Records

Medals

Australia Alice Mills Lisbeth Lenton Petria Thomas Jodie Henry	United States of America Kara Lynn Joyce Natalie Coughlin Amanda Weir Jenny Thompson	Netherlands Chantal Groot Inge Dekker Marleen Veldhuis Inge de Bruijn

Event Summary

For the first time in 48 years, the Australian women's swim team wins Gold in the 4x100 meter relay, in a very close race, setting a new world record time of 3:35:94. In the process, Australian anchor Henry turned in the fastest individual split in the event's history-52.95, faster than the world record Lenton held at that time, but because Henry was the last swimmer to go and not the first, the rules of a relay state her split couldn't be acknowledged as an official individual world record.

Heats

Heat 1

1. Germany (Petra Dallmann , Britta Steffen , Daniela Gotz , Antje Buschschulte ), 3:41.19 -Q
2. Great Britain (Alison Sheppard , Kathryn Evans , Karen Pickering , Melanie Marshall ), 3:41.96 -Q
3. France (Solenne Figues , Celine Couderc , Aurore Mongel , Malia Metella ), 3:42.42 -Q
4. China, (Jiaru Cheng , Yanwei Xu , Yingwen Zhu , Yu Yang ) 3:42.84 -Q
5. South Korea (So-Eun Sun , Yoon-Ji Ryu , Min-Ji Shim , Hyun-Ju Kim ), 3:44.84
6. Italy (Cecilia Vianini , Cristina Chiuso , Sara Parise , Federica Pellegrini), 3:44.88
7. Czech Republic (Jana Myskova , Petra Klosova , Ilona Hlavackova , Sandra Kazikova ), 3:46.83
8. Spain (Tatiana Rouba, Ana Belen Palomo, Laura Roca, Melissa Caballero), 3:47.47

Heat 2

1. Australia (Alice Mills, Lisbeth Lenton, Sarah Ryan , Jodie Henry), 3:38.26 -Q Oceania Record
2. United States (Amanda Weir , Colleen Lanne , Lindsay Benko , Maritza Correia), 3:39.46 -Q
3. Netherlands (Inge Dekker , Annabel Kosten , Marleen Veldhuis , Chantal Groot ), 3:39.93 -Q
4. Sweden (Josefin Lillhage , Cathrin Carlzon , Therese Alshammar , Johanna Sjoberg ), 3:41.51 -Q
5. Belarus (Hanna Shcherba , Maryia Shcherba , Iryna Niafedava , Sviatlana Khakhlova ), 3:45.38
6. Brazil (Rebeca Gusmao , Tatiana Lima , Renata Burgos , Flavia Cazziolato ), 3:45.38
7. Switzerland, (Dominique Diezi , Marjorie Sagne , Seraina Pruente , Nicole Zahnd ), 3:48.61
8. Greece (Nery Mantey Niangkouara , Zoi Dimoschaki, Martha Matsa , Eleni Kosti ), Disqualified or excluded

Heat rankings

1. Australia Time:3:38.26 -Q
2. United States Time:3:39.46 -Q
3. Netherlands Time:3:39.93 -Q
4. Germany Time:3:41.19 -Q
5. Sweden Time:3:41.51 -Q
6. Great Britain Time:3:41.96 -Q
7. France Time:3:42.42 -Q
8. China Time:3:42.84 -Q
9. South Korea Time:3:44.84
10. Italy Time:3:44.88
11. Belarus Time:3:45.38
12. Brazil Time:3:45.38
13. Czech Republic Time:3:46.83
14. Spain Time:3:47.47
15. Switzerland Time:3:48.61
16. Greece Disqualified or excluded

Final

1. Australia (Alice Mills, Lisbeth Lenton, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry), 3:35.94 World Record
2. United States (Kara Lynn Joyce, Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Weir, Jenny Thompson), 3:36.39 American Record
3. Netherlands (Chantal Groot, Inge Dekker, Marleen Veldhuis, Inge de Bruijn), 3:37.59
4. Germany (Antje Buschschulte, Petra Dallmann, Daniela Gotz, Franziska van Almsick), 3:37.94
5. France (Solenne Figues, Celine Couderc, Aurore Mongel, Malia Metella), 3:40.23
6. Great Britain (Melanie Marshall, Kathryn Evans, Karen Pickering, Lisa Chapman ), 3:40.82
7. Sweden (Josefin Lillhage, Johanna Sjoberg, Therese Alshammar, Anna-Karin Kammerling ), 3:41.22
8. China (Jiaru Cheng, Yanwei Xu, Yu Yang, Yingwen Zhu), 3:42.90