Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date25 July 1996 (heats & final)
Competitors94 from 21 nations
Winning time7:59.87 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Trina Jackson, Cristina Teuscher, Sheila Taormina, Jenny Thompson, Lisa Jacob*, Annette Salmeen*, Ashley Whitney*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Franziska van Almsick, Kerstin Kielgaß, Anke Scholz, Dagmar Hase, Meike Freitag*, Simone Osygus*
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Julia Greville, Nicole Stevenson, Emma Johnson, Susie O'Neill, Lise Mackie*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
2000  

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]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of East Germany.svg  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 recordInaugural event

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
25 JulyHeat 2 Lisa Jacob (2:01.31)
Ashley Whitney (2:01.77)
Sheila Taormina (2:00.57)
Annette Salmeen (2:01.34)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:04.99 OR
25 JulyFinal Trina Jackson (1:59.71)
Cristina Teuscher (1:58.86)
Sheila Taormina (2:01.29)
Jenny Thompson (2:00.01)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:59.87 OR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q). [2]

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
124Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lisa Jacob (2:01.31)
Ashley Whitney (2:01.77)
Sheila Taormina (2:00.57)
Annette Salmeen (2:01.34)
8:04.99Q, OR
234Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Simone Osygus (2:03.45)
Meike Freitag (2:02.36)
Anke Scholz (2:02.14)
Franziska van Almsick (2:00.63)
8:08.58Q
335Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Julia Greville (2:01.48)
Lise Mackie (2:03.75)
Emma Johnson (2:02.65)
Susie O'Neill (2:01.45)
8:09.33Q
415Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Eri Yamanoi (2:02.64)
Naoko Imoto (2:01.88)
Aiko Miyake (2:04.52)
Suzu Chiba (2:00.42)
8:09.46Q, NR
536Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Luminița Dobrescu (2:01.50)
Loredana Zisu (2:05.05)
Lorena Diaconescu (2:02.25)
Carla Negrea (2:01.97)
8:10.77Q, NR
625Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Joanne Malar (2:04.10)
Sophie Simard (2:02.94)
Marianne Limpert (2:02.90)
Jessica Deglau (2:02.09)
8:12.03Q
713Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Minouche Smit (2:03.27)
Patricia Stokkers (2:03.35)
Karin Brienesse (2:04.06)
Carla Geurts (2:02.10)
8:12.78Q, NR
814Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Chen Yan (2:03.63)
Pu Yiqi (2:04.49)
Wang Luna (2:03.16)
Nian Yun (2:02.01)
8:13.29Q
923Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Louise Jöhncke (2:02.73)
Johanna Sjöberg (2:03.04)
Josefin Lillhage (2:03.85)
Åsa Sandlund (2:04.02)
8:13.64
1026Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Claire Huddart (2:05.34)
Vicky Horner (2:03.11)
Janine Belton (2:04.10)
Karen Pickering (2:02.37)
8:14.92 NR
1122Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sarah Catherwood (2:03.66)
Alison Fitch (2:03.30)
Anna Wilson (2:05.83)
Dionne Bainbridge (2:02.19)
8:14.98
1232Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Tatyana Litovchenko (2:04.96)
Inna Yaitskaya (2:04.31)
Yelena Nazemnova (2:04.27)
Nadezhda Chemezova (2:02.52)
8:16.06
1333Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Ditte Jensen (2:04.89)
Britta Vestergaard (2:04.44)
Britt Raaby (2:03.98)
Berit Puggaard (2:03.01)
8:16.32
1416Flag of France.svg  France Marianne Le Verge (2:05.33)
Hélène Ricardo (2:05.50)
Laëtitia Choux (2:04.90)
Solenne Figuès (2:03.17)
8:18.90
1531Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Hana Černá (2:02.95)
Kristýna Kyněrová (2:03.31)
Pavla Chrástová (2:08.02)
Olga Šplíchalová (2:06.91)
8:21.19 NR
1612Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Sandrine Paquier (2:05.39)
Dominique Diezi (2:05.38)
Nicole Zahnd (2:06.10)
Chantal Strasser (2:04.68)
8:21.55 NR
1717Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Sviatlana Zhidko (2:04.89)
Inga Borodich (2:06.27)
Natalya Baranovskaya (2:05.87)
Alena Popchanka (2:04.67)
8:21.70 NR
1821Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Jeong Eun-na (2:06.15)
Lee Bo-eun (2:04.32)
Lee Jie-hyun (2:05.18)
Seo So-yung (2:07.25)
8:22.90
1927Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Tsai Shu-min (2:04.61)
Chang Wei-chia (2:08.07)
Hsieh Shu-ting (2:09.12)
Lin Chi-chan (2:05.81)
8:27.61
2037Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan Viktoriya Poleyayeva (2:09.68)
Olga Titova (2:13.11)
Olga Korotayeva (2:11.55)
Olga Bogatyreva (2:11.42)
8:45.76
2111Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina María del Pilar Pereyra (2:09.42)
Alicia Barrancos (2:08.43)
Valeria Álvarez (2:12.25)
María Bertelloti (2:16.26)
8:46.36

Final

[3] [4]

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of the United States.svg  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
Silver medal icon.svg5Flag of Germany.svg  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
Bronze medal icon.svg3Flag of Australia.svg  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
46Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  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
57Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Marianne Limpert (2:03.09)
Shannon Shakespeare (2:00.72)
Andrea Schwartz (2:02.01)
Jessica Deglau (2:02.34)
8:08.16
61Flag of the Netherlands.svg  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
72Flag of Romania.svg  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
88Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  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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