# 2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Leena Günther, Anne Cibis Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto, Verena Sailer Germany |
| Silver | Kadene Vassell, Dafne Schippers Eva Lubbers, Jamile Samuel Netherlands |
| Bronze | Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska Marta Jeschke, Ewelina Ptak Poland |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | East Germany Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr | 41.37 | Canberra, Australia | 6 October 1985 |
| 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 | United States RED | 42.19 | Philadelphia, United States | 28 April 2012 |
| European Leading | Ukraine Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen Olesya Povh, Viktoriya Pyatachenko | 42.60 | Yalta, Ukraine | 29 May 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships |||||
| European Leading | Germany Leena Günther, Anne Cibis Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto, Verena Sailer | 42.51 | Helsinki, Finland | 1 July 2012 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 30 June 2012 | 13:05 | Round 1 |
| 1 July 2012 | 17:05 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Ukraine | Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Viktoriya Pyatachenko | 42.70 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 8 | Germany | Leena Günther, Anne Cibis, Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto, Verena Sailer | 43.03 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | France | Carima Louami, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Jennifer Galais, Christine Arron | 43.12 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Poland | Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Ewelina Ptak | 43.13 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Switzerland | Michelle Cueni, Jacqueline Gasser, Ellen Sprunger, Léa Sprunger | 43.51 | q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | 7 | Russia | Yevgeniya Polyakova, Yekaterina Kuzina, Yekaterina Voronenkova, Olga Belkina | 43.62 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Belarus | Volha Astashka, Katsiaryna Hanchar, Elena Danilyuk-Nevmerzhytskaya, Yuliya Balykina | 43.69 | q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Netherlands | Esther Akihary, Marit Dopheide, Eva Lubbers, Kadene Vassell | 43.80 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Belgium | Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Hanne Claes, Anne Zagré | 43.81 | SB |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Italy | Gloria Hooper, Audrey Alloh, Martina Amidei, Ilenia Draisci | 43.90 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Slovenia | Alja Sitar, Sara Strajnar, Kristina Žumer, Merlene Ottey | 44.28 | SB |
| 12 | 2 | 4 | Finland | Maria Räsänen, Noora Hämäläinen, Minna Laukka, Hanna-Maari Latvala | 44.65 | SB |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Bulgaria | Gabriela Laleva, Tezdzhan Naimova, Karin Okoliye, Vaia Vladeva | 45.25 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Spain | Belén Recio, Plácida Martínez, Alazne Furundarena, Sara María Santiago | 45.47 | |
| | 2 | 6 | Great Britain | Anyika Onuora, Montell Douglas, Hayley Jones, Ashleigh Nelson | DQ | R 163.3a |
| | 2 | 2 | Sweden | Julia Skugge, Erica Jarder, Freja Jernstig, Lena Berntsson | DQ | R 170.7 |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Germany | Leena Günther, Anne Cibis, Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto, Verena Sailer | 42.51 | EL |
| | 7 | Netherlands | Kadene Vassell, Dafne Schippers, Eva Lubbers, Jamile Samuel | 42.80 | NR |
| | 8 | Poland | Marika Popowicz, Daria Korczyńska, Marta Jeschke, Ewelina Ptak | 43.06 | |
| 4 | 4 | Russia | Yevgeniya Polyakova, Yekaterina Kuzina, Yekaterina Voronenkova, Olga Belkina | 43.37 | |
| 5 | 3 | France | Carima Louami, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Lina Jacques-Sébastien, Christine Arron | 43.44 | |
| 6 | 1 | Switzerland | Michelle Cueni, Jacqueline Gasser, Ellen Sprunger, Léa Sprunger | 43.61 | |
| 7 | 2 | Belarus | Volha Astashka, Katsiaryna Hanchar, Elena Danilyuk-Nevmerzhytskaya, Yuliya Balykina | 44.06 | |
| | 5 | Ukraine | Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Viktoriya Pyatachenko | DNF | |