Swimming at the 2012 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 XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
DatesAugust 1, 2012 (heats & final)
Competitors84 from 16 nations
Winning time7:42.92 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Missy Franklin, Dana Vollmer, Shannon Vreeland, Allison Schmitt, Alyssa Anderson*, Lauren Perdue*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Bronte Barratt, Melanie Schlanger, Kylie Palmer, Alicia Coutts, Brittany Elmslie*, Angie Bainbridge*, Jade Neilsen*, Blair Evans*
Bronze medal icon.svg

Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Camille Muffat, Charlotte Bonnet, Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne, Coralie Balmy, Margaux Farrell*, Mylène Lazare*


*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 1 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. [1]

The U.S. women's team smashed a new Olympic record to recapture their freestyle relay title with the help of a sterling anchor leg from Allison Schmitt. Trailing throughout most of the race with a back-to-back lead from Australia and France before the final exchange, Schmitt demolished the field with a remarkable split of 1:54.09 to deliver the American foursome of Missy Franklin (1:55.96), Dana Vollmer (1:56.02), and Shannon Vreeland (1:56.85) a gold medal and an Olympic record in 7:42.92. [2] [3]

Australia's Bronte Barratt (1:55.76), Melanie Schlanger (1:55.62), and Kylie Palmer (1:56.91) handed Alicia Coutts the anchor duties at the final exchange with a 0.54-second lead, but Coutts' split of 1:56.12 was just over a full-body length behind Schmitt's stunning anchor, leaving them with a silver medal in 7:44.41. [4] [5] Meanwhile, the fantastic French quartet of Camille Muffat (1:55.51), Charlotte Bonnet (1:57.78), Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne (1:58.05), and Coralie Balmy (1:56.15) took home the bronze in 7:47.49. [6] [7]

Canada's Barbara Jardin (1:57.96), Samantha Cheverton (1:56.91), Amanda Reason (1:59.32), and Brittany MacLean (1:56.46) missed the podium with a fourth-place time in 7:50.65, while Great Britain's home favorite foursome of Caitlin McClatchey (1:58.66), Rebecca Turner (1:57.39), Hannah Miley (1:58.12), and Joanne Jackson (1:58.20) struggled to mount a challenge in an Olympic-medal race as they finished fifth in 7:52.37. [8] [9] China (7:53.11), led by medley double champion Ye Shiwen, Italy (7:56.30), and Japan (7:56.73) 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)
Yang Yu (1:55.47)
Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79)
Liu Jing (1:56.09)
Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)		7:42.08 Rome, Italy30 July 2009 [10] [11]
Olympic recordFlag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Stephanie Rice (1:56.60)
Bronte Barratt (1:56.58)
Kylie Palmer (1:55.22)
Linda Mackenzie (1:55.91)		7:44.31 Beijing, China14 August 2008 [12]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationTimeRecord
August 1Final Missy Franklin (1:55.96)
Dana Vollmer (1:56.02)
Shannon Vreeland (1:56.85)
Allison Schmitt (1:54.09)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:42.92 OR

Results

Heats

[13]

