# Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships wiwas ll be held on 19 May 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | China | 7:42.08 | Rome | 30 July 2009 |
| European record | Great Britain | 7:45.51 | Rome | 30 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Italy | 7:50.53 | Berlin | 21 August 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 11:32.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Spain | Patricia Castro (1:58.61) Fatima Gallardo Carapeto (1:59.15) Melani Costa (1:58.44) Africa Zamorano Sanz (2:01.00) | 7:57.20 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Hungary | Evelyn Verrasztó (1:58.55) Boglárka Kapás (2:01.18) Ajna Késely (1:58.96) Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:59.25) | 7:57.94 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Netherlands | Andrea Kneppers (2:00.53) Esmee Vermeulen (1:58.55) Marrit Steenbergen (1:59.98) Robin Neumann (1:59.43) | 7:58.49 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Italy | Stefania Pirozzi (2:00.80) Martina De Memme (2:00.43) Erica Musso (1:59.24) Alice Mizzau (1:59.05) | 7:59.52 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Great Britain | Georgia Coates (2:00.10) Camilla Hattersley (1:59.57) Ellie Faulkner (2:00.68) Hannah Miley (1:59.38) | 7:59.73 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | Slovenia | Janja Šegel (1:59.94) Tjasa Pintar (2:00.43) Nastja Govejšek (2:02.56) Anja Klinar (2:00.03) | 8:02.96 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Sweden | Ida Marko-Varga (2:01.11) Stina Gardell (2:00.81) Louise Hansson (2:01.39) Henriette Stenkvist (2:01.58) | 8:04.89 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Belgium | Juliette Casini (2:02.73) Lotte Goris (1:59.47) Camille Bouden (2:04.57) Valentine Dumont (2:00.73) | 8:07.50 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | France | Camille Gheorghiu (2:00.93) Margaux Fabre (2:00.72) Mathilde Cini (2:04.39) Cloé Hache (2:01.47) | 8:07.51 | |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Switzerland | Noemi Girardet (2:01.48) Maria Ugolkova (2:00.28) Martina van Berkel (2:03.55) Danielle Carmen Villars (2:04.60) | 8:09.91 | |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Austria | Lisa Zaiser (2:02.23) Joerdis Steinegger (2:01.70) Claudia Hufnagl (2:03.61) Julia Kukla (2:02.41) | 8:09.95 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Finland | Hanna-Maria Seppälä (2:05.74) Laura Lajunen (2:09.57) Anniina Ala-Seppälä (2:04.57) Aino Otava (2:06.26) | 8:26.14 | |
| | 2 | 7 | Poland | Diana Sokołowska (2:01.49) Paula Żukowska Monika Czerniak Wioletta Orczykowska | DSQ | DSQ |

### Final

The final was held at 19:45.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time |
| | 5 | Hungary | Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:58.60) Evelyn Verrasztó (1:58.16) Boglárka Kapás (1:58.22) Katinka Hosszú (1:56.65) | 7:51.63 |
| | 4 | Spain | Melani Costa (1:58.69) Patricia Castro (1:58.21) Fatima Gallardo Carapeto (1:58.63) Mireia Belmonte (1:57.85) | 7:53.38 |
| | 3 | Netherlands | Andrea Kneppers (2:00.19) Esmee Vermeulen (1:58.53) Robin Neumann (1:59.75) Femke Heemskerk (1:55.16) | 7:53.63 |
| 4 | 2 | Great Britain | Jazmin Carlin (1:57.83) Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (1:57.46) Hannah Miley (2:00.04) Georgia Coates (1:58.64) | 7:53.97 |
| 5 | 6 | Italy | Alice Mizzau (1:59.02) Erica Musso (1:59.57) Stefania Pirozzi (1:59.82) Federica Pellegrini (1:56.38) | 7:54.79 |
| 6 | 1 | Sweden | Sarah Sjöström (1:55.30) Stina Gardell (2:00.59) Louise Hansson (2:00.02) Ida Marko-Varga (1:59.83) | 7:55.74 |
| 7 | 8 | Belgium | Juliette Casini (2:00.82) Lotte Goris (1:59.26) Kimberly Buys (2:01.91) Valentine Dumont (2:00.68) | 8:02.67 |
| 8 | 7 | Slovenia | Janja Šegel (2:00.59) Anja Klinar (1:59.73) Tjasa Pintar (1:59.99) Nastja Govejšek (2:02.87) | 8:03.18 |