2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Events at the 2006 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		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
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 × 100 metres relay at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on 12 and 13 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Russia Yuliya Gushchina Natalia Rusakova Irina Khabarova Yekaterina Grigoryeva Yekaterina Kondratyeva Larisa Kruglova	United Kingdom Anyika Onuora Emma Ania Emily Freeman Joice Maduaka Laura Turner	Belarus Yulia Nestsiarenka Natallia Safronnikava Alena Neumiarzhitskaya Aksana Drahun

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
12 August 2006	16:35	Heats
13 August 2006	14:50	Final

Results

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

Heats

First three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	France	Véronique Mang, Fabienne Beret-Martinel, Adrianna Lamalle, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi	43.38	Q
2	1	Germany	Katja Wakan, Marion Wagner, Cathleen Tschirch, Verena Sailer	43.49	Q
3	2	Ukraine	Olena Chebanu, Halyna Tonkovyd, Iryna Shtanhyeyeva, Iryna Shepetyuk	43.62	Q
4	1	Russia	Yekaterina Kondratyeva, Natalia Rusakova, Irina Khabarova, Larisa Kruglova	43.65	Q
5	1	Belgium	Hanna Mariën, Frauke Penen, Olivia Borlée, Kim Gevaert	43.65	Q
6	2	Belarus	Yulia Nestsiarenka, Natallia Safronnikava, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Aksana Drahun	43.70	Q
7	2	United Kingdom	Anyika Onuora, Emily Freeman, Laura Turner, Joice Maduaka	44.00	q
8	1	Sweden	Emma Rienas, Susanna Kallur, Jenny Kallur, Emma Green	44.08	q
9	2	Greece	Hariklia Bouda, Effrosini Patsou, Eleftheria Kobidou, Georgia Kokloni	44.20
10	1	Poland	Joanna Gabryelewicz, Daria Onyśko, Iwona Dorobisz, Beata Makaruk	44.27
11	1	Finland	Sari Keskitalo, Johanna Manninen, Ilona Ranta, Heidi Hannula	44.32
12	2	Ireland	Derval O'Rourke, Joanne Cuddihy, Ailis McSweeney, Anna Boyle	44.38	NR
13	1	Spain	Ruth Conde, Belén Recio, Claudia Troppa, Glory Alozie	44.85
14	2	Turkey	Gülay Kirsan-Kiliç, Nevin Yanıt, Esen Kizildag, Saliha Memis-Özyurt	46.32
	2	Czech Republic	Lucie Martincová, Štěpánka Klapáčová, Petra Seidlová, Iveta Mazáčová		DQ

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Russia	Yuliya Gushchina, Natalia Rusakova, Irina Khabarova, Yekaterina Grigoryeva	42.71
	United Kingdom	Anyika Onuora, Emma Ania, Emily Freeman, Joice Maduaka	43.51
	Belarus	Yulia Nestsiarenka, Natallia Safronnikava, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Aksana Drahun	43.61
4	Ukraine	Olena Chebanu, Halyna Tonkovyd, Iryna Shtanhyeyeva, Iryna Shepetyuk	43.97
5	Sweden	Susanna Kallur, Carolina Klüft, Jenny Kallur, Emma Green	44.16
	Belgium	Hanna Mariën, Frauke Penen, Olivia Borlée, Kim Gevaert		DNF
	France	Véronique Mang, Fabienne Beret-Martinel, Adrianna Lamalle, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi		DNF
	Germany	Katja Wakan, Marion Wagner, Cathleen Tschirch, Verena Sailer		DNF

External links

• Results