Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Introduction The '''women's 4×100 m freestyle relay''' at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships took place on July 26, 2009 at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.
Records The existing records when the event started were: '''World Record'''  Netherlands (NED)Inge Dekker (53.77)Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.61)Femke Heemskerk (53.62)Marleen Veldhuis (52.62) 3:33.62 Eindhoven, Netherlands 18 March 2008 '''Championship Record'''  Australia (AUS) Lisbeth Lenton (53.42)Melanie Schlanger (53.95)Shayne Reese (54.90)Jodie Henry (53.21) 3:35.48 Melbourne, Australia 25 March 2007The following records were established during the competition: Date  Round  Nation  Time  Record 26 July  Heat 2 Sally Foster (54.42)  Marieke Guehrer (53.47) Shayne Reese (53.19)  Meagen Nay (54.42)  3:35.26  '''CR''' 26 July  Heat 3 Britta Steffen (54.42)  Daniela Samulski (53.81) Petra Dallmann (53.69)  Daniela Schreiber (53.48)  3:34.74  '''CR''' 26 July  Final Inge Dekker (53.61)  Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.30) Femke Heemskerk (53.03)  Marleen Veldhuis (52.78)  3:31.72  }
Results ===Heats=== Rank  Heat  Lane  Nation Swimmers Time  Notes 1  3  5    Britta Steffen (53.76)Daniela Samulski (53.81)Petra Dallmann (53.69)Daniela Schreiber (53.48) 3:34.74 '''CR''', '''NR''' 2  4  4   Femke Heemskerk (53.83)Hinkelien Schreuder (54.93)Inge Dekker (52.97)Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.21) 3:34.94 3  2  4    Sally Foster (54.18)Marieke Guehrer (53.47)Shayne Reese (53.19)Meagen Nay (54.42) 3:35.26 4  3  6   Therese Alshammar (54.27)Josefin Lillhage (53.55)Sarah Sjöström (53.14)Gabriella Fagundez (54.35) 3:35.31 '''NR''' 5  4  5   Li Zhesi (54.27)Zhu Qianwei (54.34)Tang Yi (54.03)Pang Jiaying (54.21) 3:36.85 6  4  3    Fran Halsall (53.02) '''CR''', '''NR'''Caitlin McClatchey (54.98)Katherine Wyld (54.80)Amy Smith (54.22) 3:37.02'''NR''' 7  3  4    Julia Smit (54.25)Kate Dwelley (54.65)Caitlin Geary (54.59)Christine Magnuson (53.63) 3:37.12 8  3  2    Eszter Dara (55.29)Evelyn Verrasztó (53.90)Ágnes Mutina (54.28)Katinka Hosszú (54.17) 3:37.64 '''NR''' 9  3  3   Victoria Poon (54.70)Erica Morningstar (54.84)Geneviève Saumur (53.89)Heather MacLean (54.79) 3:38.22'''NR''' 10  2  5    Aurore Mongel (54.77)Hanna Shcherba (54.66)Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne (55.44)Malia Metella (53.79) 3:38.66 11  2  3    Haruka Ueda (54.88) '''NR'''Hanae Ito (55.00)Yayoi Matsumoto (54.98)Misaki Yamaguchi (54.03) 3:38.89 '''NR''' 12  2  6   Olga Klyuchnikova (54.88) '''NR'''Victoriya Andreeva (54.79)Maria Ugolkova (55.56)Anastasia Aksenova (55.25) 3:40.48'''NR''' 13  4  6    Renata Fabiola Spagnolo (55.68)Laura Letrari (54.68)Erica Buratto (55.19)Silvia Di Pietro (55.52) 3:41.07 14  3  7   Yulia Khitraya (56.59)Aleksandra Gerasimenya (53.75)Sviatlana Khakhlova (55.44)Iryna Niafedava (56.74) 3:42.52 15  4  1    Linda Laihorinne (56.63)Emilia