Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships
Dates	19 May
Competitors	60 from 13 nations
Winning time	7:51.63
Medalists
Zsuzsanna Jakabos Evelyn Verrasztó Boglárka Kapás Katinka Hosszú    Hungary   Melani Costa Patricia Castro Fatima Gallardo Carapeto Mireia Belmonte    Spain   Andrea Kneppers Esmee Vermeulen Robin Neumann Femke Heemskerk    Netherlands
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The Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships wiwas ll be held on 19 May 2016.^[1][2]

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	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 held at 11:32.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	1	5	Spain	Patricia Castro (1:58.61) Fatima Gallardo Carapeto (1:59.15) Melani Costa (1:58.44) Africa Zamorano Sanz (2:01.00)	7:57.20	Q
2	1	3	Hungary	Evelyn Verrasztó (1:58.55) Boglárka Kapás (2:01.18) Ajna Késely (1:58.96) Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:59.25)	7:57.94	Q
3	1	6	Netherlands	Andrea Kneppers (2:00.53) Esmee Vermeulen (1:58.55) Marrit Steenbergen (1:59.98) Robin Neumann (1:59.43)	7:58.49	Q
4	2	2	Italy	Stefania Pirozzi (2:00.80) Martina De Memme (2:00.43) Erica Musso (1:59.24) Alice Mizzau (1:59.05)	7:59.52	Q
5	2	6	Great Britain	Georgia Coates (2:00.10) Camilla Hattersley (1:59.57) Ellie Faulkner (2:00.68) Hannah Miley (1:59.38)	7:59.73	Q
6	1	2	Slovenia	Janja Šegel (1:59.94) Tjasa Pintar (2:00.43) Nastja Govejšek (2:02.56) Anja Klinar (2:00.03)	8:02.96	Q
7	2	3	Sweden	Ida Marko-Varga (2:01.11) Stina Gardell (2:00.81) Louise Hansson (2:01.39) Henriette Stenkvist (2:01.58)	8:04.89	Q
8	1	4	Belgium	Juliette Casini (2:02.73) Lotte Goris (1:59.47) Camille Bouden (2:04.57) Valentine Dumont (2:00.73)	8:07.50	Q
9	1	7	France	Camille Gheorghiu (2:00.93) Margaux Fabre (2:00.72) Mathilde Cini (2:04.39) Cloé Hache (2:01.47)	8:07.51
10	2	4	Switzerland	Noemi Girardet (2:01.48) Maria Ugolkova (2:00.28) Martina van Berkel (2:03.55) Danielle Carmen Villars (2:04.60)	8:09.91
11	2	5	Austria	Lisa Zaiser (2:02.23) Joerdis Steinegger (2:01.70) Claudia Hufnagl (2:03.61) Julia Kukla (2:02.41)	8:09.95
12	2	1	Finland	Hanna-Maria Seppälä (2:05.74) Laura Lajunen (2:09.57) Anniina Ala-Seppälä (2:04.57) Aino Otava (2:06.26)	8:26.14
	2	7	Poland	Diana Sokołowska (2:01.49) Paula Żukowska Monika Czerniak Wioletta Orczykowska	DSQ

The final was held at 19:45.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	5	Hungary	Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:58.60) Evelyn Verrasztó (1:58.16) Boglárka Kapás (1:58.22) Katinka Hosszú (1:56.65)	7:51.63
	4	Spain	Melani Costa (1:58.69) Patricia Castro (1:58.21) Fatima Gallardo Carapeto (1:58.63) Mireia Belmonte (1:57.85)	7:53.38
	3	Netherlands	Andrea Kneppers (2:00.19) Esmee Vermeulen (1:58.53) Robin Neumann (1:59.75) Femke Heemskerk (1:55.16)	7:53.63
4	2	Great Britain	Jazmin Carlin (1:57.83) Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (1:57.46) Hannah Miley (2:00.04) Georgia Coates (1:58.64)	7:53.97
5	6	Italy	Alice Mizzau (1:59.02) Erica Musso (1:59.57) Stefania Pirozzi (1:59.82) Federica Pellegrini (1:56.38)	7:54.79
6	1	Sweden	Sarah Sjöström (1:55.30) Stina Gardell (2:00.59) Louise Hansson (2:00.02) Ida Marko-Varga (1:59.83)	7:55.74
7	8	Belgium	Juliette Casini (2:00.82) Lotte Goris (1:59.26) Kimberly Buys (2:01.91) Valentine Dumont (2:00.68)	8:02.67
8	7	Slovenia	Janja Šegel (2:00.59) Anja Klinar (1:59.73) Tjasa Pintar (1:59.99) Nastja Govejšek (2:02.87)	8:03.18