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

2012 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.

Gold	Yuilya Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko  Ukraine
Silver	Lenora Guion Firmin Marie Gayot, Floria Gueï  France
Bronze	Denisa Rosolová  Czech Republic

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	Olga Bryzgina	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
European record	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	Yuilya Olishevska	3:26.36	Yalta, Ukraine	29 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships
European Leading	Yuilya Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko	3:25.07	Helsinki, Finland	1 July 2012

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	Lenora Guion Firmin, Floria Gueï	3:29.03	Q
2	1	4	Ukraine	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	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	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

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	6	Ukraine	Yuilya Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak, Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko	3:25.07	EL
	3	France	Lenora Guion Firmin, Marie Gayot, Floria Gueï	3:25.49
	8	Czech Republic	Denisa Rosolová	3:26.02
4	5	Great Britain	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	Elena Mirela Lavric, Bianca Răzor, Angela Moroșanu	3:29.80
8	1	Poland	Justyna Święty, Magdalena Gorzkowska, Anna Jesień	3:30.17

• Round 1 Results^{[dead link‍]}
• Final Results Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
• Full results