Women's 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2012 Short Course Worlds | |||||||
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Dates | 14 December (heats and final) | ||||||
Winning time | 3:49.87 | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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2012 FINA World Swimming Championships | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
100 m | men | women |
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 |
The women's 4x100 metre medley relay event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 14 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Nation | Swimmers | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record | United States | Natalie Coughlin (55.97) Rebecca Soni (1:02.91) Dana Vollmer (55.36) Missy Franklin (51.32) | 3:45.56 | Atlanta | 16 December 2011 |
Championship record | China | Zhao Jing (56.52) Zhao Jin (1:04.20) Liu Zige (55.80) Tang Yi (51.77) | 3:48.29 | Dubai | 17 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.
18 teams participated in 2 heats. [1]
The final was held at 21:16. [2]
Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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4 | Denmark | Mie Nielsen (56.73/ NR ) Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:03.48) Jeanette Ottesen (56.49) Pernille Blume (53.17) | 3:49.87 | ER | |
8 | Australia | Rachel Goh (58.16) Sarah Katsoulis (1:03.89) Marieke Guehrer (56.36) Angie Bainbridge (52.47) | 3:50.88 | ||
5 | United States | Olivia Smoliga (57.25) Jessica Hardy (1:04.61) Claire Donahue (57.67) Megan Romano (51.90) | 3:51.43 | ||
4 | 6 | Great Britain | Georgia Davies (57.45) Sophie Allen (1:05.90) Jemma Lowe (56.51) Francesca Halsall (51.99) | 3:51.85 | NR |
5 | 2 | China | Zhou Yanxin (57.85) Sun Ye (1:05.89) Lu Ying (56.36) Tang Yi (52.43) | 3:52.53 | |
6 | 3 | Japan | Marie Kamimura (59.17) Kanako Watanabe (1:05.15) Nao Kobayashi (57.30) Haruka Ueda (53.11) | 3:54.73 | |
7 | 7 | Italy | Arianna Barbieri (58.25) Chiara Boggiatto (1:07.60) Ilaria Bianchi (56.14) Federica Pellegrini (54.13) | 3:56.12 | |
8 | 1 | Germany | Jenny Mensing (59.90) Caroline Ruhnau (1:06.24) Paulina Schmiedel (58.31) Britta Steffen (52.40) | 3:56.85 | NR |
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