Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay

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Swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
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

The women's 4x100 metre medley relay was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on August 20, 2004 and on August 21, 2004.

77 swimmers from 16 nations competed.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Records 3 Heats 3.1 Heat 1 3.2 Heat 2 4 Final

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia Brooke Hanson Jodie Henry Leisel Jones Alice Mills Giaan Rooney Jessicah Schipper Petria Thomas	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States Amanda Beard Haley Cope Natalie Coughlin Kara Lynn Joyce Tara Kirk Rachel Komisarz Jenny Thompson Amanda Weir	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Antje Buschschulte Daniela Götz Sarah Poewe Franziska van Almsick

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics.

World Record	3:58.30	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Barbara Bedford Image:Flag of the United States.svg Megan Quann Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jenny Thompson Image:Flag of the United States.svg Dara Torres	Sydney (AUS)	September 23, 2000
Olympic Record	3:58.30	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Barbara Bedford Image:Flag of the United States.svg Megan Quann Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jenny Thompson Image:Flag of the United States.svg Dara Torres	Sydney (AUS)	September 23, 2000

Australia set a new world record in the final.

[edit] Heats

[edit] Heat 1

1. United States, (Haley Cope, Tara Kirk, Rachel Komisarz, Amanda Weir) 4:02.82
2. Germany, (Antje Buschschulte, Sarah Poewe, Franziska van Almsick, Daniela Götz) 4:04.16
3. Japan, (Noriko Inada, Masami Tanaka, Junko Onishi, Tomoko Nagai) 4:05.99
4. Denmark, (Louise Ørnstedt, Majken Thorup, Mette Jacobsen, Jeanette Ottesen) 4:08.89
5. Ukraine, (Kateryna Zubkova, Svetlana Bondarenko, Yana Klochkova, Olga Mukomol) 4:09.79
6. New Zealand, (Hannah McLean, Annabelle Carey, Elizabeth Coster, Alison Fitch) 4:10.37
7. Switzerland, (Dominique Diezi, Carmela Schlegel, Carla Stampfli, Nicole Zahnd) 4:15.54
8. Italy, (Alessandra Cappa, Chiara Boggiatto, Ambra Migliori, Federica Pellegrini) Disqualified or excluded

[edit] Heat 2

1. Australia, (Giaan Rooney, Brooke Hanson, Jessicah Schipper, Alice Mills) 4:01.17
2. Great Britain, (Sarah Price, Kirsty Balfour, Georgina Lee, Melanie Marshall) 4:05.63
3. China, (Zhan Shu, Qi Hui, Zhou Yafei, Zhu Yingwen) 4:05.97
4. Spain, (Nina Zhivanevskaya, Sara Pérez, María Peláez, Tatiana Rouba) 4:06.90
5. Netherlands, (Stefanie Luiken, Madelon Baans, Chantal Groot, Marleen Veldhuis) 4:08.72
6. Canada, (Erin Gammel, Lauren van Oosten, Jennifer Fratesi, Brittany Reimer) 4:09.84
7. Russia, (Oxana Verevka, Elena Bogomazova, Natalia Soutiagina, Natalia Shalagina) 4:10.18
8. France, (Alexandra Putra, Laurie Thomassin, Aurore Mongel, Malia Metella) 4:11.42

[edit] Final

1. Australia (Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry), 3:57.32
2. United States (Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Beard, Jenny Thompson, Kara Lynn Joyce), 3:59.12
3. Germany (Antje Buschschulte, Sarah Poewe, Franziska van Almsick, Daniela Götz), 4:00.72
4. China, 4:03.35
5. Japan, 4:04.83
6. Netherlands, 4:07.36
7. Spain, 4:07.61
8. Great Britain, DSQes:Anexo:Natación en los Juegos Olímpicos de Atenas 2004 - Relevo 4x100 Cuatro estilos femenino