4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women

Competition	1981 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Split YUG
Held	5 September 1981
Status	Medal
Competitors	64
Countries	15

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	East Germany	GDR	3:48.06 (1 h2)	3:44.37 (1 F)
	Birgit Meineke		56.77	56.38
	Caren Metschuck		56.87	55.49
	Ines Diers		57.37	55.57
	Susanne Link		57.05	56.93
🥈	Germany	GER	3:51.96 (1 h1)	3:47.42 (2 F)
	Marion Aizpors		57.58	57.07
	Karin Seick		—	56.64
	Ute Neubert		57.69	56.83
	Susanne Schuster		58.55	56.88
	Christiane Pielke		58.14	—	*
🥉	Netherlands	NED	3:52.70 (2 h2)	3:49.65 (3 F)
	Annemarie Verstappen		57.59	56.64
	Monique Drost		1:00.65	59.92
	Wilma van Velsen		57.85	56.68
	Conny van Bentum		56.61	56.41
4	Great Britain	GBR	3:54.50 (3 h2)	3:51.06 (4 F)
	Nikki Fibbens		57.79	58.28
	Jackie Willmott		—	57.95
	Heidi Turk		58.87	58.18
	June Croft		57.40	56.65
	Kaye Lovatt		1:00.44	—	*
5	Soviet Union	URS	3:54.66 (4 h2)	3:51.80 (5 F)
	Nataliya Strunnikova		58.56	57.95
	Irina Gerasimova		58.79	57.81
	Inna Abramova		58.86	58.29
	Olga Klevakina		58.45	57.75
6	Sweden	SWE	3:55.39 (2 h1)	3:52.07 (6 F)
	Agneta Eriksson		—	57.54
	Kerstin Gustavsson		—	58.27
	Tina Gustafsson		58.60	57.94
	Ann Axelsson		57.15	58.32
	Armi Airaksinen		59.90	—	*
	Anna Kardum		59.74	—	*
7	Italy	ITA	3:57.57 (3 h1)	3:55.91 (7 F)
	Silvia Persi		59.04	58.62
	Laura Filosini		59.60	59.47
	Monica Vallarin		59.43	58.99
	Maria Cristina Ponteprimo		59.50	58.83
8	France	FRA	3:57.68 (5 h2)	3:58.51 (8 F)
	Carole Amoric		59.54	59.58
	Véronique Stéphan		59.64	59.36
	Marie-Dominique Queste		59.71	1:00.05
	Frédérique Piegad		58.79	59.52
9	Denmark	DEN	3:58.09 (6 h2)	—
	Mette Christensen		58.71	—
	Lene Nielsen		1:00.49	—
	Charlotte Petersen		59.09	—
	Ulla Petersen		59.80	—
10	Switzerland	SUI	3:58.62 (4 h1)	—
	Marie-Thérèse Armentero		59.52	—
	Claudia Zierold		59.08	—
	Regula Späni		1:00.31	—
	Nikole Schrepfer		59.71	—
11	Belgium	BEL	4:00.51 (5 h1)	—
	Carine Verbauwen		59.28	—
	Christel Fechner		1:03.15	—
	Yolande Van Der Straeten		59.33	—
	Pascale Verbauwen		58.75	—
12	Norway	NOR	4:02.48 (7 h2)	—
	Jeanette Aasland		1:01.15	—
	Kathrine Bomstad		1:00.60	—
	Beda Leirvaag		1:00.93	—
	Nina Halvorsen		59.80	—
13	Spain	ESP	4:04.84 (8 h2)	—
	Natalia Mas		1:00.09	—
	Laura Flaque		1:01.31	—
	Carmen Valiente		1:00.77	—
	Pilar Mañes		1:02.67	—
14	Poland	POL	4:08.73 (6 h1)	—
	Grażyna Dziedzic		59.48	—
	Agnieszka Czopek		1:03.19	—
	Agnieszka Falińska		1:03.77	—
	Marta Słonina		1:02.29	—
15	Yugoslavia	YUG	4:12.66 (7 h1)	—
	Vesna Šeparović		1:02.17	—
	Olga Avbelj		1:04.73	—
	Gorana Zajc		1:00.72	—
	Nađa Pentić		1:05.04	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Germany	GER	3:51.96
	Marion Aizpors		57.58
	Karin Seick		—
	Ute Neubert		57.69
	Susanne Schuster		58.55
	Christiane Pielke		58.14
2	Sweden	SWE	3:55.39
	Agneta Eriksson		—
	Kerstin Gustavsson		—
	Tina Gustafsson		58.60
	Ann Axelsson		57.15
	Armi Airaksinen		59.90
	Anna Kardum		59.74
3	Italy	ITA	3:57.57
	Silvia Persi		59.04
	Laura Filosini		59.60
	Monica Vallarin		59.43
	Maria Cristina Ponteprimo		59.50
4	Switzerland	SUI	3:58.62
	Marie-Thérèse Armentero		59.52
	Claudia Zierold		59.08
	Regula Späni		1:00.31
	Nikole Schrepfer		59.71
5	Belgium	BEL	4:00.51
	Carine Verbauwen		59.28
	Christel Fechner		1:03.15
	Yolande Van Der Straeten		59.33
	Pascale Verbauwen		58.75
6	Poland	POL	4:08.73
	Grażyna Dziedzic		59.48
	Agnieszka Czopek		1:03.19
	Agnieszka Falińska		1:03.77
	Marta Słonina		1:02.29
7	Yugoslavia	YUG	4:12.66
	Vesna Šeparović		1:02.17
	Olga Avbelj		1:04.73
	Gorana Zajc		1:00.72
	Nađa Pentić		1:05.04

