2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
| Events at the 2012 European Athletics Championships  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | women | ||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.
Medalists
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Soviet UnionTatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina |
3:15.17 | Seoul, South Korea | 1 October 1988 |
| European record | Soviet Union Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina |
3:15.17 | Seoul, South Korea | 1 October 1988 |
| Championship record |  East GermanyKirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch Petra Müller, Marita Koch |
3:16.87 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 31 August 1986 |
| World Leading |  United States REDFrancena McCorory, Allyson Felix Natasha Hastings, Sanya Richards-Ross |
3:21.18 | Philadelphia, United States | 28 April 2012 |
| European Leading |  UkraineAntonina Yefremova, Alina Lohvynenko Nataliya Pyhyda, Yuilya Olishevska |
3:26.36 | Yalta, Ukraine | 29 May 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships | ||||
| European Leading | Ukraine Yuilya Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko |
3:25.07 | Helsinki, Finland | 1 July 2012 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2012 | 21:50 | Round 1 |
| 1 July 2012 | 19:25 | Final |
Results
Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 |  France | Phara Anacharsis, Elea Mariama Diarra, Lenora Guion Firmin, Floria Guei | 3:29.03 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Ukraine | Yuilya Olishevska, Darya Prystupa, Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko | 3:29.09 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 |  Great Britain | Eilidh Child, Kelly Massey, Nicola Sanders, Shana Cox | 3:29.96 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 7 |  Czech Republic | Jitka Bartoničková, Denisa Rosolová, Zuzana Bergrová, Zuzana Hejnová | 3:30.86 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 |  Russia | Olga Tovarnova, Tatyana Veshkurova, Liliya Molgacheva, Yuliya Terekhova | 3:31.35 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 |  Germany | Esther Cremer, Janin Lindenberg, Christiane Klopsch, Fabienne Kohlmann | 3:31.38 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 1 |  Romania | Elena Mirela Lavric, Alina Panainte, Bianca Razor, Angela Moroșanu | 3:31.48 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 1 |  Poland | Agata Bednarek, Justyna Święty, Iga Baumgart, Anna Jesień | 3:31.50 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 |  Belarus | Maryna Boika, Iryna Khliustava, Yulia Yurenya, Ilona Usovich | 3:31.50 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 |  Italy | Chiara Bazzoni, Maria Enrica Spacca, Libania Grenot, Marta Milani | 3:31.64 | |
| 11 | 1 | 8 |  Turkey | Sema Apak, Merve Aydın, Meliz Redif, Pınar Saka | 3:34.70 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 |  Norway | Irene Høvik Helgesen, Nina Katrine Brandt, Line Kloster, Martine Eikemo Borge | 3:37.74 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 |  Spain | Aauri Bokesa, Natalia Romero, Begoña Garrido, Andrea Díez | 3:38.00 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 |  Portugal | Carla Tavares, Carolina Duarte, Vera Barbosa, Joceline Monteiro | 3:40.79 | |
| 15 | 2 | 4 |  Finland | Jenni Kivioja, Ella Räsänen, Ilona Punkkinen, Emma Millard | 3:40.97 | |
| 16 | 1 | 5 |  Ireland | Claire Bergin, Joanne Cuddihy, Marian Heffernan, Michelle Carey | DQ |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6 | Ukraine | Yuilya Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak, Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko | 3:25.07 | EL |
 | 3 | France | Phara Anacharsis, Lenora Guion Firmin, Marie Gayot, Floria Guei | 3:25.49 | |
 | 8 | Czech Republic | Zuzana Hejnová, Zuzana Bergrová, Jitka Bartoničková, Denisa Rosolová | 3:26.02 | |
| 4 | 5 | Great Britain | Shana Cox, Nicola Sanders, Lee McConnell, Eilidh Child | 3:26.20 | |
| 5 | 4 | Germany | Esther Cremer, Janin Lindenberg, Christiane Klopsch, Fabienne Kohlmann | 3:27.81 | |
| 6 | 2 | Russia | Olga Tovarnova, Tatyana Veshkurova, Yuliya Terekhova, Ksenia Zadorina | 3:28.36 | |
| 7 | 7 | Romania | Sanda Belgyan, Elena Mirela Lavric, Bianca Razor, Angela Moroșanu | 3:29.80 | |
| 8 | 1 | Poland | Agata Bednarek, Justyna Święty, Magdalena Gorzkowska, Anna Jesień | 3:30.17 |
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