Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay ; at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	7 August
Competitors	53 from 12 nations
Teams	12
Winning time	7:51.65
Medalists
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The Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 7 August 2018.^[1]^[2]

Records[]

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

	Team	Time	Location	Date
World record	China	7:42.08	Rome	30 July 2009
European record	Great Britain	7:45.51	Rome	30 July 2009
Championship record	Italy	7:50.53	Berlin	21 August 2014

The heats were started at 10:00.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	2	Russia	Anna Egorova (1:58.98) Valeriya Salamatina (1:59.43) Irina Krivonogova (2:00.35) Arina Openysheva (1:59.14)	7:57.90	Q
2	1	3	Great Britain	Kathryn Greenslade (1:59.33) Ellie Faulkner (1:58.89) Lucy Hope (2:01.47) Holly Hibbott (2:01.09)	8:00.78	Q
3	2	7	Germany	Reva Foos (1:58.99) Marie Pietruschka (2:00.53) Isabel Marie Gose (2:00.60) Annika Bruhn (2:01.83)	8:01.95	Q
4	1	2	France	Margaux Fabre (2:00.20) Assia Touati (1:59.77) (2:00.28) Marie Wattel (2:03.28)	8:03.53	Q
5	1	4	Spain	Melani Costa (2:00.08) Lidón Muñoz (2:01.99) (2:01.55) África Zamorano (2:00.75)	8:04.37	Q
6	2	1	Denmark	(2:00.78) Emily Gantriis (2:00.84) (2:03.08) Helena Rosendahl Bach (1:59.93)	8:04.63	Q
7	1	5	Poland	(2:02.05) (2:00.82) (2:02.04) Aleksandra Polańska (2:00.90)	8:05.81	Q
8	2	8	Netherlands	Robin Neumann (2:00.56) Esmee Vermeulen (2:00.92) (2:03.13) Marjolein Delno (2:01.22)	8:05.83	Q
9	2	3	Belgium	Valentine Dumont (1:59.62) (2:03.65) (2:00.81) (2:04.51)	8:08.59
10	2	5	Austria	Marlene Kahler (2:02.84) Lena Kreundl (2:01.80) (2:02.89) Cornelia Pammer (2:03.41)	8:10.94
11	2	4	Slovenia	Janja Šegel (2:03.53) Katja Fain (2:03.25) Neža Klančar (2:04.68) (2:03.50)	8:14.96
12	1	7	San Marino	(2:10.53) (2:11.92) (2:17.50) Arianna Valloni (2:11.50)	8:51.45
	1	1	Hungary	Did not start
	1	6	Switzerland
	2	6	Italy

The final was started at 17:49.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time
	5	Great Britain	Ellie Faulkner (1:59.25) Kathryn Greenslade (1:57.94) Holly Hibbott (1:58.46) Freya Anderson (1:56.00)	7:51.65
	4	Russia	Valeriya Salamatina (1:58.72) Anna Egorova (1:58.18) Arina Openysheva (1:58.48) Anastasia Guzhenkova (1:57.49)	7:52.87
	3	Germany	Reva Foos (1:58.90) Isabel Marie Gose (1:58.22) Sarah Köhler (1:58.99) Annika Bruhn (1:57.65)	7:53.76
4	6	France	Marie Wattel (1:59.72) Charlotte Bonnet (1:56.23) Margaux Fabre (1:58.67) Assia Touati (1:59.24)	7:53.86
5	2	Spain	Melani Costa (1:58.55) África Zamorano (2:00.85) (2:01.17) Lidón Muñoz (2:01.47)	8:02.04
6	8	Netherlands	Robin Neumann (2:00.65) Esmee Vermeulen (2:01.10) (2:00.52) Marjolein Delno (2:00.67)	8:02.94
7	7	Denmark	(2:00.27) Signe Bro (2:03.25) Emily Gantriis (2:00.48) Helena Rosendahl Bach (2:00.43)	8:04.43
8	1	Poland	(2:01.92) (2:00.98) (2:01.29) Aleksandra Polańska (2:00.32)	8:04.51

2018 European Aquatics Championships

Swimming
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
	mixed
4×200 m	men	women
	mixed
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
	mixed
Diving
Individual
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Synchronised
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Mixed	3 m	10 m
Team	team
Synchronised swimming
Solo	Free	Technical
Duet	Free	Technical
Team	Free	Technical
Mixed	Free	Technical
Combination	Combination
Open water swimming
5 km	men	women
10 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Team	team
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