2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.

Medalists

Gold	Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzhina Ukraine (UKR)
Silver	Myriam Soumaré, Véronique Mang, Lina Jacques-Sébastien, Christine Arron France (FRA)
Bronze	Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler Poland (POL)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 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	Texas A&M University Jeneba Tarmoh, Porscha Lucas Dominique Duncan, Gabrielle Mayo	42.49	Austin, United States	29 May 2010
European Leading	Russia Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	42.98	Bergen, Norway	19 June 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World Leading	Ukraine Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzhina	42.29	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
European Leading		42.29	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
31 July 2010	10:45	Round 1
1 August 2010	19:50	Final

Results

Round 1

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

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	React	Time	Notes
1	4	Ukraine (UKR)	Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Olena Chebanu	0.163	43.24	Q
2	1	Belarus (BLR)	Yulia Nestsiarenka, Katsiaryna Shumak, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Yuliya Balykina	0.183	43.69	Q
3	2	Spain (ESP)	Ana Torrijos, Digna Luz Murillo, Estela García, Amparo María Cotán	0.180	43.88	Q
4	5	Ireland (IRL)	Amy Foster, Claire Brady, Niamh Whelan, Ailis McSweeney	0.200	43.93
5	3	Lithuania (LTU)	Silva Pesackaite, Edita Kavaliauskiene, Sonata Tamosaityte, Lina Grincikaite	0.188	44.13
6	9	Italy (ITA)	Jessica Paoletta, Tiziana Grasso, Giulia Arcioni, Audrey Alloh	0.293	44.15
7	6	Slovenia (SLO)	Tina Murn, Sabina Veit, Kristina Žumer, Merlene Ottey	0.230	44.30
8	7	Netherlands (NED)	Femke van der Meij, Loreanne Kuhurima, Anouk Hagen, Jamile Samuel	0.184	44.70
-	8	Germany (GER)	Yasmin Kwadwo, Marion Wagner, Anne Möllinger, Verena Sailer	0.146	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	React	Time	Notes
DQ	2	Russia (RUS)	Yuna Mekhti-Zade, Yuliya Katsura, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	0.177	~~43.23~~	Q, Doping
1	4	Poland (POL)	Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler	0.163	43.30	Q
2	8	France (FRA)	Céline Distel, Véronique Mang, Nelly Banco, Christine Arron	0.200	43.35	Q
3	3	Belgium (BEL)	Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Elodie Ouédraogo, Frauke Penen	0.194	43.82	q
4	9	Sweden (SWE)	Emma Rienas, Lena Berntsson, Elina Backman, Moa Hjelmer	0.177	43.90	q
5	7	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Joice Maduaka, Montell Douglas, Hayley Jones, Laura Turner	0.184	44.09
6	5	Bulgaria (BUL)	Inna Eftimova, Monika Gachevska, Gabriela Laleva, Ivet Lalova	0.194	44.72
7	1	Latvia (LAT)	Marlēna Reimane, Ieva Zunda, Sandra Kruma, Jekaterina Čekele	0.185	44.92
8	6	Norway (NOR)	Siri Eritsland, Mari Gilde Brubak, Ida Bakke Hansen, Ezinne Okparaebo	0.156	44.96

Summary

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	React	Time	Notes
DQ	2	2	Russia (RUS)	Yuna Mekhti-Zade, Yuliya Katsura, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	0.177	~~43.23~~	Q, Doping
1	1	4	Ukraine (UKR)	Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Olena Chebanu	0.163	43.24	Q
2	2	4	Poland (POL)	Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler	0.163	43.30	Q
3	2	8	France (FRA)	Céline Distel, Véronique Mang, Nelly Banco, Christine Arron	0.200	43.35	Q
4	1	1	Belarus (BLR)	Yulia Nestsiarenka, Katsiaryna Shumak, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Yuliya Balykina	0.183	43.69	Q
5	2	3	Belgium (BEL)	Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Elodie Ouédraogo, Frauke Penen	0.194	43.82	q
6	1	2	Spain (ESP)	Ana Torrijos, Digna Luz Murillo, Estela García, Amparo María Cotán	0.180	43.88	Q
7	2	9	Sweden (SWE)	Emma Rienas, Lena Berntsson, Elina Backman, Moa Hjelmer	0.177	43.90	q
8	1	5	Ireland (IRL)	Amy Foster, Niamh Whelan, Claire Brady, Ailis McSweeney	0.200	43.93	NR
9	2	7	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Joice Maduaka, Montell Douglas, Hayley Jones, Laura Turner	0.184	44.09
10	1	3	Lithuania (LTU)	Silva Pesackaite, Edita Kavaliauskiene, Sonata Tamosaityte, Lina Grincikaite	0.188	44.13
11	1	9	Italy (ITA)	Jessica Paoletta, Tiziana Grasso, Giulia Arcioni, Audrey Alloh	0.293	44.15
12	1	6	Slovenia (SLO)	Tina Murn, Sabina Veit, Kristina Žumer, Merlene Ottey	0.230	44.30
13	1	7	Netherlands (NED)	Femke van der Meij, Loreanne Kuhurima, Anouk Hagen, Jamile Samuel	0.184	44.70
14	2	5	Bulgaria (BUL)	Inna Eftimova, Monika Gachevska, Gabriela Laleva, Ivet Lalova	0.194	44.72
15	2	1	Latvia (LAT)	Marlēna Reimane, Ieva Zunda, Sandra Kruma, Jekaterina Cekele	0.185	44.92
16	2	6	Norway (NOR)	Siri Eritsland, Mari Gilde Brubak, Ida Bakke Hansen, Ezinne Okparaebo	0.156	44.96
	1	8	Germany (GER)	Yasmin Kwadwo, Marion Wagner, Anne Möllinger, Verena Sailer	0.146	DQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Athlete	React	Time	Notes
	6	Ukraine (UKR)	Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzhina	0.156	42.29	WL, NR
	7	France (FRA)	Myriam Soumaré, Véronique Mang, Lina Jacques-Sébastien, Christine Arron	0.223	42.45
	5	Poland (POL)	Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler	0.221	42.68	NR
DQ	3	Russia (RUS)	Yuna Mekhti-Zade, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	0.182	~~42.91~~	Doping
4	4	Belarus (BLR)	Yulia Nestsiarenka, Katsiaryna Shumak, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Yuliya Balykina	0.234	43.18
5	8	Spain (ESP)	Ana Torrijos, Digna Luz Murillo, Estela García, Amparo María Cotán	0.207	43.45	NR
6	2	Sweden (SWE)	Emma Rienas, Lena Berntsson, Elina Backman, Moa Hjelmer	0.170	43.75
	1	Belgium (BEL)	Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Elodie Ouédraogo, Frauke Penen	0.195	DNF