Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 May 2021.

Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Danube Arena
Dates	17 May 2021
Competitors	72 from 16 nations
Teams	16
Winning time	3:34.17
Medalists
Lucy Hope Anna Hopkin Abbie Wood Freya Anderson Evelyn Davis Emma Russell   Great Britain   Ranomi Kromowidjojo Kira Toussaint Marrit Steenbergen Femke Heemskerk Kim Busch Robin Neumann   Netherlands   Marie Wattel Charlotte Bonnet Anouchka Martin Assia Touati Lison Nowaczyk   France

Records

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

	Team	Time	Location	Date
World record	Australia	3:30.05	Gold Coast	5 April 2018
European record	Netherlands	3:31.72	Rome	26 July 2009
Championship record		3:33.62	Eindhoven	18 March 2008

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 11:34.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	1	1	Netherlands	Kim Busch (54.59) Kira Toussaint (54.06) Marrit Steenbergen (53.95) Robin Neumann (55.60)	3:38.20	Q
2	2	3	Denmark	Signe Bro (54.01) Jeanette Ottesen (54.86) Emily Gantriis (55.42) Julie Kepp Jensen (54.59)	3:38.88	Q
3	2	1	Great Britain	Lucy Hope (54.37) Evelyn Davis (55.09) Emma Russell (55.34) Freya Anderson (54.28)	3:39.08	Q
4	1	2	France	Charlotte Bonnet (53.93) Lison Nowaczyk (55.51) Assia Touati (54.74) Anouchka Martin (55.07)	3:39.25	Q
5	1	3	Slovenia	Neža Klančar (54.49) Katja Fain (54.77) Janja Šegel (54.61) Tjaša Pintar (55.74)	3:39.61	Q, NR
6	2	6	Italy	Chiara Tarantino (55.95) Silvia Di Pietro (54.92) Costanza Cocconcelli (55.30) Federica Pellegrini (53.74)	3:39.91	Q
7	1	8	Sweden	Michelle Coleman (54.59) Alma Thormalm (56.35) Sophie Hansson (55.18) Louise Hansson (53.96)	3:40.08	Q
8	1	4	Hungary	Evelyn Verrasztó (55.81) Petra Senánszky (55.09) Panna Ugrai (55.46) Fanni Gyurinovics (54.26)	3:40.62	Q
9	1	6	Poland	Aleksandra Polańska (56.02) Kornelia Fiedkiewicz (55.14) Dominika Kossakowska (55.51) Alicja Tchórz (54.61)	3:41.28
10	2	8	Switzerland	Maria Ugolkova (55.53) Nina Kost (54.83) Leoni Richter (55.76) Noémi Girardet (55.52)	3:41.64
11	1	5	Israel	Andrea Murez (54.18) Anastasia Gorbenko (54.23) Daria Golovaty (56.34) Zohar Shikler (57.73)	3:42.48
12	2	2	Ireland	Mona McSharry (55.95) Danielle Hill (55.78) Victoria Catterson (56.43) Erin Riordan (56.21)	3:44.37	NR
13	1	7	Turkey	Selen Özbilen (56.08) Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş (56.17) İlknur Nihan Çakıcı (56.01) Ekaterina Avramova (56.48)	3:44.74
14	2	7	Latvia	Ieva Maļuka (56.12) Gabriela Ņikitina (56.85) Arina Baikova (56.85) Arina Sisojeva (1:00.17)	3:49.99	NR
15	2	5	Slovakia	Laura Benková (58.16) Teresa Ivanová (56.83) Nikoleta Trníková (59.25) Martina Cibulková (56.54)	3:50.78
16	2	4	Kosovo	Jona Macula (1:07.84) Era Budima (1:04.95) Jona Beqiri (1:04.36) Eda Zeqiri (1:05.95)	4:23.10

Final

The final was held at 19:01.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	3	Great Britain	Lucy Hope (53.89) Anna Hopkin (53.59) Abbie Wood (53.90) Freya Anderson (52.79)	3:34.17	NR
	4	Netherlands	Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.56) Kira Toussaint (54.61) Marrit Steenbergen (54.13) Femke Heemskerk (51.99)	3:34.29
	6	France	Marie Wattel (53.97) Charlotte Bonnet (53.36) Anouchka Martin (54.25) Assia Touati (54.34)	3:35.92
4	5	Denmark	Signe Bro (53.73) Jeanette Ottesen (54.89) Julie Kepp Jensen (54.63) Pernille Blume (53.56)	3:36.81	NR
5	1	Sweden	Michelle Coleman (54.34) Sara Junevik (55.67) Sophie Hansson (54.78) Louise Hansson (53.93)	3:38.72
6	7	Italy	Silvia Di Pietro (55.11) Margherita Panziera (54.88) Federica Pellegrini (53.94) Costanza Cocconcelli (55.15)	3:39.08
7	2	Slovenia	Neža Klančar (54.82) Katja Fain (54.81) Janja Šegel (54.68) Tjaša Pintar (55.65)	3:39.96
8	8	Hungary	Fanni Gyurinovics (55.19) Panna Ugrai (55.05) Petra Senánszky (55.54) Evelyn Verrasztó (56.53)	3:42.31