| Event: | Women's 4 x 400 metres relay |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
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.
| Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina | 3:15.17 | Seoul, South Korea | 1 October 1988 | |
| European record | Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina | 3:15.17 | Seoul, South Korea | 1 October 1988 | |
| Championship record | Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch Petra Müller, Marita Koch | 3:16.87 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 31 August 1986 | |
| World Leading | RED Francena McCorory, Allyson Felix Natasha Hastings, Sanya Richards-Ross | 3:21.18 | Philadelphia, United States | 28 April 2012 | |
| European Leading | 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 | Yuilya Olishevska, Olha Zemlyak Nataliya Pyhyda, Alina Lohvynenko | 3:25.07 | Helsinki, Finland | 1 July 2012 | |
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2012 | 21:50 | Round 1 | |
| 1 July 2012 | 19:25 | Final |
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 | 3:29.03 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 3:29.09 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 6 | 3:29.96 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 3:30.86 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 5 | 3:31.35 | q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 3:31.38 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 3:31.48 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 1 | 3:31.50 | q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 2 | 3:31.50 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 2 | 3:31.64 | ||||
| 1 | 8 | Doping | |||||
| 11 | 1 | 6 | 3:37.74 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 7 | 3:38.00 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 8 | 3:40.79 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 4 | 3:40.97 | ||||
| 1 | 5 |
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3:25.07 | EL | ||||
| 3 | 3:25.49 | |||||
| 8 | 3:26.02 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 3:26.20 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 3:27.81 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 3:28.36 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 3:29.80 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 3:30.17 |