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4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Women

Date	1 August 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	76 from 16 countries

The United States had won this event three of the four times it had been contested at the Olympics, but the 2008 champions were Australia. Australia had already beaten the US in London in the 4×100 relay and they led for most of the final, challenged mostly by France, but Allison Schmitt was the US anchor and came home in the fastest split of the event, 1:54.09, to bring the United States their fourth gold medal in the event. Australia held on for the silver medal and France won bronze, Canada just missing out in fourth place.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	7:50.75 (1 h2)	7:42.92 (1)	Gold
	Missy Franklin • Dana Vollmer • Shannon Vreeland • Allison Schmitt • Lauren Perdue • Alyssa Anderson
2	Australia	AUS	7:49.44 (1 h1)	7:44.41 (2)	Silver
	Bronte Barratt • Mel Schlanger • Kylie Palmer • Alicia Coutts • Brittany Elmslie • Angie Bainbridge • Jade Neilsen • Blair Evans
3	France	FRA	7:52.88 (3 h1)	7:47.49 (3)	Bronze
	Camille Muffat • Charlotte Bonnet • Ophélie Etienne • Coralie Balmy • Margaux Farrell • Mylène Lazare
4	Canada	CAN	7:50.84 (2 h1)	7:50.65 (4)
	Barbara Jardin • Samantha Cheverton • Amanda Reason • Brittany MacLean
5	Great Britain	GBR	7:54.31 (4 h1)	7:52.37 (5)
	Caitlin McClatchey • Becki Turner • Hannah Miley • Jo Jackson • Ellie Faulkner
6	People's Republic of China	CHN	7:53.66 (3 h2)	7:53.11 (6)
	Wang Shijia • Ye Shiwen • Liu Jing • Tang Yi • Zhu Qianwei • Chen Qian • Pang Jiaying
7	Italy	ITA	7:52.75 (2 h2)	7:56.30 (7)
	Alice Mizzau • Alice Nesti • Diletta Carli • Federica Pellegrini
8	Japan	JPN	7:54.56 (5 h1)	7:56.73 (8)
	Haruka Ueda • Hanae Ito • Yayoi Matsumoto • Aya Takano
9	Hungary	HUN	7:54.58 (4 h2)	–
	Ágnes Mutina • Zsu Jakabos • Katinka Hosszú • Evelyn Verrasztó
10	New Zealand	NZL	7:55.92 (5 h2)	–
	Tash Hind • Samantha Lucie-Smith • Amaka Gessler • Melissa Ingram
11	Germany	GER	7:58.93 (6 h2)	–
	Silke Lippok • Theresa Michalak • Annika Bruhn • Daniela Schreiber
12	Slovenia	SLO	8:04.69 (7 h2)	–
	Sara Isakovič • Anja Klinar • Urša Bežan • Mojca Sagmeister
13	Poland	POL	8:13.76 (8 h2)	–
	Katarzyna Wilk • Karolina Szczepaniak • Diana Sokołowska • Alexandra Putra
14	Spain	ESP	7:54.59 (6 h1)	–
	Melani Costa • Patricia Castro • Lidia Morant • Mireia Belmonte
15	Russian Federation	RUS	7:56.50 (7 h1)	–
	Mariya Baklakova • Yelena Sokolova • Veronika Popova • Darya Belyakina
16	Ukraine	UKR	8:12.67 (8 h1)	–
	Daryna Zevina • Hanna Dzerkal • Dar'ia Stepaniuk • Iryna Hlavnyk

Round One (1 August 2012 — 11:26)

