2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.

The medalists

Medalists

Gold	Leena Günther, Anne Cibis Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto, Verena Sailer  Germany
Silver	Kadene Vassell, Dafne Schippers Eva Lubbers, Jamile Samuel  Netherlands
Bronze	Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska Marta Jeschke, Ewelina Ptak  Poland

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	East Germany Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	41.37	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
European record	East Germany Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	41.37	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Championship record	East Germany Silke Möller, Katrin Krabbe Kerstin Behrendt, Sabine Günther	41.68	Split, Yugoslavia	1 September 1990
World Leading	United States RED	42.19	Philadelphia, United States	28 April 2012
European Leading	Ukraine Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen Olesya Povh, Viktoriya Pyatachenko	42.60	Yalta, Ukraine	29 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships
European Leading	Germany Leena Günther, Anne Cibis Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto, Verena Sailer	42.51	Helsinki, Finland	1 July 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
30 June 2012	13:05	Round 1
1 July 2012	17:05	Final

Results

Round 1

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	2	Ukraine	Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Viktoriya Pyatachenko	42.70	Q
2	2	8	Germany	Leena Günther, Anne Cibis, Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto, Verena Sailer	43.03	Q, SB
3	1	3	France	Carima Louami, Ayodele Ikuesan, Jennifer Galais, Christine Arron	43.12	Q, SB
4	1	6	Poland	Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Ewelina Ptak	43.13	Q, SB
5	1	4	Switzerland	Michelle Cueni, Jacqueline Gasser, Ellen Sprunger, Léa Sprunger	43.51	q, NR
6	2	7	Russia	Yevgeniya Polyakova, Yekaterina Kuzina, Yekaterina Voronenkova, Olga Belkina	43.62	Q, SB
7	1	5	Belarus	Volha Astashka, Katsiaryna Hanchar, Elena Danilyuk-Nevmerzhytskaya, Yuliya Balykina	43.69	q
8	2	3	Netherlands	Esther Akihary, Marit Dopheide, Eva Lubbers, Kadene Vassell	43.80	Q
9	2	1	Belgium	Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Hanne Claes, Anne Zagré	43.81	SB
10	2	5	Italy	Gloria Hooper, Audrey Alloh, Martina Amidei, Ilenia Draisci	43.90	SB
11	1	7	Slovenia	Alja Sitar, Sara Strajnar, Kristina Žumer, Merlene Ottey	44.28	SB
12	2	4	Finland	Maria Räsänen, Noora Hämäläinen, Minna Laukka, Hanna-Maari Latvala	44.65	SB
13	1	8	Bulgaria	Gabriela Laleva, Tezdzhan Naimova, Karin Okoliye, Vaia Vladeva	45.25
14	1	1	Spain	Belén Recio, Plácida Martínez, Alazne Furundarena, Sara María Santiago	45.47
	2	6	Great Britain	Anyika Onuora, Montell Douglas, Hayley Jones, Ashleigh Nelson	DQ	R 163.3a[1]
	2	2	Sweden	Julia Skugge, Erica Jarder, Freja Jernstig, Lena Berntsson	DQ	R 170.7[2]

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	6	Germany	Leena Günther, Anne Cibis, Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto, Verena Sailer	42.51	EL
	7	Netherlands	Kadene Vassell, Dafne Schippers, Eva Lubbers, Jamile Samuel	42.80	NR
	8	Poland	Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Ewelina Ptak	43.06
4	4	Russia	Yevgeniya Polyakova, Yekaterina Kuzina, Yekaterina Voronenkova, Olga Belkina	43.37
5	3	France	Carima Louami, Ayodele Ikuesan, Lina Jacques-Sébastien, Christine Arron	43.44
6	1	Switzerland	Michelle Cueni, Jacqueline Gasser, Ellen Sprunger, Léa Sprunger	43.61
7	2	Belarus	Volha Astashka, Katsiaryna Hanchar, Elena Danilyuk-Nevmerzhytskaya, Yuliya Balykina	44.06
	5	Ukraine	Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Viktoriya Pyatachenko	DNF

References

1. Lane infringement
2. Early / late takeover

• Round 1 Results
• Final Results