Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Women's 4x100m Free Relay at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships Dates 20 July 2003 (prelims & finals)
The women's 4x100m freestyle relay event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 20 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain . Preliminary[ 1] heats swam in the morning session, with the top-8 finishers advancing to swim again in the Final[ 2] that evening.
At the start of the event, the World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:
WR : 3:36.00 swum by Germany on July 29, 2002 in Berlin, Germany.
CR : 3:37.91 swum by China on September 7, 1994 in Rome, Italy
Results
Final
Rank
Nation
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
USA
Natalie Coughlin , Lindsay Benko , Rhi Jeffrey , Jenny Thompson
3:38.09
2
Germany
Petra Dallmann , Katrin Meissner , Antje Buschschulte , Sandra Völker
3:38.73
3
Australia
Libby Lenton , Elka Graham , Jodie Henry , Alice Mills
3:38.83
4
Netherlands
Manon van Rooijen , Marleen Veldhuis , Annabel Kosten , Chantal Groot
3:41.04
5
Great Britain
Alison Sheppard , Karen Legg , Melanie Marshall , Karen Pickering
3:41.17
6
Sweden
Josefin Lillhage , Johanna Sjöberg , Anna-Karin Kammerling , Therese Alshammar
3:41.36
7
China
Jiaru Cheng , Yu Yang , Xu Yanwei , Jiaying Pang
3:41.46
8
Italy
Cecilia Vianini , Cristina Chiuso , Sara Parise , Luisa Striani
3:48.18
Preliminaries
Rank
Heat/Lane
Nation
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
H1 L4
Australia
Libby Lenton , Sophie Edington Elka Graham , Jodie Henry
3:41.16
q
2
H1 L5
Great Britain
Melanie Marshall , Kathryn Evans Rosalind Brett , Karen Legg
3:41.68
q
3
H3 L3
Netherlands
Manon van Rooijen , Marleen Veldhuis Annabel Kosten , Chantal Groot
3:41.74
q
4
H3 L4
Germany
Katrin Meissner , Daniela Götz Alessa Ries , Petra Dallmann
3:42.77
q
5
H3 L5
Sweden
Josefin Lillhage , Ida Mattsson Therese Alshammar , Johanna Sjöberg
3:42.89
q
6
H2 L4
United States
Gabrielle Rose , Lindsay Benko Rhi Jeffrey , Maritza Correia
3:43.14
q
7
H2 L5
China
Yu Yang , Jiaru Cheng Jiaying Pang , Xu Yanwei
3:43.36
q
8
H2 L6
Italy
Cecilia Vianini , Cristina Chiuso Luisa Striani , Federica Pellegrini
3:44.53
q
9
H1 L3
South Korea
Yoon Ji Ryu , Hyun Ju Kim Min Ji Shim , So Eun Sun
3:45.46
10
H3 L6
Greece
Nery-Mantey Niangkouara , Eleni Kosti Zampia Melachroinou , Zoi Dimoschaki
3:46.35
11
H1 L6
Switzerland
Dominique Diezi , Nicole Zahnd Marjorie Sagne , Hanna Miluska
3:47.44
12
H2 L3
Belarus
Hanna Scherba , Marya Scherba Sviatlana Khakhlova , Alena Popchanka
3:47.85
13
H3 L2
Belgium
Tine Bossuyt , Nina van Koeckhoven Bieke Vandenabeele , Fabienne Dufour
3:48.49
14
H2 L2
Brazil
Flávia Delaroli , Rebeca Gusmão Monique Ferreira , Tatiana Lima
3:49.02
15
H2 L7
Estonia
Elina Partõka , Nele Trepp Jana Kolukanova , Triin Aljand
3:51.43
16
H1 L2
Hong Kong
Jennifer Ng , Hang Yu Sze Flora Kong , Sherry Tsai
3:54.96
17
H1 L7
India
Shikha Tandon , Ambica Iyengar Sivranjani Vaidyanathan , Richa Mishra
4:13.00
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Venezuela
DNS
References
1973 : Kornelia Ender , Andrea Eife , Andrea Hübner , Sylvia Eichner (GDR)
1975 : Kornelia Ender , Barbara Krause , Claudia Hempel , Ute Brückner (GDR)
1978 : Tracy Caulkins , Stephanie Elkins , Jill Sterkel , Cynthia Woodhead (USA)
1982 : Birgit Meineke , Susanne Link , Kristin Otto , Caren Metschuck (GDR)
1986 : Kristin Otto , Manuela Stellmach , Sabina Schulze , Heike Friedrich (GDR)
1991 : Nicole Haislett , Julie Cooper , Whitney Hedgepeth , Jenny Thompson (USA)
1994 : Le Jingyi , Shan Ying , Le Ying , Lü Bin (CHN)
1998 : Lindsay Farella , Amy Van Dyken , Barbara Bedford , Jenny Thompson (USA)
2001 : Petra Dallmann , Antje Buschschulte , Katrin Meissner , Sandra Völker (GER)
2003 : Natalie Coughlin , Lindsay Benko , Rhi Jeffrey , Jenny Thompson (USA)
2005 : Jodie Henry , Alice Mills , Shayne Reese , Libby Trickett (AUS)
2007 : Libby Trickett , Melanie Schlanger , Shayne Reese , Jodie Henry (AUS)
2009 : Inge Dekker , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Femke Heemskerk , Marleen Veldhuis (NED)
2011 : Inge Dekker , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Marleen Veldhuis , Femke Heemskerk (NED)
2013 : Missy Franklin , Natalie Coughlin , Shannon Vreeland , Megan Romano (USA)
2015 : Emily Seebohm , Emma McKeon , Bronte Campbell , Cate Campbell (AUS)
2017 : Mallory Comerford , Kelsi Dahlia , Katie Ledecky , Simone Manuel (USA)
2019 : Bronte Campbell , Brianna Throssell , Emma McKeon , Cate Campbell (AUS)
2022 : Mollie O'Callaghan , Madison Wilson , Meg Harris , Shayna Jack (AUS)
2023 : Mollie O'Callaghan , Shayna Jack , Meg Harris , Emma McKeon (AUS)
2024 : Kim Busch , Janna van Kooten , Kira Toussaint , Marrit Steenbergen (NED)