Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Introduction The '''Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay''' at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29 March 2007 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The top-12 finishers from this race qualified for the event at the 2008 Olympics. 25 teams were entered in the event; all swam.The existing '''records''' when the event started were:*World Record (WR):  7:50.82, Germany (Dallmann, Samulski, Steffen, Liebs), 3 August 2006 in Budapest, Hungary. *Championship Record (CR): 7:53.70, USA (Coughlin, Hoff, Myers, Sandeno), Montreal 2005 (Jul.28.2005)
Results ===Finals=== Place  Nation  Swimmers  Time  Note 1st   USA   Natalie Coughlin   (1:56.43) '''AM''' Dana Vollmer   (1:57.49) Lacey Nymeyer   (1:59.19) Katie Hoff   (1:56.98)   7:50.09   2nd   Germany   Meike Freitag   (1:59.56) Britta Steffen   (1:57.58) Petra Dallmann   (2:00.40) Annika Lurz   (1:56.28)   7:53.82  3rd   France   Alena Popchanka   (1:57.86) Sophie Huber   (1:58.80) Aurore Mongel   (2:01.04) Laure Manaudou   (1:58.26)   7:55.96  4th   Australia   Lisbeth Lenton   (1:59.01) Jodie Henry   (1:59.29) Lara Davenport   (1:59.28) Stephanie Rice   (1:58.84)   7:56.42  5th   Great Britain   Caitlin McClatchey   (1:59.12) Melanie Marshall   (1:59.54) Francesca Halsall   (1:59.92) Joanne Jackson   (1:58.44)   7:57.02  6th   Japan   Maki Mita   (1:59.25) Norie Urabe   (2:00.78) Ai Shibata   (1:57.85) Haruka Ueda   (2:00.16)   7:58.04  7th   Sweden   Ida Marko-Varga   (1:59.62) Josefin Lillhage   (1:58.74) Gabriella Fagundez   (2:01.61) Petra Granlund   (2:02.37)   8:02.34  8th   Netherlands   Inge Dekker   (1:58.88) Manon van Rooijen   (2:02.63) Femke Heemskerk   (2:01.40) Linda Bank   (2:01.90)   8:04.81 ===Preliminaries=== Rank  Nation Swimmers Time  Note 1   Australia   Linda Mackenzie   (2:00.35) Stephanie Rice   (1:59.40) Lara Davenport   (1:58.51) Bronte Barratt   (1:59.24)   7:57.50  '''Q''' Olympic 2   Germany   Petra Dallmann   (2:00.54) Daniela Samulski   (2:01.09) Meike Freitag   (1:58.58) Annika Lurz   (1:58.55)   7:58.76  '''Q''' Olympic 3   France   Alena Popchanka   (1:59.00) Sophie Huber   (1:59.08) Céline Couderc   (2:00.92) Aurore Mongel   (2:00.48)   7:59.48  '''Q''' Olympic 4   Japan   Maki Mita   (1:59.88) Norie Urabe   (2:00.78) Ai Shibata   (1:58.38) Haruka Ueda   (2:00.54)   7:59.58  '''Q''' Olympic 5   Great Britain   Joanne Jackson   (2:00.14) Melanie Marshall   (1:59.29) Julia Beckett   (2:01.06) Caitlin McClatchey   (1:59.85)   8:00.34  '''Q''' Olympic 6   Netherlands   Manon van Rooijen   (2:02.17) Inge Dekker   (1:58.55) Linda Bank   (2:01.43) Femke Heemskerk   (2:00.25)   8:02.40  '''Q''' Olympic 7   Sweden   Gabriella Fagundez   (2:01.02) Ida Marko-Varga   (1:58.95) Malin Svahnström   (2:03.52) Josefin Lillhage   (1:59.14)   8:02.63  '''Q''' Olympic 8   USA   Amanda Weir   (2:03.61) Margaret Hoelzer   (1:59.90) Kara Lynn Joyce   (1:59.00) Lacey Nymeyer   (2:00.36)   8:02.87  '''Q''' Olympic 9   China   Yang Yu   (1:59.86) Tang Yi   (2:00.30) Tang Jingzhi   (2:01.83) Pang Jiaying   (2:00.99)   8:02.98  Olympic 10   New Zealand   Helen Norfolk   (2:00.57) Lauren Boyle   (2:00.37) Alison Fitch   (2:01.62) Melissa Ingram   (2:01.78)   8:04.34  Olympic 11   Canada   Brittany Reimer   (2:00.15) Julia Wilkinson   (2:00.45) Erica Morningstar   (2:01.92) Geneviève Saumur   (2:02.30)   8:04.82  Olympic 12   Spain   Arantxa Ramos Plasencia   (2:00.56) Maria Fuster Martinez   (2:01.55) Melania Felicitas Costa Schmid   (2:02.94) Erika Villaécija García   (2:01.57)   8:06.62  Olympic 13   Italy   Flavia Zoccari   (2:02.88) Francesca Segat   (2:03.11) Renata Fabiola Spagnolo   (2:01.81) Federica Pellegrini   (1:58.84)   8:06.64  14   Denmark   Julie Hjorth-Hansen   (2:00.47) Lotte Friis   (2:01.85) Micha Jensen   (2:02.56) Louise Mai Jansen   (2:01.90)   8:06.78  15   Poland   Katarzyna Baranowska   (2:04.05) Agata Zqiejska   (2:01.77) Aleksandra Urbanczyk   (2:04.10) Paulina Barzycka   (2:03.21)   8:13.13  16   Romania   Camelia Potec   (1:59.22) Valentina Georgiana Brat   (2:07.92) Larisa Lăcustă   (2:07.87) Ionela Cozma   (2:03.34)   8:18.35  17   Hong Kong   Hang Yu Sze   (2:09.58) Hannah Wilson   (2:07.67) Carmen Nam   (2:08.50) Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai   (2:04.80)   8:30.55  18   Singapore   Quah Ting Wen   (2:07.28) Mylene Ong   (2:07.96) Lynette Lim   (2:07.44) Lynette Ng   (2:08.97)   8:31.65  19   El Salvador   Golda Marcus   (2:08.70) Ileana Murillo Argueta   (2:12.51) Ana Guadalupe Hernandez Duarte   (2:15.70) Alexia Pamela Benitez Quijada   (2:11.68)   8:48.59  20   Peru   Fiorella Gomez-Sanchez   (2:12.95) Massie Milagros Carillo   (2:12.69) Slavica Pavic   (2:19.72) Maria Alejandra Torres   (2:13.47)   8:58.83  21   Thailand   Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn   (2:07.13) Wenika Kaewchaiwong   (2:11.44) Pannika Prachgosin   (2:23.38) Jiratida Phinyosophon   (2:19.99)   9:01.94  22   Macao   Cheok Mei Ma   (2:12.34) Weng I Kuan   (2:16.16) Man Wai Fong   (2:21.05) Yih Shiuan Chan   (2:14.00)   9:03.55  23   Uzbekistan   Irina Shlemova   (2:16.90) Yulduz Kuchkarova   (2:20.57) Maftunabonu Tuhtasinova   (2:15.62) Ranohon Amanova   (2:19.76)   9:12.85  24   Jordan   Miriam Hatamleh   (2:14.86) Layla Alghul   (2:18.36) Hiba Bashouti   (2:18.94) Razan Taha   (2:26.96)   9:19.12  25   India   Kshipra Mahajan   (2:21.17) Madhavi Giri Govind   (2:20.47) Parita Parekh   (2:21.35) Pooja Raghava Alva   (2:19.94)   9:22.93
See also *Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay*Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay*Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
References * Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay '''Preliminary''' results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11. * Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay '''Final''' results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); Retrieved 2009-07-11.