# 4 x 400 metres relay at European Championships

The 4 × 400 metres relay (athletics track event) has been included in European Athletics Championships since 1934 in Turin for men and since 1969 in Athens for women. There are 13 countries that have won medals, with Great Britain being the most successful country, with a total of 9 gold and 18 overall medals.

## Men
### List of medalists

| Championship | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1934 Turin | Germany | France | Sweden |
| 1938 Paris | Germany | Great Britain | Sweden |
| 1946 Oslo | France | Great Britain | Sweden |
| 1950 Brussels | Great Britain | Italy | Sweden |
| 1954 Bern | France | West Germany | Finland |
| 1958 Stockholm | Great Britain | West Germany | Sweden |
| 1962 Belgrade | West Germany | Great Britain | Switzerland |
| 1966 Budapest | Poland | West Germany | East Germany |
| 1969 Athens | France | Soviet Union | West Germany |
| 1971 Helsinki | West Germany | Poland | Italy |
| 1974 Rome | Great Britain | West Germany | Finland |
| 1978 Prague | West Germany | Poland | Czechoslovakia |
| 1982 Athens | West Germany | Great Britain | Soviet Union |
| 1986 Stuttgart | Great Britain | West Germany | Soviet Union |
| 1990 Split | Great Britain | West Germany | East Germany |
| 1994 Helsinki | Great Britain | France | Russia |
| 1998 Budapest | Great Britain | Poland | Spain |
| 2002 Munich | Great Britain | Russia | France |
| 2006 Gothenburg | France | Great Britain | Poland |
| 2010 Barcelona | Russia | Great Britain | Belgium |
| 2012 Helsinki | Belgium | Great Britain | Germany |
| 2014 Zurich | Great Britain | Russia | Poland |
| 2016 Amsterdam | Belgium | Poland | Great Britain |
| 2018 Berlin | Belgium | Great Britain | Spain |

### Medal table

| | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain | 9 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | Germany* | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | France | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Belgium | 3 | - | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Poland | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Russia** | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Italy | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Sweden | - | - | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | East Germany Finland Spain | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia Switzerland | - | - | 1 | 1 |
*Germany's medals includes results by West Germany **Russia's medals includes results by the Soviet Union

## Women
### List of medalists

| Championship | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1969 Athens | Great Britain | France | West Germany |
| 1971 Helsinki | East Germany | West Germany | Soviet Union |
| 1974 Rome | East Germany | Finland | Soviet Union |
| 1978 Prague | East Germany | Soviet Union | Poland |
| 1982 Athens | East Germany | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union |
| 1986 Stuttgart | East Germany | West Germany | Poland |
| 1990 Split | East Germany | Soviet Union | Great Britain |
| 1994 Helsinki | France | Russia | Germany |
| 1998 Budapest | Germany | Russia | Great Britain |
| 2002 Munich | Germany | Russia | Poland |
| 2006 Gothenburg | Russia | Belarus | Poland |
| 2010 Barcelona | Russia | Germany | Great Britain |
| 2012 Helsinki | Ukraine | France | Czech Republic |
| 2014 Zurich | France | Ukraine | Great Britain |
| 2016 Amsterdam | Great Britain | France | Italy |
| 2018 Berlin | Poland | France | Great Britain |
| 2022 Munich | Netherlands | Poland | Great Britain |

### Medal table

| | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany | 6 | - | - | 6 |
| 2 | Russia* | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | France | 2 | 4 | - | 6 |
| 4 | Germany** | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 2 | - | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 7 | Poland | 1 | - | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Czech Republic*** | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Finland Belarus | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 11 | Italy | - | - | 1 | 1 |
*Russia's medals include results by the Soviet Union **Germany's medals include results by West Germany ***Medals of the Czech republic include results by Czechoslovakia