4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Women

Competition	1986 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Madrid ESP
Held	—
Status	Medal
Competitors	64
Countries	14

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	East Germany	GDR	8:08.93 (1 h1)	7:59.33 (1 F)
	Manuela Stellmach		—	2:00.31
	Astrid Strauß		2:02.30	1:59.44
	Nadja Bergknecht		2:01.14	2:00.42
	Heike Friedrich		—	1:59.16
	Katja Hartmann		2:03.06	—	*
	Karen König		2:02.43	—	*
🥈	United States	USA	8:15.03 (3 h2)	8:02.12 (2 F)
	Betsy Mitchell		—	2:01.05
	Mary T. Meagher		—	1:59.54
	Kim Brown		—	2:01.94
	Mary Wayte		—	1:59.59
	Julianne Brossman		2:04.54	—	*
	Kim Brown		2:03.26	—	*
	Debbie Babashoff		2:04.06	—	*
	Laura Walker		2:03.17	—	*
🥉	Netherlands	NED	8:13.88 (1 h2)	8:09.59 (3 F)
	Annemarie Verstappen		2:03.54	2:02.04
	Jolande van der Meer		2:03.39	2:02.55
	Marianne Muis		—	2:04.29
	Conny van Bentum		2:02.48	2:00.71
	Mildred Muis		2:04.47	—	*
4	Germany	GER	8:19.51 (2 h1)	8:12.78 (4 F)
	Susanne Schuster		2:03.30	2:03.74
	Svenja Schlicht		2:03.38	2:03.48
	Iris Zscherpe		—	2:02.83
	Karin Seick		—	2:02.73
	Stephanie Bofinger		2:07.39	—	*
	Birgit Kowalczik		2:05.44	—	*
5	France	FRA	8:14.01 (2 h2)	8:15.85 (5 F)
	Véronique Jardin		2:02.50	2:03.31
	Sophie Kamoun		2:04.46	2:04.99
	Cécile Prunier		2:03.16	2:04.11
	Catherine Plewinski		2:03.89	2:03.44
6	Great Britain	GBR	8:16.59 (4 h2)	8:18.61 (6 F)
	Annabelle Cripps		2:02.94	2:04.07
	Sarah Hardcastle		2:01.54	2:02.07
	Karen Mellor		2:07.05	2:06.56
	Ruth Gilfillan		2:05.06	2:05.91
7	Canada	CAN	8:21.16 (4 h1)	8:18.96 (7 F)
	Patricia Noall		2:03.88	2:04.40
	Debby Wurzburger		2:06.45	2:06.07
	Jane Kerr		2:05.92	2:02.29
	Donna McGinnis		2:04.50	2:06.20
8	Bulgaria	BUL	8:20.15 (3 h1)	8:22.11 (8 F)
	Vanya Argirova		2:04.68	2:04.39
	Natasha Hristova		2:05.05	2:05.85
	Antoaneta Strumenlieva		2:05.92	2:06.84
	Sonia Blagova		2:04.50	2:05.03
9	Italy	ITA	8:21.59 (5 h1)	—
	Monica Olmi		2:07.08	—
	Tanya Vannini		2:04.65	—
	Ilaria Tocchini		2:05.85	—
	Silvia Persi		2:04.01	—
10	Sweden	SWE	8:23.04 (5 h2)	—
	Suzanne Nilsson		2:04.01	—
	Eva Nyberg		2:06.61	—
	Susanne Dahlström		2:06.80	—
	Anette Möller		2:05.62	—
11	Costa Rica	CRC	8:39.83 (6 h1)	—
	Marcela Cuesta		2:09.47	—
	Natasha Aguilar		2:12.38	—
	Carolina Mauri		2:13.57	—
	Sylvia Poll		2:04.41	—
12	Brazil	BRA	8:50.44 (6 h2)	—
	Debby Frochtengarten		2:14.91	—
	Mônica Rezende		2:15.29	—
	Christiane Fanzeres		2:11.71	—
	Patrícia Amorim		2:08.53	—
13	Chinese Taipei	TPE	8:56.63 (7 h1)	—
	Lisa Ann Wen		2:08.41	—
	Ping Hsu-Hsiu		2:18.07	—
	Lee Yu-Lan		2:18.23	—
	Chang Hui-Chien		2:11.92	—
AC	Spain	ESP	8:46.81 (DQ h2)	—
	Inma Tarragó		2:09.95	—
	Amaya Garbayo		—	—
	Natalia Pulido		—	—
	Eva Basullas		—	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	East Germany	GDR	8:08.93
	Manuela Stellmach		—
	Astrid Strauß		2:02.30
	Nadja Bergknecht		2:01.14
	Heike Friedrich		—
	Katja Hartmann		2:03.06
	Karen König		2:02.43
2	Germany	GER	8:19.51
	Susanne Schuster		2:03.30
	Svenja Schlicht		2:03.38
	Iris Zscherpe		—
	Karin Seick		—
	Stephanie Bofinger		2:07.39
	Birgit Kowalczik		2:05.44
3	Bulgaria	BUL	8:20.15
	Vanya Argirova		2:04.68
	Natasha Hristova		2:05.05
	Antoaneta Strumenlieva		2:05.92
	Sonia Blagova		2:04.50
4	Canada	CAN	8:21.16
	Patricia Noall		2:03.88
	Debby Wurzburger		2:06.45
	Jane Kerr		2:05.92
	Donna McGinnis		2:04.50
5	Italy	ITA	8:21.59
	Monica Olmi		2:07.08
	Tanya Vannini		2:04.65
	Ilaria Tocchini		2:05.85
	Silvia Persi		2:04.01
6	Costa Rica	CRC	8:39.83
	Marcela Cuesta		2:09.47
	Natasha Aguilar		2:12.38
	Carolina Mauri		2:13.57
	Sylvia Poll		2:04.41
7	Chinese Taipei	TPE	8:56.63
	Lisa Ann Wen		2:08.41
	Ping Hsu-Hsiu		2:18.07
	Lee Yu-Lan		2:18.23
	Chang Hui-Chien		2:11.92