Fastest eight teams advanced to final

Heat One (11:26)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	Australia	AUS				7:49.44			Q
		Brittany Elmslie		27.83	57.97	1:27.61	1:57.50	0.71	1:57.50 (1)
		Angie Bainbridge		27.15	56.51	1:27.05	1:57.70	0.37	3:55.20 (2)
		Jade Neilsen		26.78	56.13	1:26.53	1:57.25	0.19	5:52.45 (1)
		Blair Evans		27.16	56.94	1:26.98	1:56.99	0.18	7:49.44 (1)
2	5	Canada	CAN				7:50.84			Q
		Barbara Jardin		27.98	57.58	1:27.69	1:57.76	0.73	1:57.76 (4)
		Samantha Cheverton		27.48	57.30	1:27.38	1:57.38	0.31	3:55.14 (1)
		Amanda Reason		26.91	56.31	1:26.93	1:58.51	0.20	5:53.65 (2)
		Brittany MacLean		27.47	57.10	1:27.28	1:57.19	0.30	7:50.84 (2)
3	3	France	FRA				7:52.88			Q
		Ophélie Etienne		28.16	58.27	1:28.48	1:58.43	0.72	1:58.43 (6)
		Margaux Farrell		27.97	58.21	1:28.65	2:00.06	0.14	3:58.49 (6)
		Mylène Lazare		27.26	56.89	1:27.70	1:58.82	0.27	5:57.31 (6)
		Camille Muffat		26.12	55.52	1:25.33	1:55.57	0.01	7:52.88 (3)
4	6	Great Britain	GBR				7:54.31			Q
		Caitlin McClatchey		27.69	57.56	1:27.92	1:58.22	0.73	1:58.22 (5)
		Becki Turner		27.63	57.47	1:27.64	1:57.87	0.29	3:56.09 (5)
		Ellie Faulkner		27.01	56.99	1:28.30	1:59.36	0.46	5:55.45 (4)
		Jo Jackson		27.37	57.30	1:27.86	1:58.86	0.25	7:54.31 (4)
5	2	Japan	JPN				7:54.56			Q
		Haruka Ueda		27.59	57.65	1:28.31	1:57.70	0.75	1:57.70 (3)
		Hanae Ito		27.59	57.94	1:28.20	1:58.12	0.12	3:55.82 (4)
		Yayoi Matsumoto		27.53	58.10	1:28.97	1:59.67	0.29	5:55.49 (5)
		Aya Takano		27.92	57.91	1:28.07	1:59.07	0.42	7:54.56 (5)
6	1	Spain	ESP				7:54.59
		Melani Costa		27.88	57.81	1:27.87	1:57.66	0.72	1:57.66 (2)
		Patricia Castro		27.91	57.73	1:28.03	1:58.09	0.42	3:55.75 (3)
		Lidia Morant		27.29	57.61	1:28.63	1:59.66	0.13	5:55.41 (3)
		Mireia Belmonte		27.74	58.37	1:28.80	1:59.18	-0.02	7:54.59 (6)
7	7	Russian Federation	RUS				7:56.50
		Mariya Baklakova		28.37	59.15	1:30.22	2:00.75	0.80	2:00.75 (8)
		Yelena Sokolova		27.22	56.69	1:27.11	1:58.33	0.45	3:59.08 (7)
		Veronika Popova		26.84	56.86	1:27.64	1:58.48	0.22	5:57.56 (7)
		Darya Belyakina		27.57	57.79	1:28.56	1:58.94	0.28	7:56.50 (7)
8	8	Ukraine	UKR				8:12.67
		Daryna Zevina		28.76	59.07	1:29.58	1:59.68	0.78	1:59.68 (7)
		Hanna Dzerkal		28.39	59.79	1:32.39	2:04.68	0.49	4:04.36 (8)
		Dar'ia Stepaniuk		28.05	59.75	1:32.30	2:05.49	0.45	6:09.85 (8)
		Iryna Hlavnyk		28.36	59.60	1:30.92	2:02.82	0.42	8:12.67 (8)

