# 2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 10 and 11 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 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 | Jamaica Christine Day, Anastasia Le-Roy Janieve Russell, Stephenie Ann McPherson | 3:24.00 | Gold Coast, Australia | 14 April 2018 |
| European Leading | France Elea-Mariama Diarra, Cinthia Anaís Déborah Sananes, Floria Gueï | 3:25.91 | London, Great Britain | 14 July 2018 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 10 August 2018 | 13:40 | Round 1 |
| 11 August 2018 | 21:50 | Final |

## 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 | Italy | Maria Benedicta Chigbolu, Ayomide Folorunso, Raphaela Lukudo, Libania Grenot | 3:27.63 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | Great Britain | Zoey Clark, Finette Agyapong, Mary Abichi, Emily Diamond | 3:28.12 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Poland | Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Natalia Kaczmarek, Martyna Dąbrowska | 3:28.52 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | France | Elea-Mariama Diarra, Agnès Raharolahy, Déborah Sananes, Estelle Perrossier | 3:28.61 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Belgium | Camille Laus, Cynthia Bolingo, Justien Grillet, Hanne Claes | 3:30.62 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Germany | Nadine Gonska, Corinna Schwab, Karolina Pahlitzsch, Hannah Mergenthaler | 3:31.77 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | Romania | Andrea Miklós, Cristina Daniela Balan, Sanda Belgyan, Bianca Răzor | 3:31.95 | q, SB |
| 8 | 1 | Slovakia | Emma Zapletalová, Iveta Putalová, Daniela Ledecká, Alexandra Bezeková | 3:32.11 | q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | Sweden | Matilda Hellqvist, Moa Hjelmer, Josefin Magnusson, Lisa Duffy | 3:32.61 | SB |
| 10 | 1 | Switzerland | Fanette Humair, Robine Schürmann, Rachel Pellaud, Yasmin Giger | 3:32.86 | |
| 11 | 1 | Spain | Laura Bueno, Herminia Parra, Carmen Sánchez, Aauri Bokesa | 3:33.18 | |
| 12 | 1 | Portugal | Rivinilda Mentai, Joceline Monteiro, Cátia Azevedo, Dorothé Évora | 3:33.35 | SB |
| 13 | 2 | Greece | Anna Vasiliou, Despina Mourta, Evaggelía Zigori, Irini Vasiliou | 3:34.69 | |
| 14 | 1 | Ireland | Sinead Denny, Sophie Becker, Davicia Patterson, Claire Mooney | 3:35.96 | SB |
| 15 | 2 | Lithuania | Eva Misiūnaitė, Modesta Morauskaitė, Gabija Galvydytė, Erika Krūminaitė | 3:37.73 | |
| | 2 | Ukraine | Kateryna Klymyuk, Mariya Mykolenko, Anastasiia Bryzgina, Tetyana Melnyk | DQ | 170.7 |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Poland | Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Justyna Święty-Ersetic | 3:26.59 | |
| | 4 | France | Elea-Mariama Diarra, Déborah Sananes, Agnès Raharolahy, Floria Gueï | 3:27.17 | |
| | 6 | Great Britain | Zoey Clark, Anyika Onuora, Amy Allcock, Eilidh Doyle | 3:27.40 | |
| 4 | 8 | Belgium | Cynthia Bolingo, Hanne Claes, Justien Grillet, Camille Laus | 3:27.69 | NR |
| 5 | 3 | Italy | Maria Benedicta Chigbolu, Ayomide Folorunso, Raphaela Lukudo, Libania Grenot | 3:28.62 | |
| 6 | 7 | Germany | Nadine Gonska, Laura Müller, Karolina Pahlitzsch, Hannah Mergenthaler | 3:30.33 | SB |
| 7 | 1 | Romania | Andrea Miklós, Cristina Daniela Balan, Sanda Belgyan, Bianca Răzor | 3:32.15 | |
| 8 | 2 | Slovakia | Emma Zapletalová, Iveta Putalová, Daniela Ledecká, Alexandra Bezeková | 3:32.22 | |