Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4×200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 28. The heats and final were held on July 28.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordChampionship recordYang Yu (1:55.47)Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79)Liu Jing (1:56.09)Pang Jiaying (1:54.73) 7:42.08 Rome July 30, 2009

Results

Heats 17 teams participated in 3 heats.

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes1 3 4 Missy Franklin (1:56.98)Katie Hoff (1:57.01)Jasmine Tosky (1:59.20)Dagny Knutson (1:57.27) 7:50.46 Q2 1 5 Julia Wilkinson (1:58.49)Brittany MacLean (1:58.33)Samantha Cheverton (1:58.34)Barbara Jardin (1:56.89)7:52.05 Q3 1 4 Ágnes Mutina (1:58.12)Evelyn Verrasztó (1:58.14)Katinka Hosszú (1:58.57)Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:57.29)7:52.12 Q4 2 4 Chen Qian (1:58.49)Zhu Qianwei (1:58.78)Liu Jing (1:58.31)Pang Jiaying (1:57.63)7:53.21 Q5 3 3 Joanne Jackson (1:58.88)Rebecca Turner (1:59.04)Hannah Miley (1:59.05)Caitlin McClatchey (1:58.68) 7:55.65 Q6 3 5 Angie Bainbridge (1:58.84)Blair Evans (1:57.33)Jade Neilsen (2:00.42)Bronte Barratt (1:59.09) 7:55.68 Q7 2 5 Coralie Balmy (1:58.31)Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne (2:00.62)Charlotte Bonnet (1:58.40)Camille Muffat (1:58.56) 7:55.89 Q8 1 6 Lauren Boyle (1:57.74)Penelope May Marshall (2:00.68)Amaka Gessler (1:59.67)Natasha Hind (1:59.06) 7:57.15 Q, NR9 2 3 Haruka Ueda (1:58.36)Hanae Ito (1:58.04)Yayoi Matsumoto (1:59.22)Misaki Yamaguchi (2:02.20) 7:57.82 10 1 3 Silke Lippok (1:58.04)Lisa Vitting (1:59.14)Daniela Schreiber (1:59.84)Franziska Jansen (2:01.72) 7:58.74 11 3 6 Veronika Popova (1:57.86)Elena Sokolova (2:00.29)Viktoriya Andreeva (2:00.21)Kira Volodina (2:01.33) 7:59.69 12 2 6 Ida Marko-Varga (2:00.33)Gabriella Fagundez (2:03.15)Sarah Sjöström (1:57.84)Stina Gardell (2:00.98) 8:02.30 13 2 2 Alice Mizzau (2:01.88)Federica Pellegrini (1:58.08)Alice Nesti (2:00.40)Renata Spagnolo (2:02.33) 8:02.69 14 1 7 Valeriya Podlesna (2:02.56)Darya Stepanyuk (2:00.86)Ganna Dzerkal (2:02.93)Daryna Zevyna (2:00.07) 8:06.42 NR15 1 2 Joerdis Steinegger (1:59.58)Birgit Koschischek (2:01.77)Eva Chavez-Diaz (2:02.58)Nina Dittrich (2:00.74)8:06.67 16 2 7 Sycerika McMahon (2:00.88)Melanie Nocher (2:01.28)Clare Dawson (2:02.07)Gráinne Murphy (2:03.43) 8:07.66 NR17 3 7 Charetzeni Susana Escobar (2:04.17)Liliana Ibanez (2:01.87)Patricia Castañeda (2:06.16)Rita Medrano (2:03.83) 8:16.03 – 3 2 DNS

Final The final was held at 19:43.

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 4 Missy Franklin (1:55.06)Dagny Knutson (1:57.18)Katie Hoff (1:57.41)Allison Schmitt (1:56.49) 7:46.14 7 Bronte Barratt (1:56.86)Blair Evans (1:57.69)Angie Bainbridge (1:57.36)Kylie Palmer (1:55.51) 7:47.42 6 Chen Qian (1:57.37)Pang Jiaying (1:56.97)Liu Jing (1:57.85)Tang Yi (1:55.47) 7:47.66 4 1 Camille Muffat (1:57.83)Coralie Balmy (1:58.00)Charlotte Bonnet (1:58.83)Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne (1:57.56) 7:52.22 5 3 Ágnes Mutina (1:57.89)Evelyn Verrasztó (1:58.49)Katinka Hosszú (1:58.98)Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:57.03) 7:52.39 6 2 Joanne Jackson (1:57.92)Rebecca Turner (1:58.37)Hannah Miley (1:58.74)Caitlin McClatchey (1:58.48) 7:53.51 7 5 Barbara Jardin (1:58.27)Julia Wilkinson (1:59.37)Samantha Cheverton (1:58.45)Brittany MacLean (1:57.53) 7:53.62 8 8 Lauren Boyle (1:58.10)Amaka Gessler (1:59.41)Penelope May Marshall (2:00.42)Natasha Hind (1:58.62) 7:56.55 NR

References

External links World Aquatics Championships: Women's 4×200 metre freestyle relay entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23. FINA World Championships, Swimming: U.S. Dominates Women's 800 Free Relay With Textile Best; Missy Franklin Leads Off With Textile Best, Swimming World Magazine (2011-07-28); retrieved 2011-08-09.