Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Aquatic Centre
DatesSeptember 16, 2000 (heats & final)
Competitors61 from 13 nations
Winning time3:36.61 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Amy Van Dyken, Dara Torres, Courtney Shealy, Jenny Thompson, Erin Phenix*, Ashley Tappin*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Manon van Rooijen, Wilma van Rijn, Thamar Henneken, Inge de Bruijn, Chantal Groot*
Bronze medal icon.svg

Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
Johanna Sjöberg, Therese Alshammar, Louise Jöhncke, Anna-Karin Kammerling, Josefin Lillhage*, Malin Svahnström*


*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 16 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia. [1]

The U.S. women's team dominated the race from the start to break the six-year-old world record and most importantly, to defend an Olympic title in the event. The foursome of Amy Van Dyken (55.08), Dara Torres (53.51), Courtney Shealy (54.40), and Jenny Thompson (53.62) put together a stellar time of 3:36.61 to capture the relay gold medal, shaving off China's 1994 world record by 1.3 seconds. As the Americans celebrated their triumph in the pool, Thompson picked up her eighth career medal to become the nation's most successful woman in Olympic history. She also tied with former East Germany's Kristin Otto for the most golds by a female, a total of six. [2] [3] [4]

The Netherlands nearly pulled a worst-to-first effort, building from an eighth-place turn by Manon van Rooijen (56.35), seventh by Wilma van Rijn (55.19), and sixth by Thamar Henneken (54.88) until they delivered rising star Inge de Bruijn for the final exchange. Swimming the anchor leg, De Bruijn surged powerfully past the entire field with a fastest split of 53.41 to take home the silver for the Dutch in a European record of 3:39.83. Meanwhile, Sweden's Louise Jöhncke (55.93), Therese Alshammar (53.78), Johanna Sjöberg (55.06), and Anna-Karin Kammerling (55.58) came up with a spectacular swim to grab a bronze in 3:40.30, a national record, holding off a sprint battle from the fast-pacing German team of Antje Buschschulte (55.67), Katrin Meissner (54.92), Franziska van Almsick (55.02), and Sandra Völker (54.70) by a hundredth of a second. [5] [6] [7]

Great Britain's Karen Pickering (56.01), Alison Sheppard (54.95), Rosalind Brett (54.92), and Sue Rolph (54.66) pulled off a fifth-place finish in 3:40.54. Susie O'Neill recorded a split of 54.79 to produce a powerful lead on the first length by the delight of a home crowd, but the Aussies settled only for sixth place with a time of 3:40.91. Canada (3:42.92) and Italy (3:44.49) rounded out the championship finale. [7]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Le Ying (54.31)
Shan Ying (54.38)
Lü Bin (55.09)
Le Jingyi (54.13)		3:37.91 Rome, Italy 7 September 1994 [8] [9]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Angel Martino (55.34)
Amy Van Dyken (53.91)
Catherine Fox (55.93)
Jenny Thompson (54.11)		3:39.29 Atlanta, United States 22 July 1996 [8]

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
September 16Final Amy Van Dyken (55.08)
Dara Torres (53.51)
Courtney Shealy (54.40)
Jenny Thompson (53.62)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:36.61 WR

Results

Heats

[8]

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
124Flag of the United States.svg  United States Ashley Tappin (55.47)
Erin Phenix (56.02)
Courtney Shealy (54.99)
Amy Van Dyken (54.40)		3:40.88Q
226Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Manon van Rooijen (56.15)
Chantal Groot (56.07)
Thamar Henneken (54.99)
Wilma van Rijn (55.11)		3:42.32Q
314Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Alison Sheppard (56.16)
Rosalind Brett (55.63)
Karen Pickering (55.29)
Sue Rolph (55.39)		3:42.47Q
425Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Katrin Meissner (55.22)
Britta Steffen (55.77)
Daniela Samulski (56.18)
Kerstin Kielgass (56.05)		3:43.22Q
523Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Elka Graham (56.81)
Sarah Ryan (54.94)
Melanie Dodd (56.31)
Giaan Rooney (55.50)		3:43.56Q
615Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Louise Jöhncke (56.27)
Josefin Lillhage (57.00)
Malin Svahnström (56.73)
Therese Alshammar (53.77)		3:43.77Q
713Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Marianne Limpert (55.87)
Shannon Shakespeare (55.80)
Jessica Deglau (56.23)
Laura Nicholls (55.92)		3:43.82Q
816Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Cecilia Vianini (56.10)
Luisa Striani (56.29)
Sara Parise (55.73)
Cristina Chiuso (55.85)		3:43.97Q
927Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Han Xue (56.99)
Li Jin (56.88)
Sun Dan (57.25)
Yang Yu (55.50)		3:46.62
1017Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Lyubov Yudina (57.74)
Marina Chepurkova (56.79)
Yekaterina Kibalo (56.02)
Inna Yaitskaya (56.24)		3:46.79
1122Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Nina van Koeckhoven (56.62)
Liesbet Dreesen (56.69)
Sofie Goffin (56.72)
Tine Bossuyt (56.88)		3:46.91
1212Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Florina Herea (57.28)
Lorena Diaconescu (57.77)
Diana Mocanu (57.26)
Camelia Potec (56.47)		3:48.78
1321Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Nadiya Beshevli (57.68)
Valentyna Tregub (57.39)
Olena Lapunova (57.60)
Olga Mukomol (56.44)		3:49.11

Final

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeTime behindNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Amy Van Dyken (55.08)
Dara Torres (53.51)
Courtney Shealy (54.40)
Jenny Thompson (53.62)		3:36.61 WR
Silver medal icon.svg5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Manon van Rooijen (56.35)
Wilma van Rijn (55.19)
Thamar Henneken (54.88)
Inge de Bruijn (53.41)		3:39.833.22 EU
Bronze medal icon.svg7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Louise Jöhncke (55.93)
Therese Alshammar (53.78)
Johanna Sjöberg (55.06)
Anna-Karin Kammerling (55.53)		3:40.303.69 NR
46Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Antje Buschschulte (55.67)
Katrin Meissner (54.92)
Franziska van Almsick (55.02)
Sandra Völker (54.70)		3:40.313.70 NR
53Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Karen Pickering (56.01)
Alison Sheppard (54.95)
Rosalind Brett (54.92)
Sue Rolph (54.66)		3:40.543.93
62Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Susie O'Neill (54.79)
Sarah Ryan (54.80)
Elka Graham (55.57)
Giaan Rooney (55.75)		3:40.914.30
71Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Marianne Limpert (56.32)
Shannon Shakespeare (55.10)
Laura Nicholls (55.30)
Jessica Deglau (56.20)		3:42.926.31
88Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Cecilia Vianini (55.96)
Luisa Striani (56.22)
Sara Parise (55.88)
Cristina Chiuso (56.43)		3:44.497.88

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