Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
September 02, 2023
The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 12–13 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. By winning gold, the U.S. women brought home America's 1000th gold medal in the nation's Summer Olympics history.[1]
The U.S. women's team outlasted the rest of the field to solidify its Olympic title defense in the medley relay final with the help of a freestyle anchor leg from Simone Manuel. Leading from the start, the foursome of Kathleen Baker (59.00), Lilly King (1:05.70), Dana Vollmer (56.00), and Manuel (52.43) put together a perfect ending with a final time of 3:53.13 to give the Americans their tenth gold medal in this event, and their thousandth overall in Summer Olympic history.[2][3]
Australia's Emily Seebohm (58.83), Taylor McKeown (1:07.05), and Emma McKeon (56.95) struggled to hold on their momentum throughout the race, until Cate Campbell jumped into the pool at the final exchange. Then, Campbell produced a freestyle anchor split of 52.17 to deliver the Australian relay team a silver medal in 3:55.00.[4] After winning the 50 m freestyle title an hour earlier, anchor Pernille Blume (53.21) helped her fellow Danish swimmers Mie Nielsen (58.75), Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:06.62), and Jeanette Ottesen (56.43) shatter the European record for the bronze in 3:55.01, a hundredth of a second behind Australia.[5][6]
The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and a final. The relay teams with the best 8 times in the heats advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]
ResultsEdit
HeatsEdit
A total of sixteen countries have qualified to participate. The best eight from two heats advanced to the final.
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^Armstrong, Paul (13 August 2016). "Color no barrier: Simone Manuel steers Team USA to 1,000th Olympic gold at Rio 2016". CNN. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
^Fenno, Nathan (13 August 2016). "Simone Manuel helps U.S. to gold in 400 medley relay". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
^"Campbell fires as Aussies win silver in women's 4x100m medley". ESPN. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
^"Denmark gets first gold as Blume wins 50m freestyle". The Local. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
^ ab"USA Women Earn 10th 400 Medley Relay Gold; 1,000th Gold Medal In USA Olympic Summer Games History". Swimming World Magazine. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
^Ng, Callum (13 August 2016). "Canadian relay women fall short of medal on final night of swimming". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
^"Rio 2016 Olympics: Team GB win 4x100m medley relay silver as Michael Phelps claims 23rd gold". London Evening Standard. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
^ abAuerbach, Nicole (4 August 2012). "U.S. women set world record, win gold in medley relay". USA Today. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
^ abCrouse, Karen (5 August 2012). "U.S. Women Set Mark in Medley Relay". New York Times. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
September 02, 2023
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The women s 4 100 metre medley relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 12 13 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro By winning gold the U S women brought home America s 1000th gold medal in the nation s Summer Olympics history 1 Women s 4 100 metre medley relayat the Games of the XXXI OlympiadVenueOlympic Aquatics StadiumDates12 August 2016 heats 13 August 2016 final Competitors76 from 16 nationsTeams16Winning time3 53 13Medalists United StatesKathleen Baker Lilly King Dana Vollmer Simone Manuel Olivia Smoliga Katie Meili Kelsi Worrell Abbey Weitzeil AustraliaEmily Seebohm Taylor McKeown Emma McKeon Cate Campbell Madison Wilson Madeline Groves Brittany Elmslie DenmarkMie Nielsen Rikke Moller Pedersen Jeanette Ottesen Pernille Blume Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats 20122020 Contents 1 Summary 2 Records 3 Competition format 4 Results 4 1 Heats 4 2 Final 5 ReferencesSummary EditThe U S women s team outlasted the rest of the field to solidify its Olympic title defense in the medley relay final with the help of a freestyle anchor leg from Simone Manuel Leading from the start the foursome of Kathleen Baker 59 00 Lilly King 1 05 70 Dana Vollmer 56 00 and Manuel 52 43 put together a perfect ending with a final time of 3 53 13 to give the Americans their tenth gold medal in this event and their thousandth overall in Summer Olympic history 2 3 Australia s Emily Seebohm 58 83 Taylor McKeown 1 07 05 and Emma McKeon 56 95 struggled to hold on their momentum throughout the race until Cate Campbell jumped into the pool at the final exchange Then Campbell produced a freestyle anchor split of 52 17 to deliver the Australian