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4 × 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	Competitors	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

Date	1 August 2012 — 11:26
Format	Fastest 8 teams advanced to the final round.

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	4	Australia	AUS	7:49.44	Q
2	4	United States	USA	7:50.75	Q
3	5	Canada	CAN	7:50.84	Q
4	6	Italy	ITA	7:52.75	Q
5	3	France	FRA	7:52.88	Q
6	5	People's Republic of China	CHN	7:53.66	Q
7	6	Great Britain	GBR	7:54.31	Q
8	2	Japan	JPN	7:54.56	Q
9	3	Hungary	HUN	7:54.58
10	1	Spain	ESP	7:54.59
11	2	New Zealand	NZL	7:55.92
12	7	Russian Federation	RUS	7:56.50
13	7	Germany	GER	7:58.93
14	1	Slovenia	SLO	8:04.69
15	8	Ukraine	UKR	8:12.67
16	8	Poland	POL	8:13.76

Heat #1

Time	11:26

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

Heat #2

Time	11:36

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

Final Round

Date	1 August 2012 — 21:04

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