4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Women

Competition	1985 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Sofia BUL
Held	6 August 1985
Status	Medal
Competitors	43
Countries	9

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	East Germany	GDR	8:09.27 (1 h2)	8:03.82 (1 F)
	Astrid Strauß		2:02.62	2:01.00
	Karen König		2:01.27	2:01.71
	Manuela Stellmach		—	2:00.55
	Heike Friedrich		—	2:00.56
	Anke Möhring		2:02.85	—	*
	Kerstin Kielgaß		2:02.53	—	*
🥈	Netherlands	NED	8:22.51 (2 h2)	8:15.14 (2 F)
	Jolande van der Meer		2:05.21	2:04.79
	Illse Oegema		2:05.52	2:04.60
	Mildred Muis		2:06.02	2:04.29
	Conny van Bentum		2:05.76	2:01.46
🥉	Sweden	SWE	8:22.95 (3 h1)	8:15.15 (3 F)
	Suzanne Nilsson		2:04.90	2:05.10
	Maria Kardum		—	2:04.04
	Agneta Eriksson		—	2:03.00
	Eva Nyberg		2:04.45	2:03.01
	Christina Erlén		2:07.17	—	*
	Susanne Dahlström		2:06.43	—	*
4	Italy	ITA	8:22.81 (3 h2)	8:15.84 (4 F)
	Tanya Vannini		2:04.86	2:03.42
	Monica Olmi		2:05.81	2:04.46
	Carla Lasi		—	2:04.74
	Silvia Persi		2:04.64	2:03.22
	Laura Montalbetti		2:07.50	—	*
5	Soviet Union	URS	8:22.59 (2 h1)	8:16.24 (5 F)
	Inna Tyshchenko		2:05.80	2:05.99
	Yelena Dendeberova		—	2:03.22
	Olga Grigoryeva		2:05.91	2:03.97
	Svetlana Kopchikova		2:03.50	2:03.06
	Tatyana Kurnikova		2:07.38	—	*
6	Germany	GER	8:21.40 (1 h1)	8:16.53 (6 F)
	Julia Lebek		2:05.85	2:05.35
	Karin Seick		2:06.30	2:03.15
	Iris Zscherpe		2:04.24	2:04.80
	Petra Zindler		—	2:03.23
	Susanne Schuster		2:05.01	—	*
7	France	FRA	8:30.44 (4 h2)	8:23.10 (7 F)
	Véronique Jardin		2:05.18	2:04.89
	Sophie Kamoun		2:07.06	2:04.52
	Véronique Stéphan		2:09.46	2:06.83
	Cécile Prunier		2:08.74	2:06.86
8	Spain	ESP	8:46.56 (4 h1)	8:45.35 (8 F)
	Inma Tarragó		2:09.60	2:08.23
	Carmen Valiente		2:11.70	2:09.70
	Amaya Garbayo		2:14.61	—	*
	Camino Sevillano		2:10.65	—	*
DQ	Bulgaria	BUL	— (DQ h2)	—
	Antoaneta Strumenlieva		—	—
	Vanya Argirova		—	—
	Natasha Hristova		—	—
	Rumyana Kavardzhikova		—	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Germany	GER	8:21.40
	Julia Lebek		2:05.85
	Karin Seick		2:06.30
	Iris Zscherpe		2:04.24
	Petra Zindler		—
	Susanne Schuster		2:05.01
2	Soviet Union	URS	8:22.59
	Inna Tyshchenko		2:05.80
	Yelena Dendeberova		—
	Olga Grigoryeva		2:05.91
	Svetlana Kopchikova		2:03.50
	Tatyana Kurnikova		2:07.38
3	Sweden	SWE	8:22.95
	Suzanne Nilsson		2:04.90
	Maria Kardum		—
	Agneta Eriksson		—
	Eva Nyberg		2:04.45
	Christina Erlén		2:07.17
	Susanne Dahlström		2:06.43
4	Spain	ESP	8:46.56
	Inma Tarragó		2:09.60
	Carmen Valiente		2:11.70
	Amaya Garbayo		2:14.61
	Camino Sevillano		2:10.65

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	East Germany	GDR	8:09.27
	Astrid Strauß		2:02.62
	Karen König		2:01.27
	Manuela Stellmach		—
	Heike Friedrich		—
	Anke Möhring		2:02.85
	Kerstin Kielgaß		2:02.53
2	Netherlands	NED	8:22.51
	Jolande van der Meer		2:05.21
	Illse Oegema		2:05.52
	Mildred Muis		2:06.02
	Conny van Bentum		2:05.76
3	Italy	ITA	8:22.81
	Tanya Vannini		2:04.86
	Monica Olmi		2:05.81
	Carla Lasi		—
	Silvia Persi		2:04.64
	Laura Montalbetti		2:07.50
4	France	FRA	8:30.44
	Véronique Jardin		2:05.18
	Sophie Kamoun		2:07.06
	Véronique Stéphan		2:09.46
	Cécile Prunier		2:08.74
DQ	Bulgaria	BUL	—
	Antoaneta Strumenlieva		—
	Vanya Argirova		—
	Natasha Hristova		—
	Rumyana Kavardzhikova		—

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	East Germany	GDR	8:03.82
	Astrid Strauß		2:01.00
	Karen König		2:01.71
	Manuela Stellmach		2:00.55
	Heike Friedrich		2:00.56
	Anke Möhring		—
	Kerstin Kielgaß		—
2	Netherlands	NED	8:15.14
	Jolande van der Meer		2:04.79
	Illse Oegema		2:04.60
	Mildred Muis		2:04.29
	Conny van Bentum		2:01.46
3	Sweden	SWE	8:15.15
	Suzanne Nilsson		2:05.10
	Maria Kardum		2:04.04
	Agneta Eriksson		2:03.00
	Eva Nyberg		2:03.01
	Christina Erlén		—
	Susanne Dahlström		—
4	Italy	ITA	8:15.84
	Tanya Vannini		2:03.42
	Monica Olmi		2:04.46
	Carla Lasi		2:04.74
	Silvia Persi		2:03.22
	Laura Montalbetti		—
5	Soviet Union	URS	8:16.24
	Inna Tyshchenko		2:05.99
	Yelena Dendeberova		2:03.22
	Olga Grigoryeva		2:03.97
	Svetlana Kopchikova		2:03.06
	Tatyana Kurnikova		—
6	Germany	GER	8:16.53
	Julia Lebek		2:05.35
	Karin Seick		2:03.15
	Iris Zscherpe		2:04.80
	Petra Zindler		2:03.23
	Susanne Schuster		—
7	France	FRA	8:23.10
	Véronique Jardin		2:04.89
	Sophie Kamoun		2:04.52
	Véronique Stéphan		2:06.83
	Cécile Prunier		2:06.86
8	Spain	ESP	8:45.35
	Inma Tarragó		2:08.23
	Carmen Valiente		2:09.70
	Amaya Garbayo		—
	Camino Sevillano		—