Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

The Women's 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships took place on August 1, 2009 at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
China Zhao Jing Chen Huijia Jiao Liuyang Li Zhesi	Australia Emily Seebohm Sarah Katsoulis Jessicah Schipper Lisbeth Trickett Sally Foster* Stephanie Rice* Shayne Reese*	Germany Daniela Samulski Sarah Poewe Annika Mehlhorn Britta Steffen Daniela Schreiber*

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Records[]

The existing records when the event started were:

Record	Swimmer	Time	Location
World record	Australia (AUS) Emily Seebohm (59.33) Leisel Jones (1:04.58) Jessicah Schipper (56.25) Lisbeth Trickett (52.53)	3:52.69	Beijing 2008
Championship record	Australia (AUS) Emily Seebohm (1:00.79) Leisel Jones (1:04.94) Jessicah Schipper (57.18) Lisbeth Lenton (52.83)	3:55.74	Melbourne 2007

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	4	China	Zhao Jing (1:00.24) Chen Huijia (1:05.04) Jiao Liuyang (56.92) Li Zhesi (53.94)	3:56.14
2	2	5	Japan	Shiho Sakai (59.47) (1:06.55) Yuka Kato (57.45) Haruka Ueda (53.97)	3:57.44	NR
3	2	3	Germany	Daniela Samulski (1:00.16) Sarah Poewe (1:06.74) Annika Mehlhorn (57.36) Daniela Schreiber (53.49)	3:57.75	NR
4	2	6	Netherlands	Femke Heemskerk (1:01.28) NR Lia Dekker (1:07.41) Inge Dekker (56.95) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.41)	3:58.05	NR
5	4	5	Great Britain	Gemma Spofforth (59.58) Lowri Tynan (1:07.51) Ellen Gandy (57.80) Francesca Halsall (53.29)	3:58.18
6	4	3	Canada	Julia Wilkinson (1:00.69) Annamay Pierse (1:06.10) Audrey Lacroix (57.70) Geneviève Saumur (53.74)	3:58.23	NR
7	4	4	Australia	Emily Seebohm (59.65) Sally Foster (1:07.32) Stephanie Rice (57.29) Shayne Reese (54.10)	3:58.36
8	4	6	Brazil	Fabíola Molina (1:00.08) SA Carolina Mussi (1:08.31) Gabriella Silva (56.25) Tatiana Lemos (53.85)	3:58.49	SA
9	3	2	Denmark	(1:01.63) Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:06.59) Micha Kathrine Østergaard Jensen (57.82) Jeanette Ottesen (52.89)	3:58.93	NR
10	3	4	United States	Elizabeth Pelton (1:00.78) Kasey Carlson (1:06.79) Christine Magnuson (57.29) Julia Smit (54.15)	3:59.01
11	3	3	Sweden	Sarah Sjöström (1:00.74) NR Joline Höstman (1:08.27) Gabriella Fagundez (58.44) Josefin Lillhage (53.59)	4:01.04	NR
12	3	6	France	Esther Baron (1:01.53) Fanny Babou (1:08.44) Aurore Mongel (57.69) Malia Metella (53.39)	4:01.05	NR
13	3	5	Russia	Maria Gromova (1:00.33) Valentina Artemyeva (1:08.30) Irina Bespalova (57.64) Olga Klyuchnikova (54.82)	4:01.09
14	4	7	Hungary	Eszter Dara (1:01.07) Réka Pecz (1:09.53) Katinka Hosszú (59.34) Evelyn Verrasztó (53.69)	4:03.63	NR
15	1	4	Czech Republic	Simona Baumrtova (1:01.56) Petra Chocova (1:08.30) (1:01.42) Petra Klosova (55.15)	4:06.43	NR
16	1	7	Ukraine	Daryna Zevina (1:02.34) Anna Khlistunova (1:10.35) Kateryna Zubkova (59.70) Dar'ya Stepanyuk (54.98)	4:07.37
17	2	2	Poland	Alicja Tchorz (1:01.53) (1:09.67) (1:01.17) Katarzyna Wilk (55.44)	4:07.81
18	1	2	Norway	(1:04.37) Sara Nordenstam (1:10.54) Ingvild Snildal (57.02) (56.31)	4:08.24	NR
19	2	9	Belgium	(1:03.90) Elise Matthysen (1:09.14) Kimberly Buys (59.85) Jolien Sysmans (56.29)	4:09.18
20	2	1	Israel	(1:02.75) (1:09.72) Amit Ivry (58.33) (58.69)	4:09.49	NR
21	4	1	Belarus	(1:03.47) Inna Kapishina (1:08.11) Iryna Niafedava (1:01.51) (56.63)	4:09.72
22	4	8	Lithuania	Rugile Mileisyte (1:02.72) NR Raminta Dvariskyte (1:09.97) (1:02.05) (57.56)	4:12.30	NR
23	3	7	Singapore	(1:03.25) Roanne Ho (1:11.90) Lynette Lim (1:01.97) Quah Ting Wen (55.23)	4:12.35	NR
24	3	1	Ireland	Aisling Cooney (1:03.18) Fiona Doyle (1:10.53) Gráinne Murphy (1:02.41) (56.55)	4:12.67	NR
25	2	8	Bahamas	Alana Dillette (1:03.40) (1:12.28) Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (1:00.45) (59.46)	4:15.59	NR
26	3	8	Chinese Taipei	Chen Ting (1:04.63) Chen I-Chuan (1:14.08) (1:03.59) Yang Chin-Kuei (56.58)	4:18.88
27	1	1	Zimbabwe	(1:07.06) (1:13.30) (1:06.25) (57.74)	4:24.35
28	4	0	Macau	(1:08.98) (1:14.66) (1:06.50) (1:01.53)	4:31.67
29	1	5	Kenya	(1:10.24) Achieng Ajulu-Bushell (1:11.94) (1:10.79) Sylvia Brunlehner (1:01.69)	4:34.66	NR
30	1	3	Malta	(1:08.65) (1:19.84) (1:06.08) (1:00.35)	4:34.92
31	2	0	Senegal	Khadidiatou Dieng (1:15.57) (1:23.00) Binta Zahra Diop (1:02.31) Mareme Faye (1:05.32)	4:46.20	NR
32	1	6	Mozambique	(1:13.90) (1:19.47) (1:10.83) (1:04.42)	4:48.62
33	3	0	India	(1:11.89) (1:28.78) (1:08.24) (1:04.11)	4:53.02
34	4	9	Albania	(1:21.63) (1:27.11) (1:11.50) Rovena Marku (1:05.71)	5:05.95
35	3	9	Pakistan	(1:21.63) (1:34.54) (1:23.81) (1:13.05)	5:33.03
–	2	7	Venezuela		DNS
–	4	2	Italy	Elena Gemo (1:01.00) Chiara Boggiatto (1:07.08) Ilaria Bianchi (58.77) Laura Letrari	DSQ

