2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

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.

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Yuilya Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko  Ukraine
Silver	Phara Anacharsis, Lenora Guion Firmin Marie Gayot, Floria Gueï  France
Bronze	Zuzana Hejnová, Zuzana Bergrová Jitka Bartoničková, Denisa Rosolová  Czech Republic

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	Soviet Union Tatyana 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 Germany Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch Petra Müller, Marita Koch	3:16.87	Stuttgart, West Germany	31 August 1986
World Leading	United States RED Francena McCorory, Allyson Felix Natasha Hastings, Sanya Richards-Ross	3:21.18	Philadelphia, United States	28 April 2012
European Leading	Ukraine Antonina 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 Gueï	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 Răzor, 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
DQ	1	8	Turkey	Sema Apak, Merve Aydın, Meliz Redif, Pınar Saka	3:34.70	Doping
11	1	6	Norway	Irene Høvik Helgesen, Nina Katrine Brandt, Line Kloster, Martine Eikemo Borge	3:37.74
12	1	7	Spain	Aauri Bokesa, Natalia Romero, Begoña Garrido, Andrea Díez	3:38.00
13	2	8	Portugal	Carla Tavares, Carolina Duarte, Vera Barbosa, Joceline Monteiro	3:40.79
14	2	4	Finland	Jenni Kivioja, Ella Räsänen, Ilona Punkkinen, Emma Millard	3:40.97
	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 Gueï	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 Răzor, Angela Moroșanu	3:29.80
8	1	Poland	Agata Bednarek, Justyna Święty, Magdalena Gorzkowska, Anna Jesień	3:30.17