# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 and 10 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | United States (Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter) | 40.82 | London, Great Britain | 10 August 2012 |
| European record | East Germany (Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr) | 41.37 | Canberra, Australia | 6 October 1985 |
| Championship record | East Germany (Silke Möller, Katrin Krabbe Kerstin Behrendt, Sabine Günther) | 41.68 | Split, Yugoslavia | 1 September 1990 |
| World Leading | Germany Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase | 42.00 | Regensburg, Germany | 5 June 2016 |
| European Leading | Germany Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase | 42.00 | Regensburg, Germany | 5 June 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 9 July 2016 | 20:00 | Round 1 |
| 10 July 2016 | 17:35 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Great Britain | Asha Philip, Dina Asher-Smith, Bianca Williams, Daryll Neita | 42.59 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | Germany | Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase | 42.71 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Switzerland | Ajla del Ponte, Sarah Atcho, Ellen Sprunger, Salome Kora | 42.87 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 1 | Ukraine | Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzgina | 42.93 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 1 | France | Floriane Gnafoua, Céline Distel-Bonnet, Jennifer Galais, Stella Akakpo | 43.06 | q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | Italy | Irene Siragusa, Gloria Hooper, Martina Amidei, Audrey Alloh | 43.33 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Netherlands | Jamile Samuel, Marije van Hunenstijn, Tessa van Schagen, Naomi Sedney | 43.34 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | Poland | Agata Forkasiewicz, Marika Popowicz-Drapała, Anna Kiełbasińska, Ewa Swoboda | 43.59 | q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | Cyprus | Olivia Fotopoulou, Ramona Papaioannou, Filippa Fotopoulou, Eleni Artymata | 43.87 | NR |
| 10 | 2 | Spain | María Isabel Pérez, Nana Jacob, Estela García, Cristina Lara | 44.14 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | Sweden | Elin Östlund, Linnea Killander, Isabelle Eurenius, Pernilla Nilsson | 44.27 | SB |
| 12 | 1 | Ireland | Joan Healy, Phil Healy, Sarah Murray, Niamh Whelan | 44.29 | SB |
| 13 | 2 | Hungary | Fanni Schmelcz, Éva Kaptur, Gréta Kerekes, Anasztázia Nguyen | 44.34 | =NR |
| 14 | 2 | Greece | Maria Gatou, Elisavet Pesiridou, Ekaterini Dalaka, Maria Belibasaki | 44.58 | |
| 15 | 2 | Slovakia | Vladimíra Šibová, Lenka Kršáková, Denis Bučková, Alexandra Bezeková | 45.31 | |
| | 1 | Norway | Helene Ronningen, Ida Bakke Hansen, Astrid Mangen Cederkvist, Ezinne Okparaebo | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 7 | Netherlands | Jamile Samuel, Dafne Schippers, Tessa van Schagen, Naomi Sedney | 42.04 | NR |
| | 5 | Great Britain | Asha Philip, Dina Asher-Smith, Bianca Williams, Daryll Neita | 42.45 | SB |
| | 4 | Germany | Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase | 42.48 | |
| 4 | 8 | Ukraine | Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzgina | 42.87 | SB |
| 5 | 3 | Switzerland | Ajla del Ponte, Sarah Atcho, Ellen Sprunger, Salome Kora | 43.00 | |
| 6 | 2 | France | Floriane Gnafoua, Céline Distel-Bonnet, Jennifer Galais, Stella Akakpo | 43.05 | SB |
| 7 | 1 | Poland | Agata Forkasiewicz, Marika Popowicz-Drapała, Anna Kiełbasińska, Ewa Swoboda | 43.24 | SB |
| 8 | 6 | Italy | Irene Siragusa, Gloria Hooper, Martina Amidei, Audrey Alloh | 43.57 | |

## Results

* ↑ Heat 1 results Archived 2018-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, Heat 2 results Archived 2018-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
* ↑ Final results Archived 2016-08-03 at the Wayback Machine