Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Danube Arena
Dates	21 May 2021
Competitors	56 from 13 nations
Teams	13
Winning time	7:53.15
Medalists
Lucy Hope Tamryn Van Selm Holly Hibbott Freya Anderson Emma Russell   Great Britain   Zsuzsanna Jakabos Fanni Fábián Laura Veres Boglárka Kapás Evelyn Verrasztó   Hungary   Stefania Pirozzi Sara Gailli Simona Quadarella Federica Pellegrini Lisa Angiolini   Italy

The Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 May 2021.

Records

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

	Team	Time	Location	Date
World record	Australia	7:41.50	Gwangju	25 July 2019
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 held at 11:04.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Italy	Stefania Pirozzi (2:00.01) Sara Gailli (2:00.90) Lisa Angiolini (2:01.18) Federica Pellegrini (1:57.74)	7:59.83	Q
2	1	5	Israel	Lea Polonsky (2:02.67) Andrea Murez (1:57.31) Daria Golovaty (2:01.76) Anastasia Gorbenko (1:58.77)	8:00.51	Q, NR
3	1	6	Denmark	Marina Heller Hansen (2:00.64) Helena Rosendahl Bach (1:59.34) Amalie Søby Mortensen (2:00.43) Maj Howardsen (2:01.24)	8:01.65	Q
4	1	7	Great Britain	Lucy Hope (2:00.22) Tamryn van Selm (1:59.78) Holly Hibbott (2:00.51) Emma Russell (2:01.17)	8:01.68	Q
5	2	6	Belgium	Valentine Dumont (1:58.90) Kimberly Buys (2:01.78) Lana Ravelingien (2:00.84) Lotte Goris (2:00.21)	8:01.73	Q, NR
6	1	3	Hungary	Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:59.87) Evelyn Verrasztó (2:01.18) Fanni Fábián (2:00.50) Laura Veres (2:00.95)	8:02.50	Q
7	2	3	Poland	Aleksandra Knop (2:01.74) Aleksandra Polańska (1:59.84) Paulina Nogaj (2:02.40) Dominika Kossakowska (1:59.30)	8:03.28	Q
8	2	5	France	Margaux Fabre (2:01.86) Océane Carnez (2:00.04) Lucile Tessariol (2:01.92) Assia Touati (1:59.54)	8:03.36	Q
9	2	7	Slovenia	Janja Šegel (2:00.64) Neža Klančar (2:01.99) Tjaša Pintar (2:01.65) Katja Fain (1:59.33)	8:03.61
10	2	1	Austria	Cornelia Pammer (2:01.27) Lena Opatril (2:01.65) Lena Kreundl (2:07.57) Marlene Kahler (1:59.93)	8:10.42
11	2	4	Slovakia	Laura Benková (2:03.66) Zora Ripková (2:02.90) Tamara Potocka (2:01.79) Martina Cibulková (2:02.64)	8:10.99	NR
12	1	2	Turkey	Merve Tuncel (2:02.19) Beril Böcekler (2:03.07) Selen Özbilen (2:06.31) Deniz Ertan (2:06.05)	8:17.62
13	2	2	Portugal	Francisca Martins (2:03.69) Raquel Pereira (2:06.43) Diana Durães (2:05.57) Rita Frischknecht (2:05.94)	8:21.63

Final

The final was held on 21 May 2021 at 19:49.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	6	Great Britain	Lucy Hope (1:58.45) Tamryn Van Selm (1:58.59) Holly Hibbott (1:59.71) Freya Anderson (1:56.40)	7:53.15
	7	Hungary	Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:59.34) Fanni Fábián (2:00.19) Laura Veres (1:59.23) Boglárka Kapás (1:57.50)	7:56.26
	4	Italy	Stefania Pirozzi (1:59.63) Sara Gailli (1:59.94) Simona Quadarella (2:00.61) Federica Pellegrini (1:56.54)	7:56.72
4	8	France	Charlotte Bonnet (1:57.31) Océane Carnez (1:59.94) Lucile Tessariol (2:00.61) Assia Touati (2:00.06)	7:59.45
5	3	Denmark	Marina Heller Hansen (2:01.63) Helena Rosendahl Bach (1:58.50) Amalie Søby Mortensen (2:00.20) Maj Howardsen (2:01.00)	8:01.33
6	1	Poland	Aleksandra Knop (2:01.67) Aleksandra Polańska (1:59.10) Paulina Nogaj (2:02.62) Dominika Kossakowska (2:00.46)	8:03.85
7	2	Belgium	Valentine Dumont (1:58.61) Kimberly Buys (2:02.69) Lana Ravelingien (2:03.48) Lotte Goris (2:00.11)	8:04.89
8	5	Israel	Daria Golovaty (2:01.71) Andrea Murez (1:59.26) Lea Polonsky (2:02.47) Anastasia Gorbenko (2:04.25)	8:07.69