European Athletics Championships 2018/4 × 400 m women

discipline	4 × 400 m relay of women
city	Berlin
place	Olympiastadion Berlin
Participants	16 relays with 71 athletes
Competition phase	August 10, 2018 (preliminary) August 11, 2018 (final)
Medalists
gold	Poland
silver	France
bronze	Great Britain

The women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the European Athletics Championships 2018 took place on August 10th and 11th in the Olympic Stadium in the German capital Berlin .

Poland won the European title in the line-up of Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik , Iga Baumgart-Witan , Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz and Justyna Święty-Ersetic, as well as Natalia Kaczmarek and Martyna Dąbrowska who were also used in the preliminary run .
The relay from France won the silver medal with Elea Mariama Diarra , Déborah Sananes , Agnès Raharolahy and Floria Gueï as well as Estelle Perrossier, who was also used in the run-up.
Bronze went to the British team with Zoey Clark , Anyika Onuora , Amy Allcock and Eilidh Doyle as well as Finette Agyapong , Mary Abichi and Emily Diamond , who were also used in the preliminary run .

The runners used in the preliminary run for the medal winners also received the corresponding precious metal.

Records

WR	Soviet Union ( Tazzjana Ljadouskaja , Olga Nasarowa , Marija Pinigina , Olha Bryshina )	3: 15.17 min	Summer Olympic Games in Seoul , South Korea	October 1, 1988
HE
CR	GDR ( Kirsten Emmelmann , Sabine Busch , Petra Müller , Marita Koch )	41.68 s	EM in Stuttgart , BR Germany (today Germany )	August 31, 1986

4 × 400 m relay: Second change

Prelims

From the two preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

August 10, 2018, 1:40 p.m. CEST

space	train	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	3	Italy	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Ayomide Folorunso Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo Libania Grenot	3: 27.63 SB
2	4th	Great Britain	Zoey Clark Finette Agyapong Mary Abichi Emily Diamond	3: 28.12
3	5	Germany	Nadine Gonska Corinna Schwab Karolina Pahlitzsch Hannah Mergenthaler	3: 31.77 SB
4th	2	Slovakia	Emma Zapletalová Iveta Putalová Daniela Ledecká Alexandra Bezeková	3: 32.11 SB
5	6th	Switzerland	Fanette Humair Robine Schürmann Rachel Pellaud Yasmin Giger	3: 32.86
6th	7th	Spain	Laura Bueno Herminia Parra Carmen Sánchez Aauri Bokesa	3: 33.18
7th	1	Portugal	Rivinilda Mentai Joceline Monteiro Cátia Azevedo Dorothé Évora	3: 33.35 SB
8th	8th	Ireland	Sinéad Denny Sophie Becker Davicia Patterson Claire Mooney	3: 35.96 SB

Run 2

August 10, 2018, 1:51 p.m. CEST

space	train	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	4th	Poland	Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Natalia Kaczmarek Martyna Dąbrowska	3: 28.52
2	5	France	Elea Mariama Diarra Agnes Raharolahy Déborah Sananes Estelle Perrossier	3: 28.61
3	6th	Belgium	Camille Laus Cynthia Bolingo Mbongo Justien Grillet Hanne Claes	3: 30.62
4th	7th	Romania	Andrea Miklós Cristina Daniela Bălan Sanda Belgyan Bianca Răzor	3: 31.95 SB
5	1	Sweden	Matilda Hellqvist Moa Hjelmer Josefin Magnusson Lisa Duffy	3: 32.61 SB
6th	8th	Greece	Anna Vasiliou Despina Mourta Evangelia Zigori Irini Vasiliou	3: 34.69
7th	2	Lithuania	Eva Misiūnaitė Modesta Morauskaitė Gabija Galvydytė Erika Krūminaitė	3: 37.73
DSQ	3	Ukraine	Kateryna Klymyuk Maria Mykolenko Anastassija Bryshina Tetiana Melnyk	IAAF Rule 170.7 - Change error

final

August 11, 2018, 9:50 p.m. CEST

In the final there were the following line-up changes:

