title: 1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
text: # 1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
  
  The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 22 and 23 August.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Anke Feller Uta Rohländer Silvia Rieger Grit Breuer Germany |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Natalya Khrushcheleva Svetlana Goncharenko Yekaterina Bakhvalova Olga Kotlyarova Russia |
  | Bronze | Donna Fraser Vicki Jamison Katharine Merry Allison Curbishley Great Britain |
  
  ## Results
  
  | KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Heats
  
  Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Nation | Athlete | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Russia | Svetlana Goncharenko, Yekaterina Kulikova, Yekaterina Bakhvalova, Natalya Khrushcheleva | 3:26.21 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Romania | Otilia Ruicu, Alina Rîpanu, Mariana Florea, Ionela Târlea | 3:28.60 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Italy | Monika Niederstätter, Francesca Carbone, Fabiola Piroddi, Virna De Angeli | 3:29.14 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | France | Francine Landre, Anita Mormand, Marie-Françoise Opheltès, Fabienne Ficher | 3:29.67 | q |
  | 5 | 1 | Czech Republic | Jitka Burianová, Ludmila Formanová, Hana Benešová, Helena Fuchsová | 3:29.83 | Q |
  | 6 | 1 | Germany | Anke Feller, Anja Knippel, Martina Breu, Silvia Rieger | 3:29.84 | Q, SB |
  | 7 | 1 | Great Britain | Vicki Jamison, Melanie Thomas, Tasha Danvers, Allison Curbishley | 3:29.90 | Q |
  | 8 | 1 | Hungary | Annamaria Bori, Barbara Petráhn, Orsolya Dóczi, Judit Szekeres | 3:30.24 | q |
  | 9 | 2 | Belarus | Natallia Solohub, Nelli Voronkova, Tanya Kurochkina, Anna Kozak | 3:37.55 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Germany | Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer, Silvia Rieger, Grit Breuer | 3:23.03 | SB |
  | | Russia | Natalya Khrushcheleva, Svetlana Goncharenko, Yekaterina Bakhvalova, Olga Kotlyarova | 3:23.56 | SB |
  | | Great Britain | Donna Fraser, Vicki Jamison, Katharine Merry, Allison Curbishley | 3:25.66 | SB |
  | 4 | Romania | Otilia Ruicu, Alina Rîpanu, Mariana Florea, Ionela Târlea | 3:27.24 | NR |
  | 5 | Czech Republic | Jitka Burianová, Ludmila Formanová, Hana Benešová, Helena Fuchsová | 3:27.54 | SB |
  | 6 | France | Francine Landre, Anita Mormand, Marie-Françoise Opheltès, Viviane Dorsile | 3:27.61 | SB |
  | 7 | Italy | Patrizia Spuri, Francesca Carbone, Fabiola Piroddi, Virna De Angeli | 3:29.31 | |
  | 8 | Hungary | Annamaria Bori, Barbara Petráhn, Orsolya Dóczi, Judit Szekeres | 3:31.83 | |
  