European Athletics Championships 2002/4 × 400 m women
| 18th European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 4 × 400 m relay | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 10 relays with 44 athletes | ||||||||
| venue |
 Munich
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| Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 10th (preliminary) August 11th (final) |
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The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 2002 European Athletics Championships was held on August 10 and 11, 2002 in the Munich Olympic Stadium.
Germany became European champion with the line-up of Florence Ekpo-Umoh , Birgit Rockmeier ( final ), Claudia Marx and Grit Breuer as well as the Nancy chain that was also used in the run-up . Second place went to Russia with Natalja Antjuch , Natalja Nasarowa , Anastassija Kapatschinskaja ( final ) and Olesja Sykina ( final ) as well as Jekaterina Bachwalowa and Tatiana Levina, who were also used in the preliminary run . Bronze went to Poland with Zuzanna Radecka , Małgorzata Pskit ( final ), Grażyna Prokopek and Anna Olichwierczuk as well as Justyna Karolkiewicz, who were also used in the run-up .
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 10, 2002
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 |
Germany
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Florence Ekpo-Umoh Nancy necklace Claudia Marx Grit Breuer |
3: 28.49 |
| 2 |
 Poland
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Zuzanna Radecka Justyna Karolkiewicz Anna Olichwierczuk Grażyna Prokopek |
3: 29.20 |
| 3 |
.svg){kind=small} Belarus
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Kazjaryna Stankewitsch Iryna Chljustawa Hanna Kosak Swjatlana Ussowitsch |
3: 30.95 |
| 4th |
 France
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Marie-Louise Bévis Solene Désert Sylvanie Morandais Peggy Babin |
3: 31.57 |
| 5 |
 Spain
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Maria Maqueda Miriam Bravo Mayte Martínez Julia Alba |
3: 37.08 |
Forward 2
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Russia
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Natalja Antjuch Ekaterina Bachwalowa Tatiana Levina Natalja Nasarowa |
3: 30.94 |
| 2 |
 Great Britain
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Helen Karagounis Helen Frost Melanie Purkiss Lee McConnell |
3: 33.88 |
| 3 |
 Sweden
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Beatrice Dahlgren Lena Udd Ellinor Stuhrmann Nadja Petersen |
3: 34.15 |
| 4th |
 Greece
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Dímitra Dóva Haríklia Boudá María Papadopoúlou Hrísa Goudenoúd |
3: 35.02 |
| 5 |
 Portugal
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Patrícia Lopes Sandra Teixeira Severina Cravid Maria Carmo Tavares |
3: 35.36 |
final
August 11, 2002
| space | Season | occupation | Time (min) |
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| 1 |
Germany
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Florence Ekpo-Umoh Birgit Rockmeier ( final ) Claudia Marx Grit Breuer in the lead also: Nancy chain |
3: 25.10 |
| 2 |
Russia
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Natalja Antjuch Natalja Nazarowa Anastassija Kapatschinskaja ( final ) Olesja Sykina ( final ) in the preliminary also: Ekaterina Bachwalowa Tatjana Levina |
3: 25.59 |
| 3 |
Poland
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Zuzanna Radecka Małgorzata Pskit ( final ) Grażyna Prokopek Anna Olichwierczuk in the preliminary run also: Justyna Karolkiewicz |
3: 26.15 |
| 4th |
Great Britain
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Helen Karagounis Helen Frost Melanie Purkiss Lee McConnell |
3: 26.65 |
| 5 |
France
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Solene Désert Peggy Babin Sylvanie Morandais Marie-Louise Bévis |
3: 31.71 |
| 6th |
Belarus
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Kazjaryna Stankewitsch Iryna Chljustawa Hanna Kosak Swjatlana Ussowitsch |
3: 32.46 |
| 7th |
Sweden
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Beatrice Dahlgren Lena Udd Ellinor Stuhrmann Nadja Petersen |
3: 32.65 |
| 8th |
Greece
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Dímitra Dóva Haríklia Boudá María Papadopoúlou Hrísa Goudenoúd |
3: 37.38 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Munich 2002 at european-athletics.org, accessed on November 4, 2019
- Women 4x400m Relay European Championship 2002 Munich on todor66.com, accessed on November 4, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 2002 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on November 4, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 4x400m Relay European Championship 2002 Munich, p. 489 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on November 4, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2002, 4 × 400 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on November 4, 2019
- 18th European Athletics Championships 2002 in Munich, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on November 4, 2019
Video
- Women's 4x400m Relay European Champs Munich 2002 on youtube.com (English), accessed on November 4, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m , accessed on November 4, 2019