Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

The Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 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. 29 teams were entered in the event; all swam.

The existing records when the event started were:

• World Record (WR): 3:56.30, Australia (Edington, Jones, Schipper, Lenton), 21 March 2006 in Melbourne, Australia.
• Championship Record (CR): 3:57.47, Australia (Edington, Jones, Schipper, Lenton), Montreal 2005 (Jul.30.2005)

Results[]

Finals[]

Place	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Note
1st	Australia	Emily Seebohm   (1:00.79) Leisel Jones   (1:04.94) Jessicah Schipper   (57.18) Lisbeth Lenton   (52.83)	3:55.74	WR
2nd	USA	Natalie Coughlin   (1:00.66) Tara Kirk   (1:06.37) Rachel Komisarz   (57.06) Lacey Nymeyer   (54.22)	3:58.31
3rd	China	XU Tianlongzi   (1:01.06) LUO Nan   (1:09.08) ZHOU Yafei   (57.84) XU Yanwei   (53.99)	4:01.97
4th	Great Britain	Melanie Marshall   (1:01.85) Kirsty Balfour   (1:07.37) Terri Dunning   (59.20) Francesca Halsall   (53.76)	4:02.18
5th	Russia	Anastasia Zuyeva   (1:00.85) Elena Bogomazova   (1:08.11) Irina Bespalova   (58.61)   (55.75)	4:03.32
6th	Japan	Reiko Nakamura   (1:00.69) Asami Kitagawa   (1:08.17)   (58.78) Maki Mita   (55.69)	4:03.33
7th	Germany	Antje Buschschulte   (1:01.43) Birte Steven   (1:09.46) Daniela Samulski   (59.04) Britta Steffen   (53.41)	4:03.34
8th	Sweden	(1:03.00) Hanna Westrin   (1:08.64) Gabriella Fagundez   (1:00.16) Josefin Lillhage   (54.36)	4:06.16

Preliminaries[]

Rank	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Note
1	USA	Leila Vaziri (1:00.84),   Jessica Hardy (1:07.53), Dana Vollmer (57.47),   Amanda Weir (55.26)	4:01.10	Q Olympic
2	Australia	Emily Seebohm (1:01.70),   Tarnee White (1:07.23), Felicity Galvez (59.12),   Jodie Henry (53.96)	4:02.01	Q Olympic
3	Japan	Hanae Ito (1:01.39),   Asami Kitagawa (1:08.56), (58.58),   Maki Mita (55.48)	4:04.01	Q Olympic
4	China	XU Tianlongzi, (1:01.66),   LUO Nan (1:09.72), ZHOU Yafei (58.44),   XU Yanwei (54.57)	4:04.39	Q Olympic
5	Germany	Antje Buschschulte (1:01.58),   Birte Steven (1:09.47), Daniela Samulski (58.44),   Britta Steffen (53.62)	4:04.62	Q Olympic
6	Sweden	(1:02.97),   Hanna Westrin (1:08.66), Gabriella Fagundez (59.75),   Josefin Lillhage (54.01)	4:05.39	Q Olympic
7	Russia	Anastasia Zuyeva (1:01.59),   Elena Bogomazova (1:08.58), Irina Bespalova (58.61),   (56.47)	4:05.45	Q Olympic
8	Great Britain	Elizabeth Simmonds (1:02.06),   Kirsty Balfour (1:08.11), Terri Dunning (1:00.57),   Melanie Marshall (55.11)	4:05.85	Q Olympic
9	France	Camille Muffat (1:04.47),   Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën (1:07.89), Alena Popchanka (58.87),   Céline Couderc (54.99)	4:06.22	Olympic
10	Italy	Elena Gemo (1:02.53),  Chiara Boggiatto (1:09.89), Francesca Segat (59.77),   Federica Pellegrini (54.45)	4:06.64	Olympic
11	Canada	Kelly Stefanyshyn (1:02.57),   Erica Morningstar (1:09.23), (59.39),   Julia Wilkinson (55.52)	4:06.71	Olympic
12	Ukraine	Iryna Amshennikova (1:02.62),   Anna Khlistunova (1:07.16), Kateryna Zubkova (1:01.05),   Ganna Dzerkal (56.53)	4:07.36	Olympic
13	New Zealand	Hannah McLean (1:01.68),   Annabelle Carey (1:10.02), Elizabeth Coster (1:00.53),   Lauren Boyle (55.39)	4:07.75
14	Poland	(1:03.61),   (1:09.13), Otylia Jędrzejczak (59.45),   Paulina Barzycka (56.19)	4:08.38
15	Denmark	Louise Ørnstedt (1:02.23),   Julie Hjorth-Hansen (1:10.02), Jeanette Ottesen (59.51),   Micha Østergaard (56.66)	4:08.42
16	South Africa	Karin Prinsloo (1:03.22),   Suzaan van Biljon (1:09.36), (59.99),   Wendy Trott   (58.38)	4:10.95
17	Korea	(1:03.68),   Seul Ki Jung (1:10.64), (1:01.24),   Keo Ra Lee (55.99)	4:11.55
18	Hong Kong	Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai (1:02.79),   Man Yi Yvette Kong (1:13.57), Hang Yu Sze (1:01.88),   Hannah Wilson (57.31)	4:15.55
19	Venezuela	Erin Volcán (1:04.46),   (1:13.20), (1:03.79),   Arlene Semeco (57.35)	4:18.80
20	Chinese Taipei	(1:06.87),   Man Hsu Lin (1:17.82), Chin Kuei Yang (1:03.65),   Pin Chieh Nieh (58.69)	4:27.03
21	Singapore	(1:06.45),   Roanne Ho (1:18.28), (1:06.04),   Mylene Ong (59.09)	4:29.86
22	Macau	(1:10.47),   (1:16.84), (1:07.48),   (59.17)	4:33.96
23	Uzbekistan	(1:08.96),   Olga Gnedovskaya (1:18.92), (1:07.72),   Irina Shlemova (59.09)	4:34.69
24	Malta	Madeleine Scerri (1:09.91),   Angela Galea (1:18.79), (1:05.84),   (1:02.52)	4:37.06
25	Thailand	(1:10.65),   (1:22.15), Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (1:08.40),   (59.43)	4:40.63
26	Peru	(1:11.00),   Valeria Silva (1:14.28), (1:11.84),   (1:04.32)	4:41.44
27	Nigeria	(1:18.87),   (1:21.11), (1:10.39),   Ngozi Monu (1:02.32)	4:52.69
28	Jordan	(1:09.52),   Razan Taha (1:28.77), (1:14.40),   (1:03.08)	4:55.77
--	Zambia	, , Ellen Hight, Matana Wellman	DQ

See also[]

• Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
• Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
• Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

References[]

• Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Preliminary results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11.
• Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11.