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
Venue	Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates	7 August
Competitors	53 from 12 nations
Teams	12
Winning time	7:51.65
Medalists
Ellie Faulkner Kathryn Greenslade Holly Hibbott Freya Anderson Lucy Hope    Great Britain   Valeriya Salamatina Anna Egorova Arina Openysheva Irina Krivonogova Anastasia Guzhenkova    Russia   Reva Foos Isabel Marie Gose Sarah Köhler Annika Bruhn Marie Pietruschka    Germany
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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

Results

Heats

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) Alizée Morel (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) Esther Morillo (2:01.55) África Zamorano (2:00.75)	8:04.37	Q
6	2	1	Denmark	Laura Glerup Jensen (2:00.78) Emily Gantriis (2:00.84) Maria Grandt (2:03.08) Helena Rosendahl Bach (1:59.93)	8:04.63	Q
7	1	5	Poland	Daniela Georges (2:02.05) Dominika Kossakowska (2:00.82) Aleksandra Knop (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) Loulou Vos (2:03.13) Marjolein Delno (2:01.22)	8:05.83	Q
9	2	3	Belgium	Valentine Dumont (1:59.62) Juliette Dumont (2:03.65) Lotte Goris (2:00.81) Camille Bouden (2:04.51)	8:08.59
10	2	5	Austria	Marlene Kahler (2:02.84) Lena Kreundl (2:01.80) Lena Opatril (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) Sara Račnik (2:03.50)	8:14.96
12	1	7	San Marino	Sara Lettoli (2:10.53) Elisa Bernardi (2:11.92) Beatrice Felici (2:17.50) Arianna Valloni (2:11.50)	8:51.45
	1	1	Hungary	Did not start
	1	6	Switzerland
	2	6	Italy

Final

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

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	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) Esther Morillo (2:01.17) Lidón Muñoz (2:01.47)	8:02.04
6	8	Netherlands	Robin Neumann (2:00.65) Esmee Vermeulen (2:01.10) Loulou Vos (2:00.52) Marjolein Delno (2:00.67)	8:02.94
7	7	Denmark	Laura Glerup Jensen (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	Daniela Georges (2:01.92) Dominika Kossakowska (2:00.98) Aleksandra Knop (2:01.29) Aleksandra Polańska (2:00.32)	8:04.51

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