Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
DateAugust 15, 2008 (heats)
August 17, 2008 (final)
Competitors74 from 16 nations
Winning time3:52.69 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Lisbeth Trickett, Tarnee White*, Felicity Galvez*, Shayne Reese*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, Christine Magnuson, Dara Torres, Margaret Hoelzer*, Megan Jendrick*, Elaine Breeden*, Kara Lynn Joyce*
Bronze medal icon.svg

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Zhao Jing, Sun Ye, Zhou Yafei, Pang Jiaying, Xu Tianlongzi*


*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 and 17 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. [1]

Dominating the race from the start, the Aussie women's relay team solidified their triumph to destroy the world record and to defend the Olympic title over their American rivals for the second straight time. The foursome of Emily Seebohm (59.33), Leisel Jones (1:04.58), Jessicah Schipper (56.25), and Lisbeth Trickett (52.53) put together a perfect ending with a blazing fast time of 3:52.69 to shave three seconds off their standard from the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne. [2] [3]

Team USA's Natalie Coughlin (58.94), Rebecca Soni (1:05.95), Christine Magnuson (56.14), and legend Dara Torres (52.27) trailed behind their greatest rivals in the pool by six-tenths of a second (0.60), but finished under a world-record time to take home a magnificent silver in a new American standard of 3:53.30. [4] [5] Competing in her fifth Olympics since 1984, at age 41, Torres also picked up her twelfth career medal to match Jenny Thompson's record as the most successful American woman in Olympic history. [6] Delighted by a raucous home crowd inside the Water Cube, the Chinese quartet of Zhao Jing (59.56), Sun Ye (1:06.75), Zhou Yafei (57.40), and Pang Jiaying (52.40) ended on a spectacular fashion with a bronze medal in an Asian record of 3:56.11. [7] [8] [9]

Great Britain's Gemma Spofforth (59.05), Kate Haywood (1:07.51), Jemma Lowe (58.13), and Francesca Halsall (52.81) missed the podium by over a single second, but powered home with a fourth-place effort in a European record of 3:57.50, holding off the Russian foursome of Anastasia Zuyeva (59.16), Yuliya Yefimova (1:06.46), Natalya Sutyagina (58.09), and Anastasia Aksenova (54.13) by 0.34 seconds, a fifth-place time of 3:57.84. [10] [11] Japan's Reiko Nakamura (59.74), Asami Kitagawa (1:07.04), Yuka Kato (58.17), and Haruka Ueda (54.59) cleared a four-minute barrier to claim a sixth spot in 3:59.54, leaving Canada's Julia Wilkinson (1:01.35), Annamay Pierse (1:06.91), Audrey Lacroix (59.01), and Erica Morningstar (54.08) out of the fence in 4:01.35. As the entire field came to a dramatic finish in the pool, Sweden was disqualified from the race because of an early relay takeoff on the final exchange by freestyle anchor Josefin Lillhage. [9]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia  (AUS)
Emily Seebohm (1:00.79)
Leisel Jones (1:04.94)
Jessicah Schipper (57.18)
Lisbeth Lenton (52.83)		3:55.74 Melbourne, Australia 31 March 2007 [12]
Olympic recordFlag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Giaan Rooney (1:01.18)
Leisel Jones (1:06.50)
Petria Thomas (56.67)
Jodie Henry (52.97)		3:57.32 Athens, Greece 21 August 2004-

