# 2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 16 and 17 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Marie Gayot, Muriel Hurtis, Agnès Raharolahy, Floria Gueï France |
| Silver | Nataliya Pyhyda, Hrystyna Stuy, Hanna Ryzhykova, Olha Zemlyak Ukraine |
| Bronze | Eilidh Child, Kelly Massey, Shana Cox, Margaret Adeoye Great Britain |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 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 (DeeDee Trotter, Sanya Richards-Ross, Natasha Hastings, Joanna Atkins) | 3:21.73 | Nassau, Bahamas | 25 May 2014 |
| European Leading | France (Marie Gayot, Lénora Guion-Firmin, Agnès Raharolahy, Floria Gueï) | 3:25.84 | Nassau, Bahamas | 25 May 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 16 August 2014 | 16:20 | Round 1 |
| 17 August 2014 | 15:22 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Ukraine | Darya Prystupa, Olha Lyakhova, Hanna Ryzhykova, Hrystyna Stuy | 3:28.18 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Russia | Mariya Mikhailyuk, Tatyana Veshkurova, Tatyana Firova, Kseniya Zadorina | 3:28.42 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Great Britain | Emily Diamond, Kelly Massey, Victoria Ohuruogu, Margaret Adeoye | 3:28.44 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | France | Estelle Perrossier, Muriel Hurtis, Phara Anacharsis, Agnès Raharolahy | 3:28.58 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Poland | Iga Baumgart, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Agata Bednarek, Justyna Święty | 3:29.79 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Germany | Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer, Lena Schmidt, Janin Lindenberg, Lara Hoffmann | 3:30.39 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Italy | Maria Benedicta Chigbolu, Maria Enrica Spacca, Elena Bonfanti, Chiara Bazzoni | 3:31.31 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Belgium | Laetitia Libert, Kimberley Efonye, Olivia Borlée, Justien Grillet | 3:32.22 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Romania | Adelina Pastor, Mihaela Nunu, Angela Moroșanu, Bianca Răzor | 3:33.84 | |
| 10 | 1 | Portugal | Filipa Martins, Vera Barbosa, Dorothé Évora, Cátia Azevedo | 3:35.41 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | Lithuania | Eva Misiūnaitė, Modesta Morauskaitė, Eglė Staišiūnaitė, Agnė Šerkšnienė | 3:36.25 | |
| 12 | 1 | Finland | Katri Mustola, Ella Räsänen, Sanna Aaltonen, Anniina Laitinen | 3:36.47 | |
| 13 | 2 | Norway | Tara Marie Norum, Trine Mjåland, Vilde Jakobsen Svortevik, Line Kloster | 3:36.57 | |
| 14 | 2 | Slovakia | Sylvia Salgovicová, Alexandra Štuková, Andrea Holleyová, Iveta Putalová | 3:39.55 | |
| 15 | 2 | Croatia | Dora Filipović, Marija Hižman, Lucija Pokos, Kristina Dudek | 3:42.96 | |
| 16 | 1 | Turkey | Birsen Engin, Tuğba Koyuncu, Meliz Redif, Meryem Kasap | 3:48.10 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| | 6 | France | Marie Gayot, Muriel Hurtis, Agnès Raharolahy, Floria Gueï | 3:24.27 | EL |
| | 5 | Ukraine | Nataliya Pyhyda, Hrystyna Stuy, Hanna Ryzhykova, Olha Zemlyak | 3:24.32 | SB |
| | 4 | Great Britain | Eilidh Child, Kelly Massey, Shana Cox, Margaret Adeoye | 3:24.34 | SB |
| 4 | 3 | Russia | Alena Tamkova, Tatyana Veshkurova, Tatyana Firova, Yekaterina Renzhina | 3:25.02 | SB |
| 5 | 7 | Poland | Małgorzata Hołub, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Joanna Linkiewicz, Justyna Święty | 3:25.73 | SB |
| 6 | 1 | Germany | Esther Cremer, Christiane Klopsch, Lena Schmidt, Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer | 3:27.69 | SB |
| 7 | 8 | Italy | Chiara Bazzoni, Maria Enrica Spacca, Elena Bonfanti, Libania Grenot | 3:28.30 | |
| 8 | 2 | Belgium | Laetitia Libert, Olivia Borlée, Kimberley Efonye, Justien Grillet | 3:31.82 | SB |