Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay ; at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Dates	July 24, 2011 (heats and final)
Competitors	61 from 14 nations
Winning time	3:33.96
Medalists
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The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24. The heats and final took place July 24.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Zeit	Standort	Date
World record Championship record	Inge Dekker (53.61) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.30) Femke Heemskerk (53.03) Marleen Veldhuis (52.78)	Niederlande	3:31.72	Rome	July 26, 2009

Results

Heats

14 teams participated in 2 heats, qualified teams are listed:^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Zeit	Notes
1	2	4	Vereinigte Staaten	Amanda Weir (54.35) Missy Franklin (53.57) Kara Lynn Joyce (54.10) Jessica Hardy (53.62)	3:35.64	Q
2	1	2	Niederlande	Marleen Veldhuis (54.41) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.66) Maud Van der Meer (54.70) Femke Heemskerk (52.99)	3:35.76	Q
3	2	5	China	Li Zhesi (54.47) Wang Shijia (54.60) Pang Jiaying (54.47) Tang Yi (53.60)	3:37.14	Q
4	1	5	Deutschland	Britta Steffen (54.86) Silke Lippok (54.23) Lisa Vitting (54.66) Daniela Schreiber (53.53)	3:37.28	Q
5	1	4	Australien	Kelly Stubbins (54.96) Merindah Dingjan (54.36) Yolane Kukla (55.06) Marieke Guehrer (53.97)	3:38.35	Q
6	1	3	Kanada	Victoria Poon (54.79) Erica Morningstar (55.24) Chantal van Landeghem (54.33) Geneviève Saumur (54.44)	3:38.80	Q
7	2	3	Japan	Yayoi Matsumoto (54.82) Haruka Ueda (54.13) Hanae Ito (54.75) Natsuki Hasegawa (55.58)	3:39.28	Q
8	1	7	Dänemark	Pernille Blume (54.82) Mie Nielsen (55.35) Lotte Friis (55.99) Jeanette Ottesen (53.32)	3:39.48	Q, NR
9	2	6	Great Britain	Amy Smith (54.98) Francesca Halsall (53.35) Caitlin McClatchey (55.82) Rebecca Turner (55.59)	3:39.74
10	1	6	Schweden	Ida Marko-Varga (55.45) Gabriella Fagundez (54.31) Michelle Coleman (54.56) Petra Granlund (56.13)	3:40.45
11	2	2	Russland	Veronika Popova (54.95) Margarita Nesterova (55.12) Natalya Lovtsova (55.83) Elena Sokolova (54.83)	3:40.73
12	2	7	Weißrussland	Aleksandra Gerasimenya (54.14) Sviatlana Khakhlova (55.55) Yana Parakhouskaya (57.38) Yulia Khitraya (56.34)	3:43.41
13	2	8	Brasilien	Tatiana Lemos (55.68) Daynara de Paula (56.38) Flávia Delaroli (56.73) Michelle Lenhardt (55.83)	3:44.62
14	2	1	Neuseeland	Natasha Hind (55.49) Amaka Gessler (55.00) Sophia Batchelor (58.82) Penelope May Marshall (55.68)	3:44.99

Final

The final was held at 19:10.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Zeit
	5	Niederlande	Inge Dekker (54.91) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.26) Marleen Veldhuis (53.33) Femke Heemskerk (52.46)	3:33.96
	4	Vereinigte Staaten	Natalie Coughlin (54.09) Missy Franklin (52.99) Jessica Hardy (54.12) Dana Vollmer (53.27)	3:34.47
	6	Deutschland	Britta Steffen (54.51) Silke Lippok (54.17) Lisa Vitting (53.85) Daniela Schreiber (53.12)	3:36.05
4	3	China	Li Zhesi (54.35) Wang Shijia (54.53) Pang Jiaying (54.36) Tang Yi (53.12)	3:36.36
5	2	Australien	Bronte Barratt (54.81) Marieke Guehrer (54.37) Merindah Dingjan (54.14) Alicia Coutts (53.43)	3:36.75
6	7	Kanada	Victoria Poon (54.74) Geneviève Saumur (55.47) Chantal van Landeghem (53.76) Julia Wilkinson (54.45)	3:38.42
7	1	Japan	Haruka Ueda (54.98) Yayoi Matsumoto (54.00) Hanae Ito (54.94) Natsuki Hasegawa (55.63)	3:39.55
8	8	Dänemark	Pernille Blume (54.63) Mie Nielsen (55.23) Jeanette Ottesen (53.76) Lotte Friis (56.12)	3:39.74