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
114Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Brittany Elmslie (1:57.50)
Angie Bainbridge (1:57.70)
Jade Neilsen (1:57.25)
Blair Evans (1:56.99)		7:49.44Q
224Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lauren Perdue (1:58.07)
Shannon Vreeland (1:57.04)
Alyssa Anderson (1:57.33)
Dana Vollmer (1:58.31)		7:50.75Q
315Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Barbara Jardin (1:57.76)
Samantha Cheverton (1:57.38)
Amanda Reason (1:58.51)
Brittany MacLean (1:57.19)		7:50.84Q
426Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alice Mizzau (1:57.95)
Alice Nesti (1:59.80)
Diletta Carli (1:58.54)
Federica Pellegrini (1:56.46)		7:52.75Q
513Flag of France.svg  France Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne (1:58.43)
Margaux Farrell (2:00.06)
Mylène Lazare (1:58.82)
Camille Muffat (1:55.57)		7:52.88Q
625Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Zhu Qianwei (1:59.23)
Liu Jing (1:58.00)
Chen Qian (1:58.17)
Pang Jiaying (1:58.26)		7:53.66Q
716Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Caitlin McClatchey (1:58.22)
Rebecca Turner (1:57.87)
Ellie Faulkner (1:59.36)
Joanne Jackson (1:58.86)		7:54.31Q
812Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Haruka Ueda (1:57.70)
Hanae Ito (1:58.12)
Yayoi Matsumoto (1:59.67)
Aya Takano (1:59.07)		7:54.56Q
923Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Ágnes Mutina (2:00.06)
Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:57.59)
Katinka Hosszú (1:57.84)
Evelyn Verrasztó (1:59.09)		7:54.58
1011Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Melania Costa Schmid (1:57.66)
Patricia Castro (1:58.09)
Lydia Morant (1:59.66)
Mireia Belmonte García (1:59.18)		7:54.59 NR
1122Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Natasha Hind (1:58.79)
Samantha Lucie-Smith (1:58.89)
Amaka Gessler (1:59.03)
Melissa Ingram (1:59.21)		7:55.92 NR
1217Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Mariya Baklakova (2:00.75)
Elena Sokolova (1:58.33)
Veronika Popova (1:58.48)
Daria Belyakina (1:58.94)		7:56.50
1327Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Silke Lippok (1:58.43)
Theresa Michalak (2:00.65)
Annika Bruhn (1:59.61)
Daniela Schreiber (2:00.24)		7:58.93
1421Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Sara Isaković (1:59.58)
Anja Klinar (2:00.53)
Urša Bežan (2:01.92)
Mojca Sagmeister (2:02.66)		8:04.69
1518Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Daryna Zevina (1:59.68)
Ganna Dzerkal (2:04.68)
Darya Stepanyuk (2:05.49)
Iryna Glavnyk (2:02.82)		8:12.67
1628Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Katarzyna Wilk (2:05.46)
Karolina Szczepaniak (2:02.99)
Diana Sokołowska (2:01.45)
Alexandra Putra (2:03.86)		8:13.76

Final

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeTime BehindNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5Flag of the United States.svg  United States Missy Franklin (1:55.96)
Dana Vollmer (1:56.02)
Shannon Vreeland (1:56.85)
Allison Schmitt (1:54.09)		7:42.92 OR
Silver medal icon.svg4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Bronte Barratt (1:55.76)
Melanie Schlanger (1:55.62)
Kylie Palmer (1:56.91)
Alicia Coutts (1:56.12)		7:44.411.49
Bronze medal icon.svg2Flag of France.svg  France Camille Muffat (1:55.51)
Charlotte Bonnet (1:57.78)
Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne (1:58.05)
Coralie Balmy (1:56.15)		7:47.494.57 NR
43Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Barbara Jardin (1:57.96)
Samantha Cheverton (1:56.91)
Amanda Reason (1:59.32)
Brittany MacLean (1:56.46)		7:50.657.73
51Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Caitlin McClatchey (1:58.66)
Rebecca Turner (1:57.39)
Hannah Miley (1:58.12)
Joanne Jackson (1:58.20)		7:52.379.45
67Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wang Shijia (1:58.32)
Ye Shiwen (1:57.37)
Liu Jing (1:59.51)
Tang Yi (1:57.91)		7:53.1110.19
76Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alice Mizzau (1:58.93)
Alice Nesti (2:00.03)
Diletta Carli (1:59.73)
Federica Pellegrini (1:57.61)		7:56.3013.38
88Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Haruka Ueda (1:58.23)
Hanae Ito (1:58.26)
Yayoi Matsumoto (2:00.82)
Aya Takano (1:59.42)		7:56.7313.81

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