The Australian women's team fought off an early lead by their American rivals and overhauled the field down the stretch to recapture the Olympic freestyle relay title they last held in 2004. The foursome of Alicia Coutts (53.90), Cate Campbell (53.19), Brittany Elmslie (53.41), and Melanie Schlanger (52.65) put together a blazing fast finish with a new Olympic record in 3:33.15.[2][3]
The Netherlands nearly pulled a worst-to-first effort, building from an eighth-place turn by Inge Dekker (54.67), fifth by Marleen Veldhuis (53.80), and third by Femke Heemskerk (53.39), until they handed Ranomi Kromowidjojo the anchor duties on the final exchange. She delivered a fastest freestyle split in the field with an anchor of 51.93 to race against the Americans for the silver in 3:33.79, but finished just 0.64 seconds off the pace posted by the Australians.[4] Meanwhile, the U.S. team got off an early lead from Missy Franklin (53.52) and Jessica Hardy (53.53), but slipped through the final stretches from Lia Neal (53.65) and Allison Schmitt (53.54) to settle for the bronze in an American record of 3:34.24.[5] Building a new milestone, Neal became the first ever African-American female to swim in an Olympic final, while Natalie Coughlin, who competed earlier in the relay prelims, picked up her twelfth career medal to share a three-way tie with Dara Torres and Jenny Thompson as the most decorated female Olympic swimmers of all time.[6][7]
China (3:36.75), Great Britain (3:37.02), Denmark (3:37.45), and Japan (3:37.96) also vied for an Olympic medal to round out the championship finale, while Sweden was disqualified from the race because of an early relay takeoff by anchor Gabriella Fagundez.[7]
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The women s 4 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London United Kingdom 1 Women s 4 100 metre freestyle relayat the Games of the XXX OlympiadVenueLondon Aquatics CentreDates28 July 2012Competitors84 from 16 nationsWinning time3 33 15 ORMedalists Australia AUS Alicia Coutts Cate Campbell Brittany Elmslie Melanie Schlanger Emily Seebohm Yolane Kukla Lisbeth Trickett Netherlands NED Inge Dekker Marleen Veldhuis Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo Hinkelien Schreuder United States USA Missy Franklin Jessica Hardy Lia Neal Allison Schmitt Amanda Weir Natalie Coughlin Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats 20082016 The Australian women s team fought off an early lead by their American rivals and overhauled the field down the stretch to recapture the Olympic freestyle relay title they last held in 2004 The foursome of Alicia Coutts 53 90 Cate Campbell 53 19 Brittany Elmslie 53 41 and Melanie Schlanger 52 65 put together a blazing fast finish with a new Olympic record in 3 33 15 2 3 The Netherlands nearly pulled a worst to first effort building from an eighth place turn by Inge Dekker 54 67 fifth by Marleen Veldhuis 53 80 and third by Femke Heemskerk 53 39 until they handed Ranomi Kromowidjojo the anchor duties on the final exchange She delivered a fastest freestyle split in the field with an anchor of 51 93 to race against the Americans for the silver in 3 33 79 but finished just 0 64 seconds off the pace posted by the Australians 4 Meanwhile the U S team got off an early lead from Missy Franklin 53 52 and Jessica Hardy 53 53 but slipped through the final stretches from Lia Neal 53 65 and Allison Schmitt 53 54 to settle for the bronze in an American record of 3 34 24 5 Building a new milestone Neal became the first ever African American female to swim in an Olympic final while Natalie Coughlin who competed earlier in the relay prelims picked up her twelfth career medal to share a three way tie with Dara Torres and Jenny Thompson as the most decorated female Olympic swimmers of all time 6 7 China 3 36 75 Great Britain 3 37 02 Denmark 3 37 45 and Japan 3 37 96 also vied for an Olympic medal to round out the championship finale while Sweden was disqualified from the race because of an early relay takeoff by anchor Gabriella Fagundez 7 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 nbsp Netherlands NED Inge Dekker 53 61 Ranomi Kromowidjojo 52 30 Femke Heemskerk 53 03 Marleen Veldhuis 52 78 3 31 72 Rome Italy 26 July 2009 8 9 Olympic record nbsp Netherlands NED Inge Dekker 54 37 Ranomi Kromowidjojo 53 39 Femke Heemskerk 53 42 Marleen Veldhuis 52 58 3 33 76 Beijing China 10 August 2008 10 The following records were established during the competition Date Event Name Nation Time RecordJuly 28 Final Alicia Coutts 53 90 Cate Campbell 53 19 Brittany Elmslie 