Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Dates 3–4 August 2012
Competitors 84 from 16 nations
Winning time 3:52.05 WR
Medalists
Gold medal   United States (USA)
Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer, Allison Schmitt, Rachel Bootsma*, Breeja Larson*, Claire Donahue*, Jessica Hardy*
Silver medal   Australia (AUS)
Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Alicia Coutts, Melanie Schlanger, Brittany Elmslie*
Bronze medal   Japan (JPN)
Aya Terakawa, Satomi Suzuki, Yuka Kato, Haruka Ueda
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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Swimming at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 3–4 August at the London Aquatics Centre. It was won by the United States in a world record time of 3:52.05.

Contents

Records [edit]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  China (CHN)
Zhao Jing (58.98)
Chen Huijia (1:04.12)
Jiao Liuyang (56.28)
Li Zhesi (52.81)		 3:52.19 Rome, Italy 1 August 2009 [1][2]
Olympic record  Australia (AUS)
Emily Seebohm (59.33)
Leisel Jones (1:04.58)
Jessicah Schipper (56.25)
Lisbeth Trickett (52.53)		 3:52.69 Beijing, China 17 August 2008 [3]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Swimmers Nation Time OR WR
August 4 Final Missy Franklin (58.50)
Rebecca Soni (1:04.82)
Dana Vollmer (55.48)
Allison Schmitt (53.25)		 United States 3:52.05 OR WR

Results [edit]

Heats [edit]

[4]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 2 5 Australia Emily Seebohm (58.57)
Leisel Jones (1:05.96)
Alicia Coutts (57.45)
Brittany Elmslie (53.44)		 3:55.42 Q
2 2 3 Japan Aya Terakawa (59.19)
Satomi Suzuki (1:07.15)
Yuka Kato (57.73)
Haruka Ueda (53.80)		 3:57.87 Q
3 2 2 Denmark Mie Nielsen (1:00.27)
Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:07.15)
Jeanette Ottesen Gray (56.74)
Pernille Blume (54.19)		 3:58.35 Q, NR
4 2 4 United States Rachel Bootsma (59.70)
Breeja Larson (1:06.66)
Claire Donahue (58.05)
Jessica Hardy (54.47)		 3:58.88 Q
5 1 7 Netherlands Sharon van Rouwendaal (1:00.98)
Moniek Nijhuis (1:06.98)
Inge Dekker (57.43)
Femke Heemskerk (53.80)		 3:59.19 Q
6 2 6 Great Britain Gemma Spofforth (1:00.02)
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (1:08.10)
Jemma Lowe (57.56)
Amy Smith (53.69)		 3:59.37 Q
7 1 4 China Gao Chang (1:00.41)
Sun Ye (1:08.01)
Jiao Liuyang (57.56)
Tang Yi (53.40)		 3:59.38 Q
8 1 5 Russia Maria Gromova (1:01.53)
Yuliya Yefimova (1:05.84)
Irina Bespalova (58.33)
Veronika Popova (53.87)		 3:59.57 Q
9 1 3 Germany Jenny Mensing (1:01.02)
Sarah Poewe (1:07.19)
Alexandra Wenk (58.85)
Britta Steffen (52.89)		 3:59.95
10 2 7 Sweden Sarah Sjöström (1:01.38)
Jennie Johansson (1:06.94)
Martina Granström (58.46)
Michelle Coleman (53.98)		 4:00.76
11 1 2 Italy Arianna Barbieri (1:00.80)
Michela Guzzetti (1:08.62)
Ilaria Bianchi (57.59)
Federica Pellegrini (55.19)		 4:02.20
12 1 6 Canada Julia Wilkinson (1:00.49)
Tera van Beilen (1:08.12)
Katerine Savard (59.00)
Samantha Cheverton (55.10)		 4:02.71
13 2 1 Spain Duane Da Rocha Marce (1:00.43)
Marina Garcia Urzainqui (1:08.35)
Judit Ignacio Sorribes (59.07)
Melania Costa Schmid (55.20)		 4:03.05 NR
14 1 1 France Laure Manaudou (1:01.09)
Fanny Babou (1:09.14)
Justine Bruno (1:00.17)
Charlotte Bonnet (55.13)		 4:05.53
15 2 8 Iceland Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir (1:01.74)
Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir (1:09.19)
Sarah Blake Bateman (1:00.04)
Eva Hannesdóttir (56.12)		 4:07.09
16 1 8 Hungary Evelyn Verrasztó (1:03.39)
Anna Sztankovics (1:17.43)
Zsuzsanna Jakabos (-)
Eszter Dara (-)		 DSQ

Final [edit]

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Time Behind Notes
1 6 United States Missy Franklin (58.50)
Rebecca Soni (1:04.82)
Dana Vollmer (55.48)
Allison Schmitt (53.25)		 3:52.05 WR
2 4 Australia Emily Seebohm (59.01)
Leisel Jones (1:06.06)
Alicia Coutts (56.41)
Melanie Schlanger (52.54)		 3:54.02 1.97
3 5 Japan Aya Terakawa (58.99)
Satomi Suzuki (1:05.96)
Yuka Kato (57.36)
Haruka Ueda (53.42)		 3:55.73 3.68 NR
4 8 Russia Anastasia Zuyeva (59.13)
Iuliia Efimova (1:04.98)
Irina Bespalova (58.59)
Veronika Popova (53.33)		 3:56.03 3.98 NR
5 1 China Zhao Jing (59.86)
Ji Liping (1:06.94)
Lu Ying (56.80)
Tang Yi (52.81)		 3:56.41 4.36
6 2 Netherlands Sharon van Rouwendaal (1:00.72)
Moniek Nijhuis (1:06.74)
Inge Dekker (56.91)
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.91)		 3:57.28 5.23 NR
7 3 Denmark Mie Nielsen (59.76)
Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:06.77)
Jeanette Ottesen Gray (56.83)
Pernille Blume (54.40)		 3:57.76 5.71 NR
8 7 Great Britain Gemma Spofforth (59.46)
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (1:08.45)
Ellen Gandy (57.47)
Francesca Halsall (54.08)		 3:59.46 5.71

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Women's 4×100 m medley relay final results". Omega Timing. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2011. 
  2. ^ Lord, Craig (1 August 2009). "WR: China Medley Cranks Up To 3:52.19". swimnews.com. Retrieved 26 November 2011. 
  3. ^ Michael Cowley (17 August 2008). "Australia's medley girls win gold". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 September 2008. 
  4. ^ "Women's 4x100m Medley Relay – Heats". Retrieved 27 July 2012. 
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