2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2016 European Athletics Championships will take place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 and 10 July.
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2016 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
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3:25.48 | Lawrence, United States | 28 May 2016 |
| European Leading |  United Kingdom(Kelly Massey, Laviai Nielsen Perri Shakes-Drayton, Emily Diamond) |
3:28.62 | Regensburg, Germany | 5 June 2016 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2016 | 13:55 | Round 1 |
| 10 July 2016 | 18:40 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)
Results
Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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| 1 |  Slovakia |
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| 1 |  Norway |
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| 1 |  Italy |
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| 1 |  Turkey |
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| 1 |  Portugal |
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| 1 | Great Britain |
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| 1 |  Poland |
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| 1 |  Belarus |
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| 2 |  Ukraine |
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| 2 |  Spain |
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| 2 |  Ireland |
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| 2 |  Netherlands |
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| 2 |  Greece |
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| 2 |  France |
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| 2 |  Germany |
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| 2 |  Romania |