Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates29 July 2014 (2014-07-29)
Competitors54 from 9 nations
Winning time3:56.23 GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2010
2018  

The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Contents

The medals were presented by Bruce Robertson, Vice-President of the Commonwealth Games Federation and the quaichs were presented by David Downie, President of Scottish Swimming.

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Missy Franklin (58.50)
Rebecca Soni (1:04.82)
Dana Vollmer (55.48)
Allison Schmitt (53.25)
3:52.05 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012 [1]
Commonwealth record
Games recordFlag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Sophie Edington (1:01.06)
Leisel Jones (1:05.51)
Jessicah Schipper (56.86)
Libby Lenton (52.87)
3:56.30 Melbourne, Australia 21 March 2006

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNationSwimmersTimeRecord
29 JulyFinalFlag of Australia.svg  Australia Emily Seebohm (59.41)
Lorna Tonks (1:08.28)
Emma McKeon (56.95)
Cate Campbell (51.59)
3:56.23GR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
124Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Belinda Hocking (59.94)
Sally Hunter (1:08.44)
Alicia Coutts (57.59)
Bronte Campbell (53.47)
3:59.44Q
225Flag of England.svg  England Elizabeth Simmonds (1:00.83)
Molly Renshaw (1:10.46)
Rachael Kelly (58.57)
Amy Smith (54.70)
4:04.56Q
314Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Sinead Russell (1:00.61)
Kierra Smith (1:10.80)
Audrey Lacroix (1:00.89)
Michelle Williams (54.83)
4:07.13Q
426Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Lucy Hope (1:03.79)
Corrie Scott (1:09.64)
Fiona Donnelly (1:00.21)
Rachel Masson (55.53)
4:09.17Q
522Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales Rachel Williams (1:03.46)
Chloe Tutton (1:09.94)
Alys Thomas (59.52)
Hannah McCarthy (56.84)
4:09.76Q
613Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Jessica Ashley-Cooper (1:03.72)
Tara-Lynn Nicholas (1:10.35)
Marne Erasmus (1:01.25)
Marlies Ross (56.02)
4:11.34Q
716Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Tao Li (1:04.70)
Samantha Yeo (1:12.80)
Quah Ting Wen (1:01.99)
Marina Chan (57.94)
4:17.43Q
815Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland Danielle Hill (1:07.96)
Sycerika McMahon (1:11.49)
Gemma Kane (1:03.13)
Rachel Bethel (59.76)
4:22.34Q
923Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Savannah Tkatchenko (1:13.96)
Barbara Vali-Skelton (1:18.71)
Tegan McCarthy (1:10.14)
Jocelyn Flynn (1:06.23)
4:49.04

Final

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Emily Seebohm (59.41)
Lorna Tonks (1:08.28)
Emma McKeon (56.95)
Cate Campbell (51.59)
3:56.23 GR
Silver medal icon.svg5Flag of England.svg  England Lauren Quigley (1:00.17)
Sophie Taylor (1:06.39)
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (57.89)
Francesca Halsall (52.58)
3:57.03 =NR
Bronze medal icon.svg3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Sinead Russell (59.94)
Tera van Beilen (1:08.01)
Katerine Savard (57.72)
Sandrine Mainville (54.90)
4:00.57
46Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Kathleen Dawson (1:01.25)
Katie Armitage (1:08.57)
Fiona Donnelly (1:00.16)
Sian Harkin (55.61)
4:05.59
57Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Karin Prinsloo (1:01.68)
Tara-Lynn Nicholas (1:09.80)
Marne Erasmus (1:00.93)
Erin Gallagher (56.90)
4:09.31
2Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales Georgia Davies (59.69)
Chloe Tutton
Jemma Lowe
Hannah McCarthy
DSQ
8Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland Danielle Hill (1:07.47)
Sycerika McMahon (1:10.97)
Gemma Kane (1:02.12)
Rachel Bethel
DSQ
1Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore DNS

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