Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 4 × 100 m medley (women)

sport	swim
discipline	4 x 100 meter layers
gender	Women
place	London Aquatics Center
Attendees	84 athletes in 16 relays
Competition phase	3rd / 4th August 2012

The relay competition for women in the 4 x 100 meter medley at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on August 3rd and 4th, 2012 in the London Aquatics Center . 16 relays with a total of 84 athletes took part.

There were two preliminary runs. The eight fastest seasons of all heats qualified for the final, which was held on the same day.

Abbreviations:
WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record, PB = personal best, JWB = annual world record

Existing records

World record	People's Republic of China ( Zhao Jing , Chen Huijia , Jiao Liuyang , Li Zhesi )	3: 52.19 min	Rome , Italy	August 1, 2009
Olympic record	Australia ( Emily Seebohm , Leisel Jones , Jessicah Schipper , Lisbeth Trickett )	3: 52.69 min	Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 17, 2008

Title holder

Olympic champion	Australia ( Emily Seebohm , Leisel Jones , Jessicah Schipper , Lisbeth Trickett )	3: 52.69 min	Beijing 2008
World Champion	United States ( Natalie Coughlin , Rebecca Soni , Dana Vollmer , Missy Franklin )	3: 52.36 min	Shanghai 2011
European champion	Germany ( Jenny Mensing , Sarah Poewe , Alexandra Wenk , Britta Steffen )	3: 58.43 min	Debrecen 2012

leader

Forward 1

August 3, 2012

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	Netherlands	Sharon van Rouwendaal Moniek Nijhuis Inge Dekker Femke Heemskerk	3: 59.19 min
2	People's Republic of China	Gao Chang Sun Ye Jiao Liuyang Tang Yi	3: 59.38 min
3	Russia	Maria Gromowa Julija Eefimowa Irina Bespalowa Veronika Popowa	3: 59.57 min
4th	Germany	Jenny Mensing Sarah Poewe Alexandra Wenk Britta Steffen	3: 59.95 min
5	Italy	Arianna Barbieri Michela Guzzetti Ilaria Bianchi Federica Pellegrini	4: 02.20 min
6th	Canada	Julia Wilkinson Tera van Beilen Katerine Savard Samantha Cheverton	4: 02.71 min
7th	France	Laure Manaudou Fanny Babou Justine Bruno Charlotte Bonnet	4: 05.53 min
-	Hungary	Evelyn Verrasztó Anna Sztankovics Zsuzsanna Jakabos Eszter Dara	-	Disqualified

Forward 2

August 3, 2012

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	Australia	Emily Seebohm Leisel Jones Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie	3: 55.42 min
2	Japan	Aya Terakawa Satomi Suzuki Yuka Kato Haruka Ueda	3: 57.87 min
3	Denmark	Mie Østergaard Nielsen Rikke Møller Pedersen Jeanette Ottesen Gray Pernille Flower	3: 58.35 min	NO
4th	United States	Rachel Bootsma Breeja Larson Claire Donahue Jessica Hardy	3: 58.88 min
5	United Kingdom	Gemma Spofforth Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Jemma Lowe Amy Smith	3: 59.37 min
6th	Sweden	Sarah Sjöström Jennie Johansson Martina Granström Michelle Coleman	4: 00.76 min
7th	Spain	Duane da Rocha Marina García Urzainqui Judit Ignacio Sorribes Melanie Costa	4: 03.05 min	NO
8th	Iceland	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir Sarah Blake Bateman Eva Hannesdóttir	4: 07.09 min

final

August 4, 2012, 8:07 p.m. CET

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Missy Franklin Rebecca Soni Dana Vollmer Allison Schmitt	3: 52.05 min	WR , OR
2	Australia	Emily Seebohm Leisel Jones Alicia Coutts Melanie Schlanger	3: 54.02 min
3	Japan	Aya Terakawa Satomi Suzuki Yuka Kato Haruka Ueda	3: 55.73 min	NO
4th	Russia	Anastassja Sujewa Julija Eefimowa Irina Bespalowa Veronika Popowa	3: 56.03 min	NO
5	People's Republic of China	Zhao Jing Ji Liping Lu Ying Tang Yi	3: 56.41 min
6th	Netherlands	Sharon van Rouwendaal Moniek Nijhuis Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo	3: 57.28 min	NO
7th	Denmark	Mie Østergaard Nielsen Rikke Møller Pedersen Jeanette Ottesen Gray Pernille Flower	3: 57.76 min	NO
8th	United Kingdom	Gemma Spofforth Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Ellen Gandy Francesca Halsall	3: 59.46 min

For the first time, all of the final seasons stayed under four minutes.

The Danish relay team was able to improve the national record twice in this competition.

Web links

• Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 4 × 100 m positions in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence