Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 4 × 100 m medley (women)
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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 |
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3: 52.19 min | Rome , Italy | August 1, 2009 |
Olympic record |
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3: 52.69 min | Beijing , People's Republic of China | August 17, 2008 |
Title holder
Olympic champion |
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3: 52.69 min | Beijing 2008 |
World Champion |
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3: 52.36 min | Shanghai 2011 |
European champion |
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3: 58.43 min | Debrecen 2012 |
leader
Forward 1
August 3, 2012
space | nation | occupation | time | annotation |
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1 |
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Sharon van Rouwendaal Moniek Nijhuis Inge Dekker Femke Heemskerk |
3: 59.19 min | |
2 |
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Gao Chang Sun Ye Jiao Liuyang Tang Yi |
3: 59.38 min | |
3 |
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Maria Gromowa Julija Eefimowa Irina Bespalowa Veronika Popowa |
3: 59.57 min | |
4th |
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Jenny Mensing Sarah Poewe Alexandra Wenk Britta Steffen |
3: 59.95 min | |
5 |
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Arianna Barbieri Michela Guzzetti Ilaria Bianchi Federica Pellegrini |
4: 02.20 min | |
6th |
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Julia Wilkinson Tera van Beilen Katerine Savard Samantha Cheverton |
4: 02.71 min | |
7th |
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Laure Manaudou Fanny Babou Justine Bruno Charlotte Bonnet |
4: 05.53 min | |
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Evelyn Verrasztó Anna Sztankovics Zsuzsanna Jakabos Eszter Dara |
- | Disqualified |
Forward 2
August 3, 2012
space | nation | occupation | time | annotation |
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1 |
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Emily Seebohm Leisel Jones Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie |
3: 55.42 min | |
2 |
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Aya Terakawa Satomi Suzuki Yuka Kato Haruka Ueda |
3: 57.87 min | |
3 |
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Mie Østergaard Nielsen Rikke Møller Pedersen Jeanette Ottesen Gray Pernille Flower |
3: 58.35 min | NO |
4th |
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Rachel Bootsma Breeja Larson Claire Donahue Jessica Hardy |
3: 58.88 min | |
5 |
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Gemma Spofforth Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Jemma Lowe Amy Smith |
3: 59.37 min | |
6th |
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Sarah Sjöström Jennie Johansson Martina Granström Michelle Coleman |
4: 00.76 min | |
7th |
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Duane da Rocha Marina García Urzainqui Judit Ignacio Sorribes Melanie Costa |
4: 03.05 min | NO |
8th |
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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 |
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1 |
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Missy Franklin Rebecca Soni Dana Vollmer Allison Schmitt |
3: 52.05 min | WR , OR |
2 |
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Emily Seebohm Leisel Jones Alicia Coutts Melanie Schlanger |
3: 54.02 min | |
3 |
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Aya Terakawa Satomi Suzuki Yuka Kato Haruka Ueda |
3: 55.73 min | NO |
4th |
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Anastassja Sujewa Julija Eefimowa Irina Bespalowa Veronika Popowa |
3: 56.03 min | NO |
5 |
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Zhao Jing Ji Liping Lu Ying Tang Yi |
3: 56.41 min | |
6th |
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Sharon van Rouwendaal Moniek Nijhuis Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo |
3: 57.28 min | NO |
7th |
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Mie Østergaard Nielsen Rikke Møller Pedersen Jeanette Ottesen Gray Pernille Flower |
3: 57.76 min | NO |
8th |
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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