# 2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 16 and 17 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Asha Philip, Ashleigh Nelson, Jodie Williams, Desiree Henry Great Britain |
| Silver | Céline Distel-Bonnet, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Myriam Soumare, Stella Akakpo France |
| Bronze | Marina Panteleyeva, Natalya Rusakova, Yelizaveta Savlinis, Kristina Sivkova Russia |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | United States (Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter) | 40.82 | London, Great Britain | 10 August 2012 |
| 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 | Jamaica (Kerron Stewart, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce) | 41.83 | Glasgow, Great Britain | 2 August 2014 |
| European Leading | Netherlands (Madiea Ghafoor, Dafne Schippers, Tessa van Schagen, Jamile Samuel) | 42.40 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 3 July 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 16 August 2014 | 15:10 | Round 1 |
| 17 August 2014 | 17:22 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | France | Céline Distel-Bonnet, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Myriam Soumaré, Stella Akakpo | 42.29 | Q, EL |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Great Britain | Asha Philip, Ashleigh Nelson, Anyika Onuora, Desiree Henry | 42.62 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | 8 | Netherlands | Madiea Ghafoor, Dafne Schippers, Tessa van Schagen, Jamile Samuel | 42.77 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Switzerland | Mujinga Kambundji, Marisa Lavanchy, Ellen Sprunger, Léa Sprunger | 42.98 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Italy | Marzia Caravelli, Irene Siragusa, Martina Amidei, Audrey Alloh | 43.29 | q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Ukraine | Kseniya Karandyuk, Nataliya Strohova, Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak | 43.37 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | 8 | Russia | Marina Panteleyeva, Natalya Rusakova, Yekaterina Vukolova, Kristina Sivkova | 43.47 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Sweden | Iréne Ekelund, Isabelle Eurenius, Daniella Busk, Pernilla Nilsson | 43.80 | q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Greece | Yeoryia Kokloni, Elisavet Pesiridou, Andriana Ferra, Maria Belibasaki | 43.81 | SB |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Ireland | Amy Foster, Kelly Proper, Sarah Lavin, Phil Healy | 43.84 | NR |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Finland | Milja Thureson, Hanna-Maari Latvala, Minna Laukka, Nooralotta Neziri | 44.22 | SB |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Norway | Isabelle Pedersen, Christine Bjelland Jensen, Elisabeth Slettum, Ezinne Okparaebo | 44.29 | NR |
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Bulgaria | Karin Okoliye, Inna Eftimova, Maria Dankova, Ivet Lalova | 44.53 | SB |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | Spain | Maria Isabel Pérez, Alba Fernández, Estela García, Cristina Lara | 44.68 | SB |
| 15 | 2 | 5 | Croatia | Ivana Lončarek, Nika Župa, Lucija Pokos, Kristina Dudek, Nika Zupa | 45.47 | |
| | 2 | 6 | Germany | Josefina Elsler, Rebekka Haase, Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto, Verena Sailer | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| | 5 | Great Britain | Asha Philip, Ashleigh Nelson, Jodie Williams, Desiree Henry | 42.24 | EL, NR |
| | 3 | France | Céline Distel-Bonnet, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Myriam Soumaré, Stella Akakpo | 42.45 | |
| | 7 | Russia | Marina Panteleyeva, Natalya Rusakova, Yelizaveta Savlinis, Kristina Sivkova | 43.22 | SB |
| 4 | 2 | Italy | Marzia Caravelli, Irene Siragusa, Martina Amidei, Audrey Alloh | 43.26 | SB |
| 5 | 4 | Ukraine | Kseniya Karandyuk, Nataliya Strohova, Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak | 43.58 | |
| 6 | 1 | Sweden | Iréne Ekelund, Isabelle Eurenius, Daniella Busk, Pernilla Nilsson | 44.36 | |
| | 6 | Netherlands | Madiea Ghafoor, Dafne Schippers, Tessa van Schagen, Jamile Samuel | DNF | |
| | 8 | Switzerland | Mujinga Kambundji, Marisa Lavanchy, Ellen Sprunger, Léa Sprunger | DNF | |