1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1994 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 13 and 14 August 1994.^[1]

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Francine Landre Viviane Dorsile Évelyne Élien Marie-José Pérec  France
Silver	Natalya Khrushchelyova Yelena Andreyeva Tatyana Zakharova Svetlana Goncharenko  Russia
Bronze	Karin Janke Uta Rohländer Heike Meißner Anja Rücker  Germany

Results

Final

14 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	France	Francine Landre Viviane Dorsile Évelyne Élien Marie-José Pérec	3:22.34	NR
	Russia	Natalya Khrushchelyova Yelena Andreyeva Tatyana Zakharova Svetlana Goncharenko	3:24.06
	Germany	Karin Janke Uta Rohländer Heike Meißner Anja Rücker	3:24.10
4	Great Britain	Melanie Neef Linda Keough Phylis Smith Sally Gunnell	3:24.14
5	Czech Republic	Nadezda Kostovalová Hana Benešová Erika Suchovská Ludmila Formanová	3:27.95
6	Switzerland	Regula Anliker-Aebi Kathrin Lüthi Martha Grossenbacher Anita Protti	3:28.78
7	Poland	Barbara Grzywocz Monika Warnicka Sylwia Pachut Elżbieta Kilińska	3:29.75
8	Finland	Aila Haikkonen Heidi Suomi Satu Jääskeläinen Sonja Finell	3:32.97

Heats

13 August

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Great Britain	Melanie Neef Linda Keough Phylis Smith Sally Gunnell	3:27.25	Q
2	Germany	Karin Janke Uta Rohländer Linda Kisabaka Anja Rücker	3:27.50	Q
3	Switzerland	Michèle Schenk Kathrin Lüthi Martha Grossenbacher Anita Protti	3:31.15	Q
4	Finland	Aila Haikkonen Heidi Suomi Satu Jääskeläinen Sonja Finell	3:31.78	q
5	Poland	Barbara Grzywocz Monika Warnicka Sylwia Pachut Elżbieta Kilińska	3:32.20	q

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	France	Marie-Line Scholent Viviane Dorsile Évelyne Élien Francine Landre	3:29.46	Q
2	Russia	Yelena Golesheva Natalya Khrushchelyova Tatyana Zakharova Yelena Andreyeva	3:29.51	Q
3	Czech Republic	Nadezda Kostovalová Helena Dziurová Hana Benešová Ludmila Formanová	3:30.91	Q
4	Sweden	Monica Westén Emma Holmqvist Maria Staafgård Charlotta Johansson	3:32.36	NR
5	Italy	Francesca Carbone Patrizia Spuri Virna De Angeli Danielle Perpoli	3:33.31

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

•  Czech Republic (5)
•  Finland (4)
•  France (5)
•  Germany (5)
•  Great Britain (4)
•  Italy (4)
•  Poland (4)
•  Russia (5)
•  Sweden (4)
•   Switzerland (5)