# 2022 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 European Athletics Championships was held in two rounds at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany, on 19 and 20 August 2022.
Sixteen national teams competed in the two heats of round 1 on 19 August. The first three teams of each heat and the next two fastest overall advanced to the next round. In the first heat, the team of the Czech Republic was disqualified for an impediment at a takeover. In the second heat, the team of Ireland set a national record of 3:26.06 minutes.
The final was held on 20 August, where the team of the Netherlands won in a national record of 3:20.87 minutes, followed by the team of Poland in 3:21.68 minutes in second place and the team of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 3:21.74 minutes in third place. Outside the medals, the team of Belgium set a national record of 3:22.12 minutes.

## Background

Records before the 2022 European Athletics Championships :
| Record | Nation (athletes) | Time | Location | Date |
| 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 Talitha Diggs, Abby Steiner Britton Wilson, Sydney McLaughlin | 3:17.79 | Eugene, United States | 24 July 2022 |
| European leading | Great Britain Victoria Ohuruogu, Nicole Yeargin Jessie Knight, Laviai Nielsen | 3:22.64 | Eugene, United States | 24 July 2022 |

## Rounds
### Round 1

The two heats of the first round were held on 19 August, starting at 11:40 in the morning. The first three teams in each heat (Q) and next two best teams overall (q) advanced to the final.
Results of round 1 :
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Great Britain | Zoey Clark, Ama Pipi, Nicole Yeargin, Laviai Nielsen | 3:23.79 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Belgium | Naomi Van den Broeck, Imke Vervaet, Helena Ponette, Camille Laus | 3:25.44 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | Netherlands | Andrea Bouma, Lieke Klaver, Laura de Witte, Lisanne de Witte | 3:25.84 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Poland | Kinga Gacka, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik, Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Natalia Kaczmarek | 3:26.05 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Ireland | Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley | 3:26.06 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Switzerland | Silke Lemmens, Julia Niederberger, Annina Fahr, Sarah King | 3:26.83 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Spain | Eva Santidrián, Aauri Lorena Bokesa, Berta Segura, Laura Hernández | 3:27.76 | q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Germany | Alica Schmidt, Mona Mayer, Jessica-Bianca Wessolly, Luna Thiel | 3:27.92 | q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Italy | Anna Polinari, Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo, Virginia Troiani, Alice Mangione | 3:28.14 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Hungary | Evelin Nádházy, Bianka Bartha-Kéri, Fanni Rapai, Janka Molnár | 3:29.39 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | France | Sokhna Lacoste, Marjorie Veyssiere, Diana Iscaye, Amandine Brossier | 3:29.64 | |
| 12 | 1 | 8 | Norway | Linn Oppegaard, Elisabeth Slettum, Line Kloster, Nora Kollerød Wold | 3:31.36 | |
| 13 | 2 | 4 | Slovenia | Agata Zupin, Aneja Simončič, Maja Pogorevc, Anita Horvat | 3:31.57 | |
| 14 | 2 | 5 | Greece | Korina Politi, Andrianna Ferra, Despoina Mourta, Dimitra Gnafaki | 3:33.33 | SB |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Finland | Milja Thureson, Mette Baas, Aino Pulkkinen, Kristiina Halonen | 3:33.40 | |
| | 1 | 7 | Czech Republic | Tereza Petržilková, Nikoleta Jíchová, Martina Hofmanová, Lada Vondrová | DQ | TR24.8 |

### Final

The final was held on 20 August, starting at 21:45 in the evening.
Results of the final :
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Netherlands | Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, Lisanne de Witte, Femke Bol | 3:20.87 | EL NR |
| | 7 | Poland | Anna Kiełbasińska, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Natalia Kaczmarek | 3:21.68 | SB |
| | 3 | Great Britain | Victoria Ohuruogu, Ama Pipi, Jodie Williams, Nicole Yeargin | 3:21.74 | SB |
| 4 | 4 | Belgium | Cynthia Bolingo, Hanne Claes, Helena Ponette, Camille Laus | 3:22.12 | NR |
| 5 | 1 | Germany | Luna Thiel, Mona Mayer, Alica Schmidt, Carolina Krafzik | 3:26.09 | SB |
| 6 | 5 | Ireland | Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley | 3:26.63 | |
| 7 | 8 | Switzerland | Silke Lemmens, Julia Niederberger, Annina Fahr, Sarah King | 3:26.94 | |
| 8 | 2 | Spain | Eva Santidrián, Aauri Lorena Bokesa, Berta Segura, Sara Gallego | 3:29.70 | |