1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1994 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 13 August 1994.

Women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Melanie Paschke Bettina Zipp Silke Knoll Silke Lichtenhagen Germany
Silver	Natalya Anisimova Galina Malchugina Marina Trandenkova Irina Privalova Russia
Bronze	Desislava Dimitrova Anelia Nuneva Svetla Dimitrova Petya Pendareva Bulgaria

Results

Final

13 August

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Germany	Melanie Paschke Bettina Zipp Silke Knoll Silke Lichtenhagen	42.90
	Russia	Natalya Anisimova Galina Malchugina Marina Trandenkova Irina Privalova	42.96
	Bulgaria	Desislava Dimitrova Anelia Nuneva Svetla Dimitrova Petya Pendareva	43.00
4	Ukraine	Antonina Slyusar Viktoriya Fomenko Irina Slyusar Zhanna Tarnopolskaya	43.61
5	United Kingdom	Stephanie Douglas Katharine Merry Simmone Jacobs Paula Thomas	43.63
6	Netherlands	Claudia Elissen Jacqueline Poelman Karin de Lange Monique Bogaards	43.81
7	Finland	Anu Pirttimaa Tarja Leveelahti Sanna Hernesniemi Marja Salmela	43.96
8	Italy	Carla Tuzzi Laura Ardissone Anna Rita Balzani Giada Gallina	44.46

Heats

13 August

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Germany	Melanie Paschke Bettina Zipp Silke Knoll Silke Lichtenhagen	42.94	Q
2	Bulgaria	Desislava Dimitrova Anelia Nuneva Svetla Dimitrova Petya Pendareva	43.52	Q
3	Netherlands	Claudia Elissen Jacqueline Poelman Karin de Lange Monique Bogaards	43.89	Q
4	Greece	Ekateríni Thánou Effrosíni Patsoú Maria Tsoni Ekaterini Koffa	44.77
5	Spain	Carme Blay Cristina Castro María del Carmen García Yolanda Díaz	45.11
	France	Patricia Girard Odiah Sidibé Odile Singa Maguy Nestoret	DQ
	Austria	Dagmar Hölbl Sabine Tröger Doris Auer Karin Mayr-Krifka	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Russia	Natalya Anisimova Galina Malchugina Marina Trandenkova Yekaterina Leshcheva	43.36	Q
2	United Kingdom	Stephanie Douglas Katharine Merry Simmone Jacobs Paula Thomas	44.03	Q
3	Finland	Anu Pirttimaa Tarja Leveelahti Sanna Hernesniemi Marja Salmela	44.15	Q
4	Ukraine	Anzhela Kravchenko Viktoriya Fomenko Irina Slyusar Antonina Slyusar	44.26	q
5	Italy	Carla Tuzzi Laura Ardissone Anna Rita Balzani Giada Gallina	44.36	q
6	Switzerland	Mireille Donders Margret Haug Sara Wüest Regula Anliker-Aebi	44.43

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 54 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (4)
• Bulgaria (4)
• Finland (4)
• France (4)
• Germany (4)
• Greece (4)
• Italy (4)
• Netherlands (4)
• Russia (5)
• Spain (4)
• Switzerland (4)
• Ukraine (5)
• United Kingdom (4)