Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates5 April
Competitors20 from 5 nations
Winning time3:30.05
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England
  2014
2022  

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming program took place on 5 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. [1] 20 athletes from 5 nations competed, [2] with Australia setting a world record time of 3:30.05 in the final to win gold. [3]

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Records

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

World record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia  (AUS)
Emma McKeon (53.41)
Brittany Elmslie (53.12)
Bronte Campbell (52.15)
Cate Campbell (51.97)
3:30.65 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6 August 2016 [4]
Commonwealth record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia  (AUS)
Emma McKeon (53.41)
Brittany Elmslie (53.12)
Bronte Campbell (52.15)
Cate Campbell (51.97)
3:30.65 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6 August 2016 [4]
Games record Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Bronte Campbell (53.15)
Melanie Schlanger (52.76)
Emma McKeon (52.91)
Cate Campbell (52.16)
3:30.98 Glasgow, United Kingdom 24 July 2014 [5]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNationSwimmersTimeRecord
5 AprilFinalFlag of Australia.svg  Australia Shayna Jack (54.03)
Bronte Campbell (52.03)
Emma McKeon (52.99)
Cate Campbell (51.00)
3:30.05 WR

Results

The final was held at 21:50. [1]

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Shayna Jack (54.03)
Bronte Campbell (52.03)
Emma McKeon (52.99)
Cate Campbell (51.00)
3:30.05 WR
Silver medal icon.svg5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Alexia Zevnik (53.95)
Kayla Sanchez (53.82)
Penny Oleksiak (54.33)
Taylor Ruck (51.82)
3:33.92
Bronze medal icon.svg3Flag of England.svg  England Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (54.34)
Freya Anderson (54.95)
Anna Hopkin (53.82)
Eleanor Faulkner (55.29)
3:38.40
46Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Laticia Transom (55.75)
Georgia Marris (56.95)
Carina Doyle (55.36)
Helena Gasson (55.71)
3:43.77
52Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Emma Chelius (56.37)
Erin Gallagher (54.66)
Marlies Ross (57.05)
Dune Coetzee (57.96)
3:46.04

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