The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.
Medalists Gold Yuilya Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina LohvynenkoSilver Phara Anacharsis, Lenora Guion Firmin Marie Gayot, Floria GueïBronzeZuzana Hejnová, Zuzana Bergrová Jitka Bartoničková, Denisa Rosolová
Records Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld recordTatyana Ledovskaya, Olga NazarovaMariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina3:15.17Seoul, South Korea1 October 1988European recordTatyana Ledovskaya, Olga NazarovaMariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina3:15.17Seoul, South Korea1 October 1988Championship recordKirsten Emmelmann, Sabine BuschPetra Müller, Marita Koch3:16.87Stuttgart, West Germany31 August 1986World Leading REDFrancena McCorory, Allyson FelixNatasha Hastings, Sanya Richards-Ross3:21.18Philadelphia, United States28 April 2012European LeadingAntonina Yefremova, Alina LohvynenkoNataliya Pyhyda, Yuilya Olishevska3:26.36Yalta, Ukraine29 May 2012Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics ChampionshipsEuropean LeadingYuilya Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko3:25.07Helsinki, Finland1 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 Phara Anacharsis, Elea-Mariama Diarra, Lenora Guion Firmin, Floria Gueï 3:29.03 Q 2 1 4 Yuilya Olishevska, Darya Prystupa, Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko 3:29.09 Q 3 2 6 Eilidh Child, Kelly Massey, Nicola Sanders, Shana Cox 3:29.96 Q 4 2 7 Jitka Bartoničková, Denisa Rosolová, Zuzana Bergrová, Zuzana Hejnová 3:30.86 Q 5 2 5 Olga Tovarnova, Tatyana Veshkurova, Liliya Molgacheva, Yuliya Terekhova 3:31.35 q 6 1 3 Esther Cremer, Janin Lindenberg, Christiane Klopsch, Fabienne Kohlmann 3:31.38 Q 7 1 1 Elena Mirela Lavric, Alina Panainte, Bianca Răzor, Angela Moroșanu 3:31.48 Q 8 2 1 Agata Bednarek, Justyna Święty, Iga Baumgart, Anna Jesień 3:31.50 q 8 1 2 Maryna Boika, Iryna Khliustava, Yulia Yurenya, Ilona Usovich 3:31.50 10 2 2 Chiara Bazzoni, Maria Enrica Spacca, Libania Grenot, Marta Milani 3:31.64 1 8 Sema Apak, Merve Aydın, Meliz Redif, Pınar Saka 3:34.70 Doping 11 1 6 Irene Høvik Helgesen, Nina Katrine Brandt, Line Kloster, Martine Eikemo Borge 3:37.74 12 1 7 Aauri Bokesa, Natalia Romero, Begoña Garrido, Andrea Díez 3:38.00 13 2 8 Carla Tavares, Carolina Duarte, Vera Barbosa, Joceline Monteiro 3:40.79 14 2 4 Jenni Kivioja, Ella Räsänen, Ilona Punkkinen, Emma Millard 3:40.97 1 5 Claire Bergin, Joanne Cuddihy, Marian Heffernan, Michelle Carey
Final Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 6 Yuilya Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak, Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko 3:25.07 EL 3 Phara Anacharsis, Lenora Guion Firmin, Marie Gayot, Floria Gueï 3:25.49 8 Zuzana Hejnová, Zuzana Bergrová, Jitka Bartoničková, Denisa Rosolová 3:26.02 4 5 Shana Cox, Nicola Sanders, Lee McConnell, Eilidh Child 3:26.20 5 4 Esther Cremer, Janin Lindenberg, Christiane Klopsch, Fabienne Kohlmann 3:27.81 6 2 Olga Tovarnova, Tatyana Veshkurova, Yuliya Terekhova, Ksenia Zadorina 3:28.36 7 7 Sanda Belgyan, Elena Mirela Lavric, Bianca Răzor, Angela Moroșanu 3:29.80 8 1 Agata Bednarek, Justyna Święty, Magdalena Gorzkowska, Anna Jesień 3:30.17
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