Swimming at the 2016 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 XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates10 August (heats & final)
Competitors76 from 16 nations
Teams16
Winning time7:43.03
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith, Maya DiRado, Katie Ledecky, Missy Franklin*, Melanie Margalis*, Cierra Runge*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia
Leah Neale, Emma McKeon, Bronte Barratt, Tamsin Cook, Jessica Ashwood*
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Katerine Savard, Taylor Ruck, Brittany MacLean, Penny Oleksiak, Emily Overholt*, Kennedy Goss*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 10 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. [1]

Summary

The U.S. women's team overhauled the rest of the field on the home stretch to defend their Olympic title with the help of a sterling anchor leg from Katie Ledecky. Trading the lead with Sweden, China, and Australia through the first three legs of the race, Ledecky left the field behind with an anchor split of 1:53.74 to deliver the American foursome of Allison Schmitt (1:56.21), Leah Smith (1:56.69), and Maya DiRado (1:56.39) a gold medal in 7:43.03. [2] [3] As the Americans celebrated their victory, Ledecky also added the relay gold to her individual triumphs in both the 200 and 400 m freestyle earlier. [4] [5]

Australia's Leah Neale (1:57.95), Emma McKeon (1:54.64), and Bronte Barratt (1:55.81) moved themselves to the front on the third leg. As the youngster Tamsin Cook dove into the pool at the final exchange with a 1:56.47 split, she could not catch Ledecky near the wall to reproduce her nation's silver-medal feat from London 2012 in 7:44.87. [6] Meanwhile, Canada's Katerine Savard (1:57.91), Taylor Ruck (1:56.18), Brittany MacLean (1:56.36), and Penny Oleksiak (1:54.94) were unable to close the gap on the two leading teams at the anchor leg, leaving them with a bronze and a national record in 7:45.39. [7] [8]

Seizing a brief lead early in the race, the Chinese combination of Shen Duo (1:56.30), Ai Yanhan (1:57.79), Dong Jie (1:57.15), and Zhang Yuhan (1:56.72) slipped out of medals to fourth in 7:47.96. [9] Sweden's Michelle Coleman (1:56.20), Ida Marko-Varga (1:59.46), Sarah Sjöström (1:54.88), and Louise Hansson (1:59.72) finished the race with a fifth-place time in 7:50.26, while Hungary (7:51.03), anchored by three-time gold medalist Katinka Hosszú, Russia (7:53.26), and Japan (7:56.76) rounded out the championship field. [8]

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, Italy 30 July 2009 [10] [11]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Missy Franklin (1:55.96)
Dana Vollmer (1:56.02)
Shannon Vreeland (1:56.85)
Allison Schmitt (1:54.09)		7:42.92 London, Great Britain 1 August 2012 [12] [13]

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and a final. The relay teams with the best 8 times in the heats advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round. [1]

Results

Heats

A total of sixteen countries qualified to participate. The best eight from two heats advanced to the final.

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
124Flag of the United States.svg  United States Allison Schmitt (1:55.95)
Missy Franklin (1:57.03)
Melanie Margalis (1:57.04)
Cierra Runge (1:57.75)		7:47.77Q
213Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Leah Neale (1:57.06)
Bronte Barratt (1:56.85)
Tamsin Cook (1:57.35)
Jessica Ashwood (1:57.98)		7:49.24Q
325Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Ai Yanhan (1:57.20)
Zhang Yuhan (1:56.38)
Dong Jie (1:57.45)
Wang Shijia (1:58.55)		7:49.58Q
412Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Viktoriya Andreeva (1:57.82)
Arina Openysheva (1:57.67)
Daria Mullakaeva (1:57.85)
Veronika Popova (1:57.18)		7:50.52Q, NR
528Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Evelyn Verrasztó (1:58.81)
Ajna Késely (1:58.93)
Boglárka Kapás (1:57.77)
Katinka Hosszú (1:55.66)		7:51.17Q
617Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Katerine Savard (1:57.96)
Taylor Ruck (1:56.25)
Emily Overholt (1:58.29)
Kennedy Goss (1:59.49)		7:51.99Q
716Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Chihiro Igarashi (1:57.18) NR
Rikako Ikee (1:57.71)
Tomomi Aoki (1:57.39)
Sachi Mochida (2:00.22)		7:52.50Q
815Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Louise Hansson (2:00.07)
Michelle Coleman (1:56.93)
Ida Marko-Varga (1:59.27)
Sarah Sjöström (1:57.16)		7:53.43Q
923Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (1:57.47)
Georgia Coates (1:58.59)
Hannah Miley (1:58.66)
Camilla Hattersley (1:59.45)		7:54.17
1022Flag of France.svg  France Coralie Balmy (1:57.38)
Cloé Hache (2:01.52)
Charlotte Bonnet (1:58.15)
Margaux Fabre (1:58.50)		7:55.55
1127Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Manuella Lyrio (1:58.39)
Jéssica Cavalheiro (1:59.05)
Gabrielle Roncatto (2:00.09)
Larissa Oliveira (1:58.15)		7:55.68 SA
1221Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Annika Bruhn (1:59.28)
Leonie Kullmann (1:59.04)
Paulina Schmiedel (2:01.24)
Sarah Köhler (1:57.18)		7:56.74
1314Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alice Mizzau (1:59.74)
Martina de Memme (2:00.54)
Chiara Masini Lucetti (2:00.98)
Federica Pellegrini (1:56.48)		7:57.74
1411Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Marrit Steenbergen (2:00.80)
Esmee Vermeulen (1:59.07)
Andrea Kneppers (1:59.86)
Robin Neumann (1:59.01)		7:58.74
1518Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Janja Šegel (1:59.81)
Anja Klinar (2:00.74)
Tjaša Pintar (1:59.25)
Tjaša Oder (2:02.42)		8:02.22
1626Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Melania Costa Schmid (2:00.02)
Patricia Castro (1:59.91)
Fátima Gallardo (2:00.02)
África Zamorano (2:03.79)		8:03.74

Final

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Allison Schmitt (1:56.21)
Leah Smith (1:56.69)
Maya DiRado (1:56.39)
Katie Ledecky (1:53.74)		7:43.03
Silver medal icon.svg5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Leah Neale (1:57.95)
Emma McKeon (1:54.64)
Bronte Barratt (1:55.81)
Tamsin Cook (1:56.47)		7:44.87
Bronze medal icon.svg7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Katerine Savard (1:57.91)
Taylor Ruck (1:56.18)
Brittany MacLean (1:56.36)
Penny Oleksiak (1:54.94)		7:45.39 NR
43Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Shen Duo (1:56.30)
Ai Yanhan (1:57.79)
Dong Jie (1:57.15)
Zhang Yuhan (1:56.72)		7:47.96
58Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Michelle Coleman (1:56.20)
Ida Marko-Varga (1:59.46)
Sarah Sjöström (1:54.88)
Louise Hansson (1:59.72)		7:50.26
62Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:58.90)
Ajna Késely (1:58.74)
Boglárka Kapás (1:57.65)
Katinka Hosszú (1:55.74)		7:51.03
76Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Veronika Popova (1:57.52)
Viktoriya Andreeva (1:58.10)
Daria Ustinova (1:59.54)
Arina Openysheva (1:58.10)		7:53.26
81Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Chihiro Igarashi (1:57.85)
Sachi Mochida (2:02.00)
Tomomi Aoki (1:58.66)
Rikako Ikee (1:58.25)		7:56.76

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