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	East Germany	GDR	3:48.06
	Birgit Meineke		56.77
	Caren Metschuck		56.87
	Ines Diers		57.37
	Susanne Link		57.05
2	Netherlands	NED	3:52.70
	Annemarie Verstappen		57.59
	Monique Drost		1:00.65
	Wilma van Velsen		57.85
	Conny van Bentum		56.61
3	Great Britain	GBR	3:54.50
	Nikki Fibbens		57.79
	Jackie Willmott		—
	Heidi Turk		58.87
	June Croft		57.40
	Kaye Lovatt		1:00.44
4	Soviet Union	URS	3:54.66
	Nataliya Strunnikova		58.56
	Irina Gerasimova		58.79
	Inna Abramova		58.86
	Olga Klevakina		58.45
5	France	FRA	3:57.68
	Carole Amoric		59.54
	Véronique Stéphan		59.64
	Marie-Dominique Queste		59.71
	Frédérique Piegad		58.79
6	Denmark	DEN	3:58.09
	Mette Christensen		58.71
	Lene Nielsen		1:00.49
	Charlotte Petersen		59.09
	Ulla Petersen		59.80
7	Norway	NOR	4:02.48
	Jeanette Aasland		1:01.15
	Kathrine Bomstad		1:00.60
	Beda Leirvaag		1:00.93
	Nina Halvorsen		59.80
8	Spain	ESP	4:04.84
	Natalia Mas		1:00.09
	Laura Flaque		1:01.31
	Carmen Valiente		1:00.77
	Pilar Mañes		1:02.67

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	East Germany	GDR	3:44.37
	Birgit Meineke		56.38
	Caren Metschuck		55.49
	Ines Diers		55.57
	Susanne Link		56.93
2	Germany	GER	3:47.42
	Marion Aizpors		57.07
	Karin Seick		56.64
	Ute Neubert		56.83
	Susanne Schuster		56.88
	Christiane Pielke		—
3	Netherlands	NED	3:49.65
	Annemarie Verstappen		56.64
	Monique Drost		59.92
	Wilma van Velsen		56.68
	Conny van Bentum		56.41
4	Great Britain	GBR	3:51.06
	Nikki Fibbens		58.28
	Jackie Willmott		57.95
	Heidi Turk		58.18
	June Croft		56.65
	Kaye Lovatt		—
5	Soviet Union	URS	3:51.80
	Nataliya Strunnikova		57.95
	Irina Gerasimova		57.81
	Inna Abramova		58.29
	Olga Klevakina		57.75
6	Sweden	SWE	3:52.07
	Agneta Eriksson		57.54
	Kerstin Gustavsson		58.27
	Tina Gustafsson		57.94
	Ann Axelsson		58.32
	Armi Airaksinen		—
	Anna Kardum		—
7	Italy	ITA	3:55.91
	Silvia Persi		58.62
	Laura Filosini		59.47
	Monica Vallarin		58.99
	Maria Cristina Ponteprimo		58.83
8	France	FRA	3:58.51
	Carole Amoric		59.58
	Véronique Stéphan		59.36
	Marie-Dominique Queste		1:00.05
	Frédérique Piegad		59.52