2014	15:22	Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

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

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	Ukraine	Darya Prystupa, Olha Lyakhova, Hanna Ryzhykova, Hrystyna Stuy	3:28.18	Q
2	2	Russia	Mariya Mikhailyuk, Tatyana Veshkurova, Tatyana Firova, Kseniya Zadorina	3:28.42	Q, SB
3	2	Great Britain	Emily Diamond, Kelly Massey, Victoria Ohuruogu, Margaret Adeoye	3:28.44	Q
4	1	France	Estelle Perrossier, Muriel Hurtis, Phara Anacharsis, Agnès Raharolahy	3:28.58	Q
5	2	Poland	Iga Baumgart, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Agata Bednarek, Justyna Święty	3:29.79	Q
6	2	Germany	Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer, Lena Schmidt, Janin Lindenberg, Lara Hoffmann	3:30.39	q
7	1	Italy	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu, Maria Enrica Spacca, Elena Bonfanti, Chiara Bazzoni	3:31.31	Q
8	1	Belgium	Laetitia Libert, Kimberley Efonye, Olivia Borlée, Justien Grillet	3:32.22	q
9	1	Romania	Adelina Pastor, Mihaela Nunu, Angela Moroșanu, Bianca Răzor	3:33.84
10	1	Portugal	Filipa Martins, Vera Barbosa, Dorothé Évora, Cátia Azevedo	3:35.41	SB
11	2	Lithuania	Eva Misiūnaitė, Modesta Morauskaitė, Eglė Staišiūnaitė, Agnė Šerkšnienė	3:36.25
12	1	Finland	Katri Mustola, Ella Räsänen, Sanna Aaltonen, Anniina Laitinen	3:36.47
13	2	Norway	Tara Marie Norum, Trine Mjåland, Vilde Jakobsen Svortevik, Line Kloster	3:36.57
14	2	Slovakia	Sylvia Salgovicová, Alexandra Štuková, Andrea Holleyová, Iveta Putalová	3:39.55
15	2	Croatia	Dora Filipović, Marija Hižman, Lucija Pokos, Kristina Dudek	3:42.96
16	1	Turkey	Birsen Engin, Tuğba Koyuncu, Meliz Redif, Meryem Kasap	3:48.10

Final

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Women's 4 × 400 m relay

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)	6	France	Marie Gayot, Muriel Hurtis, Agnès Raharolahy, Floria Gueï	3:24.27	EL
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	5	Ukraine	Nataliya Pyhyda, Hrystyna Stuy, Hanna Ryzhykova, Olha Zemlyak	3:24.32	SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	4	Great Britain	Eilidh Child, Kelly Massey, Shana Cox, Margaret Adeoye	3:24.34	SB
4	3	Russia	Alena Tamkova, Tatyana Veshkurova, Tatyana Firova, Yekaterina Renzhina	3:25.02	SB
5	7	Poland	Małgorzata Hołub, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Joanna Linkiewicz, Justyna Święty	3:25.73	SB
6	1	Germany	Esther Cremer, Christiane Klopsch, Lena Schmidt, Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer	3:27.69	SB
7	8	Italy	Chiara Bazzoni, Maria Enrica Spacca, Elena Bonfanti, Libania Grenot	3:28.30
8	2	Belgium	Laetitia Libert, Olivia Borlée, Kimberley Efonye, Justien Grillet	3:31.82	SB

References

• Round 1 Results
• Final Results