Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Danube Arena
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Dates	22 June (heats and final)
Competitors	58 from 12 nations
Teams	12
Winning time	7:41.45
Medalists
Claire Weinstein Leah Smith Katie Ledecky Bella Sims Alexandra Walsh Hali Flickinger    United States   Madison Wilson Leah Neale Kiah Melverton Mollie O'Callaghan Lani Pallister Brianna Throssell    Australia   Summer McIntosh Kayla Sanchez Taylor Ruck Penny Oleksiak Mary-Sophie Harvey Katerine Savard Rebecca Smith    Canada
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The Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 22 June 2022.^[1][2]

Records

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

World record	China	7:40.33	Tokyo, Japan	29 July 2021
Competition record	Australia	7:41.50	Gwangju, South Korea	25 July 2019

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Nation	Time	Record
22 June	Final	United States	7:41.45	CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:11.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Australia	Leah Neale (1:57.03) Lani Pallister (1:56.86) Brianna Throssell (1:57.23) Kiah Melverton (1:56.49)	7:47.61	Q
2	2	4	China	Li Bingjie (1:57.55) Lao Lihui (1:56.91) Ge Chutong (1:57.92) Ai Yanhan (1:56.70)	7:49.08	Q
3	1	4	United States	Alexandra Walsh (1:57.94) Claire Weinstein (1:58.35) Hali Flickinger (1:57.05) Bella Sims (1:55.91)	7:49.25	Q
4	1	5	Canada	Mary-Sophie Harvey (1:57.94) Katerine Savard (1:58.41) Rebecca Smith (1:59.03) Taylor Ruck (1:58.21)	7:53.59	Q
5	1	3	Hungary	Zsuzsanna Jakabos (2:00.25) Nikolett Pádár (1:57.48) Ajna Késely (1:59.37) Dóra Molnár (1:59.42)	7:56.52	Q
6	1	6	Brazil	Stephanie Balduccini (1:58.64) Giovanna Diamante (1:59.57) Aline Rodrigues (2:00.31) Maria Paula Heitmann (1:59.41)	7:57.93	Q
7	2	6	Japan	Momoka Yoshii (2:01.50) Miyu Namba (1:57.31) Aoi Masuda (1:59.97) Waka Kobori (1:59.89)	7:58.67	Q
8	2	3	Great Britain	Freya Anderson (1:59.96) Medi Harris (2:01.91) Freya Colbert (1:59.24) Lucy Hope (1:58.76)	7:59.87	Q, WD
9	1	2	New Zealand	Erika Fairweather (1:58.88) Eve Thomas (2:00.00) Caitlin Deans (2:03.42) Laura Littlejohn (2:02.57)	8:04.87	Q
10	2	7	Austria	Marlene Kahler (2:01.28) Cornelia Pammer (2:02.23) Lena Kreundl (2:01.16) Lena Opatril (2:03.18)	8:07.85
11	2	2	Israel	Lea Polonsky (2:02.62) Anastasia Gorbenko (1:59.88) Aviv Barzelay (2:04.50) Daria Golovaty (2:01.20)	8:08.20
12	1	7	South Korea	Kim Seo-yeong (1:59.65) Jung Hyun-young (2:04.39) Hur Yeon-kyung (2:06.41) Jo Hyun-ju (2:02.55)	8:13.00

Final

The final was held at 19:50.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	3	United States	Claire Weinstein (1:56.71) Leah Smith (1:56.47) Katie Ledecky (1:53.67) Bella Sims (1:54.60)	7:41.45	CR
	4	Australia	Madison Wilson (1:56.74) Leah Neale (1:55.27) Kiah Melverton (1:55.91) Mollie O'Callaghan (1:55.94)	7:43.86
	6	Canada	Summer McIntosh (1:54.79) WJ Kayla Sanchez (1:57.39) Taylor Ruck (1:56.75) Penny Oleksiak (1:55.83)	7:44.76
4	5	China	Tang Muhan (1:58.10) Li Bingjie (1:56.67) Ai Yanhan (1:56.77) Yang Junxuan (1:54.18)	7:45.72
5	2	Hungary	Nikolett Pádár (1:58.01) Dóra Molnár (1:59.76) Ajna Késely (1:59.69) Boglárka Kapás (2:00.44)	7:57.90
6	7	Brazil	Stephanie Balduccini (1:59.00) Giovanna Diamante (1:59.37) Aline Rodrigues (2:00.43) Maria Paula Heitmann (1:59.58)	7:58.38
7	8	New Zealand	Erika Fairweather (1:58.24) Eve Thomas (1:59.17) Caitlin Deans (2:01.57) Laura Littlejohn (2:00.10)	7:59.08
8	1	Japan	Momoka Yoshii (2:01.67) Miyu Namba (1:58.52) Aoi Masuda (1:59.70) Waka Kobori (2:00.14)	8:00.03

References

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