Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 4 × 200 m freestyle (women)

sport	swim
discipline	4 times 200 meters freestyle
gender	Women
place	London Aquatics Center
Attendees	84 athletes in 16 relays
Competition phase	August 1, 2012

The relay race over 4 times 200 meters freestyle of women at the 2012 Olympics in London was on August 1, 2012 at the London Aquatics Center held. 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 ( Yang Yu , Zhu Qianwei , Liu Ying , Pang Jiaying )	7: 42.08 min	Rome , Italy	July 30, 2009
Olympic record	Australia ( Stephanie Rice , Bronte Barratt , Kylie Palmer , Linda Mackenzie )	7: 44.31 min	Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 14, 2008

Title holder

Olympic champion	Australia ( Stephanie Rice , Bronte Barratt , Kylie Palmer , Linda Mackenzie )	7: 44.31 min	Beijing 2008
World Champion	United States ( Missy Franklin , Dagny Knutson , Katie Hoff , Allison Schmitt )	7: 46.14 min	Shanghai 2011
European champion	Italy ( Alice Mizzau , Alice Nesti , Diletta Carli , Federica Pellegrini )	7: 52.90 min	Debrecen 2012

leader

Forward 1

August 1, 2012

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	Australia	Brittany Elmslie Angie Bainbridge Jade Neilsen Blair Evans	7: 49.44 min
2	Canada	Barbara Jardin Samantha Cheverton Amanda Reason Brittany MacLean	7: 50.84 min
3	France	Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne Margaux Farrell Mylène Lazare Camille Muffat	7: 52.88 min
4th	United Kingdom	Catilin McClatchey Rebecca Turner Ellie Faulkner Joanne Jackson	7: 54.31 min
5	Japan	Haruka Ueda Hanae Ito Yayoi Matsumoto Aya Takano	7: 54.56 min
6th	Spain	Melanie Costa Patricia Castro Lydia Morant Mireia Belmonte	7: 54.59 min	NO
7th	Russia	Maria Baklakowa Elena Sokolowa Veronika Popowa Daria Beljakina	7: 56.50 min
8th	Ukraine	Daryna Sewina Hanna Dzerkal Darja Stepanyuk Irina Glawnik	8: 12.67 min

Forward 2

August 1, 2012

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Lauren Perdue Shannon Vreeland Alyssa Anderson Dana Vollmer	7: 50.75 min
2	Italy	Alice Mizzau Alice Nesti Diletta Carli Federica Pellegrini	7: 52.75 min
3	People's Republic of China	Zhu Qianwei Liu Ying Chen Qian Pang Jiaying	7: 53.66 min
4th	Hungary	Ágnes Mutina Zsuzsanna Jakabos Katinka Hosszú Evelyn Verrasztó	7: 54.58 min
5	New Zealand	Natasha Hind Samantha Lucie-Smith Amaka Gessler Melissa Ingram	7: 55.92 min	NO
6th	Germany	Silke Lippok Theresa Michalak Annika Bruhn Daniela Schreiber	7: 58.93 min
7th	Slovenia	Sara Isakovič Anja Klinar Urša Bežan Mojca Sagmeister	8: 04.69 min
8th	Poland	Katarzyna Wilk Karolina Szczepaniak Diana Sokołowska Alexandra Putra	8: 13.76 min

Alexandra Putra took part in the 2004 Olympic Games. She started there for the French Swimming Association.

final

August 1, 2012, 9:04 p.m. CET

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Missy Franklin Dana Vollmer Shannon Vreeland Allison Schmitt	7: 42.92 min	OR
2	Australia	Bronte Barratt Melanie Schlanger Kylie Palmer Alicia Coutts	7: 44.41
3	France	Camille Muffat Charlotte Bonnet Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne Coralie Balmy	7: 47.49 min	NO
4th	Canada	Barbara Jardin Samantha Cheverton Amanda Reason Brittany MacLean	7: 50.65 min
5	United Kingdom	Catilin McClatchey Rebecca Turner Hannah Miley Joanne Jackson	7: 52.37 min
6th	People's Republic of China	Wang Shijia Ye Shiwen Chen Qian Pang Jiaying	7: 53.11 min
7th	Italy	Alice Mizzau Alice Nesti Diletta Carli Federica Pellegrini	7: 56.30 min
8th	Japan	Haruka Ueda Hanae Ito Yayoi Matsumoto Aya Takano	7: 56.73 min

The victory of the US relay means the fourth victory in the fifth Olympic race.
France won the first medal in this discipline.

Web links

• Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 4 × 200 m freestyle in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence