| 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Track events | ||
| 60 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | men | women |
| 60 m hurdles | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Heptathlon | men | |
The Women's 4 x 400 metres relay race at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 3, 2013, in Gothenburg. [1] [2]
| Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Russia (RUS) | 3:23.37 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 28 January 2006 |
| European record | ||||
| Championship record |  Belarus (BLR) | 3:27.83 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 4 March 2007 |
| World Leading | University of Arkansas | 3:35.20 | New York, United States | 2 February 2013 |
| European Leading | ||||
The final was held at 18:30.
| Position | Nationality | Runners | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  Great Britain | Eilidh Child Shana Cox Christine Ohuruogu Perri Shakes-Drayton | 3:27.56 | WL, NR , CR |
 | Russia | Olga Tovarnova Tatyana Veshkurova Nadezhda Kotlyarova Kseniya Zadorina | 3:28.18 | SB |
 |  Czech Republic | Denisa Rosolová Jitka Bartoničková Lenka Masná Zuzana Hejnová | 3:28.49 | SB |
| 4 |  France | Myriam Soumaré Muriel Hurtis Phara Anacharsis Marie Gayot | 3:28.71 | NR |
| 5 |  Ukraine | Yuliya Krasnoshchok Olha Bibik Kseniya Karandyuk Olha Zemlyak | 3:34.61 | SB |
| 6 |  Sweden | Josefin Magnusson Moa Hjelmer Frida Persson Elin Moraiti | 3:36.17 | SB |
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