Pikkarainen (56.50)Riia-Rosa Koskelainen (56.02)Hanna-Maria Seppälä (53.83) 3:42.98 16  2  7    Katarina Listopadova (57.14)Katarina Filova (55.27)Miroslava Syllabova (56.44)Martina Moravcová (54.78) 3:43.63  17  2  0    Nina Van Koeckhoven (56.67)Sascha Van den Branden (56.49)Annelies de Mare (56.12)Jolien Sysmans (55.37) 3:44.65 '''NR''' 18  2  2    Fiona Doyle (56.57) '''NR'''Clare Dawson (56.16)Niamh O'Sullivan (57.38)Melanie Nocher (57.10) 3:47.21 '''NR''' 19  4  2    Quah Ting Wen (56.14)Amanda Lim (56.26)Mylene Ong (57.46)Lynette Lim (57.68) 3:47.54 20  3  1    Alana Dillette (57.11)Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (54.85)Teisha Lightbourne (58.52)Alicia Lightbourne (57.86) 3:48.34'''NR''' 21  4  7    Arlene Semeco (55.98)Jeserick Pinto (57.83)Ximena Vilar (57.06)Yennifer Marquez (58.28) 3:49.15'''NR''' 22  1  5    Dar'ya Stepanyuk (55.43)Oksana Serikova (56.38)Kseniya Grygorenko (59.82)Daryna Zevina (57.63) 3:49.26 23  2  1    Rugile Mileisyte (56.94)Grite Apanaviciute (58.16)Raminta Dvariskyte (1:00.71)Aiste Dobrovolskaite (59.16) 3:54.97 '''NR''' 24  4  9   Nicol Cremona (1:02.14)Melinda Sue Micallef (59.71)Davina Mangion (1:00.80)Talisa Pace (1:00.34) 4:02.99 25  4  8    Ma Cheok Mei (1:00.64)Tan Chi Yan (1:01.35)Fong Man Wai (1:01.07)Che Lok In (1:01.69) 4:04.75  26  3  8   Chittaranjan Shubha (1:00.68)Murugaperumal Mercy Venpa (1:06.93)Pooja Raghava Alva (1:03.86)Talasha Prabhu (1:00.94) 4:12.41 27  2  8    Binta Zahra Diop (1:01.79)Ouleye Diallo (1:04.66)Mareme Faye (1:07.01)Khadidiatou Dieng (1:01.96) 4:15.42 '''NR''' 28  1  4    Monica Bernardo (1:03.18)Jessika Cossa (1:05.56)Faina Salate (1:04.04)Gessica Stagno (1:05.12) 4:17.90  29  4  0   Sara Abdullahu (1:00.36)Reni Jani (1:09.79)Debora Keci (1:06.78)Rovena Marku (1:04.30) 4:21.23 30  3  0    Kiran Khan (1:08.30)Aqsa Tariq (1:13.55)Rida Mitha (1:11.34)Mahnoor Moqsood (1:09.82) 4:43.01 –  1  3    Moira Fraser (58.74)Kirsten LaphamKimberley EesonNicole Horn DSQ ===Final=== Rank  Lane  Nation  Swimmers  Time  Note   5   Inge Dekker (53.61)Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.30)Femke Heemskerk (53.03)Marleen Veldhuis (52.78) 3:31.72     4   Britta Steffen (52.22)  Daniela Samulski (53.49)Petra Dallmann (53.75)Daniela Schreiber (52.37) 3:31.83  '''NR'''   3    Lisbeth Trickett (52.62) '''OC'''Marieke Guehrer (53.60)Shayne Reese (53.25)Felicity Galvez (53.54) 3:33.01  '''OC''' 4  1    Amanda Weir (54.47)Dara Torres (53.72)Christine Magnuson (53.86)Dana Vollmer (53.18) 3:35.23  5  6   Therese Alshammar (53.58) '''NR'''Josefin Lillhage (53.58)Sarah Sjöström (53.62)Gabriella Fagundez (54.57)  3:35.35  6  2    Li Zhesi (54.04)Zhu Qianwei (53.73)Tang Yi (54.16)Pang Jiaying (53.70) 3:35.63  '''AS''' 7  7    Fran Halsall (53.31)Caitlin McClatchey (54.43)Katherine Wyld (54.74)Amy Smith (54.51) 3:36.99  '''NR''' 8  8    Eszter Dara (55.09)Evelyn Verrasztó (54.20)Ágnes Mutina (54.74)Katinka Hosszú (55.50) 3:39.53
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