• Poland - Iga Baumgart-Witan and Justyna Święty-Ersetic replaced Natalia Kaczmarek and Martyna Dąbrowska
• France - Floria Gueï ran instead of Estelle Perrossier
• United Kingdom - Anyika Onuora, Amy Allcock and Eilidh Doyle replaced Finette Agyapong, Mary Abichi and Emily Diamond
• France - Laura Müller ran instead of Corinna Schwab

The outcome of this season was open. The strongest European team in recent years was Great Britain. The British women were the runner-up world champions in 2017 , the Olympic third in 2016 and also the European champions in 2016 . However, they had very strong opponents with the Poles. In the 400 meter individual final here in Berlin , Justyna Święty-Ersetic from Poland became the European champion. In addition, Iga Baumgart-Witan, a second Polish woman, had made it to the final and finished fifth there.

As expected, the race was very close. After the first move, France led before Germany, Great Britain and Poland. But Belgium and Italy were still in contact with the leading teams. With a strong finish, Baumgart-Witan brought Poland to the top before the second change. Great Britain followed ahead of France, Italy, Germany and Belgium. These six teams were still very close to one another on the back straight of the third round. The Belgians improved to fifth place ahead of Germany. On the home stretch, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz from Poland easily set herself apart from her competitors. France, Italy and Great Britain switched behind Poland. Belgium followed closely behind, while Germany fell behind.

Floria Gueï for France, Libania Grenot for Italy and Eilidh Doyle for Great Britain quickly caught up with Polish Święty-Ersetic. The Belgian Camille Laus also followed closely behind. On the back straight, Gueï even took the lead. Doyle moved past Grenot to third. So it went into the target curve. At the beginning of the home stretch, the three leading seasons from France, Poland and Great Britain separated a little from Italy and Belgium. The individual European champion Święty-Ersetic regained the top position for her team with the best stamina and Poland became European champion. Gueï defended second place against Doyle's attacks. France won the silver medal and the British came third. The Belgian final runner, Camille Laus, took fourth place, Italy came fifth. The German relay reached sixth place ahead of Romania and Slovakia.

On the second round ( from left to right ): Ayomide Folorunso, Italy / Hanne Claes, Belgium / Iga Baumgart-Witan, Poland / Anyika Onuora, Great Britain / Laura Müller, Germany / Déborah Sananes, France

Final round ( from left to right ): Camille Laus, Belgium / Libania Grenot, Italy / Eilidh Doyle, Great Britain / Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Poland / Floria Gueï, France

space	train	country	Athletes	Time (min)
	5	Poland	Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik Iga Baumgart-Witan Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Justyna Święty-Ersetic in advance also: Natalia Kaczmarek Martyna Dąbrowska	3: 26.59
	4th	France	Elea Mariama Diarra Déborah Sananes Agnes Raharolahy Floria Gueï in advance also: Estelle Perrossier	3: 27.17
	6th	Great Britain	Zoey Clark Anyika Onuora Amy Allcock Eilidh Doyle in advance also: Finette Agyapong Mary Abichi Emily Diamond	3: 27.40
4th	8th	Belgium	Cynthia Bolingo Mbongo Hanne Claes Justien Grillet Camille Laus	3: 27.69 NO
5	3	Italy	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Ayomide Folorunso Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo Libania Grenot	3: 28.62
6th	7th	Germany	Nadine Gonska Laura Müller Karolina Pahlitzsch Hannah Mergenthaler in advance also: Corinna Schwab	3: 30.33 SB
7th	1	Romania	Andrea Miklós Cristina Daniela Bălan Sanda Belgyan Bianca Răzor	3: 32.15
8th	2	Slovakia	Emma Zapletalová Iveta Putalová Daniela Ledecká Alexandra Bezeková	3: 32.22

Web links and sources

• Official Results European Athletics Championships 2018 on the EAA website , English (PDF, 49.183 KB), accessed on January 19, 2019
• Results of the European Athletics Championships 2018 at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 19, 2019
• Reports on the European Championships 2018 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 19, 2019

Video

• Gold Medal Final 4 × 400m Woman Poland 24th European Athletics Championships Berlin 2018 on youtube.com, published on August 15, 2018, accessed on January 19, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 99 (PDF), accessed on January 19, 2019