Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Danube Arena
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Dates	27 July (heats and final)
Competitors	50 from 10 nations
Teams	10
Winning time	7:43.39
Medalists
Leah Smith Mallory Comerford Melanie Margalis Katie Ledecky Cierra Runge Hali Flickinger Madisyn Cox    United States   Ai Yanhan Liu Zixuan Zhang Yuhan Li Bingjie Wang Jingzhuo Shen Duo    China   Madison Wilson Emma McKeon Kotuku Ngawati Ariarne Titmus Shayna Jack Leah Neale    Australia
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The Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 27 July 2017. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

World record	China	7:42.08	Rome, Italy	30 July 2009
Competition record	China	7:42.08	Rome, Italy	30 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:48. ^[3]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	6	China	Zhang Yuhan (1:57.13) Liu Zixuan (1:56.82) Wang Jingzhuo (1:59.09) Shen Duo (1:58.71)	7:51.75	Q
2	8	Japan	Chihiro Igarashi (1:58.74) Rikako Ikee (1:58.53) Tomomi Aoki (1:58.64) Aya Takano (1:57.76)	7:53.67	Q
3	4	United States	Melanie Margalis (1:56.58) Cierra Runge (1:59.17) Hali Flickinger (1:58.46) Madisyn Cox (1:59.52)	7:53.73	Q
4	5	Australia	Madison Wilson (1:57.88) Kotuku Ngawati (1:58.82) Shayna Jack (1:58.77) Leah Neale (1:59.27)	7:54.74	Q
5	1	Netherlands	Robin Neumann (1:59.00) Femke Heemskerk (1:56.51) Esmee Vermeulen (1:59.09) Marjolein Delno (2:00.56)	7:55.16	Q
6	2	Russia	Daria Ustinova (1:59.00) Viktoriya Andreyeva (1:57.95) Anastasia Guzhenkova (2:00.06) Arina Openysheva (1:58.66)	7:55.67	Q
7	7	Hungary	Ajna Késely (1:58.60) Evelyn Verrasztó (1:58.90) Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:57.54) Fanni Gyurinovics (2:00.73)	7:55.77	Q
8	3	Canada	Katerine Savard (1:59.16) Mary-Sophie Harvey (1:59.39) Rebecca Smith (1:58.54) Kayla Sanchez (1:59.40)	7:56.49	Q
9	0	Italy	Alice Mizzau (1:59.56) Stefania Pirozzi (1:59.58) Anna Mascolo (2:01.68) Simona Quadarella (2:02.00)	8:02.82
10	9	Denmark	Signe Bro (2:01.29) Marina Hansen (2:00.56) Maj Howardsen (2:02.38) Anina Lund (2:02.44)	8:06.67

Final

The final was held at 19:16. ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	3	United States	Leah Smith (1:55.97) Mallory Comerford (1:56.92) Melanie Margalis (1:56.48) Katie Ledecky (1:54.02)	7:43.39
	4	China	Ai Yanhan (1:56.62) Liu Zixuan (1:56.34) Zhang Yuhan (1:56.54) Li Bingjie (1:55.46)	7:44.96
	6	Australia	Madison Wilson (1:57.33) Emma McKeon (1:56.26) Kotuku Ngawati (1:58.31) Ariarne Titmus (1:56.61)	7:48.51
4	7	Russia	Veronika Popova (1:55.95) Viktoriya Andreyeva (1:57.48) Daria Ustinova (1:56.93) Arina Openysheva (1:58.23)	7:48.59	NR
5	5	Japan	Chihiro Igarashi (1:57.84) Rikako Ikee (1:57.38) Tomomi Aoki (1:57.72) Aya Takano (1:57.49)	7:50.43	NR
6	1	Hungary	Ajna Késely (1:58.62) Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:58.09) Evelyn Verrasztó (1:58.34) Katinka Hosszú (1:56.28)	7:51.33
7	2	Netherlands	Robin Neumann (1:58.83) Femke Heemskerk (1:55.46) Esmee Vermeulen (1:59.55) Marjolein Delno (2:00.45)	7:54.29
8	8	Canada	Mary-Sophie Harvey (1:58.57) Rebecca Smith (1:58.70) Katerine Savard (1:58.23) Mackenzie Padington (2:00.07)	7:55.57

References

1. Schedule Archived 28 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
2. Start list
3. Heats results
4. Final results