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

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 |
