For the first time in 48 years, the Australians (Alice Mills, Lisbeth Lenton, Petria Thomas, and Jodie Henry) overhauled the Team USA on the final leg to win a gold medal in the event. When Henry touched the wall at 3:35.94, the Australians broke a new world record under a 0.06-second mark set by the Germans in 2002 (3:36.00). Henry also unleashed a remarkable relay split of 52.95, the fastest of all-time in Olympic history.[2][3][4]
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July 13, 2023
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The women s 4 100 metre freestyle relay took place on 14 August at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens Greece 1 Women s 4 100 metre freestyle relayat the Games of the XXVIII OlympiadVenueOlympic Aquatic CentreDatesAugust 14 2004 heats amp final Competitors72 from 16 nationsWinning time3 35 96 WRMedalists Australia AUS Alice Mills Lisbeth Lenton Petria Thomas Jodie Henry Sarah Ryan United States USA Kara Lynn Joyce Natalie Coughlin Amanda Weir Jenny Thompson Lindsay Benko Maritza Correia Colleen Lanne Netherlands NED Chantal Groot Inge Dekker Marleen Veldhuis Inge de Bruijn Annabel Kosten Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats 20002008 For the first time in 48 years the Australians Alice Mills Lisbeth Lenton Petria Thomas and Jodie Henry overhauled the Team USA on the final leg to win a gold medal in the event When Henry touched the wall at 3 35 94 the Australians broke a new world record under a 0 06 second mark set by the Germans in 2002 3 36 00 Henry also unleashed a remarkable relay split of 52 95 the fastest of all time in Olympic history 2 3 4 The U S team of Kara Lynn Joyce Natalie Coughlin Amanda Weir and Jenny Thompson finished out an American record of 3 36 39 to earn a silver medal while the Dutch took home the bronze in 3 37 59 after Inge de Bruijn swam a split of 53 37 to hold off the Germans anchored by Franziska van Almsick 2 5 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Final 3 References 4 External linksRecords EditPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record Germany GER Katrin Meissner 54 82 Petra Dallmann 53 95 Sandra Volker 53 59 Franziska van Almsick 53 64 3 36 00 Berlin Germany 29 July 2002Olympic record United States USA Amy Van Dyken 55 08 Dara Torres 53 51 Courtney Shealy 54 40 Jenny Thompson 53 62 3 36 61 Sydney Australia 16 September 2000The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition Date Event Name Nationality Time RecordAugust 14 Final Alice Mills 54 75 Lisbeth Lenton 53 57 Petria Thomas 54 67 Jodie Henry 52 95 Australia 3 35 94 WRResults EditHeats Edit Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes1 2 5 Australia Alice Mills 54 77 Libby Lenton 54 48 Sarah Ryan 54 97 Jodie Henry 54 04 3 38 26 Q OC2 2 4 United States Amanda Weir 54 50 Colleen Lanne 55 42 Lindsay Benko 54 80 Maritza Correia 54 74 3 39 46 Q3 2 3 Netherlands Inge Dekker 55 56 Annabel Kosten 55 24 Marleen Veldhuis 54 61 Chantal Groot 54 52 3 39 93 Q4 1 4 Germany Petra Dallmann 55 49 Britta Steffen 56 31 Daniela Gotz 55 04 Antje Buschschulte 54 35 3 41 19 Q5 2 6 Sweden Josefin Lillhage 55 72 Cathrin Carlzon 56 05 Therese Alshammar 54 33 Johanna Sjoberg 55 41 3 41 51 Q6 1 3 Great Britain Alison Sheppard 56 35 Kathryn Evans 55 21 Karen Pickering 55 57 Melanie Marshall 54 83 3 41 96 Q7 1 5 France Solenne Figues 55 61 Celine Couderc 55 84 Aurore Mongel 56 25 Malia Metella 54 72 3 42 42 Q8 1 6 China Cheng Jiaru 56 14 Xu Yanwei 55 43 Zhu Yingwen 55 08 Yang Yu 56 19 3 42 84 Q9 1 7 South Korea Sun So eun 56 86 Ryu Yoon ji 55 24 Shim Min ji 56 91 Kim Hyun joo 55 83 3 44 8410 1 2 Italy Cecilia Vianini 56 53 Cristina Chiuso 56 33 Sara Parise 57 38 Federica Pellegrini 54 64 3 44 8811 2 2 Belarus Hanna Shcherba 56 10 Maryia Shcherba 56 78 Iryna Niafedava 56 46 Sviatlana Khakhlova 56 04 3 45 382 7 Brazil Rebeca Gusmao 56 56 Tatiana Lima 56 67 Renata Burgos 56 32 Flavia Cazziolato 55 83 13 1 8 Czech Republic Jana Myskova 56 02 Petra Klosova 56 49 Ilona Hlavackova 56 42 Sandra Kazikova 57 90 3 46 8314 1 1 Spain Tatiana Rouba 56 41 Ana Belen Palomo 56 64 Laura Roca 56 83 Melissa Caballero 57 59 3 47 4715 2 8 Switzerland Dominique Diezi 56 78 Marjorie Sagne 57 17 Seraina Prunte 58 16 Nicole Zahnd 56 50 3 48 612 1 Greece Nery Mantey Niangkouara 55 79 Zoi Dimoschaki 56 09 Martha MatsaEleni Kosti DSQFinal Edit Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Time behind Notes 4 Australia Alice Mills 54 75 Lisbeth Lenton 53 57 Petria Thomas 54 67 Jodie Henry 52 95 3 35 94 WR 5 United States Kara Lynn Joyce 54 74 Natalie Coughlin 53 83 Amanda Weir 54 05 Jenny Thompson 53 77 3 36 39 0 45 AM 3 Netherlands Chantal Groot 55 45 Inge Dekker 54 66 Marleen Veldhuis 54 11 Inge de Bruijn 53 37 3 37 59 1 654 6 Germany Antje Buschschulte 54 67 Petra Dallmann 54 79 Daniela Gotz 53 99 Franziska van Almsick 54 49 3 37 94 2 005 1 France Solenne Figues 55 36 Celine Couderc 55 20 Aurore Mongel 55 72 Malia Metella 53 95 3 40 23 4 296 7 Great Britain Melanie Marshall 55 42 Kathryn Evans 54 33 Karen Pickering 55 58 Lisa Chapman 55 49 3 40 82 4 887 2 Sweden Josefin Lillhage 55 77 Johanna Sjoberg 55 90 Therese Alshammar 54 18 Anna Karin Kammerling 55 37 3 41 22 5 288 8 China Cheng Jiaru 56 20 Xu Yanwei 55 19 Yang Yu 56 08 Zhu Yingwen 55 43 3 42 90 6 96References Edit Swimming schedule BBC Sport 5 August 2004 Retrieved 17 June 2007 a b Thomas Stephen 14 August 2004 World Record Women s 400 Freestyle Relay Australia Passes U S on Final Leg Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 2 October 2013 Retrieved 10 May 2013 Woodward Steve 14 August 2004 Thompson U S victimized by amazing Aussies ESPN Retrieved 10 May 2013 Dodd Mike 14 August 2004 This time Thompson couldn t save the day USA Today Retrieved 10 May 2013 Australia take record win BBC Sport 14 August 2004 Retrieved 10 May 2013 External links EditOfficial Olympic Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics Women 27s 4 100 metre freestyle relay amp oldid 1149455843, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
