1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Events at the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 22 August.

Medalists

Gold	Katia Benth Frédérique Bangué Sylviane Félix Christine Arron France
Silver	Melanie Paschke Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Andrea Philipp Germany
Bronze	Oksana Ekk Galina Malchugina Natalya Voronova Irina Privalova Russia

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	France	Katia Benth, Frédérique Bangué, Sylviane Félix, Christine Arron	42.87	Q
2	1	Germany	Melanie Paschke, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Andrea Philipp	43.23
3	1	Russia	Oksana Ekk, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Voronova, Irina Privalova	43.56	Q
4	1	Ukraine	Iryna Pukha, Tetyana Lukyanenko, Anzhelika Shevchuk, Anzhela Kravchenko	43.60	Q, SB
5	2	Greece	Maria Tsoni, Ekaterini Koffa, Panayiota Koutrouli, Ekaterini Thanou	44.32	Q
6	2	Italy	Elena Apollonio, Manuela Grillo, Maria Ruggeri, Manuela Levorato	44.41	Q
6	1	Belarus	Tatyana Barashko, Margarita Molchan, Natallia Solohub, Natallia Safronnikava	44.41	q, SB
8	2	Finland	Heidi Hannula, Sanna Kyllönen, Johanna Manninen, Heli Koivula	44.59	q, SB
9	2	Spain	Carmen Blay, Elena Córcoles, Arantxa Iglesias, Susana Martin	44.64
10	1	Hungary	Petronella Árva, Enikö Szabó, Éva Barati, Tünde Vaszi	44.76	SB
11	1	Portugal	Maria Carmo Tavares, Natalia Moura, Lucrécia Jardim, Severina Cravid	44.87
	2	Poland	Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Kinga Leszczyńska, Monika Borejza, Irena Sznajder	DSQ

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	France	Katia Benth, Frédérique Bangué, Sylviane Félix, Christine Arron	42.59
	Germany	Melanie Paschke, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Andrea Philipp	42.68
	Russia	Oksana Ekk, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Voronova, Irina Privalova	42.73
4	Ukraine	Iryna Pukha, Tetyana Lukyanenko, Anzhelika Shevchuk, Anzhela Kravchenko	43.58	SB
5	Greece	Maria Tsoni, Ekaterini Koffa, Panayiota Koutrouli, Ekaterini Thanou	44.01
6	Finland	Heidi Hannula, Sanna Kyllönen, Johanna Manninen, Heli Koivula	44.10	SB
7	Italy	Elena Apollonio, Manuela Grillo, Maria Ruggeri, Manuela Levorato	44.46
8	Belarus	Tatyana Barashko, Margarita Molchan, Natallia Solohub, Natallia Safronnikava	44.76

References

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