European Athletics Championships 1994/4 × 400 m women
| 16th European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 4 × 400 m relay | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 10 relays with 55 athletes | ||||||||
| venue |
 Helsinki
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| Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 13th (preliminary / final) | ||||||||
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The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the European Athletics Championships in 1994 was held on August 13, 1994 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .
France was European champion with Francine Landre , Evelyn Elien , Viviane Dorsile and Marie-José Perec ( final ) as well as Marie-Line Scholent, who was also used in the run -up . Second place went to Russia with Natalja Khrushchelyova , Jelena Andrejewa , Tatjana Sacharowa and Svetlana Goncharenko ( final ) as well as Jelena Goleschewa, who was also used in the preliminary run . Bronze went to Germany with Karin Janke , Heike Meißner ( final ), Uta Rohländer and Anja Rücker as well as Linda Kisabaka, who was also used in the preliminary run .
The runners who were only used in the preliminary run also received the corresponding precious metal.
Existing records
| World record | 3: 15.17 min |
 Soviet Union ( Tatjana Ledowskaja , Olga Nazarova , Marija Pinigina , Olha Bryzhina ) |
OS Seoul South Korea |
October 1, 1988 |
| European record | ||||
| EM record | 3: 16.87 min |
 GDR ( Kirsten Emmelmann , Sabine Busch , Petra Müller , Marita Koch ) |
EM Stuttgart BR Germany |
August 31, 1986 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
Preliminary round
August 13, 1994, 5:35 pm
The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three seasons per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest teams - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
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| 1 |
 Great Britain
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Melanie Neef Linda Keough Phylis Smith Sally Gunnell |
3: 27.25 |
| 2 |
 Germany
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Karin Janke Uta Rohländer Linda Kisabaka Anja Rücker |
3: 27.50 |
| 3 |
 Switzerland
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Michèle Schenk Kathrin Lüthi Martha Grossenbacher Anita Protti |
3: 31.15 |
| 4th |
Finland
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Aila Haikkonen Heidi Suomi Satu Jaaskelainen Sonja Finell |
3: 31.78 |
| 5 |
 Poland
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Barbara Grzywocz Monika Warnicka Sylwia Pachut Elzbieta Kilinska |
3: 32.20 |
Forward 2
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 France
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Marie-Line Scholent Viviane Dorsile Evelyn Elien Francine Landre |
3: 29.46 |
| 2 |
 Russia
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Jelena Goleschewa Natalja Khruschtscheljowa Tatjana Sacharowa Jelena Andrejewa |
3: 29.51 |
| 3 |
 Czech Republic
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Nadezda Kostovalová Helena Dziurová Hana Benesová Ludmila Formanová |
3: 30.91 |
| 4th |
 Sweden
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Monica Westén Emma Holmqvist Maria Staafgård Charlotta Johansson |
3: 32.36 |
| 5 |
 Italy
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Francesca Carbone Patrizia Spuri Virna De Angeli Danielle Perpoli |
3: 33.31 |
final
August 14, 1994, 5:35 p.m.
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
France
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Francine Landre Evelyn Elien Viviane Dorsile Marie-José Pérec ( final ) in the preliminary also: Marie-Line Scholent |
3: 22.34 |
| 2 |
Russia
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Natalja Khruschtscheljowa Jelena Andrejewa Tatjana Sacharowa Svetlana Goncharenko ( final ) in the preliminary also: Jelena Goleschewa |
3: 24.06 |
| 3 |
Germany
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Karin Janke Heike Meißner ( final ) Uta Rohländer Anja Rücker in the preliminary run also: Linda Kisabaka |
3: 24.10 |
| 4th |
Great Britain
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Melanie Neef Linda Keough Phylis Smith Sally Gunnell |
3: 24.14 |
| 5 |
Czech Republic
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Nadezda Kostovalová Hana Benesová Erika Suchovská ( final ) Ludmila Formanová in the preliminary also: Helena Dziurová |
3: 27.95 |
| 6th |
Switzerland
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Regula Aebi ( final ) Kathrin Lüthi Martha Grossenbacher Anita Protti in the run-up also: Michèle Schenk |
3: 28.78 |
| 7th |
Poland
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Barbara Grzywocz Monika Warnicka Sylwia Pachut Elzbieta Kilinska |
3: 29.75 |
| 8th |
Finland
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Aila Haikkonen Heidi Suomi Satu Jaaskelainen Sonja Finell |
3: 32.97 |
Web links
- Women 4x400m Relay European Championship 1994 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed October 3, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1994 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on October 3, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 4x400m Relay European Championship 1994 Helsinki, p. 469 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 3, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1994, 4 × 400 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on October 3, 2019
- 16th European Athletics Championships 1994 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on October 3, 2019
Video
- 5023 European Track & Field 4x400m Women on youtube.com (English), accessed October 3, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m , accessed on October 3, 2019