title: Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
text: # Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
  
  The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21. The heats and final took place on May 21.
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
  
  | | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | World and European record | Netherlands | 3:31.72 | Rome | July 26, 2009 |
  | Championship record | Netherlands | 3:33.62 | Eindhoven | March 18, 2008 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  10 nations participated in 2 heats.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | 6 | Britta Steffen Silke Lippok Lisa Vitting Daniela Schreiber | Germany | 3:40.90 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | 6 | Nathalie Lindborg Michelle Coleman Louise Hansson Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 3:41.88 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | 4 | Erica Buratto Alice Mizzau Alice Nesti Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 3:42.79 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | 5 | Theodora Drakou Theodora Giareni Nery Mantey Niangkouara Kristel Vourna | Greece | 3:43.09 | Q, NR |
  | 5 | 1 | 3 | Katinka Hosszú Ágnes Mutina Zsuzsanna Jakabos Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 3:43.94 | Q |
  | 6 | 1 | 2 | Henriette Brekke Cecilie Johannessen Monica Johannessen Ingvild Snildal | Norway | 3:44.09 | Q, NR |
  | 7 | 2 | 5 | Sviatlana Khakhlova Aksana Dziamidava Yuliya Khitraya Yana Parakhouskaya | Belarus | 3:46.71 | Q |
  | 8 | 1 | 4 | Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir Eva Hannesdóttir Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Sarah Blake Bateman | Iceland | 3:48.83 | Q, NR |
  | | 2 | 2 | Aneta Pechancová Klára Václavíková Alžběta Řehořková Martina Moravčíková | Czech Republic | DSQ | |
  | | 2 | 3 | Hanna-Maria Seppälä Emilia Pikkarainen Laura Kurki Linda Laihorinne | Finland | DSQ | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held at 18:11.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Britta Steffen Silke Lippok Lisa Vitting Daniela Schreiber | Germany | 3:37.98 | |
  | | 5 | Ida Marko-Varga Michelle Coleman Sarah Sjöström Gabriella Fagundez | Sweden | 3:38.40 | |
  | | 3 | Alice Mizzau Federica Pellegrini Erica Buratto Erika Ferraioli | Italy | 3:39.84 | NR |
  | 4 | 2 | Katinka Hosszú Ágnes Mutina Zsuzsanna Jakabos Evelyn Verrasztó | Hungary | 3:41.36 | |
  | 5 | 6 | Theodora Drakou Theodora Giareni Nery Mantey Niangkouara Kristel Vourna | Greece | 3:42.09 | NR |
  | 6 | 7 | Henriette Brekke Cecilie Johannessen Monica Johannessen Ingvild Snildal | Norway | 3:45.13 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Sviatlana Khakhlova Aksana Dziamidava Yuliya Khitraya Yana Parakhouskaya | Belarus | 3:45.67 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Sarah Blake Bateman Eva Hannesdóttir Ingibjörg Kristin Jónsdóttir Ragnheidur Ragnarsdottir | Iceland | 3:47.39 | NR |
  