Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
VenueMelbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
DatesMarch, 18, 2006
Competitors28 from 7 nations
Winning time7:56.68
Medalists
gold medal Libby Lenton
Bronte Barratt
Kelly Stubbins
Linda Mackenzie		   Australia
silver medal Joanne Jackson
Kate Richardson
Julia Beckett
Melanie Marshall		   England
bronze medal Lauren Boyle
Helen Norfolk
Alison Fitch
Melissa Ingram		   New Zealand
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The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held on March 18, 2006, at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.

Records[edit]

Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows.

World record  United States (USA) 7:53.42 Athens, Greece 18 August 2004 [1]
Commonwealth record  Australia (AUS) 7:54.06 Montreal, Canada 1 August 2005
Games record  England (ENG) 8:01.39 Manchester, United Kingdom 1 August 2002 [2]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Nation Swimmers Time Record
18 March Final  Australia Libby Lenton (2:00.04)
Bronte Barratt (1:59.14)
Kelly Stubbins (1:58.98)
Linda Mackenzie (1:58.52)		 7:56.68 GR

Results[edit]

The final was held at 21:50.[3]

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  Australia Libby Lenton (2:00.04)
Bronte Barratt (1:59.14)
Kelly Stubbins (1:58.98)
Linda Mackenzie (1:58.52)		 7:56.68 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5  England Joanne Jackson (1:59.12)
Kate Richardson (2:01.86)
Julia Beckett (2:00.80)
Melanie Marshall (1:59.45)		 8:01.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3  New Zealand Lauren Boyle (2:00.49)
Helen Norfolk (2:00.56)
Alison Fitch (2:00.35)
Melissa Ingram (2:00.80)		 8:02.20
4 2  Canada Sophie Simard (2:00.70)
Erica Morningstar (2:01.70)
Maya Beaudry (1:59.89)
Brittany Reimer (1:59.95)		 8:02.24
5 6  South Africa Leone Vorster (2:04.51)
Kirsten van Heerden (2:03.84)
Wendy Trott (2:04.31)
Marielle Rogers (2:06.77)		 8:19.43
6 7  Wales Bethan Coole (2:04.80)
Julie Gould (2:05.41)
Jazmin Carlin (2:05.98)
Cari-Fflur Davies (2:06.44)		 8:22.63
7 1  Singapore Ho Shu Yong (2:11.69)
Lynette Ng (2:11.13)
Quah Ting Wen (2:10.24)
Mylene Ong (2:08.22)		 8:41.28

References[edit]

  1. ^ (lcm-w) Women's 4x200 Free Relay - Finals results from the 2006 European Championships (showing the 1987 time from East Germany; the 2004 time from the USA as the WR; and that 2006 Germany time bettering the 2004 USA time). Published by Omega Timing on 2006-08-03; retrieved 2012-03-15.
  2. ^ Final results
  3. ^ "Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final - Result". 2006 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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