Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

2007 FINA
World Championships

Australia Melbourne, Australia
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Open water swimming
5 km men women
10 km men women
25 km men women
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Synchronised swimming
Solo Technical Free
Duet Technical Free
Team Technical Free
Combination
Water polo

The Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29 March 2007 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The top-12 finishers from this race qualified for the event at the 2008 Olympics. 25 teams were entered in the event; all swam.

The existing records when the event started were:

Results

Finals

Place Nation Swimmers Time Note
1st United States USA Natalie Coughlin   (1:56.43) AM
Dana Vollmer   (1:57.49)
Lacey Nymeyer   (1:59.19)
Katie Hoff   (1:56.98)
7:50.09 WR
2nd Germany Germany Meike Freitag   (1:59.56)
Britta Steffen   (1:57.58)
Petra Dallmann   (2:00.40)
Annika Lurz   (1:56.28)
7:53.82
3rd France France Alena Popchanka   (1:57.86)
Sophie Huber   (1:58.80)
Aurore Mongel   (2:01.04)
Laure Manaudou   (1:58.26)
7:55.96
4th Australia Australia Lisbeth Lenton   (1:59.01)
Jodie Henry   (1:59.29)
Lara Davenport   (1:59.28)
Stephanie Rice   (1:58.84)
7:56.42
5th United Kingdom Great Britain Caitlin McClatchey   (1:59.12)
Melanie Marshall   (1:59.54)
Francesca Halsall   (1:59.92)
Joanne Jackson   (1:58.44)
7:57.02
6th Japan Japan Maki Mita   (1:59.25)
Norie Urabe   (2:00.78)
Ai Shibata   (1:57.85)
Haruka Ueda   (2:00.16)
7:58.04
7th Sweden Sweden Ida Marko-Varga   (1:59.62)
Josefin Lillhage   (1:58.74)
Gabriella Fagundez   (2:01.61)
Petra Granlund   (2:02.37)
8:02.34
8th Netherlands Netherlands Inge Dekker   (1:58.88)
Manon van Rooijen   (2:02.63)
Femke Heemskerk   (2:01.40)
Linda Bank   (2:01.90)
8:04.81