Heat Two (11:36)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	United States	USA				7:50.75			Q
		Lauren Perdue		27.55	57.59	1:27.83	1:58.07	0.72	1:58.07 (2)
		Shannon Vreeland		27.47	57.28	1:27.28	1:57.04	0.38	3:55.11 (1)
		Alyssa Anderson		27.57	57.29	1:27.15	1:57.33	0.46	5:52.44 (1)
		Dana Vollmer		26.77	56.23	1:27.23	1:58.31	0.38	7:50.75 (1)
2	6	Italy	ITA				7:52.75			Q
		Alice Mizzau		28.10	57.70	1:27.70	1:57.95	0.70	1:57.95 (1)
		Alice Nesti		28.09	58.47	1:29.12	1:59.80	0.12	3:57.75 (5)
		Diletta Carli		27.53	57.73	1:27.84	1:58.54	0.22	5:56.29 (4)
		Federica Pellegrini		26.42	55.96	1:26.30	1:56.46	-0.03	7:52.75 (2)
3	5	People's Republic of China	CHN				7:53.66			Q
		Zhu Qianwei		27.48	57.65	1:28.52	1:59.23	0.70	1:59.23 (5)
		Liu Jing		27.78	57.56	1:27.97	1:58.00	0.18	3:57.23 (2)
		Chen Qian		27.78	57.80	1:28.04	1:58.17	0.26	5:55.40 (2)
		Pang Jiaying		27.15	57.07	1:27.73	1:58.26	0.24	7:53.66 (3)
4	3	Hungary	HUN				7:54.58
		Ágnes Mutina		28.16	58.56	1:29.20	2:00.06	0.69	2:00.06 (7)
		Zsu Jakabos		27.68	57.63	1:27.33	1:57.59	0.46	3:57.65 (3)
		Katinka Hosszú		27.59	57.30	1:27.60	1:57.84	0.44	5:55.49 (3)
		Evelyn Verrasztó		27.47	58.00	1:28.94	1:59.09	0.39	7:54.58 (4)
5	2	New Zealand	NZL				7:55.92
		Tash Hind		28.65	58.74	1:29.02	1:58.79	0.75	1:58.79 (4)
		Samantha Lucie-Smith		27.85	58.37	1:28.95	1:58.89	0.28	3:57.68 (4)
		Amaka Gessler		27.84	58.78	1:28.61	1:59.03	0.23	5:56.71 (5)
		Melissa Ingram		27.96	57.97	1:28.41	1:59.21	0.43	7:55.92 (5)
6	7	Germany	GER				7:58.93
		Silke Lippok		28.06	57.94	1:28.17	1:58.43	0.71	1:58.43 (3)
		Theresa Michalak		27.53	58.57	1:29.89	2:00.65	0.19	3:59.08 (6)
		Annika Bruhn		27.08	56.98	1:27.91	1:59.61	0.32	5:58.69 (6)
		Daniela Schreiber		26.96	56.96	1:28.59	2:00.24	0.39	7:58.93 (6)
7	1	Slovenia	SLO				8:04.69
		Sara Isakovič		28.21	58.32	1:28.84	1:59.58	0.69	1:59.58 (6)
		Anja Klinar		28.79	59.41	1:30.10	2:00.53	0.34	4:00.11 (7)
		Urša Bežan		28.18	59.07	1:30.10	2:01.92	0.48	6:02.03 (7)
		Mojca Sagmeister		28.40	59.63	1:31.32	2:02.66	0.29	8:04.69 (7)
8	8	Poland	POL				8:13.76
		Katarzyna Wilk		28.73	59.76	1:32.43	2:05.46	0.71	2:05.46 (8)
		Karolina Szczepaniak		28.19	58.70	1:30.48	2:02.99	0.31	4:08.45 (8)
		Diana Sokołowska		27.43	57.98	1:29.29	2:01.45	0.20	6:09.90 (8)
		Alexandra Putra		27.94	59.45	1:32.00	2:03.86	0.17	8:13.76 (8)

