2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates	12 December 2012 (heats and final)
Winning time	7:39.25
Medalists
United States Megan Romano, Chelsea Chenault, Shannon Vreeland, Allison Schmitt, *    Russia Veronika Popova, Elena Sokolova, Daria Belyakina,    China Qiu Yuhan, Pang Jiaying, Guo Junjun, Tang Yi, * *Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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2012 FINA World Swimming Championships
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
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
100 m	men	women
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
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The women's 4x200 metre freestyle relay event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 12 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 Championship record	China	Chen Qian (1:54.73) Tang Yi (1:53.54) Liu Jing (1:53.59) Zhu Qianwei (1:54.08)	7:35.94	Dubai	15 December 2010

No new records were set during this competition.

Results[]

Heats[]

12 teams participated in 2 heats.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	4	United States	(1:58.10) Shannon Vreeland (1:55.75) Chelsea Chenault (1:54.73) Allison Schmitt (1:56.78)	7:45.36	Q
2	2	5	Russia	Daria Belyakina (1:57.67) (1:57.64) Elena Sokolova (1:55.87) Veronika Popova (1:56.34)	7:47.52	Q, NR
3	1	7	Italy	Alice Mizzau (1:58.99) Diletta Carli (1:57.85) Federica Pellegrini (1:54.75) Alice Nesti (1:56.36)	7:47.95	Q
4	1	6	China	Qiu Yuhan (1:57.03) (1:58.40) Guo Junjun (1:56.13) Pang Jiaying (1:56.72)	7:48.28	Q
5	1	4	Japan	Haruka Ueda (1:56.21) Miki Uchida (1:58.37) (1:57.90) (1:58.33)	7:50.81	Q
6	2	2	Denmark	Pernille Blume (1:58.47) Mie Nielsen (1:55.58) (2:00.09) Lotte Friis (1:57.19)	7:51.33	Q, NR
7	1	2	Great Britain	Sophie Allen (1:58.24) Ellie Faulkner (1:59.95) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.91) Rebecca Turner (1:56.74)	7:51.84	Q
8	2	7	Hungary	Eszter Dara (1:59.65) Evelyn Verrasztó (1:56.32) Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:59.70) Katinka Hosszú (1:57.46)	7:53.13	Q
9	1	3	South Africa	Karin Prinsloo (1:58.41) Michelle Weber (2:02.84) (2:00.99) Jessica Pengelly (2:00.25)	8:02.49	AF
10	2	6	Canada	Katerine Savard (1:58.79) Chantal van Landeghem (2:03.34) (2:04.42) Heather MacLean (1:57.91)	7:58.74
11	1	5	Peru	(2:05.78) Andrea Cedrón (2:07.91) (2:10.25) (2:07.94)	8:31.88	NR
12	2	3	Macau	(2:00.33) (2:03.15) (1:57.84) (2:00.98)	8:02.30	NR
	2	1	Venezuela		DNS

Final[]

The final was held at 20:41.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	4	United States	Megan Romano (1:56.03) Chelsea Chenault (1:54.78) Shannon Vreeland (1:55.43) Allison Schmitt (1:53.01)	7:39.25
	5	Russia	Veronika Popova (1:55.36) Elena Sokolova (1:55.61) Daria Belyakina (1:55.73) (1:56.07)	7:42.77	NR
	6	China	Qiu Yuhan (1:57.30) Pang Jiaying (1:56.72) Guo Junjun (1:55.91) Tang Yi (1:53.33)	7:43.26
4	8	Hungary	Evelyn Verrasztó (1:56.96) Eszter Dara (1:58.60) Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:54.48) Katinka Hosszú (1:54.66)	7:44.70	NR
5	1	Great Britain	Rebecca Turner (1:56.57) Sophie Allen (1:58.14) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.40) Hannah Miley (1:54.74)	7:45.85
6	3	Italy	Alice Mizzau (1:57.23) Alice Nesti (1:56.76) Diletta Carli (1:57.71) Federica Pellegrini (1:54.31)	7:46.01	NR
7	7	Denmark	Lotte Friis (1:55.93) Pernille Blume (1:56.81) (2:00.57) Mie Nielsen (1:53.73)	7:47.04	NR
8	2	Japan	Haruka Ueda (1:56.38) Miki Uchida (1:58.35) (1:58.00) (1:59.23)	7:51.96

References[]

External links[]

• 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com.