Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | |||||||||
Date | 25 July 1996 (heats & final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 94 from 21 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 7:59.87 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | ||
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 |
The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. This event was officially included to the women's swimming program for the first time in Olympic history. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | East Germany (GDR) Manuela Stellmach (2:00.23) Astrid Strauss (1:58.90) Anke Möhring (1:58.73) Heike Friedrich (1:57.61) | 7:55.47 | Strasbourg, France | 18 August 1987 |
Olympic record | Inaugural event | — | — | — |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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25 July | Heat 2 | Lisa Jacob (2:01.31) Ashley Whitney (2:01.77) Sheila Taormina (2:00.57) Annette Salmeen (2:01.34) | United States | 8:04.99 | OR |
25 July | Final | Trina Jackson (1:59.71) Cristina Teuscher (1:58.86) Sheila Taormina (2:01.29) Jenny Thompson (2:00.01) | United States | 7:59.87 | OR |
Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q). [2]
Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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4 | United States | Trina Jackson (1:59.71) Cristina Teuscher (1:58.86) Sheila Taormina (2:01.29) Jenny Thompson (2:00.01) | 7:59.87 | OR | |
5 | Germany | Franziska van Almsick (1:58.14) Kerstin Kielgaß (2:00.86) Anke Scholz (2:02.47) Dagmar Hase (2:00.08) | 8:01.55 | ||
3 | Australia | Julia Greville (2:01.06) Nicole Stevenson (2:03.23) Emma Johnson (2:01.21) Susie O'Neill (1:59.97) | 8:05.47 | ||
4 | 6 | Japan | Eri Yamanoi (2:01.03) Naoko Imoto (2:01.47) Aiko Miyake (2:04.07) Suzu Chiba (2:00.89) | 8:07.46 | NR |
5 | 7 | Canada | Marianne Limpert (2:03.09) Shannon Shakespeare (2:00.72) Andrea Schwartz (2:02.01) Jessica Deglau (2:02.34) | 8:08.16 | |
6 | 1 | Netherlands | Carla Geurts (2:01.53) Patricia Stokkers (2:03.00) Minouche Smit (2:02.05) Kirsten Vlieghuis (2:01.90) | 8:08.48 | NR |
7 | 2 | Romania | Luminița Dobrescu (2:01.40) Loredana Zisu (2:03.20) Lorena Diaconescu (2:02.07) Carla Negrea (2:03.35) | 8:10.02 | NR |
8 | 8 | China | Nian Yun (2:03.32) Wang Luna (2:02.58) Chen Yan (2:02.08) Shan Ying (2:07.40) | 8:15.38 |
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The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 22 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
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The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 22 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
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