4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women

Competition	2008 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Manchester GBR
Held	12 April 2008
Status	Medal
Competitors	52
Countries	10

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	Netherlands	NED	3:38.10 (2 h2)	3:29.42 (1 F)
	Hinkelien Schreuder		55.81	53.62
	Femke Heemskerk		53.16	52.61
	Inge Dekker		—	51.76
	Marleen Veldhuis		—	51.43
	Saskia de Jonge		53.82	—	*
	Jolijn van Valkengoed		55.31	—	*
🥈	Australia	AUS	3:34.89 (1 h1)	3:32.00 (2 F)
	Alice Mills		—	53.81
	Shayne Reese		—	52.77
	Kelly Stubbins		53.38	52.94
	Angie Bainbridge		53.80	52.48
	Bronte Barratt		54.15	—	*
	Sally Foster		53.56	—	*
🥉	Great Britain	GBR	3:45.01 (4 h1)	3:32.88 (3 F)
	Fran Halsall		—	52.36
	Caitlin McClatchey		—	53.25
	Julia Beckett		57.96	53.54
	Melanie Marshall		—	53.73
	Jo Jackson		55.19	—	*
	Amy Smith		54.65	—	*
	Becky Adlington		57.21	—	*
4	Sweden	SWE	3:38.14 (3 h2)	3:34.64 (4 F)
	Ida Marko-Varga		54.38	54.94
	Josefin Lillhage		53.39	52.57
	Claire Hedenskog		55.83	53.46
	Petra Granlund		54.54	53.67
5	United States	USA	3:37.41 (1 h2)	3:34.96 (5 F)
	Jessica Hardy		—	53.46
	Rachel Komisarz		—	54.45
	Emily Silver		—	54.25
	Kara Denby		—	52.80
	Mary DeScenza		54.25	—	*
	Caroline Ellis		54.58	—	*
	Erin Reilly		54.20	—	*
	Margaret Hoelzer		54.38	—	*
6	China	CHN	3:44.17 (2 h1)	3:41.92 (6 F)
	Wang Dan		56.33	55.60
	Mi Mengjiao		57.65	56.37
	Zhu Wenrui		55.37	55.43
	Zhu Qianwei		54.82	54.52
7	Germany	GER	3:44.84 (3 h1)	3:43.67 (7 F)
	Lisa Vitting		55.43	55.26
	Franziska Jansen		56.41	56.10
	Lena Celina Hiller		55.55	54.97
	Christin Zenner		57.45	57.34
8	South Africa	RSA	3:52.77 (4 h2)	3:45.27 (8 F)
	Melissa Corfe		56.57	55.00
	Lize-Mari Retief		56.43	55.30
	Jessica Pengelly		—	57.62
	Katheryn McKitrick		59.59	57.35
	Chanelle van Wyk		1:00.18	—	*
9	Chinese Taipei	TPE	3:52.80 (5 h1)	—
	Chen I-Chuan		59.73	—
	Nieh Pin-Chieh		57.95	—
	Lin Man-Hsu		58.40	—
	Yang Chin-Kuei		56.72	—
10	Macau	MAC	4:01.29 (5 h2)	—
	Ma Cheok Mei		59.15	—
	Lei On Kei		1:00.52	—
	Fong Man Wai		1:01.25	—
	Che Lok In		1:00.37	—
DNS	Nigeria	NGR	— (DNS h2)	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Australia	AUS	3:34.89
	Alice Mills		—
	Shayne Reese		—
	Kelly Stubbins		53.38
	Angie Bainbridge		53.80
	Bronte Barratt		54.15
	Sally Foster		53.56
2	China	CHN	3:44.17
	Wang Dan		56.33
	Mi Mengjiao		57.65
	Zhu Wenrui		55.37
	Zhu Qianwei		54.82
3	Germany	GER	3:44.84
	Lisa Vitting		55.43
	Franziska Jansen		56.41
	Lena Celina Hiller		55.55
	Christin Zenner		57.45
4	Great Britain	GBR	3:45.01
	Fran Halsall		—
	Caitlin McClatchey		—
	Julia Beckett		57.96
	Melanie Marshall		—
	Jo Jackson		55.19
	Amy Smith		54.65
	Becky Adlington		57.21
5	Chinese Taipei	TPE	3:52.80
	Chen I-Chuan		59.73
	Nieh Pin-Chieh		57.95
	Lin Man-Hsu		58.40
	Yang Chin-Kuei		56.72

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	United States	USA	3:37.41
	Jessica Hardy		—
	Rachel Komisarz		—
	Emily Silver		—
	Kara Denby		—
	Mary DeScenza		54.25
	Caroline Ellis		54.58
	Erin Reilly		54.20
	Margaret Hoelzer		54.38
2	Netherlands	NED	3:38.10
	Hinkelien Schreuder		55.81
	Femke Heemskerk		53.16
	Inge Dekker		—
	Marleen Veldhuis		—
	Saskia de Jonge		53.82
	Jolijn van Valkengoed		55.31
3	Sweden	SWE	3:38.14
	Ida Marko-Varga		54.38
	Josefin Lillhage		53.39
	Claire Hedenskog		55.83
	Petra Granlund		54.54
4	South Africa	RSA	3:52.77
	Melissa Corfe		56.57
	Lize-Mari Retief		56.43
	Jessica Pengelly		—
	Katheryn McKitrick		59.59
	Chanelle van Wyk		1:00.18
5	Macau	MAC	4:01.29
	Ma Cheok Mei		59.15
	Lei On Kei		1:00.52
	Fong Man Wai		1:01.25
	Che Lok In		1:00.37
DNS	Nigeria	NGR	—

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Netherlands	NED	3:29.42
	Hinkelien Schreuder		53.62
	Femke Heemskerk		52.61
	Inge Dekker		51.76
	Marleen Veldhuis		51.43
	Saskia de Jonge		—
	Jolijn van Valkengoed		—
2	Australia	AUS	3:32.00
	Alice Mills		53.81
	Shayne Reese		52.77
	Kelly Stubbins		52.94
	Angie Bainbridge		52.48
	Bronte Barratt		—
	Sally Foster		—
3	Great Britain	GBR	3:32.88
	Fran Halsall		52.36
	Caitlin McClatchey		53.25
	Julia Beckett		53.54
	Melanie Marshall		53.73
	Jo Jackson		—
	Amy Smith		—
	Becky Adlington		—
4	Sweden	SWE	3:34.64
	Ida Marko-Varga		54.94
	Josefin Lillhage		52.57
	Claire Hedenskog		53.46
	Petra Granlund		53.67
5	United States	USA	3:34.96
	Jessica Hardy		53.46
	Rachel Komisarz		54.45
	Emily Silver		54.25
	Kara Denby		52.80
	Mary DeScenza		—
	Caroline Ellis		—
	Erin Reilly		—
	Margaret Hoelzer		—
6	China	CHN	3:41.92
	Wang Dan		55.60
	Mi Mengjiao		56.37
	Zhu Wenrui		55.43
	Zhu Qianwei		54.52
7	Germany	GER	3:43.67
	Lisa Vitting		55.26
	Franziska Jansen		56.10
	Lena Celina Hiller		54.97
	Christin Zenner		57.34
8	South Africa	RSA	3:45.27
	Melissa Corfe		55.00
	Lize-Mari Retief		55.30
	Jessica Pengelly		57.62
	Katheryn McKitrick		57.35
	Chanelle van Wyk		—