Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 2 August with the heats and the final.

Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates	2 August (heats and final)
Competitors	86 from 20 nations
Winning time	3:31.48
Medalists
Emily Seebohm Emma McKeon Bronte Campbell Cate Campbell Madison Wilson Melanie Wright Bronte Barratt   Australia   Ranomi Kromowidjojo Maud van der Meer Marrit Steenbergen Femke Heemskerk   Netherlands   Missy Franklin Margo Geer Lia Neal Simone Manuel Shannon Vreeland Abbey Weitzeil   United States

Records

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

World record	Australia	3:30.98	Glasgow, Scotland	24 July 2014
Competition record	Netherlands	3:31.72	Rome, Italy	26 July 2009

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Nation	Time	Record
2 August	Final	Australia	3:31.48	CR

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 11:58.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	9	United States	Shannon Vreeland (54.37) Abbey Weitzeil (53.85) Margo Geer (53.37) Lia Neal (53.93)	3:35.52	Q
2	2	8	Australia	Emily Seebohm (53.93) Madison Wilson (53.82) Melanie Wright (53.51) Bronte Barratt (54.60)	3:35.86	Q
3	1	7	Netherlands	Maud van der Meer (54.69) Marrit Steenbergen (54.72) Femke Heemskerk (53.00) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.50)	3:35.91	Q
4	1	3	Sweden	Michelle Coleman (54.00) Louise Hansson (54.30) Magdalena Kuras (55.19) Sarah Sjöström (52.75)	3:36.24	Q
5	1	9	Canada	Sandrine Mainville (54.57) Michelle Williams (54.06) Victoria Poon (54.91) Chantal van Landeghem (54.10)	3:37.64	Q
5	2	1	China	Zhu Menghui (54.14) Tang Yuting (54.55) Fang Yi (54.96) Shen Duo (53.99)	3:37.64	Q
7	1	6	Italy	Erika Ferraioli (54.77) Silvia Di Pietro (54.13) Federica Pellegrini (53.92) Laura Letrari (55.06)	3:37.88	Q
8	2	5	France	Charlotte Bonnet (53.95) Béryl Gastaldello (54.76) Cloé Hache (54.89) Anna Santamans (54.75)	3:38.35	Q
9	2	3	Japan	Miki Uchida (54.25) Rikako Ikee (54.63) Misaki Yamaguchi (54.58) Yayoi Matsumoto (55.01)	3:38.47
10	2	2	Russia	Veronika Popova (54.51) Nataliya Lovtsova (54.66) Viktoriya Andreyeva (54.49) Mariia Kameneva (54.97)	3:38.63
11	1	4	Brazil	Larissa Oliveira (55.08) Graciele Herrmann (55.96) Etiene Medeiros (54.49) Daynara de Paula (54.71)	3:40.24
12	2	4	Poland	Katarzyna Wilk (54.86) Alicja Tchórz (55.11) Aleksandra Urbańczyk (56.16) Anna Dowgiert (54.76)	3:40.89
13	1	1	Germany	Annika Bruhn (55.34) Dorothea Brandt (54.99) Alexandra Wenk (55.02) Marlene Huther (56.21)	3:41.56
14	1	5	Hong Kong	Camille Cheng (55.58) Stephanie Au (56.30) Sze Hang Yu (55.40) Siobhán Haughey (54.83)	3:42.11
15	1	0	Switzerland	Maria Ugolkova (56.42) Sasha Touretski (55.49) Danielle Villars (55.42) Noemi Girardet (56.37)	3:43.70	NR
16	2	6	Austria	Birgit Koschischek (55.70) Lisa Zaiser (54.95) Lena Kreundl (56.88) Jördis Steinegger (56.53)	3:44.06
17	1	2	Colombia	Isabella Arcila (56.19) Carolina Colorado Henao (56.18) María Álvarez (57.68) Jessica Camposano (56.10)	3:46.15	NR
18	1	8	Singapore	Amanda Lim (57.44) Quah Ting Wen (56.22) Marina Chan (58.78) Rachel Tseng (58.66)	3:51.10
19	2	0	Turkey	Gizem Bozkurt (58.33) Ekaterina Avramova (55.92) Merve Eroglu (1:00.89) Halime Zülal Zeren (58.08)	3:53.22
	2	7	Finland	Hanna-Maria Seppälä (55.83) Mimosa Jallow (55.43) Roosa Mört (57.26) Fanny Teijonsalo (DSQ)	DSQ

Final

Team Australia wins

The final was held at 18:45.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	5	Australia	Emily Seebohm (53.92) Emma McKeon (53.57) Bronte Campbell (51.77) Cate Campbell (52.22)	3:31.48	CR
	3	Netherlands	Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.30) Maud van der Meer (54.50) Marrit Steenbergen (53.88) Femke Heemskerk (51.99)	3:33.67
	4	United States	Missy Franklin (53.68) Margo Geer (54.14) Lia Neal (53.70) Simone Manuel (53.09)	3:34.61
4	6	Sweden	Michelle Coleman (54.43) Louise Hansson (53.84) Sarah Sjöström (52.38) Magdalena Kuras (55.06)	3:35.71
5	2	Canada	Sandrine Mainville (53.85) Michelle Williams (54.54) Chantal van Landeghem (53.51) Katerine Savard (54.54)	3:36.44	NR
6	1	Italy	Erika Ferraioli (54.80) Silvia Di Pietro (53.63) Laura Letrari (55.00) Federica Pellegrini (53.73)	3:37.16	NR
7	7	China	Zhu Menghui (54.38) Tang Yuting (54.45) Fang Yi (54.98) Shen Duo (53.83)	3:37.64
8	8	France	Charlotte Bonnet (54.10) Béryl Gastaldello (54.89) Cloé Hache (54.84) Anna Santamans (54.63)	3:38.46