53 41 Melanie Schlanger 52 65 nbsp Australia 3 33 15 ORResults editHeats edit 11 Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes1 2 3 nbsp Australia Emily Seebohm 54 24 Brittany Elmslie 53 41 Yolane Kukla 54 61 Lisbeth Trickett 54 08 3 36 34 Q2 1 4 nbsp United States Lia Neal 54 15 Amanda Weir 54 37 Natalie Coughlin 53 93 Allison Schmitt 54 08 3 36 53 Q3 2 4 nbsp Netherlands Marleen Veldhuis 54 73 Inge Dekker 53 79 Hinkelien Schreuder 55 62 Femke Heemskerk 53 62 3 37 76 Q4 1 6 nbsp China Tang Yi 53 86 Qiu Yuhan 54 85 Wang Haibing 54 14 Wang Shijia 55 06 3 37 91 Q5 1 5 nbsp Japan Haruka Ueda 54 22 Yayoi Matsumoto 54 23 Miki Uchida 54 47 Hanae Ito 55 14 3 38 06 Q NR6 2 2 nbsp Denmark Pernille Blume 54 44 Mie Nielsen 54 49 Lotte Friis 55 97 Jeanette Ottesen Gray 53 19 3 38 09 Q NR7 1 2 nbsp Great Britain Amy Smith 54 29 Jess Lloyd 54 53 Caitlin McClatchey 54 64 Rebecca Turner 54 75 3 38 21 Q1 3 nbsp Sweden Sarah Sjostrom 54 31 Michelle Coleman 54 14 Ida Marko Varga 54 57 Gabriella Fagundez 55 19 Q9 2 5 nbsp Germany Britta Steffen 54 43 Silke Lippok 55 30 Lisa Vitting 54 77 Daniela Schreiber 54 66 3 39 1610 1 7 nbsp Russia Veronika Popova 54 30 Nataliya Lovtsova 55 00 Viktoriya Andreyeva 55 27 Margarita Nesterova 55 02 3 39 5911 2 6 nbsp Canada Victoria Poon 54 67 Julia Wilkinson 54 38 Samantha Cheverton 54 93 Heather MacLean 55 62 3 39 6012 2 7 nbsp Italy Alice Mizzau 55 17 Federica Pellegrini 54 28 Laura Letrari 55 74 Erika Ferraioli 54 55 3 39 74 NR13 1 8 nbsp Belarus Aliaksandra Herasimenia 53 85 Sviatlana Khakhlova 54 96 Aksana Dziamidava 55 94 Yuliya Khitraya 55 92 3 40 67 NR14 2 1 nbsp New Zealand Natasha Hind 55 93 Penelope Marshall 55 82 Amaka Gessler 55 77 Hayley Palmer 55 03 3 42 5515 1 1 nbsp Hungary Agnes Mutina 56 05 Evelyn Verraszto 55 80 Eva Risztov 57 81 Eszter Dara 55 13 3 44 7916 2 8 nbsp Greece Theodora Drakou 55 42 Nery Mantey Niangkouara 55 52 Theodora Giareni 57 26 Kristel Vourna 57 35 3 45 55Final edit 12 Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Time Behind Notes nbsp 4 nbsp Australia Alicia Coutts 53 90 Cate Campbell 53 19 Brittany Elmslie 53 41 Melanie Schlanger 52 65 3 33 15 OR nbsp 3 nbsp Netherlands Inge Dekker 54 67 Marleen Veldhuis 53 80 Femke Heemskerk 53 39 Ranomi Kromowidjojo 51 93 3 33 79 0 64 nbsp 5 nbsp United States Missy Franklin 53 52 Jessica Hardy 53 53 Lia Neal 53 65 Allison Schmitt 53 54 3 34 24 1 09 AM4 6 nbsp China Tang Yi 53 58 Qiu Yuhan 54 49 Wang Haibing 54 03 Pang Jiaying 54 65 3 36 75 3 605 8 nbsp Great Britain Amy Smith 54 27 Francesca Halsall 53 29 Jess Lloyd 54 65 Caitlin McClatchey 54 81 3 37 02 3 876 7 nbsp Denmark Pernille Blume 54 52 Mie Nielsen 54 04 Lotte Friis 55 65 Jeanette Ottesen Gray 53 24 3 37 45 4 30 NR7 2 nbsp Japan Haruka Ueda 54 34 Yayoi Matsumoto 54 52 Miki Uchida 54 43 Hanae Ito 54 67 3 37 96 4 81 NR1 nbsp Sweden Michelle Coleman 54 57 Sarah Sjostrom 53 91 Ida Marko Varga 55 01 Gabriella Fagundez DSQReferences edit Swimming Results amp Schedules London 2012 NBC Olympics 28 July 2012 Archived from the original on 3 July 2013 Retrieved 7 July 2013 Aussie women claim first gold in London ABC News Australia 29 July 2012 Retrieved 7 July 2013 Relay team clinch first Aussie gold Herald Sun 29 July 2012 Retrieved 7 July 2013 Lochte Phelps face off in the pool at London Olympics Fox News 28 July 2012 Retrieved 7 July 2013 Lochte Wins 400 IM on Night 1 in London Team USA 28 July 2012 Archived from the original on March 1 2014 Retrieved 7 July 2013 Auerbach Nicole 28 July 2012 Natalie Coughlin ties medals record but doesn t swim final USA Today Retrieved 7 July 2013 a b 2012 London Olympics Australia Reclaims Women s 400 Free Relay Gold Natalie Coughlin Ties for Most Decorated Female Olympic Swimmer Swimming World Magazine 28 July 2012 Archived from the original on 2013 05 27 Retrieved 7 July 2013 With Suits Few Records Appear Safe The Washington Post 27 July 2009 Archived from the original on 8 July 2013 Retrieved 8 July 2013 Swimming world records in Rome BBC Sport 3 August 2009 Retrieved 8 July 2013 Baldwin Alan 10 August 2008 Veldhuis anchors Dutch to relay gold Reuters Retrieved 4 July 2013 Women s 4 100m Freestyle Relay Heats London2012 com LOCOG Archived from the original on 5 December 2012 Retrieved 27 July 2012 Women s 4 100m Freestyle Relay Final London2012 com LOCOG Archived from the original on 5 December 2012 Retrieved 27 July 2012 External links editNBC Olympics Coverage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women 27s 4 100 metre freestyle relay amp oldid 1191011055, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
