2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 19 July.^[1][2][3][4]

Medalists

Gold	Annabelle Lewis Joey Duck Lucy Sargent Elaine O'Neill  United Kingdom
Silver	Agnieszka Ceglarek Marika Popowicz Ewelina Ptak Weronika Wedler Milena Pędziwiatr^*  Poland
Bronze	Silvija Peseckaitė Lina Andrijauskaitė Sonata Tamošaitytė Lina Grinčikaitė  Lithuania

^*: Competed in heat.

Results

Final

19 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	United Kingdom	Annabelle Lewis Joey Duck Lucy Sargent Elaine O'Neill	43.89
	Poland	Agnieszka Ceglarek Marika Popowicz Ewelina Ptak Weronika Wedler	43.90
	Lithuania	Silvija Peseckaitė Lina Andrijauskaitė Sonata Tamošaitytė Lina Grinčikaitė	44.09
4	France	Wendy Pascal Lucienne M'belu Émilie Gaydu Céline Distel	44.26
5	Russia	Yekaterina Filatova Aleksandra Fedoriva Yelizaveta Savlinis Marina Panteleyeva	44.28
6	Belarus	Alina Talay Katsiaryna Hanchar Katsiaryna Shumak Alena Kievich	44.86
7	Italy	Ilenia Draisci Martina Balboni Michaela D'Angelo Audrey Alloh	45.40
8	Ukraine	Nataliya Pohrebnyak Hrystyna Stuy Mariya Ryemyen Viktoriya Pyatachenko	54.69

Heats

19 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Ukraine	Nataliya Pohrebnyak Hrystyna Stuy Mariya Ryemyen Viktoriya Pyatachenko	44.21	Q
2	United Kingdom	Annabelle Lewis Joey Duck Lucy Sargent Elaine O'Neill	44.37	Q
3	Russia	Yekaterina Filatova Aleksandra Fedoriva Yelizaveta Savlinis Marina Panteleyeva	44.38	Q
4	Spain	Ana Torrijos Estela García Amparo María Cotán Silvia Riba	45.18
5	Netherlands	Kadene Vassell Esther Akihary Nikki van Leeuwen Tamara Klomp	45.61

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Lithuania	Silvija Peseckaitė Lina Andrijauskaitė Sonata Tamošaitytė Lina Grinčikaitė	44.04	Q
2	Belarus	Alina Talay Katsiaryna Hanchar Katsiaryna Shumak Alena Kievich	44.32	Q
3	Poland	Agnieszka Ceglarek Marika Popowicz Milena Pędziwiatr Weronika Wedler	44.76	Q
4	France	Wendy Pascal Lucienne M'belu Émilie Gaydu Céline Distel	44.88	q
5	Italy	Ilenia Draisci Martina Balboni Michaela D'Angelo Audrey Alloh	45.11	q
	Czech Republic	Monika Táborská Jana Branišová Zlata Polonyová Kateřina Čechová	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

•  Belarus (4)
•  Czech Republic (4)
•  France (4)
•  Italy (4)
•  Lithuania (4)
•  Netherlands (4)
•  Poland (5)
•  Russia (4)
•  Spain (4)
•  Ukraine (4)
•  United Kingdom (4)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 7th European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas, Lithuania 16.-19.7.2009 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 84–99, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. 7th European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas LTU 16–19 July, European Athletics Association, archived from the original on 2014-10-21, retrieved 14 November 2014
3. European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas, Lithuania, 16 - 19 July 2009, 4x100m Relay Women - Results - Final (PDF), European Athletics Association, retrieved 14 November 2014^{[dead link‍]}
4. European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas, Lithuania, 16 - 19 July 2009, 4x100m Relay Women - Results - Round 1 (PDF), European Athletics Association, retrieved 14 November 2014^{[dead link‍]}