Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Introduction The '''Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay''' at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships took place on July 30, 2009 at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: '''World Record'''  Australia (AUS)Stephanie Rice (1:56.60)Bronte Barratt (1:56.58)Kylie Palmer (1:55.22)Linda Mackenzie (1:55.91) 7:44.31 Beijing, China 14 August 2008 '''Championship Record'''  United States (USA) Natalie Coughlin (1:56.43)Dana Vollmer (1:57.49)Lacey Nymeyer (1:59.19)Katie Hoff (1:56.98) 7:50.09 Melbourne, Australia 29 March 2007The following records were established during the competition: Date  Round  Nation  Time  Record 30 July  Heat 1 Caitlin McClatchey (1:57.54)  Jazmin Carlin (1:56.45) Hannah Miley (1:58.15)  Rebecca Adlington (1:56.90)  7:49.04  '''CR''' 30 July  Final Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09)  Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)  7:42.08  '''WR'''
Results ===Heats=== Rank  Heat  Lane  Nation Swimmers Time  Notes 1  1  3    Caitlin McClatchey (1:57.54)Jazmin Carlin (1:56.45)Hannah Miley (1:58.15)Rebecca Adlington (1:56.90) 7:49.04 '''CR''', '''ER''' 2  1  4   Ariana Kukors (1:56.05)Dagny Knutson (1:57.73)Alyssa Anderson (1:58.35)Lacey Nymeyer (1:57.38) 7:49.51 3  2  5    Camille Muffat (1:58.82)Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne (1:56.36)Sophie Huber (1:58.82)Coralie Balmy (1:56.18) 7:50.18'''NR''' 4  3  6   Geneviève Saumur (1:57.67)Julia Wilkinson (1:57.77)Alexandra Gabor (1:57.87)Heather MacLean (1:56.98) 7:50.29  '''NR''' 5  3  4   Ellen Fullerton (1:58.56)Felicity Galvez (1:57.70)Merindah Dingjan (1:56.85)Bronte Barratt (1:57.42) 7:50.53 6  2  4    Yang Yu (1:58.50) Zhu Qianwei (1:57.85)Liu Jing (1:55.78)Pang Jiaying (1:58.67) 7:50.80  7  3  3    Ágnes Mutina (1:57.52)Evelyn Verrasztó (1:56.89)Eszter Dara (1:57.87)Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:59.02) 7:51.30 '''NR''' 8  3  5    Renata Fabiola Spagnolo (1:59.32)Flavia Zoccari (1:59.29)Alice Carpanese (1:58.45)Federica Pellegrini (1:54.94) 7:52.00   9  2  3   Haruka Ueda (1:57.38) '''NR'''Misaki Yamaguchi (1:56.86)Ren Sato (1:57.43)Asami Kitagawa (2:00.75) 7:52.42  '''NR''' 10  2  6    Saskia de Jonge (2:00.51)Femke Heemskerk (1:55.49)Inge Dekker (1:56.96)Chantal Groot (2:00.88) 7:53.84 '''NR''' 11  1  2    Daria Belyakina (1:58.68) Victoria Malutina (1:58.71)Anastasia Aksenova (1:59.27)Elena Sokolova (1:58.69) 7:55.35  '''NR''' 12  1  6   Julie Hjorth-Hansen (1:57.61) '''NR'''Micha Kathrine Østergaard Jensen (1:59.29)Louise Mai Jansen (1:59.74)Lotte Friis (1:58.92) 7:55.56  '''NR''' 13  1  5    Gabriella Fagundez (1:58.42)Sarah Sjöström (1:56.61)Petra Granlund (1:59.24)Martina Granström (2:02.36) 7:56.63 14  3  2   Sara Isakovič (1:57.51)Anja Klinar (2:00.73)Nina Sovinek (2:04.60)Nika Karlina Petric (2:04.07) 8:06.91  15  3  7    Melanie Nocher (2:02.42)Clare Dawson (2:02.50)Niamh O'Sullivan (2:01.27)Nuala Murphy (2:03.15) 8:09.34'''NR''' 16  2  2    Quah Ting Wen (2:00.50)Amanda Lim (2:03.80)Lynette Lim (2:01.88)Mylene Ong (2:03.73) 8:09.91 '''NR''' 17  2  8    Karolina Szczepaniak (2:00.40)Katarzyna Wilk (2:04.11)Mirela Olczak (2:04.50)Paula Zukowska (2:04.64) 8:13.65   18  2  7    Andreina Pinto (2:02.15) '''NR'''Yanel Pinto (2:02.78)Darneyis Orozco (2:05.27)Yennifer Marquez (2:06.31) 8:16.51 '''NR''' 19  1  8    Nicole Horn (2:08.17)Kirsten Lapham (2:08.66)Moira Fraser (2:10.80)Kimberley Eeson (2:08.11) 8:35.74'''NR''' 20  3  8    Davina Mangion (2:12.85)Melinda Sue Micallef (2:17.30)Nicol Cremona (2:13.80)Talisa Pace (2:16.60) 9:00.55   21  1  7    Fong Man Wai (2:12.94)Che Lok In (2:19.91)Tan Chi Yan (2:20.12)Ma Cheok Mei (2:12.71) 9:05.68   22  3  1    Pooja Raghava Alva (2:24.10)Chittaranjan Shubha (2:18.52)Vandita Dhariyal (2:19.37)Talasha Prabhu (2:19.71) 9:21.70  23  2  1    Sara Abdullahu (2:12.27)Rovena Marku (2:24.37)Reni Jani (2:39.46)Debora Keci (2:29.50) 9:45.60 24  1  1   Sakina Ghulam (2:27.24)Aelia Mehdi (2:45.06)Rida Mitha (2:40.32)Mahnoor Maqsood (2:38.50) 10:31.12===Final=== Rank  Lane  Nation  Swimmers  Time  Note   7    Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)   7:42.08  '''WR'''   5   Dana Vollmer (1:55.29) Lacey Nymeyer (1:57.88) Ariana Kukors  (1:55.18) Allison Schmitt (1:54.21)   7:42.56  '''AM'''   4    Joanne Jackson (1:55.98) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.78) Caitlin McClatchey (1:56.42) Rebecca Adlington (1:56.33)   7:45.51  '''ER''' 4  8    Renata Fabiola Spagnolo (1:58.79)  Alessia Filippi (1:56.97) Alice Carpanese (1:57.36) Federica Pellegrini (1:53.45)   7:46.57 '''NR''' 5 2    Ellen Fullerton (1:57.38) Stephanie Rice (1:55.71) Merindah Dingjan  (1:56.66) Bronte Barratt (1:57.10)  7:46.85  6  1    Ágnes Mutina (1:56.64) Evelyn Verrasztó (1:57.20) Eszter Dara (1:59.04) Katinka Hosszú (1:55.16)   7:48.04 '''NR''' 7  3   Coralie Balmy (1:57.12) Ophelie Cyrielle Etienne (1:56.10) Sophie Huber (1:58.40) Camille Muffat (1:56.82)   7:48.44 '''NR''' 8  6    Geneviève Saumur (1:56.97) '''NR''' Julia Wilkinson (1:57.39) Alexandra Gabor (1:57.07) Heather MacLean (1:57.71)  7:49.14  '''NR'''
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