4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women

Competition	1991 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Perth AUS
Held	—
Status	Medal
Competitors	55
Countries	12

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	United States	USA	3:46.49 (1 h2)	3:43.26 (1 F)
	Nicole Haislett		—	55.74
	Julie Cooper		—	55.90
	Whitney Hedgepeth		—	56.33
	Jenny Thompson		—	55.29
	Jenny Thompson		56.29	—	*
	Lynn Kohl		57.63	—	*
	Ashley Tappin		56.43	—	*
	Whitney Hedgepeth		56.14	—	*
🥈	Germany	GER	3:46.15 (1 h1)	3:44.37 (2 F)
	Simone Osygus		—	56.58
	Kerstin Kielgaß		55.89	55.89
	Karin Seick		56.16	56.22
	Manuela Stellmach		—	55.68
	Katrin Meißner		57.51	—	*
	Daniela Hunger		56.59	—	*
🥉	Netherlands	NED	3:47.26 (2 h2)	3:45.05 (3 F)
	Mildred Muis		56.31	56.64
	Inge de Bruijn		—	56.05
	Marianne Muis		56.59	56.43
	Karin Brienesse		—	55.93
	Emile van de Plaats		57.14	—	*
	Manon Masseurs		57.22	—	*
4	Australia	AUS	3:51.31 (5 h2)	3:48.24 (4 F)
	Sarah Thorpe		57.21	58.18
	Karen Van Wirdum		57.58	56.92
	Teressa Pyke		58.39	57.35
	Susie O'Neill		—	55.79
	Jennifer McMahon		58.13	—	*
5	Denmark	DEN	3:50.30 (3 h2)	3:48.33 (5 F)
	Gitta Jensen		58.03	57.46
	Berit Puggaard		57.41	56.74
	Annette Poulsen		58.48	58.20
	Mette Jacobsen		56.38	55.93
6	Canada	CAN	3:51.79 (2 h1)	3:49.22 (6 F)
	Andrea Nugent		57.85	57.43
	Patricia Levesque		58.11	57.45
	Allison Higson		57.52	57.02
	Patricia Noall		58.31	57.32
7	Sweden	SWE	3:50.53 (4 h2)	3:50.97 (7 F)
	Helena Kälvehed		58.18	58.15
	Louise Karlsson		56.73	56.92
	Malin Gustavsson		57.98	57.77
	Eva Nyberg		57.64	58.13
8	Great Britain	GBR	3:53.52 (3 h1)	3:52.24 (8 F)
	Zara Long		57.98	58.34
	Madeleine Campbell		58.72	58.48
	Sharon Page		58.76	58.99
	Karen Pickering		58.06	56.43
9	Italy	ITA	3:54.65 (4 h1)	—
	Ilaria Sciorelli		58.94	—
	Ilaria Tocchini		58.22	—
	Manuela Dalla Valle		59.43	—
	Silvia Persi		58.06	—
10	Mexico	MEX	3:57.04 (6 h2)	—
	María Rivera		58.90	—
	Lorenza Muñoz		59.68	—
	Gabriela Gaja		59.53	—
	Laura Sánchez		58.93	—
11	China	CHN	3:59.37 (5 h1)	—
	Sun Chunli		57.83	—
	Xia Fujie		1:00.07	—
	Qian Hong		58.89	—
	Zhuang Yong		1:02.58	—
12	Indonesia	INA	4:08.51 (6 h1)	—
	Elfira Rosa Nasution		1:01.37	—
	Khim Tjia Fei		1:02.05	—
	Yen Yen Gunawan		1:01.70	—
	Meitri Pangestika		1:03.39	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Germany	GER	3:46.15
	Simone Osygus		—
	Kerstin Kielgaß		55.89
	Karin Seick		56.16
	Manuela Stellmach		—
	Katrin Meißner		57.51
	Daniela Hunger		56.59
2	Canada	CAN	3:51.79
	Andrea Nugent		57.85
	Patricia Levesque		58.11
	Allison Higson		57.52
	Patricia Noall		58.31
3	Great Britain	GBR	3:53.52
	Zara Long		57.98
	Madeleine Campbell		58.72
	Sharon Page		58.76
	Karen Pickering		58.06
4	Italy	ITA	3:54.65
	Ilaria Sciorelli		58.94
	Ilaria Tocchini		58.22
	Manuela Dalla Valle		59.43
	Silvia Persi		58.06
5	China	CHN	3:59.37
	Sun Chunli		57.83
	Xia Fujie		1:00.07
	Qian Hong		58.89
	Zhuang Yong		1:02.58
6	Indonesia	INA	4:08.51
	Elfira Rosa Nasution		1:01.37
	Khim Tjia Fei		1:02.05
	Yen Yen Gunawan		1:01.70
	Meitri Pangestika		1:03.39

