4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women

Competition	1982 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Guayaquil ECU
Held	—
Status	Medal
Competitors	50
Countries	11

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	East Germany	GDR	3:48.84 (1 h2)	3:43.97 (1 F)
	Birgit Meineke		56.08	55.63
	Susanne Link		56.97	56.64
	Kristin Otto		—	56.19
	Caren Metschuck		57.27	55.51
	Kathleen Nord		58.52	—	*
🥈	United States	USA	3:49.31 (2 h2)	3:45.76 (2 F)
	Sue Habernigg		—	57.39
	Kathy Treible		—	55.92
	Beth Washut		56.65	56.71
	Jill Sterkel		—	55.74
	Marybeth Linzmeier		58.42	—	*
	Julie Williams		57.20	—	*
	Tracy Caulkins		57.04	—	*
🥉	Netherlands	NED	3:47.53 (1 h1)	3:45.96 (3 F)
	Annemarie Verstappen		56.69	55.89
	Annelies Maas		—	56.62
	Wilma van Velsen		57.34	57.37
	Conny van Bentum		56.56	56.08
	Desi Reijers		56.94	—	*
4	Germany	GER	3:54.02 (4 h2)	3:50.62 (4 F)
	Christine Schlaak		58.18	58.40
	Ute Neubert		58.30	57.56
	Susanne Schuster		58.36	57.31
	Marion Aizpors		59.18	57.35
5	Canada	CAN	3:51.81 (3 h2)	3:51.22 (5 F)
	Kathy Bald		—	58.02
	Michelle MacPherson		57.56	58.12
	Carol Klimpel		58.22	57.38
	Naomi Marubashi		57.59	57.70
	Pam Rai		58.44	—	*
6	Japan	JPN	3:54.26 (5 h2)	3:53.72 (6 F)
	Kaori Yanase		57.58	57.44
	Chikako Nakamori		58.51	59.20
	Junko Nishiyama		59.21	58.98
	Miki Saito		58.96	58.10
7	France	FRA	3:54.90 (6 h2)	3:54.07 (7 F)
	Carole Amoric		57.62	58.83
	Sylvie Boube		58.88	57.92
	Laurence Bensimon		59.00	58.38
	Véronique Stéphan		59.40	58.94
8	Soviet Union	URS	3:52.07 (2 h1)	— (DQ F)
	Nataliya Strunnikova		58.05	—
	Inna Abramova		57.38	—
	Irina Laricheva		59.08	—
	Irina Gerasimova		57.56	—
9	Great Britain	GBR	3:55.43 (7 h2)	—
	Caroline Foot		59.38	—
	Nikki Fibbens		58.88	—
	Jackie Willmott		1:00.04	—
	June Croft		57.13	—
10	Australia	AUS	3:57.58 (3 h1)	—
	Lisa Curry		57.64	—
	Susie Baumer		59.18	—
	Rickie Binning		1:00.82	—
	Georgina Parkes		59.94	—
11	Switzerland	SUI	3:58.86 (4 h1)	—
	Marie-Thérèse Armentero		58.99	—
	Claudia Zierold		59.93	—
	Regula Späni		1:00.75	—
	Nikole Schrepfer		59.19	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Netherlands	NED	3:47.53
	Annemarie Verstappen		56.69
	Annelies Maas		—
	Wilma van Velsen		57.34
	Conny van Bentum		56.56
	Desi Reijers		56.94
2	Soviet Union	URS	3:52.07
	Nataliya Strunnikova		58.05
	Inna Abramova		57.38
	Irina Laricheva		59.08
	Irina Gerasimova		57.56
3	Australia	AUS	3:57.58
	Lisa Curry		57.64
	Susie Baumer		59.18
	Rickie Binning		1:00.82
	Georgina Parkes		59.94
4	Switzerland	SUI	3:58.86
	Marie-Thérèse Armentero		58.99
	Claudia Zierold		59.93
	Regula Späni		1:00.75
	Nikole Schrepfer		59.19

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	East Germany	GDR	3:48.84
	Birgit Meineke		56.08
	Susanne Link		56.97
	Kristin Otto		—
	Caren Metschuck		57.27
	Kathleen Nord		58.52
2	United States	USA	3:49.31
	Sue Habernigg		—
	Kathy Treible		—
	Beth Washut		56.65
	Jill Sterkel		—
	Marybeth Linzmeier		58.42
	Julie Williams		57.20
	Tracy Caulkins		57.04
3	Canada	CAN	3:51.81
	Kathy Bald		—
	Michelle MacPherson		57.56
	Carol Klimpel		58.22
	Naomi Marubashi		57.59
	Pam Rai		58.44
4	Germany	GER	3:54.02
	Christine Schlaak		58.18
	Ute Neubert		58.30
	Susanne Schuster		58.36
	Marion Aizpors		59.18
5	Japan	JPN	3:54.26
	Kaori Yanase		57.58
	Chikako Nakamori		58.51
	Junko Nishiyama		59.21
	Miki Saito		58.96
6	France	FRA	3:54.90
	Carole Amoric		57.62
	Sylvie Boube		58.88
	Laurence Bensimon		59.00
	Véronique Stéphan		59.40
7	Great Britain	GBR	3:55.43
	Caroline Foot		59.38
	Nikki Fibbens		58.88
	Jackie Willmott		1:00.04
	June Croft		57.13

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	East Germany	GDR	3:43.97
	Birgit Meineke		55.63
	Susanne Link		56.64
	Kristin Otto		56.19
	Caren Metschuck		55.51
	Kathleen Nord		—
2	United States	USA	3:45.76
	Sue Habernigg		57.39
	Kathy Treible		55.92
	Beth Washut		56.71
	Jill Sterkel		55.74
	Marybeth Linzmeier		—
	Julie Williams		—
	Tracy Caulkins		—
3	Netherlands	NED	3:45.96
	Annemarie Verstappen		55.89
	Annelies Maas		56.62
	Wilma van Velsen		57.37
	Conny van Bentum		56.08
	Desi Reijers		—
4	Germany	GER	3:50.62
	Christine Schlaak		58.40
	Ute Neubert		57.56
	Susanne Schuster		57.31
	Marion Aizpors		57.35
5	Canada	CAN	3:51.22
	Kathy Bald		58.02
	Michelle MacPherson		58.12
	Carol Klimpel		57.38
	Naomi Marubashi		57.70
	Pam Rai		—
6	Japan	JPN	3:53.72
	Kaori Yanase		57.44
	Chikako Nakamori		59.20
	Junko Nishiyama		58.98
	Miki Saito		58.10
7	France	FRA	3:54.07
	Carole Amoric		58.83
	Sylvie Boube		57.92
	Laurence Bensimon		58.38
	Véronique Stéphan		58.94
DQ	Soviet Union	URS	—
	Nataliya Strunnikova		—
	Inna Abramova		—
	Irina Laricheva		—
	Irina Gerasimova		—