Swimming at the 2004 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 XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 14, 2004 (heats & final)
Competitors72 from 16 nations
Winning time3:35.96 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Alice Mills, Lisbeth Lenton, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry, Sarah Ryan*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Kara Lynn Joyce, Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Weir, Jenny Thompson, Lindsay Benko*, Maritza Correia*, Colleen Lanne*
Bronze medal icon.svg

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Chantal Groot, Inge Dekker, Marleen Veldhuis, Inge de Bruijn, Annabel Kosten*


*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay took place on 14 August at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece. [1]

For the first time in 48 years, the Australians (Alice Mills, Lisbeth Lenton, Petria Thomas, and Jodie Henry) overhauled the Team USA on the final leg to win a gold medal in the event. When Henry touched the wall at 3:35.94, the Australians broke a new world record under a 0.06-second mark set by the Germans in 2002 (3:36.00). Henry also unleashed a remarkable relay split of 52.95, the fastest of all-time in Olympic history. [2] [3] [4]

The U.S. team of Kara Lynn Joyce, Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Weir, and Jenny Thompson finished out an American record of 3:36.39 to earn a silver medal, while the Dutch took home the bronze in 3:37.59, after Inge de Bruijn swam a split of 53.37 to hold off the Germans anchored by Franziska van Almsick. [2] [5]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Katrin Meissner (54.82)
Petra Dallmann (53.95)
Sandra Völker (53.59)
Franziska van Almsick (53.64)		3:36.00 Berlin, Germany 29 July 2002
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Amy Van Dyken (55.08)
Dara Torres (53.51)
Courtney Shealy (54.40)
Jenny Thompson (53.62)		3:36.61 Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 14Final Alice Mills (54.75)
Lisbeth Lenton (53.57)
Petria Thomas (54.67)
Jodie Henry (52.95)		Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:35.94 WR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
125Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Alice Mills (54.77)
Libby Lenton (54.48)
Sarah Ryan (54.97)
Jodie Henry (54.04)		3:38.26Q, OC
224Flag of the United States.svg  United States Amanda Weir (54.50)
Colleen Lanne (55.42)
Lindsay Benko (54.80)
Maritza Correia (54.74)		3:39.46Q
323Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Inge Dekker (55.56)
Annabel Kosten (55.24)
Marleen Veldhuis (54.61)
Chantal Groot (54.52)		3:39.93Q
414Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Petra Dallmann (55.49)
Britta Steffen (56.31)
Daniela Götz (55.04)
Antje Buschschulte (54.35)		3:41.19Q
526Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Josefin Lillhage (55.72)
Cathrin Carlzon (56.05)
Therese Alshammar (54.33)
Johanna Sjöberg (55.41)		3:41.51Q
613Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Alison Sheppard (56.35)
Kathryn Evans (55.21)
Karen Pickering (55.57)
Melanie Marshall (54.83)		3:41.96Q
715Flag of France.svg  France Solenne Figuès (55.61)
Céline Couderc (55.84)
Aurore Mongel (56.25)
Malia Metella (54.72)		3:42.42Q
816Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Cheng Jiaru (56.14)
Xu Yanwei (55.43)
Zhu Yingwen (55.08)
Yang Yu (56.19)		3:42.84Q
917Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea Sun So-eun (56.86)
Ryu Yoon-ji (55.24)
Shim Min-ji (56.91)
Kim Hyun-joo (55.83)		3:44.84
1012Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy Cecilia Vianini (56.53)
Cristina Chiuso (56.33)
Sara Parise (57.38)
Federica Pellegrini (54.64)		3:44.88
1122Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Hanna Shcherba (56.10)
Maryia Shcherba (56.78)
Iryna Niafedava (56.46)
Sviatlana Khakhlova (56.04)		3:45.38
27Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Rebeca Gusmão (56.56)
Tatiana Lima (56.67)
Renata Burgos (56.32)
Flávia Cazziolato (55.83)
1318Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Jana Myšková (56.02)
Petra Klosová (56.49)
Ilona Hlaváčková (56.42)
Sandra Kazíková (57.90)		3:46.83
1411Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Tatiana Rouba (56.41)
Ana Belén Palomo (56.64)
Laura Roca (56.83)
Melissa Caballero (57.59)		3:47.47
1528Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Dominique Diezi (56.78)
Marjorie Sagne (57.17)
Seraina Prünte (58.16)
Nicole Zahnd (56.50)		3:48.61
21Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Nery Mantey Niangkouara (55.79)
Zoi Dimoschaki (56.09)
Martha Matsa
Eleni Kosti 		DSQ

Final

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeTime behindNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Alice Mills (54.75)
Lisbeth Lenton (53.57)
Petria Thomas (54.67)
Jodie Henry (52.95)		3:35.94 WR
Silver medal icon.svg5Flag of the United States.svg  United States Kara Lynn Joyce (54.74)
Natalie Coughlin (53.83)
Amanda Weir (54.05)
Jenny Thompson (53.77)		3:36.390.45 AM
Bronze medal icon.svg3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Chantal Groot (55.45)
Inge Dekker (54.66)
Marleen Veldhuis (54.11)
Inge de Bruijn (53.37)		3:37.591.65
46Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Antje Buschschulte (54.67)
Petra Dallmann (54.79)
Daniela Götz (53.99)
Franziska van Almsick (54.49)		3:37.942.00
51Flag of France.svg  France Solenne Figuès (55.36)
Céline Couderc (55.20)
Aurore Mongel (55.72)
Malia Metella (53.95)		3:40.234.29
67Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Melanie Marshall (55.42)
Kathryn Evans (54.33)
Karen Pickering (55.58)
Lisa Chapman (55.49)		3:40.824.88
72Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Josefin Lillhage (55.77)
Johanna Sjöberg (55.90)
Therese Alshammar (54.18)
Anna-Karin Kammerling (55.37)		3:41.225.28
88Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Cheng Jiaru (56.20)
Xu Yanwei (55.19)
Yang Yu (56.08)
Zhu Yingwen (55.43)		3:42.906.96

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