Final[]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Note
	4	China	Zhao Jing (58.98) AS Chen Huijia (1:04.12) Jiao Liuyang (56.28) Li Zhesi (52.81)	3:52.19	WR
	1	Australia	Emily Seebohm (59.40) Sarah Katsoulis (1:04.65) Jessicah Schipper (56.19) Lisbeth Trickett (52.34)	3:52.58	OC
	3	Germany	Daniela Samulski (59.85) Sarah Poewe (1:06.81) Annika Mehlhorn (57.14) Britta Steffen (51.99)	3:55.79	ER
4	2	Great Britain	Gemma Spofforth (58.96) Lowri Tynan (1:07.80) Ellen Gandy (57.39) Fran Halsall (52.88)	3:57.03	NR
5	6	Netherlands	Femke Heemskerk (1:01.28) =NR Lia Dekker (1:06.51) Inge Dekker (56.82) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.70)	3:57.31	NR
6	7	Canada	Julia Wilkinson (1:00.37) NR Annamay Pierse (1:06.48) Audrey Lacroix(57.51) Victoria Poon (53.51)	3:57.87	NR
7	5	Japan	Shiho Sakai (59.30) (1:07.24) Yuka Kato (57.32) Haruka Ueda (54.07)	3:57.93
8	8	Brazil	Fabíola Molina (1:00.07) SA Carolina Mussi (1:08.22) Gabriella Silva (56.65) Tatiana Lemos (53.89)	3:58.83

External links[]

• Preliminary Results
• Final Results