European Athletics Championships 2012/4 × 100 m women

21st European Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 100 m relay
gender	Women
Attendees	16 relays with 67 athletes
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Competition phase	June 30th (preliminary) July 1st (final)
Medalists  Germany  Netherlands  Poland

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The 4-by-100-meter relay team of women at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was born on 30 June and 1 July 2012 at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys the city of Helsinki held.

Germany became European champions with the line-up of Leena Günther , Anne Cibis , Tatjana Pinto and Verena Sailer . Second place went to the Netherlands with Kadene Vassell , Dafne Schippers ( final ), Eva Lubbers and Jamile Samuel ( final ) as well as Esther Akihary and Marit Dopheide, who were also used in the preliminary run . Bronze went to Poland ( Marika Popowicz , Daria Korczyńska , Marta Jeschke , Ewelina Ptak ).

The runners from the Netherlands who were only used in the preliminary stages each received a silver medal.

Existing records

World record	41.37 s	GDR ( Gesine Walther , Sabine Rieger , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Göhr )	Canberra , Australia	October 16, 1985
European record
EM record	41.68 s	GDR ( Silke Möller , Katrin Krabbe , Kerstin Behrendt , Sabine Günther )	EM Split , Yugoslavia	September 1, 1990

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

June 30, 2012, 1:05 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 (s)
1	Ukraine	Olesja Powch Natalija Pohrebnjak Marija Rjemjen Viktorija Pjatachenko	42.70
2	France	Carima Louami Ayodelé Ikuesan Jennifer Galais Christine Arron	43.12
3	Poland	Marika Popowicz Daria Korczyńska Marta Jeschke Ewelina Ptak	43.13
4th	Switzerland	Michelle Cueni Jacqueline Gasser Ellen Sprunger Léa Sprunger	43.51 NO
5	Belarus	Wolha Astaschka Kazjaryna Hantschar Alena Daniljuk-Neumjarschizkaja Julija Balykina	43.69
6th	Slovenia	Alja Sitar Sara Strajnar Kristina Žumer Merlene Ottey	44.28
7th	Bulgaria	Gabriela Laleva Tesdschan Naimowa Karin Okoliye Vaia Vladeva	45.25
8th	Spain	Belén Recio Plácida Martínez Alazne Furundarena Sara María Santiago	45.47

Forward 2

Second change of the Dutch women from Marit Dopheide to Eva Lubbers

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Germany	Leena Günther Anne Cibis Tatjana Pinto Verena Sailer	43.03
2	Russia	Yevgenia Polyakova Yekaterina Kusina Yekaterina Voronenkova Olga Belkina	43.62
3	Netherlands	Esther Akihary Marit Dopheide Eva Lubbers Kadene Vassell	43.80
4th	Belgium	Olivia Borlée Hanna Mariën Hanne Claes Anne Zagré	43.81
5	Italy	Gloria Hooper Audrey Alloh Martina Amidei Ilenia Draisci	43.90
6th	Finland	Maria Räsänen Noora Hämäläinen Minna Laukka Hanna-Maari Latvala	44.65
DSQ	Great Britain	Anyika Onuora Montell Douglas Hayley Mills Ashleigh Nelson	IAAF Rule 163.3a - Crossing the Track
	Sweden	Julia Skugge Erica Jarder Freja Jernstig Lena Berntsson	IAAF Rule 170.7 - Change error

final

Award ceremony of the 4 x 100 meter relay

The Dutch silver relay

The bronze medalists from Poland

July 1, 2012, 5:05 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (s)
1	Germany	Leena Günther Anne Cibis Tatjana Pinto Verena Sailer	42.51
2	Netherlands	Kadene Vassell Dafne Schippers ( final ) Eva Lubbers Jamile Samuel ( final ) in the preliminary run also: Esther Akihary Marit Dopheide	42.80
3	Poland	Marika Popowicz Daria Korczyńska Marta Jeschke Ewelina Ptak	43.06
4th	Russia	Yevgenia Polyakova Yekaterina Kusina Yekaterina Voronenkova Olga Belkina	43.37
5	France	Carima Louami Ayodelé Ikuesan Lina Jacques-Sébastien ( final ) Christine Arron in the run-up also: Jennifer Galais	43.44
6th	Switzerland	Michelle Cueni Jacqueline Gasser Ellen Sprunger Léa Sprunger	43.61
7th	Belarus	Wolha Astaschka Kazjaryna Hantschar Alena Daniljuk-Neumjarschizkaja Julija Balykina	44.06
DNF	Ukraine	Olesja Powch Natalija Pohrebnjak Marija Rjemjen Viktorija Pjatachenko

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 2012 at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 26, 2020
• Women 4x100m Relay European Championship 2012 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed January 26, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2012 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on January 26, 2020
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 4x100m Relay European Championship 2012 Helsinki, p. 514 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 26, 2020
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2012, 4 × 100 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on January 26, 2020
• 21st European Athletics Championships 2012 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on January 26, 2020

Video

• 4x100m Relay Women European Athletics Championships Helsinki 2012 MIR-LA.com on youtube.com, accessed on January 26, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 100 m women , accessed January 26, 2020
2. ↑ IAAF competition rules , page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on January 26, 2020
3. ↑ IAAF competition rules , page 120 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on January 26, 2020