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.
Medalists Gold Anna SedovaKseniya ZadorinaKseniya VdovinaKseniya UstalovaLyudmila Mochalina* Silver Esther CremerJill RichardsJanin LindenbergSorina NwachukwuLena Schmidt* Bronze Maryna LibozaKatsiaryna MishynaHanna TashpulatavaAlena KievichMaryia Kavaliova* *: Competed in heat.
Results Final 19 July Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Anna SedovaKseniya ZadorinaKseniya VdovinaKseniya Ustalova 3:27.59 Esther CremerJill RichardsJanin LindenbergSorina Nwachukwu 3:29.21 Maryna LibozaKatsiaryna MishynaHanna TashpulatavaAlena Kievich 3:30.45 4 Anna YaroshchukNataliya LupuYuliya OlishevskaHanna Titimets 3:30.78 5 Eleonora SirtoliElena BonfantiChiara VariscoMarta Milani 3:32.92 6 Agata BednarekAgnieszka LeszczyńskaIga BaumgartTina Polak 3:33.49 7 Joellie BaflanBérénice ManimbaAnaïs DesrosesMarie-Angélique Lacordelle 3:38.06 8 Paula BădulețMihaela NunuFlorina RusuAnamaria 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 Anna SedovaLyudmila MochalinaKseniya VdovinaKseniya Zadorina 3:30.48 Q 2 Maryia KavaliovaMaryna LibozaHanna TashpulatavaKatsiaryna Mishyna 3:34.21 Q 3 Esther CremerJill RichardsLena SchmidtJanin Lindenberg 3:34.58 Q 4 Agata BednarekIga BaumgartKatarzyna JaneckaTina Polak 3:35.83 q 5 Joellie BaflanBérénice ManimbaAnaïs DesrosesMarie-Angélique Lacordelle 3:36.94 q
Heat 2 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 Eleonora SirtoliElena BonfantiChiara VariscoMarta Milani 3:38.18 Q 2 Anna YaroshchukYuliya OlishevskaOlha YekymenkoHanna Titimets 3:38.57 Q 3 Paula BădulețMihaela NunuFlorina RusuAnamaria Ioniță 3:39.11 Q 4 Eglė StaišiūnaitėEglė BalčiūnaitėRita BalciuskaitėAgnė Orlauskaitė 3:40.69 5 Noora ToivoAnnimari KorteAnniina LaitinenKarin Storbacka 3:50.39
Participation According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
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