# 2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yuilya Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko Ukraine |
| Silver | Phara Anacharsis, Lenora Guion Firmin Marie Gayot, Floria Gueï France |
| Bronze | Zuzana Hejnová, Zuzana Bergrová Jitka Bartoničková, Denisa Rosolová Czech Republic |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 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 | United States RED Francena McCorory, Allyson Felix Natasha Hastings, Sanya Richards-Ross | 3:21.18 | Philadelphia, United States | 28 April 2012 |
| European Leading | Ukraine Antonina Yefremova, Alina Lohvynenko Nataliya Pyhyda, Yuilya Olishevska | 3:26.36 | Yalta, Ukraine | 29 May 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships |||||
| European Leading | Ukraine Yuilya Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko | 3:25.07 | Helsinki, Finland | 1 July 2012 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 30 June 2012 | 21:50 | Round 1 |
| 1 July 2012 | 19:25 | 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 | 2 | 3 | France | Phara Anacharsis, Elea-Mariama Diarra, Lenora Guion Firmin, Floria Gueï | 3:29.03 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Ukraine | Yuilya Olishevska, Darya Prystupa, Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko | 3:29.09 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Great Britain | Eilidh Child, Kelly Massey, Nicola Sanders, Shana Cox | 3:29.96 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | Czech Republic | Jitka Bartoničková, Denisa Rosolová, Zuzana Bergrová, Zuzana Hejnová | 3:30.86 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Russia | Olga Tovarnova, Tatyana Veshkurova, Liliya Molgacheva, Yuliya Terekhova | 3:31.35 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Germany | Esther Cremer, Janin Lindenberg, Christiane Klopsch, Fabienne Kohlmann | 3:31.38 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Romania | Elena Mirela Lavric, Alina Panainte, Bianca Răzor, Angela Moroșanu | 3:31.48 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Poland | Agata Bednarek, Justyna Święty, Iga Baumgart, Anna Jesień | 3:31.50 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Belarus | Maryna Boika, Iryna Khliustava, Yulia Yurenya, Ilona Usovich | 3:31.50 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Italy | Chiara Bazzoni, Maria Enrica Spacca, Libania Grenot, Marta Milani | 3:31.64 | |
| DQ | 1 | 8 | Turkey | Sema Apak, Merve Aydın, Meliz Redif, Pınar Saka | 3:34.70 | Doping |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Norway | Irene Høvik Helgesen, Nina Katrine Brandt, Line Kloster, Martine Eikemo Borge | 3:37.74 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Spain | Aauri Bokesa, Natalia Romero, Begoña Garrido, Andrea Díez | 3:38.00 | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Portugal | Carla Tavares, Carolina Duarte, Vera Barbosa, Joceline Monteiro | 3:40.79 | |
| 14 | 2 | 4 | Finland | Jenni Kivioja, Ella Räsänen, Ilona Punkkinen, Emma Millard | 3:40.97 | |
| | 1 | 5 | Ireland | Claire Bergin, Joanne Cuddihy, Marian Heffernan, Michelle Carey | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Ukraine | Yuilya Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak, Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko | 3:25.07 | EL |
| | 3 | France | Phara Anacharsis, Lenora Guion Firmin, Marie Gayot, Floria Gueï | 3:25.49 | |
| | 8 | Czech Republic | Zuzana Hejnová, Zuzana Bergrová, Jitka Bartoničková, Denisa Rosolová | 3:26.02 | |
| 4 | 5 | Great Britain | Shana Cox, Nicola Sanders, Lee McConnell, Eilidh Child | 3:26.20 | |
| 5 | 4 | Germany | Esther Cremer, Janin Lindenberg, Christiane Klopsch, Fabienne Kohlmann | 3:27.81 | |
| 6 | 2 | Russia | Olga Tovarnova, Tatyana Veshkurova, Yuliya Terekhova, Ksenia Zadorina | 3:28.36 | |
| 7 | 7 | Romania | Sanda Belgyan, Elena Mirela Lavric, Bianca Răzor, Angela Moroșanu | 3:29.80 | |
| 8 | 1 | Poland | Agata Bednarek, Justyna Święty, Magdalena Gorzkowska, Anna Jesień | 3:30.17 | |