Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
Dates	May 24, 2012 (heats and final)
Competitors	44 from 10 nations
Winning time	7:52.90
Medalists
Alice Mizzau Alice Nesti Diletta Carli Federica Pellegrini   Italy   Zsuzsanna Jakabos Evelyn Verrasztó Ágnes Mutina Katinka Hosszú   Hungary   Sara Isakovič Anja Klinar Ursa Bezan Mojca Sagmeister   Slovenia

The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place on May 24. The heats and final took place on May 24.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	China	7:42.08	Rome	July 30, 2009
European record	Great Britain	7:45.51	Rome	July 30, 2009
Championship record	Germany	7:50.82	Budapest	August 3, 2006

Results

Heats

10 nations participated in 2 heats.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	5	Zsuzsanna Jakabos Evelyn Verrasztó Ágnes Mutina Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	8:05.83	Q
2	2	4	Mojca Sagmeister Ursa Bezan Anja Klinar Sara Isakovič	Slovenia	8:06.10	Q
3	1	2	Patricia Castro Ortega Lydia Morant Varo Judit Ignacio Sorribes Mireia Belmonte García	Spain	8:06.39	Q
4	1	4	Silke Lippok Daniela Schreiber Alexandra Wenk Theresa Michalak	Germany	8:06.83	Q
5	2	6	Martina de Memme Alice Nesti Diletta Carli Erica Buratto	Italy	8:07.69	Q
6	1	3	Jördis Steinegger Lisa Zaiser Eva Chaves-Diaz Uschi Halbreiner	Austria	8:08.80	Q
7	2	2	Sycerika McMahon Melanie Nocher Nuala Murphy Bethany Carson	Ireland	8:13.30	Q
8	2	5	Valeriya Podlesna Darya Stepanyuk Iryna Glavnyk Ganna Dzerkal	Ukraine	8:17.33	Q
9	2	3	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Eva Hannesdóttir Johanna Gerda Gustafsdottir Sarah Blake Bateman	Iceland	8:25.78	NR
10	1	6	Cecilie Johannessen Veronica Orheim Bjørlykke Susann Bjørnsen Emilie Loevberg	Norway	8:26.35	NR

Final

The final was held at 18:30.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Alice Mizzau Alice Nesti Diletta Carli Federica Pellegrini	Italy	7:52.90
	4	Zsuzsanna Jakabos Evelyn Verrasztó Ágnes Mutina Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	7:54.70
	5	Sara Isakovič Anja Klinar Ursa Bezan Mojca Sagmeister	Slovenia	7:59.73	NR
4	6	Silke Lippok Theresa Michalak Alexandra Wenk Daniela Schreiber	Germany	8:00.55
5	7	Jördis Steinegger Lisa Zaiser Birgit Koschischek Uschi Halbreiner	Austria	8:09.13
6	1	Sycerika McMahon Melanie Nocher Bethany Carson Nuala Murphy	Ireland	8:09.15
7	8	Iryna Glavnyk Ganna Dzerkal Darya Stepanyuk Daryna Zevina	Ukraine	8:11.44
	3	Melania Costa Schmid Patricia Castro Ortega Lydia Morant Varo Mireia Belmonte García	Spain		DSQ