Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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The Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29 March 2007 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The top-12 finishers from this race qualified for the event at the 2008 Olympics. 25 teams were entered in the event; all swam.

The existing records when the event started were:

• World Record (WR): 7:50.82, Germany (Dallmann, Samulski, Steffen, Liebs), 3 August 2006 in Budapest, Hungary.
• Championship Record (CR): 7:53.70, USA (Coughlin, Hoff, Myers, Sandeno), Montreal 2005 (Jul.28.2005)

Results

Finals

Place	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Note
1st	USA	Natalie Coughlin   (1:56.43) AM Dana Vollmer   (1:57.49) Lacey Nymeyer   (1:59.19) Katie Hoff   (1:56.98)	7:50.09	WR
2nd	Germany	Meike Freitag   (1:59.56) Britta Steffen   (1:57.58) Petra Dallmann   (2:00.40) Annika Lurz   (1:56.28)	7:53.82
3rd	France	Alena Popchanka   (1:57.86) Sophie Huber   (1:58.80) Aurore Mongel   (2:01.04) Laure Manaudou   (1:58.26)	7:55.96
4th	Australia	Lisbeth Lenton   (1:59.01) Jodie Henry   (1:59.29) Lara Davenport   (1:59.28) Stephanie Rice   (1:58.84)	7:56.42
5th	Great Britain	Caitlin McClatchey   (1:59.12) Melanie Marshall   (1:59.54) Francesca Halsall   (1:59.92) Joanne Jackson   (1:58.44)	7:57.02
6th	Japan	Maki Mita   (1:59.25) Norie Urabe   (2:00.78) Ai Shibata   (1:57.85) Haruka Ueda   (2:00.16)	7:58.04
7th	Sweden	Ida Marko-Varga   (1:59.62) Josefin Lillhage   (1:58.74) Gabriella Fagundez   (2:01.61) Petra Granlund   (2:02.37)	8:02.34
8th	Netherlands	Inge Dekker   (1:58.88) Manon van Rooijen   (2:02.63) Femke Heemskerk   (2:01.40) Linda Bank   (2:01.90)	8:04.81

Preliminaries

Rank	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Note
1	Australia	Linda Mackenzie   (2:00.35) Stephanie Rice   (1:59.40) Lara Davenport   (1:58.51) Bronte Barratt   (1:59.24)	7:57.50	Q Olympic
2	Germany	Petra Dallmann   (2:00.54) Daniela Samulski   (2:01.09) Meike Freitag   (1:58.58) Annika Lurz   (1:58.55)	7:58.76	Q Olympic
3	France	Alena Popchanka   (1:59.00) Sophie Huber   (1:59.08) Céline Couderc   (2:00.92) Aurore Mongel   (2:00.48)	7:59.48	Q Olympic
4	Japan	Maki Mita   (1:59.88) Norie Urabe   (2:00.78) Ai Shibata   (1:58.38) Haruka Ueda   (2:00.54)	7:59.58	Q Olympic
5	Great Britain	Joanne Jackson   (2:00.14) Melanie Marshall   (1:59.29) Julia Beckett   (2:01.06) Caitlin McClatchey   (1:59.85)	8:00.34	Q Olympic
6	Netherlands	Manon van Rooijen   (2:02.17) Inge Dekker   (1:58.55) Linda Bank   (2:01.43) Femke Heemskerk   (2:00.25)	8:02.40	Q Olympic
7	Sweden	Gabriella Fagundez   (2:01.02) Ida Marko-Varga   (1:58.95) Malin Svahnström   (2:03.52) Josefin Lillhage   (1:59.14)	8:02.63	Q Olympic
8	USA	Amanda Weir   (2:03.61) Margaret Hoelzer   (1:59.90) Kara Lynn Joyce   (1:59.00) Lacey Nymeyer   (2:00.36)	8:02.87	Q Olympic
9	China	Yang Yu   (1:59.86) Tang Yi   (2:00.30) Tang Jingzhi   (2:01.83) Pang Jiaying   (2:00.99)	8:02.98	Olympic
10	New Zealand	Helen Norfolk   (2:00.57) Lauren Boyle   (2:00.37) Alison Fitch   (2:01.62) Melissa Ingram   (2:01.78)	8:04.34	Olympic
11	Canada	Brittany Reimer   (2:00.15) Julia Wilkinson   (2:00.45) Erica Morningstar   (2:01.92) Geneviève Saumur   (2:02.30)	8:04.82	Olympic
12	Spain	Arantxa Ramos Plasencia   (2:00.56) Maria Fuster Martinez   (2:01.55) Melania Felicitas Costa Schmid   (2:02.94) Erika Villaécija García   (2:01.57)	8:06.62	Olympic
13	Italy	Flavia Zoccari   (2:02.88) Francesca Segat   (2:03.11) Renata Fabiola Spagnolo   (2:01.81) Federica Pellegrini   (1:58.84)	8:06.64
14	Denmark	Julie Hjorth-Hansen   (2:00.47) Lotte Friis   (2:01.85) Micha Jensen   (2:02.56) Louise Mai Jansen   (2:01.90)	8:06.78
15	Poland	Katarzyna Baranowska   (2:04.05) Agata Zqiejska   (2:01.77) Aleksandra Urbanczyk   (2:04.10) Paulina Barzycka   (2:03.21)	8:13.13
16	Romania	Camelia Potec   (1:59.22) Valentina Georgiana Brat   (2:07.92) Larisa Lăcustă   (2:07.87) Ionela Cozma   (2:03.34)	8:18.35
17	Hong Kong	Hang Yu Sze   (2:09.58) Hannah Wilson   (2:07.67) Carmen Nam   (2:08.50) Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai   (2:04.80)	8:30.55
18	Singapore	Quah Ting Wen   (2:07.28) Mylene Ong   (2:07.96) Lynette Lim   (2:07.44) Lynette Ng   (2:08.97)	8:31.65
19	El Salvador	Golda Marcus   (2:08.70) Ileana Murillo Argueta   (2:12.51) Ana Guadalupe Hernandez Duarte   (2:15.70) Alexia Pamela Benitez Quijada   (2:11.68)	8:48.59
20	Peru	Fiorella Gomez-Sanchez   (2:12.95) Massie Milagros Carillo   (2:12.69) Slavica Pavic   (2:19.72) Maria Alejandra Torres   (2:13.47)	8:58.83
21	Thailand	Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn   (2:07.13) Wenika Kaewchaiwong   (2:11.44) Pannika Prachgosin   (2:23.38) Jiratida Phinyosophon   (2:19.99)	9:01.94
22	Macao	Cheok Mei Ma   (2:12.34) Weng I Kuan   (2:16.16) Man Wai Fong   (2:21.05) Yih Shiuan Chan   (2:14.00)	9:03.55
23	Uzbekistan	Irina Shlemova   (2:16.90) Yulduz Kuchkarova   (2:20.57) Maftunabonu Tuhtasinova   (2:15.62) Ranohon Amanova   (2:19.76)	9:12.85
24	Jordan	Miriam Hatamleh   (2:14.86) Layla Alghul   (2:18.36) Hiba Bashouti   (2:18.94) Razan Taha   (2:26.96)	9:19.12
25	India	Kshipra Mahajan   (2:21.17) Madhavi Giri Govind   (2:20.47) Parita Parekh   (2:21.35) Pooja Raghava Alva   (2:19.94)	9:22.93

See also

• Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
• Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
• Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

References

• Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Preliminary results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11.
• Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11.