4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women

Competition	2012 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	İstanbul TUR
Held	15 December 2012
Status	Medal
Competitors	66
Countries	15

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	United States	USA	3:34.27 (1 h2)	3:31.01 (1 F)
	Megan Romano		—	52.86
	Jessica Hardy		—	53.32
	Lia Neal		53.70	52.44
	Allison Schmitt		53.16	52.39
	Shannon Vreeland		53.34	—	*
	Olivia Smoliga		54.07	—	*
🥈	Australia	AUS	3:35.26 (1 h1)	3:32.90 (2 F)
	Angie Bainbridge		53.24	53.04
	Marieke Guehrer		53.61	52.32
	Brianna Throssell		54.79	54.19
	Sally Foster		53.62	53.35
🥉	Denmark	DEN	3:35.98 (2 h1)	3:33.51 (3 F)
	Mie Ø. Nielsen		53.66	53.07
	Pernille Blume		54.12	53.61
	Kelly Riber Rasmussen		54.84	54.59
	Jeanette Ottesen Gray		53.36	52.24
4	China	CHN	3:37.43 (3 h2)	3:36.22 (4 F)
	Qiu Yuhan		54.22	54.32
	Guo Junjun		53.79	54.52
	Wang Haibing		—	53.44
	Chen Xinyi		—	53.94
	Liu Xinyi		54.94	—	*
	Pang Jiaying		54.48	—	*
5	Russia	RUS	3:37.62 (3 h1)	3:36.72 (5 F)
	Veronika Popova		53.54	53.60
	Yelena Sokolova		54.19	54.08
	Darya Belyakina		—	54.41
	Vitalina Simonova		54.47	54.63
	Polina Lapshina		55.42	—	*
6	Brazil	BRA	3:36.36 (2 h2)	3:37.05 (6 F)
	Larissa Oliveira		53.90	53.90
	Alessandra Marchioro		53.78	54.34
	Flávia Delaroli		54.47	54.55
	Tatiana Lemos		54.21	54.26
7	Japan	JPN	3:38.75 (5 h2)	3:37.91 (7 F)
	Haruka Ueda		53.83	53.63
	Miki Uchida		54.74	53.93
	Asami Chida		—	55.44
	Nao Kobayashi		54.60	54.91
	Kanako Watanabe		55.58	—	*
8	Great Britain	GBR	3:38.20 (4 h2)	3:38.23 (8 F)
	Becki Turner		54.52	54.37
	Lizzie Simmonds		54.72	55.00
	Ellie Faulkner		55.05	54.55
	Fran Halsall		53.91	54.31
9	Canada	CAN	3:40.79 (4 h1)	—
	Chantal Van Landeghem		54.83	—
	Heather MacLean		54.51	—
	Noemie Thomas		56.06	—
	Katerine Savard		55.39	—
10	South Africa	RSA	3:41.80 (5 h1)	—
	Trudi Maree		54.97	—
	Lehesta Kemp		54.70	—
	Megan Stephens		56.45	—
	Vanessa Mohr		55.68	—
11	Turkey	TUR	3:47.77 (6 h1)	—
	Esra Kübra Kaçmaz		56.50	—
	İlknur Nihan Çakıcı		57.10	—
	Nilüfer Kuru		58.37	—
	Burcu Dolunay		55.80	—
12	Singapore	SGP	3:50.57 (6 h2)	—
	Mylene Ong		56.16	—
	Amanda Lim		57.72	—
	Lynette Ng		58.27	—
	Samantha Yeo		58.42	—
13	Macau	MAC	3:54.89 (7 h2)	—
	Lei On Kei		58.21	—
	Erica Vong		58.60	—
	Kuan Weng I		59.21	—
	Tan Chi Yan		58.87	—
14	Peru	PER	3:59.32 (7 h1)	—
	Jessica Cattaneo		59.52	—
	Andrea Cedrón		59.61	—
	Kaori Miyahara		59.93	—
	Oriele Espinoza		1:00.26	—
15	Pakistan	PAK	4:25.77 (8 h2)	—
	Kiran Khan		1:03.74	—
	Anum Bandey		1:07.89	—
	Mahnoor Maqsood		1:11.52	—
	Lianna Swan		1:02.62	—
DNS	Venezuela	VEN	— (DNS h1)	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Australia	AUS	3:35.26
	Angie Bainbridge		53.24
	Marieke Guehrer		53.61
	Brianna Throssell		54.79
	Sally Foster		53.62
2	Denmark	DEN	3:35.98
	Mie Ø. Nielsen		53.66
	Pernille Blume		54.12
	Kelly Riber Rasmussen		54.84
	Jeanette Ottesen Gray		53.36
3	Russia	RUS	3:37.62
	Veronika Popova		53.54
	Yelena Sokolova		54.19
	Darya Belyakina		—
	Vitalina Simonova		54.47
	Polina Lapshina		55.42
4	Canada	CAN	3:40.79
	Chantal Van Landeghem		54.83
	Heather MacLean		54.51
	Noemie Thomas		56.06
	Katerine Savard		55.39
5	South Africa	RSA	3:41.80
	Trudi Maree		54.97
	Lehesta Kemp		54.70
	Megan Stephens		56.45
	Vanessa Mohr		55.68
6	Turkey	TUR	3:47.77
	Esra Kübra Kaçmaz		56.50
	İlknur Nihan Çakıcı		57.10
	Nilüfer Kuru		58.37
	Burcu Dolunay		55.80
7	Peru	PER	3:59.32
	Jessica Cattaneo		59.52
	Andrea Cedrón		59.61
	Kaori Miyahara		59.93
	Oriele Espinoza		1:00.26
DNS	Venezuela	VEN	—