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Netherlands	NED	8:13.88
	Annemarie Verstappen		2:03.54
	Jolande van der Meer		2:03.39
	Marianne Muis		—
	Conny van Bentum		2:02.48
	Mildred Muis		2:04.47
2	France	FRA	8:14.01
	Véronique Jardin		2:02.50
	Sophie Kamoun		2:04.46
	Cécile Prunier		2:03.16
	Catherine Plewinski		2:03.89
3	United States	USA	8:15.03
	Betsy Mitchell		—
	Mary T. Meagher		—
	Kim Brown		—
	Mary Wayte		—
	Julianne Brossman		2:04.54
	Kim Brown		2:03.26
	Debbie Babashoff		2:04.06
	Laura Walker		2:03.17
4	Great Britain	GBR	8:16.59
	Annabelle Cripps		2:02.94
	Sarah Hardcastle		2:01.54
	Karen Mellor		2:07.05
	Ruth Gilfillan		2:05.06
5	Sweden	SWE	8:23.04
	Suzanne Nilsson		2:04.01
	Eva Nyberg		2:06.61
	Susanne Dahlström		2:06.80
	Anette Möller		2:05.62
6	Brazil	BRA	8:50.44
	Debby Frochtengarten		2:14.91
	Mônica Rezende		2:15.29
	Christiane Fanzeres		2:11.71
	Patrícia Amorim		2:08.53
DQ	Spain	ESP	8:46.81
	Inma Tarragó		2:09.95
	Amaya Garbayo		—
	Natalia Pulido		—
	Eva Basullas		—

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	East Germany	GDR	7:59.33
	Manuela Stellmach		2:00.31
	Astrid Strauß		1:59.44
	Nadja Bergknecht		2:00.42
	Heike Friedrich		1:59.16
	Katja Hartmann		—
	Karen König		—
2	United States	USA	8:02.12
	Betsy Mitchell		2:01.05
	Mary T. Meagher		1:59.54
	Kim Brown		2:01.94
	Mary Wayte		1:59.59
	Julianne Brossman		—
	Kim Brown		—
	Debbie Babashoff		—
	Laura Walker		—
3	Netherlands	NED	8:09.59
	Annemarie Verstappen		2:02.04
	Jolande van der Meer		2:02.55
	Marianne Muis		2:04.29
	Conny van Bentum		2:00.71
	Mildred Muis		—
4	Germany	GER	8:12.78
	Susanne Schuster		2:03.74
	Svenja Schlicht		2:03.48
	Iris Zscherpe		2:02.83
	Karin Seick		2:02.73
	Stephanie Bofinger		—
	Birgit Kowalczik		—
5	France	FRA	8:15.85
	Véronique Jardin		2:03.31
	Sophie Kamoun		2:04.99
	Cécile Prunier		2:04.11
	Catherine Plewinski		2:03.44
6	Great Britain	GBR	8:18.61
	Annabelle Cripps		2:04.07
	Sarah Hardcastle		2:02.07
	Karen Mellor		2:06.56
	Ruth Gilfillan		2:05.91
7	Canada	CAN	8:18.96
	Patricia Noall		2:04.40
	Debby Wurzburger		2:06.07
	Jane Kerr		2:02.29
	Donna McGinnis		2:06.20
8	Bulgaria	BUL	8:22.11
	Vanya Argirova		2:04.39
	Natasha Hristova		2:05.85
	Antoaneta Strumenlieva		2:06.84
	Sonia Blagova		2:05.03