European Athletics Championships 1998/4 × 400 m women
17th European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 4 × 100 m relay | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 9 relays with 44 athletes | ||||||||
venue | Budapest | ||||||||
Competition location | Népstadion | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 22nd (preliminary) August 23rd (final) |
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The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held on August 18 and 19, 1998 in the Népstadion in the Hungarian capital, Budapest .
Germany became European champions with the line-up Anke Feller , Uta Rohländer ( final ), Silvia Rieger and Grit Breuer ( final ) as well as Anja Knippel and Martina Breu, who were also used in the preliminary run . Second place went to Russia with Natalja Khrushchelyova , Svetlana Goncharenko , Jekaterina Bachwalowa , Olga Kotlyarova ( final ) and Yekaterina Kulikova, who was also used in the preliminary run . Bronze went to Great Britain with Donna Fraser ( final ), Vicky Jamison , Katherine Merry ( final ) and Allison Curbishley as well as Michelle Thomas and Tasha Danvers, who were 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 22, 1998
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. With only nine teams involved, only one was eliminated.
Forward 1
space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
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1 | Czech Republic |
Jitka Burianová Ludmila Formanová Hana Benešová Helena Fuchsová |
3: 29.83 |
2 | Germany |
Anke Feller Anja Knippel Martina Breu Silvia Rieger |
3: 29.84 |
3 | United Kingdom |
Vicky Jamison Michelle Thomas Tasha Danvers Allison Curbishley |
3: 29.90 |
4th | Hungary |
Annamária Bori Barbara Petráhn Orsolya Dóczi Judit Szekeres |
3: 30.24 |
Forward 2
space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
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1 | Russia |
Svetlana Goncharenko Jekaterina Kulikowa Jekaterina Bachwalowa Natalja Khruschtscheljowa |
3: 26.21 |
2 | Romania |
Otilia Ruiu Alina Ripanu Mariana Florea Ionela Târlea |
3: 28.60 |
3 | Italy |
Monika Niederstätter Francesca Carbone Fabiola Piroddi Virna de Angeli |
3: 29.14 |
4th | France |
Francine Landre Anita Mormand Marie-France Opheltes Fabienne Ficher |
3: 29.67 |
5 | Belarus |
Natallja Salahub Nelli Voronkowa Tatiana Kurotschkina Hanna Kosak |
3: 37.55 |
final
August 23, 1998
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1998 on european-athletics.org, accessed October 18, 2019
- Women 4x400m Relay European Championship 1998 Budapest on todor66.com, accessed October 18, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1998 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on October 18, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 4x400m Relay European Championship 1998 Budapest, p. 479f (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 18, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1998, 4 × 400 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on October 18, 2019
- 17th European Athletics Championships 1998 in Budapest, Hungary from ifosta.de, accessed on October 18, 2019
Video
- Women's 4x400m Relay European Champs Budapest 1998 on youtube.com, accessed October 18, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m , accessed on October 18, 2019