2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 December 2018.[1]

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates	15 December (heats and final)
Nations	11
Winning time	7:34.08
Medalists
Li Bingjie Yang Junxuan Zhang Yuhan Wang Jianjiahe Ai Yanhan Liu Xiaohan    China   Leah Smith Mallory Comerford Melanie Margalis Erika Brown Lia Neal Veronica Burchill    United States   Ariarne Titmus Minna Atherton Carla Buchanan Abbey Harkin    Australia

Records

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

	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record Championship record	Netherlands	7:32.85	Doha	3 December 2014

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 15 December at 11:51.[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	3	Australia	Carla Buchanan (1:56.37) Minna Atherton (1:55.08) Abbey Harkin (1:55.74) Ariarne Titmus (1:53.53)	7:40.72	Q
2	2	5	Russia	Anastasia Guzhenkova (1:55.08) Irina Krivonogova (1:56.76) Daria Mullakaeva (1:54.39) Valeriya Salamatina (1:55.01)	7:41.24	Q
3	1	4	United States	Lia Neal (1:56.67) Veronica Burchill (1:57.02) Erika Brown (1:55.32) Leah Smith (1:55.63)	7:44.64	Q
4	1	3	Italy	Margherita Panziera (1:56.78) Erica Musso (1:56.13) Federica Pellegrini (1:54.09) Simona Quadarella (1:57.82)	7:44.82	Q
5	2	4	China	Ai Yanhan (1:57.90) Zhang Yuhan (1:54.14) Liu Xiaohan (1:55.46) Li Bingjie (1:57.72)	7:45.22	Q
6	1	5	Japan	Tomomi Aoki (1:56.88) Chihiro Igarashi (1:55.93) Mayuko Goto (1:57.39) Rika Omoto (1:56.43)	7:46.63	Q
7	1	2	Germany	Annika Bruhn (1:55.82) Reva Foos (1:56.12) Marie Pietruschka (1:56.48) Sarah Köhler (1:58.91)	7:47.33	Q
8	2	2	Austria	Marlene Kahler (1:58.02) Lena Kreundl (1:57.28) Cornelia Pammer (1:59.49) Claudia Hufnagl (2:00.29)	7:55.08	Q
9	2	6	Hong Kong	Sze Hang Yu (1:59.16) Kan Cheuk Tung Natalie (2:02.56) Chan Kin Lok (2:00.64) Ho Nam Wai (1:58.88)	8:01.24	Q
10	2	7	New Zealand	Hayley McIntosh (2:02.65) Paige Flynn (2:00.87) Emma Godwin (1:59.39) Caitlin Deans (1:58.35)	8:01.26
11	1	6	Slovakia	Laura Benková (1:59.74) Tamara Potocká (2:02.60) Sára Niepelová (2:03.79) Sabína Kupčová (2:04.72)	8:10.85

Final

The final was held on 15 December at 20:50.[3]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	2	China	Li Bingjie (1:54.56) Yang Junxuan (1:53.06) Zhang Yuhan (1:53.94) Wang Jianjiahe (1:52.52)	7:34.08
	3	United States	Leah Smith (1:55.85) Mallory Comerford (1:53.00) Melanie Margalis (1:53.59) Erika Brown (1:52.86)	7:35.30	NR
	4	Australia	Ariarne Titmus (1:52.22) Minna Atherton (1:54.73) Carla Buchanan (1:54.82) Abbey Harkin (1:54.63)	7:36.40
4	5	Russia	Anna Egorova (1:54.18) Daria Mullakaeva (1:55.22) Anastasia Guzhenkova (1:53.94) Veronika Andrusenko (1:53.30)	7:36.64
5	7	Japan	Tomomi Aoki (1:55.04) Chihiro Igarashi (1:54.89) Mayuko Goto (1:56.76) Rika Omoto (1:56.28)	7:42.97
6	6	Italy	Margherita Panziera (1:56.71) Erica Musso (1:56.65) Federica Pellegrini (1:52.66) Simona Quadarella (1:57.16)	7:43.18
7	1	Germany	Annika Bruhn (1:56.30) Marie Pietruschka (1:55.99) Laura Riedemann (1:57.03) Reva Foos (1:57.04)	7:46.36
8	8	Austria	Marlene Kahler (1:58.80) Lena Kreundl (1:57.20) Cornelia Pammer (1:59.01) Claudia Hufnagl (2:00.92)	7:55.93

References

1. "Competition Schedule". Omega Timing. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
2. Heats results
3. Final results