title: 2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
text: # 2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
  
  The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on 12 and 13 August.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Russia Yuliya Gushchina Natalia Rusakova Irina Khabarova Yekaterina Grigoryeva Yekaterina Kondratyeva Larisa Kruglova | United Kingdom Anyika Onuora Emma Ania Emily Freeman Joice Maduaka Laura Turner | Belarus Yulia Nestsiarenka Natallia Safronnikava Alena Neumiarzhitskaya Aksana Drahun |
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | 12 August 2006 | 16:35 | Heats |
  | 13 August 2006 | 14:50 | Final |
  
  ## Results
  
  | KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Heats
  
  First three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) advance to the final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Nation | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | France | Véronique Mang, Fabienne Beret-Martinel, Adrianna Lamalle, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi | 43.38 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Germany | Katja Wakan, Marion Wagner, Cathleen Tschirch, Verena Sailer | 43.49 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Ukraine | Olena Chebanu, Halyna Tonkovyd, Iryna Shtanhyeyeva, Iryna Shepetyuk | 43.62 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Russia | Yekaterina Kondratyeva, Natalia Rusakova, Irina Khabarova, Larisa Kruglova | 43.65 | Q |
  | 5 | 1 | Belgium | Hanna Mariën, Frauke Penen, Olivia Borlée, Kim Gevaert | 43.65 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Belarus | Yulia Nestsiarenka, Natallia Safronnikava, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Aksana Drahun | 43.70 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | United Kingdom | Anyika Onuora, Emily Freeman, Laura Turner, Joice Maduaka | 44.00 | q |
  | 8 | 1 | Sweden | Emma Rienas, Susanna Kallur, Jenny Kallur, Emma Green | 44.08 | q |
  | 9 | 2 | Greece | Hariklia Bouda, Effrosini Patsou, Eleftheria Kobidou, Georgia Kokloni | 44.20 | |
  | 10 | 1 | Poland | Joanna Gabryelewicz, Daria Onyśko, Iwona Dorobisz, Beata Makaruk | 44.27 | |
  | 11 | 1 | Finland | Sari Keskitalo, Johanna Manninen, Ilona Ranta, Heidi Hannula | 44.32 | |
  | 12 | 2 | Ireland | Derval O'Rourke, Joanne Cuddihy, Ailis McSweeney, Anna Boyle | 44.38 | NR |
  | 13 | 1 | Spain | Ruth Conde, Belén Recio, Claudia Troppa, Glory Alozie | 44.85 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Turkey | Gülay Kirsan-Kiliç, Nevin Yanıt, Esen Kizildag, Saliha Memis-Özyurt | 46.32 | |
  | | 2 | Czech Republic | Lucie Martincová, Štěpánka Klapáčová, Petra Seidlová, Iveta Mazáčová | DQ | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Russia | Yuliya Gushchina, Natalia Rusakova, Irina Khabarova, Yekaterina Grigoryeva | 42.71 |
  | | United Kingdom | Anyika Onuora, Emma Ania, Emily Freeman, Joice Maduaka | 43.51 |
  | | Belarus | Yulia Nestsiarenka, Natallia Safronnikava, Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Aksana Drahun | 43.61 |
  | 4 | Ukraine | Olena Chebanu, Halyna Tonkovyd, Iryna Shtanhyeyeva, Iryna Shepetyuk | 43.97 |
  | 5 | Sweden | Susanna Kallur, Carolina Klüft, Jenny Kallur, Emma Green | 44.16 |
  | | Belgium | Hanna Mariën, Frauke Penen, Olivia Borlée, Kim Gevaert | DNF |
  | | France | Véronique Mang, Fabienne Beret-Martinel, Adrianna Lamalle, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi | DNF |
  | | Germany | Katja Wakan, Marion Wagner, Cathleen Tschirch, Verena Sailer | DNF |
  