Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships took place on July 30, 2009 at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

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

World Record	Australia (AUS) Stephanie Rice (1:56.60) Bronte Barratt (1:56.58) Kylie Palmer (1:55.22) Linda Mackenzie (1:55.91)	7:44.31	Beijing, China	14 August 2008
Championship Record	United States (USA) Natalie Coughlin (1:56.43) Dana Vollmer (1:57.49) Lacey Nymeyer (1:59.19) Katie Hoff (1:56.98)	7:50.09	Melbourne, Australia	29 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Nation	Time	Record
30 July	Heat 1	United Kingdom Caitlin McClatchey (1:57.54) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.45) Hannah Miley (1:58.15) Rebecca Adlington (1:56.90)	7:49.04	CR
30 July	Final	China Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)	7:42.08	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	1	3	Great Britain	Caitlin McClatchey (1:57.54) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.45) Hannah Miley (1:58.15) Rebecca Adlington (1:56.90)	7:49.04	CR, ER
2	1	4	United States	Ariana Kukors (1:56.05) Dagny Knutson (1:57.73) Alyssa Anderson (1:58.35) Lacey Nymeyer (1:57.38)	7:49.51
3	2	5	France	Camille Muffat (1:58.82) Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne (1:56.36) Sophie Huber (1:58.82) Coralie Balmy (1:56.18)	7:50.18	NR
4	3	6	Canada	Geneviève Saumur (1:57.67) Julia Wilkinson (1:57.77) Alexandra Gabor (1:57.87) Heather MacLean (1:56.98)	7:50.29	NR
5	3	4	Australia	Ellen Fullerton (1:58.56) Felicity Galvez (1:57.70) Merindah Dingjan (1:56.85) Bronte Barratt (1:57.42)	7:50.53
6	2	4	China	Yang Yu (1:58.50) Zhu Qianwei (1:57.85) Liu Jing (1:55.78) Pang Jiaying (1:58.67)	7:50.80
7	3	3	Hungary	Ágnes Mutina (1:57.52) Evelyn Verrasztó (1:56.89) Eszter Dara (1:57.87) Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:59.02)	7:51.30	NR
8	3	5	Italy	Renata Fabiola Spagnolo (1:59.32) Flavia Zoccari (1:59.29) Alice Carpanese (1:58.45) Federica Pellegrini (1:54.94)	7:52.00
9	2	3	Japan	Haruka Ueda (1:57.38) NR Misaki Yamaguchi (1:56.86) Ren Sato (1:57.43) Asami Kitagawa (2:00.75)	7:52.42	NR
10	2	6	Netherlands	Saskia de Jonge (2:00.51) Femke Heemskerk (1:55.49) Inge Dekker (1:56.96) Chantal Groot (2:00.88)	7:53.84	NR
11	1	2	Russia	Daria Belyakina (1:58.68) Victoria Malutina (1:58.71) Anastasia Aksenova (1:59.27) Elena Sokolova (1:58.69)	7:55.35	NR
12	1	6	Denmark	Julie Hjorth-Hansen (1:57.61) NR Micha Kathrine Østergaard Jensen (1:59.29) Louise Mai Jansen (1:59.74) Lotte Friis (1:58.92)	7:55.56	NR
13	1	5	Sweden	Gabriella Fagundez (1:58.42) Sarah Sjöström (1:56.61) Petra Granlund (1:59.24) Martina Granström (2:02.36)	7:56.63
14	3	2	Slovenia	Sara Isakovič (1:57.51) Anja Klinar (2:00.73) Nina Sovinek (2:04.60) Nika Karlina Petric (2:04.07)	8:06.91
15	3	7	Ireland	Melanie Nocher (2:02.42) Clare Dawson (2:02.50) Niamh O'Sullivan (2:01.27) Nuala Murphy (2:03.15)	8:09.34	NR
16	2	2	Singapore	Quah Ting Wen (2:00.50) Amanda Lim (2:03.80) Lynette Lim (2:01.88) Mylene Ong (2:03.73)	8:09.91	NR
17	2	8	Poland	Karolina Szczepaniak (2:00.40) Katarzyna Wilk (2:04.11) Mirela Olczak (2:04.50) Paula Zukowska (2:04.64)	8:13.65
18	2	7	Venezuela	Andreina Pinto (2:02.15) NR Yanel Pinto (2:02.78) Darneyis Orozco (2:05.27) Yennifer Marquez (2:06.31)	8:16.51	NR
19	1	8	Zimbabwe	Nicole Horn (2:08.17) Kirsten Lapham (2:08.66) Moira Fraser (2:10.80) Kimberley Eeson (2:08.11)	8:35.74	NR
20	3	8	Malta	Davina Mangion (2:12.85) Melinda Sue Micallef (2:17.30) Nicol Cremona (2:13.80) Talisa Pace (2:16.60)	9:00.55
21	1	7	Macau	Fong Man Wai (2:12.94) Che Lok In (2:19.91) Tan Chi Yan (2:20.12) Ma Cheok Mei (2:12.71)	9:05.68
22	3	1	India	Pooja Raghava Alva (2:24.10) Chittaranjan Shubha (2:18.52) Vandita Dhariyal (2:19.37) Talasha Prabhu (2:19.71)	9:21.70
23	2	1	Albania	Sara Abdullahu (2:12.27) Rovena Marku (2:24.37) Reni Jani (2:39.46) Debora Keci (2:29.50)	9:45.60
24	1	1	Pakistan	Sakina Ghulam (2:27.24) Aelia Mehdi (2:45.06) Rida Mitha (2:40.32) Mahnoor Maqsood (2:38.50)	10:31.12

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Note
	7	China	Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)	7:42.08	WR
	5	United States	Dana Vollmer (1:55.29) Lacey Nymeyer (1:57.88) Ariana Kukors (1:55.18) Allison Schmitt (1:54.21)	7:42.56	AM
	4	Great Britain	Joanne Jackson (1:55.98) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.78) Caitlin McClatchey (1:56.42) Rebecca Adlington (1:56.33)	7:45.51	ER
4	8	Italy	Renata Fabiola Spagnolo (1:58.79) Alessia Filippi (1:56.97) Alice Carpanese (1:57.36) Federica Pellegrini (1:53.45)	7:46.57	NR
5	2	Australia	Ellen Fullerton (1:57.38) Stephanie Rice (1:55.71) Merindah Dingjan (1:56.66) Bronte Barratt (1:57.10)	7:46.85
6	1	Hungary	Ágnes Mutina (1:56.64) Evelyn Verrasztó (1:57.20) Eszter Dara (1:59.04) Katinka Hosszú (1:55.16)	7:48.04	NR
7	3	France	Coralie Balmy (1:57.12) Ophelie Cyrielle Etienne (1:56.10) Sophie Huber (1:58.40) Camille Muffat (1:56.82)	7:48.44	NR
8	6	Canada	Geneviève Saumur (1:56.97) NR Julia Wilkinson (1:57.39) Alexandra Gabor (1:57.07) Heather MacLean (1:57.71)	7:49.14	NR

External links

• Preliminary Results
• Final Results

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