Final (1 August 2012 — 21:04)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	United States	USA				7:42.92			OR
		Missy Franklin		26.87	55.87	1:25.75	1:55.96	0.79	1:55.96 (3)
		Dana Vollmer		26.92	56.19	1:25.97	1:56.02	0.30	3:51.98 (2)
		Shannon Vreeland		27.05	56.74	1:27.06	1:56.85	0.07	5:48.83 (2)
		Allison Schmitt		27.19	55.75	1:24.75	1:54.09	0.47	7:42.92 (1)
2	4	Australia	AUS				7:44.41
		Bronte Barratt		27.53	56.56	1:26.02	1:55.76	0.74	1:55.76 (2)
		Mel Schlanger		26.95	56.49	1:26.36	1:55.62	0.24	3:51.38 (1)
		Kylie Palmer		27.33	57.25	1:27.28	1:56.91	0.24	5:48.29 (1)
		Alicia Coutts		27.10	56.92	1:26.47	1:56.12	0.38	7:44.41 (2)
3	2	France	FRA				7:47.49
		Camille Muffat		27.08	56.37	1:25.77	1:55.51	0.76	1:55.51 (1)
		Charlotte Bonnet		27.00	57.05	1:27.22	1:57.78	0.31	3:53.29 (3)
		Ophélie Etienne		27.56	57.84	1:28.11	1:58.05	0.33	5:51.34 (3)
		Coralie Balmy		26.98	56.49	1:26.46	1:56.15	0.09	7:47.49 (3)
4	3	Canada	CAN				7:50.65
		Barbara Jardin		27.95	57.49	1:27.64	1:57.96	0.78	1:57.96 (4)
		Samantha Cheverton		27.35	57.15	1:27.03	1:56.91	0.17	3:54.87 (4)
		Amanda Reason		27.24	57.58	1:28.78	1:59.32	0.13	5:54.19 (5)
		Brittany MacLean		27.35	57.11	1:26.93	1:56.46	0.37	7:50.65 (4)
5	1	Great Britain	GBR				7:52.37
		Caitlin McClatchey		27.78	57.91	1:28.45	1:58.66	0.75	1:58.66 (7)
		Becki Turner		27.09	57.39	1:27.64	1:57.39	0.16	3:56.05 (6)
		Hannah Miley		27.27	57.35	1:27.82	1:58.12	0.15	5:54.17 (4)
		Jo Jackson		27.75	57.70	1:28.06	1:58.20	0.31	7:52.37 (5)
6	7	People's Republic of China	CHN				7:53.11
		Wang Shijia		27.76	57.71	1:28.13	1:58.32	0.73	1:58.32 (6)
		Ye Shiwen		26.62	56.50	1:27.40	1:57.37	0.08	3:55.69 (5)
		Liu Jing		27.68	58.09	1:29.21	1:59.51	0.26	5:55.20 (6)
		Tang Yi		26.37	55.24	1:25.63	1:57.91	0.28	7:53.11 (6)
7	6	Italy	ITA				7:56.30
		Alice Mizzau		28.23	58.34	1:28.47	1:58.93	0.75	1:58.93 (8)
		Alice Nesti		28.26	58.42	1:29.22	2:00.03	0.37	3:58.96 (8)
		Diletta Carli		27.63	58.27	1:29.39	1:59.73	0.09	5:58.69 (8)
		Federica Pellegrini		27.11	57.02	1:27.43	1:57.61	0.18	7:56.30 (7)
8	8	Japan	JPN				7:56.73
		Haruka Ueda		27.80	57.99	1:28.87	1:58.23	0.78	1:58.23 (5)
		Hanae Ito		27.32	57.22	1:28.01	1:58.26	0.16	3:56.49 (7)
		Yayoi Matsumoto		27.80	58.63	1:30.01	2:00.82	0.30	5:57.31 (7)
		Aya Takano		27.94	58.52	1:29.34	1:59.42	0.28	7:56.73 (8)