Preliminaries

Rank Nation Swimmers Time Note
1 Australia Australia Linda Mackenzie   (2:00.35)
Stephanie Rice   (1:59.40)
Lara Davenport   (1:58.51)
Bronte Barratt   (1:59.24)
7:57.50 Q
Olympic
2 Germany Germany Petra Dallmann   (2:00.54)
Daniela Samulski   (2:01.09)
Meike Freitag   (1:58.58)
Annika Lurz   (1:58.55)
7:58.76 Q
Olympic
3 France France Alena Popchanka   (1:59.00)
Sophie Huber   (1:59.08)
Céline Couderc   (2:00.92)
Aurore Mongel   (2:00.48)
7:59.48 Q
Olympic
4 Japan Japan Maki Mita   (1:59.88)
Norie Urabe   (2:00.78)
Ai Shibata   (1:58.38)
Haruka Ueda   (2:00.54)
7:59.58 Q
Olympic
5 United Kingdom Great Britain Joanne Jackson   (2:00.14)
Melanie Marshall   (1:59.29)
Julia Beckett   (2:01.06)
Caitlin McClatchey   (1:59.85)
8:00.34 Q
Olympic
6 Netherlands Netherlands Manon van Rooijen   (2:02.17)
Inge Dekker   (1:58.55)
Linda Bank   (2:01.43)
Femke Heemskerk   (2:00.25)
8:02.40 Q
Olympic
7 Sweden Sweden Gabriella Fagundez   (2:01.02)
Ida Marko-Varga   (1:58.95)
Malin Svahnström   (2:03.52)
Josefin Lillhage   (1:59.14)
8:02.63 Q
Olympic
8 United States USA Amanda Weir   (2:03.61)
Margaret Hoelzer   (1:59.90)
Kara Lynn Joyce   (1:59.00)
Lacey Nymeyer   (2:00.36)
8:02.87 Q
Olympic
9 China China Yang Yu   (1:59.86)
Tang Yi   (2:00.30)
Tang Jingzhi   (2:01.83)
Pang Jiaying   (2:00.99)
8:02.98 Olympic
10 New Zealand New Zealand Helen Norfolk   (2:00.57)
Lauren Boyle   (2:00.37)
Alison Fitch   (2:01.62)
Melissa Ingram   (2:01.78)
8:04.34 Olympic
11 Canada Canada Brittany Reimer   (2:00.15)
Julia Wilkinson   (2:00.45)
Erica Morningstar   (2:01.92)
Geneviève Saumur   (2:02.30)
8:04.82 Olympic
12 Spain Spain Arantxa Ramos Plasencia   (2:00.56)
Maria Fuster Martinez   (2:01.55)
Melania Felicitas Costa Schmid   (2:02.94)
Erika Villaécija García   (2:01.57)
8:06.62 Olympic
13 Italy Italy Flavia Zoccari   (2:02.88)
Francesca Segat   (2:03.11)
Renata Fabiola Spagnolo   (2:01.81)
Federica Pellegrini   (1:58.84)
8:06.64
14 Denmark Denmark Julie Hjorth-Hansen   (2:00.47)
Lotte Friis   (2:01.85)
Micha Jensen   (2:02.56)
Louise Mai Jansen   (2:01.90)
8:06.78
15 Poland Poland Katarzyna Baranowska   (2:04.05)
Agata Zqiejska   (2:01.77)
Aleksandra Urbanczyk   (2:04.10)
Paulina Barzycka   (2:03.21)
8:13.13
16 Romania Romania Camelia Potec   (1:59.22)
Valentina Georgiana Brat   (2:07.92)
Larisa Lăcustă   (2:07.87)
Ionela Cozma   (2:03.34)
8:18.35
17 Hong Kong Hong Kong Hang Yu Sze   (2:09.58)
Hannah Wilson   (2:07.67)
Carmen Nam   (2:08.50)
Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai   (2:04.80)
8:30.55
18 Singapore Singapore Quah Ting Wen   (2:07.28)
Mylene Ong   (2:07.96)
Lynette Lim   (2:07.44)
Lynette Ng   (2:08.97)
8:31.65
19 El Salvador El Salvador Golda Marcus   (2:08.70)
Ileana Murillo Argueta   (2:12.51)
Ana Guadalupe Hernandez Duarte   (2:15.70)
Alexia Pamela Benitez Quijada   (2:11.68)
8:48.59
20 Peru Peru Fiorella Gomez-Sanchez   (2:12.95)
Massie Milagros Carillo   (2:12.69)
Slavica Pavic   (2:19.72)
Maria Alejandra Torres   (2:13.47)
8:58.83
21 Thailand Thailand Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn   (2:07.13)
Wenika Kaewchaiwong   (2:11.44)
Pannika Prachgosin   (2:23.38)
Jiratida Phinyosophon   (2:19.99)
9:01.94
22 Macau Macao Cheok Mei Ma   (2:12.34)
Weng I Kuan   (2:16.16)
Man Wai Fong   (2:21.05)
Yih Shiuan Chan   (2:14.00)
9:03.55
23 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Irina Shlemova   (2:16.90)
Yulduz Kuchkarova   (2:20.57)
Maftunabonu Tuhtasinova   (2:15.62)
Ranohon Amanova   (2:19.76)
9:12.85
24 Jordan Jordan Miriam Hatamleh   (2:14.86)
Layla Alghul   (2:18.36)
Hiba Bashouti   (2:18.94)
Razan Taha   (2:26.96)
9:19.12
25 India India Kshipra Mahajan   (2:21.17)
Madhavi Giri Govind   (2:20.47)
Parita Parekh   (2:21.35)
Pooja Raghava Alva   (2:19.94)
9:22.93

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