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	United States	USA	3:34.27
	Megan Romano		—
	Jessica Hardy		—
	Lia Neal		53.70
	Allison Schmitt		53.16
	Shannon Vreeland		53.34
	Olivia Smoliga		54.07
2	Brazil	BRA	3:36.36
	Larissa Oliveira		53.90
	Alessandra Marchioro		53.78
	Flávia Delaroli		54.47
	Tatiana Lemos		54.21
3	China	CHN	3:37.43
	Qiu Yuhan		54.22
	Guo Junjun		53.79
	Wang Haibing		—
	Chen Xinyi		—
	Liu Xinyi		54.94
	Pang Jiaying		54.48
4	Great Britain	GBR	3:38.20
	Becki Turner		54.52
	Lizzie Simmonds		54.72
	Ellie Faulkner		55.05
	Fran Halsall		53.91
5	Japan	JPN	3:38.75
	Haruka Ueda		53.83
	Miki Uchida		54.74
	Asami Chida		—
	Nao Kobayashi		54.60
	Kanako Watanabe		55.58
6	Singapore	SGP	3:50.57
	Mylene Ong		56.16
	Amanda Lim		57.72
	Lynette Ng		58.27
	Samantha Yeo		58.42
7	Macau	MAC	3:54.89
	Lei On Kei		58.21
	Erica Vong		58.60
	Kuan Weng I		59.21
	Tan Chi Yan		58.87
8	Pakistan	PAK	4:25.77
	Kiran Khan		1:03.74
	Anum Bandey		1:07.89
	Mahnoor Maqsood		1:11.52
	Lianna Swan		1:02.62

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	United States	USA	3:31.01
	Megan Romano		52.86
	Jessica Hardy		53.32
	Lia Neal		52.44
	Allison Schmitt		52.39
	Shannon Vreeland		—
	Olivia Smoliga		—
2	Australia	AUS	3:32.90
	Angie Bainbridge		53.04
	Marieke Guehrer		52.32
	Brianna Throssell		54.19
	Sally Foster		53.35
3	Denmark	DEN	3:33.51
	Mie Ø. Nielsen		53.07
	Pernille Blume		53.61
	Kelly Riber Rasmussen		54.59
	Jeanette Ottesen Gray		52.24
4	China	CHN	3:36.22
	Qiu Yuhan		54.32
	Guo Junjun		54.52
	Wang Haibing		53.44
	Chen Xinyi		53.94
	Liu Xinyi		—
	Pang Jiaying		—
5	Russia	RUS	3:36.72
	Veronika Popova		53.60
	Yelena Sokolova		54.08
	Darya Belyakina		54.41
	Vitalina Simonova		54.63
	Polina Lapshina		—
6	Brazil	BRA	3:37.05
	Larissa Oliveira		53.90
	Alessandra Marchioro		54.34
	Flávia Delaroli		54.55
	Tatiana Lemos		54.26
7	Japan	JPN	3:37.91
	Haruka Ueda		53.63
	Miki Uchida		53.93
	Asami Chida		55.44
	Nao Kobayashi		54.91
	Kanako Watanabe		—
8	Great Britain	GBR	3:38.23
	Becki Turner		54.37
	Lizzie Simmonds		55.00
	Ellie Faulkner		54.55
	Fran Halsall		54.31