1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Events at the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 22 August.

Medalists

Gold	Katia Benth Frédérique Bangué Sylviane Félix Christine Arron France
Silver	Melanie Paschke Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Andrea Philipp Germany
Bronze	Oksana Ekk Galina Malchugina Natalya Voronova Irina Privalova Russia

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	France	Katia Benth, Frédérique Bangué, Sylviane Félix, Christine Arron	42.87	Q
2	1	Germany	Melanie Paschke, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Andrea Philipp	43.23
3	1	Russia	Oksana Ekk, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Voronova, Irina Privalova	43.56	Q
4	1	Ukraine	Iryna Pukha, Tetyana Lukyanenko, Anzhelika Shevchuk, Anzhela Kravchenko	43.60	Q, SB
5	2	Greece	Maria Tsoni, Ekaterini Koffa, Panayiota Koutrouli, Ekaterini Thanou	44.32	Q
6	2	Italy	Elena Apollonio, Manuela Grillo, Maria Ruggeri, Manuela Levorato	44.41	Q
6	1	Belarus	Tatyana Barashko, Margarita Molchan, Natallia Solohub, Natallia Safronnikava	44.41	q, SB
8	2	Finland	Heidi Hannula, Sanna Kyllönen, Johanna Manninen, Heli Koivula	44.59	q, SB
9	2	Spain	Carmen Blay, Elena Córcoles, Arantxa Iglesias, Susana Martin	44.64
10	1	Hungary	Petronella Árva, Enikö Szabó, Éva Barati, Tünde Vaszi	44.76	SB
11	1	Portugal	Maria Carmo Tavares, Natalia Moura, Lucrécia Jardim, Severina Cravid	44.87
98	2	Poland	Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Kinga Leszczyńska, Monika Borejza, Irena Sznajder	99.98 !DSQ

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
01 !	France	Katia Benth, Frédérique Bangué, Sylviane Félix, Christine Arron	42.59
02 !	Germany	Melanie Paschke, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Andrea Philipp	42.68
03 !	Russia	Oksana Ekk, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Voronova, Irina Privalova	42.73
4	Ukraine	Iryna Pukha, Tetyana Lukyanenko, Anzhelika Shevchuk, Anzhela Kravchenko	43.58	SB
5	Greece	Maria Tsoni, Ekaterini Koffa, Panayiota Koutrouli, Ekaterini Thanou	44.01
6	Finland	Heidi Hannula, Sanna Kyllönen, Johanna Manninen, Heli Koivula	44.10	SB
7	Italy	Elena Apollonio, Manuela Grillo, Maria Ruggeri, Manuela Levorato	44.46
8	Belarus	Tatyana Barashko, Margarita Molchan, Natallia Solohub, Natallia Safronnikava	44.76

References

4 × 100 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

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