2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
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The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 16 and 17 August.
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
Medalists
| Gold | Marie Gayot, Muriel Hurtis, Agnès Raharolahy, Floria Gueï  France |
| Silver | Nataliya Pyhyda, Hrystyna Stuy, Hanna Ryzhykova, Olha Zemlyak  Ukraine |
| Bronze | Eilidh Child, Kelly Massey, Shana Cox, Margaret Adeoye  Great Britain |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Soviet Union(Tatyana 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 Germany(Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch, Petra Müller, Marita Koch) |
3:16.87 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 31 August 1986 |
| World Leading |  United States(DeeDee Trotter, Sanya Richards-Ross, Natasha Hastings, Joanna Atkins) |
3:21.73 | Nassau, Bahamas | 25 May 2014 |
| European Leading | France (Marie Gayot, Lénora Guion-Firmin, Agnès Raharolahy, Floria Gueï) |
3:25.84 | Nassau, Bahamas | 25 May 2014 |
Schedule
Results
Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Final
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6 | France | Marie Gayot, Muriel Hurtis, Agnès Raharolahy, Floria Gueï | 3:24.27 | EL |
 | 5 | Ukraine | Nataliya Pyhyda, Hrystyna Stuy, Hanna Ryzhykova, Olha Zemlyak | 3:24.32 | SB |
 | 4 | Great Britain | Eilidh Child, Kelly Massey, Shana Cox, Margaret Adeoye | 3:24.34 | SB |
| 4 | 3 |  Russia | Alena Tamkova, Tatyana Veshkurova, Tatyana Firova, Yekaterina Renzhina | 3:25.02 | SB |
| 5 | 7 |  Poland | Małgorzata Hołub, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Joanna Linkiewicz, Justyna Święty | 3:25.73 | SB |
| 6 | 1 |  Germany | Esther Cremer, Christiane Klopsch, Lena Schmidt, Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer | 3:27.69 | SB |
| 7 | 8 |  Italy | Chiara Bazzoni, Maria Enrica Spacca, Elena Bonfanti, Libania Grenot | 3:28.30 | |
| 8 | 2 |  Belgium | Laetitia Libert, Olivia Borlée, Kimberley Efonye, Justien Grillet | 3:31.82 | SB |