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[edit]
Records[edit]
| Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Soviet UnionTatyana 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 GermanyKirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch Petra Müller, Marita Koch |
3:16.87 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 31 August 1986 |
| World Leading |  United States REDFrancena McCorory, Allyson Felix Natasha Hastings, Sanya Richards-Ross |
3:21.18 | Philadelphia, United States | 28 April 2012 |
| European Leading |  UkraineAntonina 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[edit]
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2012 | 21:50 | Round 1 |
| 1 July 2012 | 19:25 | Final |
Results[edit]
Round 1[edit]
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Final[edit]
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6 | Ukraine |
Yuilya Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak, Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko | 3:25.07 | EL |
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3 |  France |
Phara Anacharsis, Lenora Guion Firmin, Marie Gayot, Floria Gueï | 3:25.49 | |
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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 |
References[edit]
European Athletics Championships champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay | |
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