Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates	16 May
Competitors	63 from 15 nations
Teams	15
Winning time	3:33.80
Medalists
Maud van der Meer Femke Heemskerk Marrit Steenbergen Ranomi Kromowidjojo   Netherlands   Silvia Di Pietro Erika Ferraioli Aglaia Pezzato Federica Pellegrini   Italy   Sarah Sjöström Ida Marko-Varga Ida Lindborg Louise Hansson   Sweden

The Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 May 2016.

Records

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

	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Australia	3:30.98	Glasgow	24 July 2014
European record	Netherlands	3:31.72	Rome	26 July 2009
Championship record	Netherlands	3:33.62	Eindhoven	18 March 2008

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 11:56.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	1	1	Netherlands	Maud van der Meer (54.55) Marrit Steenbergen (54.49) Esmee Vermeulen (54.85) Femke Heemskerk (54.69)	3:38.58	Q
2	2	5	Italy	Erika Ferraioli (54.85) Aglaia Pezzato (54.91) Laura Letrati (55.27) Federica Pellegrini (54.18)	3:39.21	Q
3	2	6	Denmark	Mie Østergaard Nielsen (54.47) Julie Kepp Jensen (55.94) Sarah Bro (55.29) Pernille Blume (53.68)	3:39.38	Q
4	2	7	France	Mathilde Cini (55.18) Cloé Hache (54.95) Anna Santamans (55.17) Marie Wattel (55.96)	3:41.26	Q
5	2	2	Spain	Fatima Gallardo Carapeto (55.90) Marta Gonzalez Crivillers (54.96) Lidon Munoz Del Campo (55.92) Patricia Castro (54.79)	3:41.57	Q
6	1	6	Switzerland	Maria Ugolkova (55.52) Sasha Touretski (56.23) Danielle Carmen Villars (55.33) Noemi Girardet (55.02)	3:42.10	Q
7	2	4	Finland	Fanny Teijonsalo (56.39) Hanna-Maria Seppälä (55.83) Lotta Nevalainen (55.96) Mimosa Jallow (54.98)	3:43.16	Q
8	2	1	Sweden	Louise Hansson (56.10) Ida Marko-Varga (54.98) Ida Lindborg (55.57) Nathalie Lindborg (56.60)	3:43.25	Q
9	1	4	Great Britain	Harriet Cooper (55.45) Georgia Coates (56.30) Ellie Faulkner (56.40) Lucy Hope (55.52)	3:43.67
10	2	3	Austria	Birgit Koschischek (55.58) Lisa Zaiser (56.12) Lena Kreundl (55.77) Julia Kukla (56.70)	3:44.17
11	1	5	Belgium	Kimberly Buys (56.02) Juliette Dumont (56.39) Juliette Casini (56.15) Lotte Goris (55.66)	3:44.22
12	1	7	Turkey	Ilknur Nihan Cakici (57.30) Esra Kuebra Kacmaz (56.56) Gizem Bozkurt (57.83) Ekaterina Avramova (57.14)	3:48.83
13	1	2	Estonia	Kertu Ly Alnek (56.97) Tess Grossmann (57.34) Margaret Markvardt (58.13) Alina Kendzior (58.46)	3:50.90
14	2	8	San Marino	Elisa Bernardi (1:00.60) Elena Giovannini (59.94) Martina Ceccaroni (59.92) Sara Lettoli (59.26)	3:59.72
	1	3	Israel	Keren Siebner (56.04) Zohar Shikler (56.53) Amit Ivry Andrea Murez	DSQ

Final

The final was held at 19:18.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	4	Netherlands	Maud van der Meer (54.68) Femke Heemskerk (52.80) Marrit Steenbergen (53.82) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.50)	3:33.80
	5	Italy	Silvia Di Pietro (55.00) Erika Ferraioli (54.18) Aglaia Pezzato (55.04) Federica Pellegrini (53.46)	3:37.68
	8	Sweden	Sarah Sjöström (53.48) Ida Marko-Varga (54.90) Ida Lindborg (54.45) Louise Hansson (55.01)	3:37.84
4	6	France	Mathilde Cini (54.82) Cloé Hache (55.08) Anna Santamans (54.66) Charlotte Bonnet (53.73)	3:38.29
5	3	Denmark	Pernille Blume (54.26) Julie Kepp Jensen (55.87) Sarah Bro (55.53) Mie Østergaard Nielsen (53.91)	3:39.57
6	2	Spain	Fatima Gallardo Carapeto (55.33) Marta Gonzalez Crivillers (54.52) Patricia Castro (54.92) Lidon Munoz Del Campo (55.87)	3:40.64
7	7	Switzerland	Maria Ugolkova (55.07) Sasha Touretski (56.45) Danielle Carmen Villars (55.06) Noemi Girardet (55.18)	3:41.76
8	1	Finland	Fanny Teijonsalo (56.64) Hanna-Maria Seppälä (55.91) Lotta Nevalainen (55.78) Mimosa Jallow (54.90)	3:43.23