1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 22 and 23 August.

Medalists

Gold	Anke Feller Uta Rohländer Silvia Rieger Grit Breuer Germany
Silver	Natalya Khrushcheleva Svetlana Goncharenko Yekaterina Bakhvalova Olga Kotlyarova Russia
Bronze	Donna Fraser Vicki Jamison Katharine Merry Allison Curbishley Great Britain

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	Russia	Svetlana Goncharenko, Yekaterina Kulikova, Yekaterina Bakhvalova, Natalya Khrushcheleva	3:26.21	Q
2	2	Romania	Otilia Ruicu, Alina Ripanu, Mariana Florea, Ionela Târlea	3:28.60	Q
3	2	Italy	Monika Niederstätter, Francesca Carbone, Fabiola Piroddi, Virna De Angeli	3:29.14	Q
4	2	France	Francine Landre, Anita Mormand, Marie-Francoise Opheltes, Fabienne Ficher	3:29.67	q
5	1	Czech Republic	Jitka Burianová, Ludmila Formanová, Hana Benešová, Helena Fuchsová	3:29.83	Q
6	1	Germany	Anke Feller, Anja Knippel, Martina Breu, Silvia Rieger	3:29.84	Q, SB
7	1	Great Britain	Vicki Jamison, Melanie Thomas, Tasha Danvers, Allison Curbishley	3:29.90	Q
8	1	Hungary	Annamaria Bori, Barbara Petráhn, Orsolya Dóczi, Judit Szekeres	3:30.24	q
9	2	Belarus	Natallia Solohub, Nelli Voronkova, Tanya Kurochkina, Anna Kozak	3:37.55

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Germany	Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer, Silvia Rieger, Grit Breuer	3:23.03	SB
	Russia	Natalya Khrushcheleva, Svetlana Goncharenko, Yekaterina Bakhvalova, Olga Kotlyarova	3:23.56	SB
	Great Britain	Donna Fraser, Vicki Jamison, Katharine Merry, Allison Curbishley	3:25.66	SB
4	Romania	Otilia Ruicu, Alina Ripanu, Mariana Florea, Ionela Târlea	3:27.24	NR
5	Czech Republic	Jitka Burianová, Ludmila Formanová, Hana Benešová, Helena Fuchsová	3:27.54	SB
6	France	Francine Landre, Anita Mormand, Marie-Francoise Opheltes, Viviane Dorsile	3:27.61	SB
7	Italy	Patrizia Spuri, Francesca Carbone, Fabiola Piroddi, Virna De Angeli	3:29.31
8	Hungary	Annamaria Bori, Barbara Petráhn, Orsolya Dóczi, Judit Szekeres	3:31.83

References

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