1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 31 July and 1 August 1999. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Tatyana Levina Irina Yemelyanova Marina Grishakova Svetlana Pospelova   Russia
Silver	Nicole Marahrens Anika Ahrens Ulrike Urbansky Claudia Marx   Germany
Bronze	Ramona Popovici Anca Safta Andrea Burlacu Otilia Ruicu   Romania

Results

Final

1 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Russia	Tatyana Levina Irina Yemelyanova Marina Grishakova Svetlana Pospelova	3:29.04	CR
	Germany	Nicole Marahrens Anika Ahrens Ulrike Urbansky Claudia Marx	3:29.37
	Romania	Ramona Popovici Anca Safta Andrea Burlacu Otilia Ruicu	3:31.71
4	Poland	Aleksandra Pielużek Aleksandra Dereń Anna Olichwierczuk Grażyna Prokopek	3:33.28
5	Czech Republic	Martina Morawska Petra Sedláková Klára Dubská Jitka Burianová	3:33.56
6	France	Olivia Abderrhamane Katiana René Sylvanie Morandais Cindy Éga	3:33.59
7	Sweden	Beatrice Dahlgren Nadja Petersen Carolina Nylén Andrea Geurtsen	3:35.73
	Great Britain	Louretta Thorne Emma Davies Lesley Owusu Natasha Danvers	DNF

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Romania	Ramona Popovici Anca Safta Andrea Burlacu Otilia Ruicu	3:32.39	Q
2	France	Olivia Abderrhamane Katiana René Sylvanie Morandais Cindy Éga	3:33.49	Q
3	Czech Republic	Martina Morawska Petra Sedláková Klára Dubská Jitka Burianová	3:34.65	Q
4	Hungary	Kinga Wéber Renáta Balazsic Enikő Szabó Barbara Petráhn	3:35.08
5	Yugoslavia	Jelena Stanisavljević Jovana Miljković Sanja Tripković Biljana Mitrović	3:37.10

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Russia	Tatyana Levina Irina Yemelyanova Marina Grishakova Svetlana Pospelova	3:30.87	Q, CR
2	Germany	Andrea Luy Anika Ahrens Ulrike Urbansky Claudia Marx	3:31.65	Q
3	Great Britain	Louretta Thorne Emma Davies Lesley Owusu Natasha Danvers	3:31.70	Q
4	Poland	Monika Giemzo Anna Olichwierczuk Aleksandra Pielużek Grażyna Prokopek	3:31.80	q
5	Sweden	Beatrice Dahlgren Nadja Petersen Carolina Nylén Andrea Geurtsen	3:34.71	q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 42 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

•   Czech Republic (4)
•   France (4)
•   Germany (5)
•   Great Britain (4)
•   Hungary (4)
•   Poland (5)
•   Romania (4)
•   Russia (4)
•   Sweden (4)
•   Yugoslavia (4)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 2nd European Athletics U23 Championships - Göteborg, Sweden 29.7.-1.8. 1999 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 17–29, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Göteborg/SWE () - 29.07.-01.08.99 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 27 October 2014