European Athletics Championships 2016/4 × 400 m women

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	4 × 400 m relay
gender	Women
Attendees	16 relays with 71 athletes
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 9th (preliminary) July 10th (final)
Medalists  Great Britain  France  Italy

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held on July 9 and 10, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

Great Britain became European champion with the line-up Emily Diamond (final) , Anyika Onuora (final) , Eilidh Doyle and Seren Bundy-Davies as well as Margaret Adeoye and Kelly Massey, who were also used in the preliminary stages . Second place went to France with Phara Anacharsis (final) , Brigitte Ntiamoah , Marie Gayot and Floria Gueï (final) as well as Agnès Raharolahy and Elea Mariama Diarra, who were also used in the preliminary run . Bronze went to Italy with Maria Benedicta Chigbolu , Maria Enrica Spacca , Chiara Bazzoni and Libania Grenot (final) as well as Elena Bonfanti, who was also used in the preliminary stages .

The runners only used in the run-up were given 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.

doping

There was a doping case in this competition.

In a doping test on July 5, 2016, the Ukrainian Olha Semljak found that the testosterone concentration was significantly too high . This led to the disqualification of the Ukrainian 4-by-400-meter relay , which had reached sixth place. Since the athlete had previously been proven to have been doping fraud, she received a ban for not four, but eight years from July 5, 2016 to July 4, 2024, all of the results she had achieved since the positive doping test were canceled, including her semi-finals 400 meters .

The four sprinters of the Belarusian relay were the main victims . Alena Kijewitsch , Yulia Yurenia , Katsiaryna Khairullina and Ilona Ussowitsch had to watch the final, even though they had actually qualified for this round over their time.

Preliminary round

July 9, 2016, 1:55 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)
1	Great Britain	Eilidh Doyle Margaret Adeoye Kelly Massey Seren Bundy-Davies	3: 26.42 tbsp
2	Poland	Ewelina Ptak Martyna Dąbrowska Iga Baumgart-Witan Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	3: 27.72
3	Italy	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Maria Enrica Spacca Chiara Bazzoni Elena Bonfanti	3: 29.57
4th	Belarus	Alena Kijewitsch Yulia Yurenia Katsiaryna Khairullina Ilona Ussowitsch	3: 31.23 actually qualified for the final
5	Slovakia	Sylvia Salgovicová Alexandra Štuková Alexandra Bezeková Iveta Putalová	3: 31.66 NO
6th	Norway	Benedicte Hauge Sara Dorthea Jensen Ida Bakke Hansen Line Monastery	3: 31.73 NO
7th	Portugal	Rivinilda Mentai Filipa Martins Cátia Azevedo Dorothé Évora	3: 32.48
8th	Turkey	Berfe Sancak Meryem Kasap Emel Şanlı Elif Yıldırım	3: 38.47

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Germany	Laura Müller Friederike Möhlenkamp Lara Hoffmann Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer	3: 28.03
2	France	Marie Gayot Brigitte Ntiamoah Agnès Raharolahy Elea Mariama Diarra	3: 28.38
3	Romania	Adelina Pastor Anamaria Ioniță Sanda Belgyan Andrea Miklós	3: 29.08
4th	Netherlands	Nicky van Leuveren Lisanne de Witte Eva Hovenkamp Laura de Witte	3: 29,18 NO
5	Greece	Ekateríni Daláka Ánna Vasilíou Déspina Mourtá Iríni Vasilíou	3: 31.66
6th	Spain	Laura Bueno Aauri Lorena Bokesa Barbara Camblor Geraxane Ussía	3: 33.57
7th	Ireland	Sinead Denny Phil Healy Jenna Bromell Ciara McCallion	3: 34.02
DOP	Ukraine	Julija Olischewska Olha Bibik Tetjana Melnyk Olha Semljak	admitted to the finals

final

The runners of the 4 × 400 m relay in the third and penultimate lap

July 10, 2016, 6:40 p.m.

space	Season	occupation	Time (min)
1	Great Britain	Emily Diamond (final) Anyika Onuora (final) Eilidh Doyle Seren Bundy-Davies in the preliminary also: Margaret Adeoye Kelly Massey	3: 25.05 WL
2	France	Phara Anacharsis (final) Brigitte Ntiamoah Marie Gayot Floria Gueï (final) also: Agnès Raharolahy Elea Mariama Diarra	3: 25.96
3	Italy	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Maria Enrica Spacca Chiara Bazzoni Libania Grenot (final) in the preliminary also: Elena Bonfanti	3: 27.49
4th	Poland	Ewelina Ptak Małgorzata Hołub (final) Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Justyna Święty (final) in the preliminary run also: Martyna Dąbrowska Iga Baumgart-Witan	3: 27.60
5	Germany	Laura Müller Friederike Möhlenkamp Lara Hoffmann Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer	3: 27.60
6th	Netherlands	Laura de Witte Lisanne de Witte Eva Hovenkamp Nicky van Leuveren	3: 29.23
7th	Romania	Adelina Pastor Anamaria Ioniță Sanda Belgyan Andrea Miklós	3: 30.63
DOP	Ukraine	Julija Olischewska Olha Bibik Tetjana Melnyk Olha Semljak

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on March 9, 2020
• Women 4x400m Relay European Championship 2016 Amsterdam on todor66.com, accessed March 9, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 9, 2020
• 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on March 9, 2020

Video

• 4x400m Relay Women's Final - European Athletics Championships 2016 on youtube.com, accessed March 9, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 4 × 400 m , accessed on March 9, 2020
2. ↑ Olha Zemlyak (W) on dopingsanctions.com (English), accessed on March 9, 2020
3. ↑ Ukrainian sprinters fail in bid to get drugs bans overturned at CAS on insidethegames.biz March 29, 2019 (English), accessed on March 9, 2020