2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Women's 4x100m Medley Relay ; at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates	14 December (heats and final)
Winning time	3:49.87
Medalists
	Denmark; Mie Nielsen, Rikke Møller Pedersen, Jeanette Ottesen, Pernille Blume
	Australia; Rachel Goh, Sarah Katsoulis, Marieke Guehrer, Angie Bainbridge, Grace Loh, Samantha Marshall, Brianna Throssell, Sally Foster
	United States; Olivia Smoliga, Jessica Hardy, Claire Donahue, Megan Romano, Laura Sogar, Christine Magnuson, Lia Neal; Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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The women's 4x100 metre medley relay event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 14 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

Records

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

	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Location	Date
World record	United States	Natalie Coughlin (55.97) Rebecca Soni (1:02.91) Dana Vollmer (55.36) Missy Franklin (51.32)	3:45.56	Atlanta	16 December 2011
Championship record	China	Zhao Jing (56.52) Zhao Jin (1:04.20) Liu Zige (55.80) Tang Yi (51.77)	3:48.29	Dubai	17 December 2010

No new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

18 teams participated in 2 heats.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	1	1	Denmark	Mie Nielsen (57.59) Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:04.40) Jeanette Ottesen (57.42) Pernille Blume (53.69)	3:53.10	Q, NR
2	2	4	United States	Olivia Smoliga (58.05) Laura Sogar (1:04.43) Christine Magnuson (57.31) Lia Neal (53.38)	3:53.17	Q
3	1	5	Japan	Marie Kamimura (58.83) Kanako Watanabe (1:05.58) Nao Kobayashi (57.03) Miki Uchida (52.97)	3:54.41	Q, NR
4	2	8	Great Britain	Georgia Davies (58.57) Sophie Allen (1:06.04) Jemma Lowe (57.14) Francesca Halsall (52.75)	3:54.50	Q
5	2	9	China	Fu Yuanhui (58.99) Sun Ye (1:05.56) Jiao Liuyang (56.64) Wang Haibin (53.33)	3:54.52	Q
6	1	8	Italy	Arianna Barbieri (57.94) Chiara Boggiatto (1:07.23) Ilaria Bianchi (56.75) Federica Pellegrini (53.74)	3:55.66	Q, NR
7	2	5	Germany	Jenny Mensing (59.50) Caroline Ruhnau (1:06.45) Paulina Schmiedel (58.49) Britta Steffen (52.70)	3:57.14	Q, NR
8	1	4	Australia	Grace Loh (58.79) Samantha Marshall (1:06.08) Brianna Throssell (58.81) Sally Foster (53.68)	3:57.36	Q
9	2	1	Canada	Chantal van Landeghem (59.87) Tera van Beilen (1:06.04) Noemie It-Ting Thomas (57.50) Heather MacLean (54.08)	3:57.49
10	2	2	Brazil	Fabíola Molina (59.19) Beatriz Travalon (1:07.46) Daynara de Paula (57.69) Larissa Oliveira (53.32)	3:57.66	SA
11	2	3	Russia	Polina Lapshina (59.31) Valentina Artemyeva (1:05.97) Daria Tcvetkova (1:00.01) Veronika Popova (52.75)	3:58.04
12	2	0	Spain	Duane Da Rocha (58.31) Marina García Urzainqui (1:07.55) Judit Ignacio Sorribes (58.34) Melanie Costa (54.22)	3:58.42	NR
13	1	3	Sweden	Michelle Coleman (59.52) Rebecca Ejdervik (1:07.04) Louise Hansson (58.67) Sandra Hafström (55.21)	4:00.44
14	1	6	Finland	Hanna-Maria Seppälä (1:01.45) Jenna Laukkanen (1:06.50) Sini Kuutamo (1:00.51) Emilia Pikkarainen (54.71)	4:03.17	NR
15	1	2	South Africa	Jessica Ashley-Cooper (59.62) Jessica Pengelly (1:10.67) Marne Erasmus (59.47) Lehesta Kemp (55.10)	4:04.86
16	2	7	Macau	Vong Erica Man Wai (1:05.16) Lei On Kei (1:12.26) Kuan Weng I (1:05.39) Tan Chi Yan (1:00.71)	4:23.52	NR
17	1	7	Pakistan	Lianna Catherine Swan (1:09.82) Anum Bandey (1:23.25) Kiran Khan (1:09.02) Mahnoor Maqsood (1:14.70)	4:56.79
	2	6	Turkey	Hazal Sarıkaya (1:01.72) Dilara Buse Günaydın (1:08.53) İris Rosenberger Esra Kübra Kaçmaz	DSQ
	1	0	Venezuela		DNS

Final

The final was held at 21:16.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	4	Denmark	Mie Nielsen (56.73/NR) Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:03.48) Jeanette Ottesen (56.49) Pernille Blume (53.17)	3:49.87	ER
	8	Australia	Rachel Goh (58.16) Sarah Katsoulis (1:03.89) Marieke Guehrer (56.36) Angie Bainbridge (52.47)	3:50.88
	5	United States	Olivia Smoliga (57.25) Jessica Hardy (1:04.61) Claire Donahue (57.67) Megan Romano (51.90)	3:51.43
4	6	Great Britain	Georgia Davies (57.45) Sophie Allen (1:05.90) Jemma Lowe (56.51) Francesca Halsall (51.99)	3:51.85	NR
5	2	China	Zhou Yanxin (57.85) Sun Ye (1:05.89) Lu Ying (56.36) Tang Yi (52.43)	3:52.53
6	3	Japan	Marie Kamimura (59.17) Kanako Watanabe (1:05.15) Nao Kobayashi (57.30) Haruka Ueda (53.11)	3:54.73
7	7	Italy	Arianna Barbieri (58.25) Chiara Boggiatto (1:07.60) Ilaria Bianchi (56.14) Federica Pellegrini (54.13)	3:56.12
8	1	Germany	Jenny Mensing (59.90) Caroline Ruhnau (1:06.24) Paulina Schmiedel (58.31) Britta Steffen (52.40)	3:56.85	NR

References

^ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4x100 metre medley relay (heats)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
^ "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4x100 metre medley relay (final)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-17. Retrieved 2012-12-14.

External links

2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Women's 4 x 100 metre medley entry list, from OmegaTiming.com.

[1] "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4x100 metre medley relay (heats)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-12-14.

[2] "2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4x100 metre medley relay (final)". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-17. Retrieved 2012-12-14.

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