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 17Final Emily Seebohm (59.33)
Leisel Jones (1:04.58)
Jessicah Schipper (56.25)
Lisbeth Trickett (52.53)		Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:52.69 WR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNationalityNameTimeNotes
124Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Emily Seebohm (59.95)
Tarnee White (1:06.81)
Felicity Galvez (56.82)
Shayne Reese (54.36)		3:57.94Q
225Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Gemma Spofforth (1:00.33)
Kate Haywood (1:08.00)
Jemma Lowe (57.34)
Francesca Halsall (53.47)		3:59.14Q, EU
314Flag of the United States.svg  United States Margaret Hoelzer (59.29)
Megan Jendrick (1:07.17)
Elaine Breeden (58.59)
Kara Lynn Joyce (54.10)		3:59.15Q
415Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xu Tianlongzi (1:01.13)
Sun Ye (1:06.85)
Zhou Yafei (56.94)
Pang Jiaying (54.29)		3:59.21Q, AS
523Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Kseniya Moskvina (1:01.05)
Yuliya Yefimova (1:06.45)
Natalya Sutyagina (58.31)
Anastasia Aksenova (53.85)		3:59.66Q
613Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Hanae Ito (1:00.34)
Asami Kitagawa (1:07.33)
Yuka Kato (57.69)
Haruka Ueda (54.55)		3:59.91Q, NR
727Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Sarah Sjöström (1:02.48)
Joline Höstman (1:08.48)
Anna-Karin Kammerling (57.57)
Josefin Lillhage (53.59)		4:02.12Q
822Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Julia Wilkinson (1:00.90)
Annamay Pierse (1:07.22)
Audrey Lacroix (59.84)
Erica Morningstar (54.17)		4:02.13Q
918Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Antje Buschschulte (1:00.51)
Sarah Poewe (1:08.95)
Daniela Samulski (59.78)
Britta Steffen (53.29)		4:02.53
1012Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Fabíola Molina (1:00.71)
Tatiane Sakemi (1:10.42)
Gabriella Silva (56.97)
Tatiana Barbosa (54.51)		4:02.61
1111Flag of France.svg  France Alexianne Castel (1:01.28)
Sophie de Ronchi (1:08.75)
Aurore Mongel (58.64)
Alena Popchanka (54.28)		4:02.95
1226Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Melissa Corfe (1:02.62)
Suzaan van Biljon (1:07.90)
Mandy Loots (58.76)
Lize-Mari Retief (54.92)		4:04.20
1316Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Femke Heemskerk (1:02.97)
Jolijn van Valkengoed (1:10.85)
Inge Dekker (57.41)
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.51)		4:04.74
1428Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Romina Armellini (1:02.49)
Roberta Panara (1:08.36)
Ilaria Bianchi (58.09)
Federica Pellegrini (55.99)		4:04.93
1517Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Nina Zhivanevskaya (1:00.77)
Mireia Belmonte García (1:10.46)
Angela San Juan (1:00.08)
María Fuster (55.09)		4:06.40
1621Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Iryna Amshennikova (1:03.63)
Yuliya Pidlisna (1:09.53)
Kateryna Zubkova (59.65)
Darya Stepanyuk (55.81)		4:08.62

Final

Leisel Jones' breaststroke split was the fastest in the race by 1.37 seconds and gave Australia a decisive lead. 2008 Australian Olympic team Leisel Jones - Sarah Ewart.jpg
Leisel Jones' breaststroke split was the fastest in the race by 1.37 seconds and gave Australia a decisive lead.
RankLaneNationalityNameTimeTime behindNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Emily Seebohm (59.33)
Leisel Jones (1:04.58)
Jessicah Schipper (56.25)
Lisbeth Trickett (52.53)		3:52.69 WR
Silver medal icon.svg3Flag of the United States.svg  United States Natalie Coughlin (58.94)
Rebecca Soni (1:05.95)
Christine Magnuson (56.14)
Dara Torres (52.27)		3:53.300.61 AM
Bronze medal icon.svg6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Zhao Jing (59.56)
Sun Ye (1:06.75)
Zhou Yafei (57.40)
Pang Jiaying (52.40)		3:56.113.42 AS
45Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Gemma Spofforth (59.05)
Kate Haywood (1:07.51)
Jemma Lowe (58.13)
Francesca Halsall (52.81)		3:57.504.81 EU
52Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Anastasia Zuyeva (59.16)
Yuliya Yefimova (1:06.46)
Natalya Sutyagina (58.09)
Anastasia Aksenova (54.13)		3:57.845.15
67Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Reiko Nakamura (59.74)
Asami Kitagawa (1:07.04)
Yuka Kato (58.17)
Haruka Ueda (54.59)		3:59.546.85 NR
78Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Julia Wilkinson (1:01.35)
Annamay Pierse (1:06.91)
Audrey Lacroix (59.01)
Erica Morningstar (54.08)		4:01.358.66
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Sarah Sjöström (1:02.63)
Joline Höstman (1:08.11)
Anna-Karin Kammerling (58.51)
Josefin Lillhage 		DSQ

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