2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 x 400 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 18 and 19 July.^[1][2][3][4]

Medalists

Gold	Anna Sedova Kseniya Zadorina Kseniya Vdovina Kseniya Ustalova Lyudmila Mochalina^*  Russia
Silver	Esther Cremer Jill Richards Janin Lindenberg Sorina Nwachukwu Lena Schmidt^*  Germany
Bronze	Maryna Liboza Katsiaryna Mishyna Hanna Tashpulatava Alena Kievich Maryia Kavaliova^*  Belarus

^*: Competed in heat.

Results

Final

19 July

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Russia	Anna Sedova Kseniya Zadorina Kseniya Vdovina Kseniya Ustalova	3:27.59
	Germany	Esther Cremer Jill Richards Janin Lindenberg Sorina Nwachukwu	3:29.21
	Belarus	Maryna Liboza Katsiaryna Mishyna Hanna Tashpulatava Alena Kievich	3:30.45
4	Ukraine	Anna Yaroshchuk Nataliya Lupu Yuliya Olishevska Hanna Titimets	3:30.78
5	Italy	Eleonora Sirtoli Elena Bonfanti Chiara Varisco Marta Milani	3:32.92
6	Poland	Agata Bednarek Agnieszka Leszczyńska Iga Baumgart Tina Polak	3:33.49
7	France	Joellie Baflan Bérénice Manimba Anaïs Desroses Marie-Angélique Lacordelle	3:38.06
8	Romania	Paula Băduleț Mihaela Nunu Florina Rusu Anamaria Ioniță	3:38.43

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Russia	Anna Sedova Lyudmila Mochalina Kseniya Vdovina Kseniya Zadorina	3:30.48	Q
2	Belarus	Maryia Kavaliova Maryna Liboza Hanna Tashpulatava Katsiaryna Mishyna	3:34.21	Q
3	Germany	Esther Cremer Jill Richards Lena Schmidt Janin Lindenberg	3:34.58	Q
4	Poland	Agata Bednarek Iga Baumgart Katarzyna Janecka Tina Polak	3:35.83	q
5	France	Joellie Baflan Bérénice Manimba Anaïs Desroses Marie-Angélique Lacordelle	3:36.94	q

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Italy	Eleonora Sirtoli Elena Bonfanti Chiara Varisco Marta Milani	3:38.18	Q
2	Ukraine	Anna Yaroshchuk Yuliya Olishevska Olha Yekymenko Hanna Titimets	3:38.57	Q
3	Romania	Paula Băduleț Mihaela Nunu Florina Rusu Anamaria Ioniță	3:39.11	Q
4	Lithuania	Eglė Staišiūnaitė Eglė Balčiūnaitė Rita Balciuskaitė Agnė Orlauskaitė	3:40.69
5	Finland	Noora Toivo Annimari Korte Anniina Laitinen Karin Storbacka	3:50.39

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

•  Belarus (5)
•  Finland (4)
•  France (4)
•  Germany (5)
•  Italy (4)
•  Lithuania (4)
•  Poland (5)
•  Romania (4)
•  Russia (5)
•  Ukraine (5)

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, 4x400m 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, 4x400m Relay Women - Results - Round 1 (PDF), European Athletics Association, retrieved 14 November 2014^{[dead link‍]}