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	United States	USA	3:46.49
	Nicole Haislett		—
	Julie Cooper		—
	Whitney Hedgepeth		—
	Jenny Thompson		—
	Jenny Thompson		56.29
	Lynn Kohl		57.63
	Ashley Tappin		56.43
	Whitney Hedgepeth		56.14
2	Netherlands	NED	3:47.26
	Mildred Muis		56.31
	Inge de Bruijn		—
	Marianne Muis		56.59
	Karin Brienesse		—
	Emile van de Plaats		57.14
	Manon Masseurs		57.22
3	Denmark	DEN	3:50.30
	Gitta Jensen		58.03
	Berit Puggaard		57.41
	Annette Poulsen		58.48
	Mette Jacobsen		56.38
4	Sweden	SWE	3:50.53
	Helena Kälvehed		58.18
	Louise Karlsson		56.73
	Malin Gustavsson		57.98
	Eva Nyberg		57.64
5	Australia	AUS	3:51.31
	Sarah Thorpe		57.21
	Karen Van Wirdum		57.58
	Teressa Pyke		58.39
	Susie O'Neill		—
	Jennifer McMahon		58.13
6	Mexico	MEX	3:57.04
	María Rivera		58.90
	Lorenza Muñoz		59.68
	Gabriela Gaja		59.53
	Laura Sánchez		58.93

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	United States	USA	3:43.26
	Nicole Haislett		55.74
	Julie Cooper		55.90
	Whitney Hedgepeth		56.33
	Jenny Thompson		55.29
	Jenny Thompson		—
	Lynn Kohl		—
	Ashley Tappin		—
	Whitney Hedgepeth		—
2	Germany	GER	3:44.37
	Simone Osygus		56.58
	Kerstin Kielgaß		55.89
	Karin Seick		56.22
	Manuela Stellmach		55.68
	Katrin Meißner		—
	Daniela Hunger		—
3	Netherlands	NED	3:45.05
	Mildred Muis		56.64
	Inge de Bruijn		56.05
	Marianne Muis		56.43
	Karin Brienesse		55.93
	Emile van de Plaats		—
	Manon Masseurs		—
4	Australia	AUS	3:48.24
	Sarah Thorpe		58.18
	Karen Van Wirdum		56.92
	Teressa Pyke		57.35
	Susie O'Neill		55.79
	Jennifer McMahon		—
5	Denmark	DEN	3:48.33
	Gitta Jensen		57.46
	Berit Puggaard		56.74
	Annette Poulsen		58.20
	Mette Jacobsen		55.93
6	Canada	CAN	3:49.22
	Andrea Nugent		57.43
	Patricia Levesque		57.45
	Allison Higson		57.02
	Patricia Noall		57.32
7	Sweden	SWE	3:50.97
	Helena Kälvehed		58.15
	Louise Karlsson		56.92
	Malin Gustavsson		57.77
	Eva Nyberg		58.13
8	Great Britain	GBR	3:52.24
	Zara Long		58.34
	Madeleine Campbell		58.48
	Sharon Page		58.99
	Karen Pickering		56.43