2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 4 × 200 m freestyle (women)

sport	swim
discipline	4 times 200 meters freestyle
gender	Women
place	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Attendees	76 athletes from 16 countries
Competition phase	August 10, 2016

The relay competition for women’s 4 x 200 meter freestyle at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 10, 2016 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 76 athletes from 16 countries 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 <

ER = European record, NAR = North American record, SAR = South American record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = African record, OZR = Oceania record

Existing records

World record	People's Republic of China ( Yang Yu , Zhu Qianwei, Liu Jing, Pang Jiaying )	7: 42.08 min	Rome , Italy	July 30, 2009
Olympic record	United States ( Missy Franklin , Dana Vollmer , Shannon Vreeland, Allison Schmitt )	7: 42.92 min	London , UK	August 1, 2012

Title holder

Olympic champion	United States ( Missy Franklin , Dana Vollmer , Shannon Vreeland, Allison Schmitt )	7: 42.92 min	London 2012
World Champion	United States ( Missy Franklin , Leah Smith, Katie McLaughlin, Katie Ledecky )	7: 45.37 min	Kazan 2015
European champion	Hungary ( Zsuzsanna Jakabos , Evelyn Verrasztó , Boglárka Kapás , Katinka Hosszú )	7: 51.63 min	London 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	Australia	Leah Neale Bronte Barratt Tamsin Cook Jessica Ashwood	7: 49.24 min
2	Russia	Viktorija Andrejewa Arina Opjonyschewa Daria Mullakaeva Weronika Popowa	7: 50.52 min
3	Canada	Katerine Savard Taylor Jerk Emily Overholt Kennedy Goss	7: 51.99 min
4th	Japan	Chihiro Igarashi Rikako Ikee Tomomi Aoki Sachi Mochida	7: 52.50 min
5	Sweden	Louise Hansson Michelle Coleman Ida Marko-Varga Sarah Sjöström	7: 53.43 min
6th	Italy	Alice Mizzau Martina De Memme Chiara Masini Luccetti Federica Pellegrini	7: 57.74 min
7th	Netherlands	Marrit Steenbergen Esmee Vermeulen Andrea Kneppers Robin Neumann	7: 58.74 min
8th	Slovenia	Janja Šegel Anja Klinar Tjaša Pintar Tjasa Or	8: 02.22 min

Forward 2

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Allison Schmitt Missy Franklin Melanie Margalis Cierra Runge	7: 47.77 min
2	People's Republic of China	Ai Yanhan Zhang Yuhan Dong Jie Wang Shijia	7: 49.58 min
3	Hungary	Evelyn Verrasztó Ajna Késely Boglárka Kapás Katinka Hosszú	7: 51.17 min
4th	United Kingdom	Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Georgia Coates Hannah Miley Camilla Hattersley	7: 54.17 min
5	France	Coralie Balmy Cloé Hache Charlotte Bonnet Margaux Fabre	7: 55.55 min
6th	Brazil	Manuella Lyrio Jéssica Cavalheiro Gabrielle Roncatto Larissa Oliveira	7: 55.68 min	SAR
7th	Germany	Annika Bruhn Leonie Kullmann Paulina Schmiedel Sarah Koehler	7: 56.74 min
8th	Spain	Melanie Costa Patricia Castro Fátima Gallardo Carapeto Africa Zamorano Sanz	8: 03.74 min

final

August 11, 2016, 4:55 am CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Allison Schmitt Leah Smith Maya DiRado Katie Ledecky	United States	7: 43.03 min
2	Leah Neale Emma McKeon Bronte Barratt Tamsin Cook	Australia	7: 44.87 min
3	Katerine Savard Taylor Jerk Brittany Maclean Penny Oleksiak	Canada	7: 45.39 min	NO
4th	Shen Duo Ai Yanhan Dong Jie Zhang Yuhan	People's Republic of China	7: 47.96 min
4th	Michelle Coleman Ida Marko-Varga Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	7: 50.26 min
6th	Zsuzsanna Jakabos Ajna Késely Boglárka Kapás Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	7: 51.03 min
7th	Weronika Popowa Viktorija Andrejewa Darja Ustinowa Arina Opjonyschewa	Russia	7: 53.26 min
8th	Chihiro Igarashi Sachi Mochida Tomomi Aoki	Japan	7: 56.76 min

Web links

• Result of the preliminary runs
• Result of the final