# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzhina Ukraine (UKR) |
| Silver | Myriam Soumaré, Véronique Mang, Lina Jacques-Sébastien, Christine Arron France (FRA) |
| Bronze | Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler Poland (POL) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | East Germany Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr | 41.37 | Canberra, Australia | 6 October 1985 |
| European record | East Germany Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr | 41.37 | Canberra, Australia | 6 October 1985 |
| Championship record | East Germany Silke Möller, Katrin Krabbe Kerstin Behrendt, Sabine Günther | 41.68 | Split, Yugoslavia | 1 September 1990 |
| World Leading | Texas A&M University Jeneba Tarmoh, Porscha Lucas Dominique Duncan, Gabrielle Mayo | 42.49 | Austin, United States | 29 May 2010 |
| European Leading | Russia Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya | 42.98 | Bergen, Norway | 19 June 2010 |
| Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships |||||
| World Leading | Ukraine Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzhina | 42.29 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |
| European Leading | Ukraine Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzhina | 42.29 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 31 July 2010 | 10:45 | Round 1 |
| 1 August 2010 | 19:50 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Ukraine (UKR) | Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Olena Chebanu | 0.163 | 43.24 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Belarus (BLR) | Yulia Nestsiarenka, Katsiaryna Shumak, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Yuliya Balykina | 0.183 | 43.69 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Spain (ESP) | Ana Torrijos, Digna Luz Murillo, Estela García, Amparo María Cotán | 0.180 | 43.88 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Ireland (IRL) | Amy Foster, Claire Brady, Niamh Whelan, Ailis McSweeney | 0.200 | 43.93 | |
| 5 | 3 | Lithuania (LTU) | Silva Pesackaite, Edita Kavaliauskiene, Sonata Tamosaityte, Lina Grincikaite | 0.188 | 44.13 | |
| 6 | 9 | Italy (ITA) | Jessica Paoletta, Tiziana Grasso, Giulia Arcioni, Audrey Alloh | 0.293 | 44.15 | |
| 7 | 6 | Slovenia (SLO) | Tina Murn, Sabina Veit, Kristina Žumer, Merlene Ottey | 0.230 | 44.30 | |
| 8 | 7 | Netherlands (NED) | Femke van der Meij, Loreanne Kuhurima, Anouk Hagen, Jamile Samuel | 0.184 | 44.70 | |
| - | 8 | Germany (GER) | Yasmin Kwadwo, Marion Wagner, Anne Möllinger, Verena Sailer | 0.146 | DQ | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | React | Time | Notes |
| DQ | 2 | Russia (RUS) | Yuna Mekhti-Zade, Yuliya Katsura, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya | 0.177 | 43.23 | Q, Doping |
| 1 | 4 | Poland (POL) | Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler | 0.163 | 43.30 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | France (FRA) | Céline Distel, Véronique Mang, Nelly Banco, Christine Arron | 0.200 | 43.35 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Belgium (BEL) | Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Elodie Ouédraogo, Frauke Penen | 0.194 | 43.82 | q |
| 4 | 9 | Sweden (SWE) | Emma Rienas, Lena Berntsson, Elina Backman, Moa Hjelmer | 0.177 | 43.90 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Joice Maduaka, Montell Douglas, Hayley Jones, Laura Turner | 0.184 | 44.09 | |
| 6 | 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Inna Eftimova, Monika Gachevska, Gabriela Laleva, Ivet Lalova | 0.194 | 44.72 | |
| 7 | 1 | Latvia (LAT) | Marlēna Reimane, Ieva Zunda, Sandra Kruma, Jekaterina Čekele | 0.185 | 44.92 | |
| 8 | 6 | Norway (NOR) | Siri Eritsland, Mari Gilde Brubak, Ida Bakke Hansen, Ezinne Okparaebo | 0.156 | 44.96 | |

#### Summary

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | React | Time | Notes |
| DQ | 2 | 2 | Russia (RUS) | Yuna Mekhti-Zade, Yuliya Katsura, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya | 0.177 | 43.23 | Q, Doping |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Ukraine (UKR) | Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Olena Chebanu | 0.163 | 43.24 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Poland (POL) | Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler | 0.163 | 43.30 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | France (FRA) | Céline Distel, Véronique Mang, Nelly Banco, Christine Arron | 0.200 | 43.35 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Belarus (BLR) | Yulia Nestsiarenka, Katsiaryna Shumak, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Yuliya Balykina | 0.183 | 43.69 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Belgium (BEL) | Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Elodie Ouédraogo, Frauke Penen | 0.194 | 43.82 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | Spain (ESP) | Ana Torrijos, Digna Luz Murillo, Estela García, Amparo María Cotán | 0.180 | 43.88 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 9 | Sweden (SWE) | Emma Rienas, Lena Berntsson, Elina Backman, Moa Hjelmer | 0.177 | 43.90 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Ireland (IRL) | Amy Foster, Niamh Whelan, Claire Brady, Ailis McSweeney | 0.200 | 43.93 | NR |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Joice Maduaka, Montell Douglas, Hayley Jones, Laura Turner | 0.184 | 44.09 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Lithuania (LTU) | Silva Pesackaite, Edita Kavaliauskiene, Sonata Tamosaityte, Lina Grincikaite | 0.188 | 44.13 | |
| 11 | 1 | 9 | Italy (ITA) | Jessica Paoletta, Tiziana Grasso, Giulia Arcioni, Audrey Alloh | 0.293 | 44.15 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Slovenia (SLO) | Tina Murn, Sabina Veit, Kristina Žumer, Merlene Ottey | 0.230 | 44.30 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Netherlands (NED) | Femke van der Meij, Loreanne Kuhurima, Anouk Hagen, Jamile Samuel | 0.184 | 44.70 | |
| 14 | 2 | 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Inna Eftimova, Monika Gachevska, Gabriela Laleva, Ivet Lalova | 0.194 | 44.72 | |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Latvia (LAT) | Marlēna Reimane, Ieva Zunda, Sandra Kruma, Jekaterina Cekele | 0.185 | 44.92 | |
| 16 | 2 | 6 | Norway (NOR) | Siri Eritsland, Mari Gilde Brubak, Ida Bakke Hansen, Ezinne Okparaebo | 0.156 | 44.96 | |
| | 1 | 8 | Germany (GER) | Yasmin Kwadwo, Marion Wagner, Anne Möllinger, Verena Sailer | 0.146 | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nationality | Athlete | React | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Ukraine (UKR) | Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzhina | 0.156 | 42.29 | WL, NR |
| | 7 | France (FRA) | Myriam Soumaré, Véronique Mang, Lina Jacques-Sébastien, Christine Arron | 0.223 | 42.45 | |
| | 5 | Poland (POL) | Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Weronika Wedler | 0.221 | 42.68 | NR |
| DQ | 3 | Russia (RUS) | Yuna Mekhti-Zade, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya | 0.182 | 42.91 | Doping |
| 4 | 4 | Belarus (BLR) | Yulia Nestsiarenka, Katsiaryna Shumak, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Yuliya Balykina | 0.234 | 43.18 | |
| 5 | 8 | Spain (ESP) | Ana Torrijos, Digna Luz Murillo, Estela García, Amparo María Cotán | 0.207 | 43.45 | NR |
| 6 | 2 | Sweden (SWE) | Emma Rienas, Lena Berntsson, Elina Backman, Moa Hjelmer | 0.170 | 43.75 | |
| | 1 | Belgium (BEL) | Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Elodie Ouédraogo, Frauke Penen | 0.195 | DNF | |