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2022 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
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The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 European Athletics Championships was held over two rounds at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany, on 19 and 20 August 2022. It was the seventeenth time that the event was contested at the European Athletics Championships. Sixteen national teams were allocated a place to compete in this relay.
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In round 1 on 19 August, eight out of the sixteen teams advanced to the next round, the Czech team was disqualified for obstruction during the handover, and the Irish team set a national record of 3:26.06 minutes. In the final on 20 August, the team of the Netherlands won in a national record of 3:20.87 min, followed by the team of Poland in 3:21.68 min in second place and the team of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 3:21.74 min in third place. Outside the medals, the Belgian team set a national record of 3:22.12 min.
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The women's 4 × 400 metres relay was introduced in 1969 and had been contested sixteen times at European Athletics Championships before 2022. The last edition had been in 2018 – the 2020 European Athletics Championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic – which was won by the Polish team in 3:26.59 min, making them the defending champions.[4][5] The 2022 edition was held at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany.[6]
At the start of the 2022 championships, the world and European record was 3:15.17 min, set by the Russian team in 1988, and the championship record was 3:16.87 min, set by the West German team in 1986.[7][8] The world leading performance in the 2022 season was 3:17.79 min set by the team of the United States and the European leading performance was 3:22.64 min set by the team of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Both times were achieved during the 2022 World Athletics Championships on 24 July 2022.[9][10]
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Qualification
For this event, the qualification period was from 1 January 2021 to 26 July 2022. Sixteen national teams could qualify by the ranking of their teams' two fastest times from this period. The host nation's team could also participate if it had not qualified through ranking, taking one of the sixteen qualification spots.[11]
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Round 1
Sixteen teams competed in the two heats of the first round on 19 August, starting at 11:40 (UTC+2) in the morning. The first three teams in each heat (Q) and next two best teams overall (q) advanced to the final. The team of the Czech Republic was disqualified (DQ) for an obstruction at a handover (TR24.8).[8]
Final
Eight national teams competed in the final on 20 August, starting at 21:45 (UTC+2) in the evening.[3] In the opening leg, Cynthia Bolingo of Belgium and Victoria Ohuruogu of Great Britain and Northern Ireland were the first to handover their batons, before Anna Kiełbasińska of Poland and Eveline Saalberg of the Netherlands. In the second leg, Lieke Klaver of the Netherlands passed three runners and handed over first, followed by Ama Pipi of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Iga Baumgart-Witan of Poland, and Hanne Claes of Belgium in that order. In the third leg, Helena Ponette of Belgium passed three runners and handed over first, followed by Jodie Williams of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Lisanne de Witte of the Netherlands, and Justyna Święty-Ersetic of Poland. In the anchor leg, Femke Bol passed two runners and finished first, followed by Natalia Kaczmarek of Poland, Nicole Yeargin of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Camille Laus of Belgium.[12] The race was won by the team of the Netherlands in a European leading time (EL) and national record (NR) of 3:20.87 min, followed by the Polish team in second place in 3:21.68 min and British team in third place in 3:21.74 min. In fourth place, the team of Belgium set a national record (NR) of 3:22.12 min.[3]
Steve Smythe described the last leg by Bol as a "brilliant anchor" in Athletics Weekly.[13] Bol won her third gold medal of these championships here, after she had already won individual gold medals in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles.[14][15] Bol said in an interview after the relay final: "I really love to run with these girls. They're such fantastic athletes and amazing team-mates. It was such an amazing race. These championships feel special to me."[14] Yeargin said about the race, while referring to Bol: "I knew she was going to be there and I had a little bit of a lead so I was happy about that, but I just had to give it my all and we were even coming off the curve so I held her off until then, I gave it my best."[16]
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