relay team a silver medal in 3 55 00 4 After winning the 50 m freestyle title an hour earlier anchor Pernille Blume 53 21 helped her fellow Danish swimmers Mie Nielsen 58 75 Rikke Moller Pedersen 1 06 62 and Jeanette Ottesen 56 43 shatter the European record for the bronze in 3 55 01 a hundredth of a second behind Australia 5 6 China s Fu Yuanhui 59 53 Shi Jinglin 1 06 00 Lu Ying 56 49 and Zhu Menghui 53 16 slipped off the podium to fourth in 3 55 18 while the Canadian combination of Kylie Masse 58 77 Rachel Nicol 1 06 81 Penny Oleksiak 56 75 and Chantal van Landeghem 53 16 established a national record of 3 55 49 to take the fifth spot 7 Russia s Anastasia Fesikova 59 49 Yuliya Yefimova 1 04 98 Svetlana Chimrova 57 54 and Veronika Popova 53 65 finished sixth with a 3 55 66 holding off the British quartet of Georgia Davies 59 43 Chloe Tutton 1 06 43 Siobhan Marie O Connor 57 47 and Francesca Halsall 53 63 by 1 3 seconds a seventh place time in 3 56 96 8 Meanwhile Italy 3 59 50 anchored by freestyle swimmer and four time Olympian Federica Pellegrini rounded out the championship field 6 Records EditPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp United States USA Missy Franklin 58 50 Rebecca Soni 1 04 82 Dana Vollmer 55 48 Allison Schmitt 53 25 3 52 05 London United Kingdom 4 August 2012 9 10 Olympic record nbsp United States USA Missy Franklin 58 50 Rebecca Soni 1 04 82 Dana Vollmer 55 48 Allison Schmitt 53 25 3 52 05 London United Kingdom 4 August 2012 9 10 Competition format EditThe competition consisted of two rounds heats and a final The relay teams with the best 8 times in the heats advanced to the final Swim offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round 1 Results EditHeats Edit A total of sixteen countries have qualified to participate The best eight from two heats advanced to the final Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes1 2 5 nbsp United States Olivia Smoliga 59 57 Katie Meili 1 04 93 Kelsi Worrell 56 47 Abbey Weitzeil 53 70 3 54 67 Q2 1 3 nbsp Canada Kylie Masse 58 66 NRRachel Nicol 1 06 97 Noemie Thomas 57 66 Taylor Ruck 53 51 3 56 80 Q NR3 1 5 nbsp Denmark Mie Nielsen 59 48 Rikke Moller Pedersen 1 06 88 Jeanette Ottesen 57 38 Pernille Blume 53 24 3 56 98 Q4 1 2 nbsp Russia Anastasia Fesikova 1 00 16 Yulia Efimova 1 05 78 Svetlana Chimrova 57 65 Veronika Popova 53 85 3 57 44 Q5 2 3 nbsp Australia Madison Wilson 59 38 Taylor McKeown 1 07 48 Madeline Groves 57 87 Brittany Elmslie 53 07 3 57 80 Q6 2 4 nbsp China Fu Yuanhui 59 20 Zhang Xinyu 1 07 86 Lu Ying 57 45 Shen Duo 53 72 3 58 23 Q7 2 2 nbsp Italy Carlotta Zofkova 1 01 42 Arianna Castiglioni 1 06 33 Ilaria Bianchi 57 76 Federica Pellegrini 53 58 3 59 09 Q8 2 6 nbsp Great Britain Georgia Davies 59 35 Chloe Tutton 1 07 25 Siobhan Marie O Connor 57 61 Georgia Coates 55 13 3 59 34 Q9 1 4 nbsp Sweden Michelle Coleman 1 01 13 Jennie Johansson 1 06 62 Sarah Sjostrom 56 70 Louise Hansson 55 00 3 59 4510 1 6 nbsp Japan Natsumi Sakai 1 01 57 Satomi Suzuki 1 07 40 Rikako Ikee 56 73 Miki Uchida 54 12 3 59 8211 1 7 nbsp Finland Mimosa Jallow 1 01 03 Jenna Laukkanen 1 06 49 Emilia Pikkarainen 59 02 Hanna Maria Seppala 55 07 4 01 6112 2 7 nbsp Germany Jenny Mensing 1 01 27 Vanessa Grimberg 1 07 99 Alexandra Wenk 58 55 Annika Bruhn 54 38 4 02 1913 1 1 nbsp Brazil Natalia de Luccas 1 01 93 Jhennifer da Conceicao 1 08 23 Daynara de Paula 58 18 Larissa Oliveira 54 49 4 02 8314 1 8 nbsp Hong Kong Stephanie Au 1 01 55 Yvette Kong 1 08 39 Sze Hang Yu 59 54 Camille Cheng 54 37 4 03 852 1 nbsp France Beryl Gastaldello 1 00 60 Fanny Deberghes 1 08 83 Marie Wattel Charlotte Bonnet DSQ2 8 nbsp Czech Republic Simona Baumrtova 1 01 27 Martina Moravcikova Lucie Svecena Barbora Seemanova DSQFinal Edit Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes nbsp 4 nbsp United States Kathleen Baker 59 00 Lilly King 1 05 70 Dana Vollmer 56 00 Simone Manuel 52 43 3 53 13 nbsp 2 nbsp Australia Emily Seebohm 58 83 Taylor McKeown 1 07 05 Emma McKeon 56 95 Cate Campbell 52 17 3 55 00 nbsp 3 nbsp Denmark Mie Nielsen 58 75 Rikke Moller Pedersen 1 06 62 Jeanette Ottesen 56 43 Pernille Blume 53 21 3 55 01 EU4 7 nbsp China Fu Yuanhui 59 53 Shi Jinglin 1 06 00 Lu Ying 56 49 Zhu Menghui 53 16 3 55 185 5 nbsp Canada Kylie Masse 58 77 Rachel Nicol 1 06 81 Penny Oleksiak 56 75 Chantal van Landeghem 53 16 3 55 49 NR6 6 nbsp Russia Anastasia Fesikova 59 49 Yulia Efimova 1 04 98 Svetlana Chimrova 57 54 Veronika Popova 53 65 3 55 66 NR7 8 nbsp Great Britain Georgia Davies 59 43 Chloe Tutton 1 06 43 Siobhan Marie O Connor 57 47 Francesca Halsall 53 63 3 56 96 NR8 1 nbsp Italy Carlotta Zofkova 1 01 29 Arianna Castiglioni 1 06 65 Ilaria Bianchi 58 21 Federica Pellegrini 53 35 3 59 50References Edit a b Women s 4 100m Medley Relay Rio 2016 Archived from the original on 1 September 2016 Retrieved 5 August 2016 Armstrong Paul 13 August 2016 Color no barrier Simone Manuel steers Team USA to 1 000th Olympic gold at Rio 2016 CNN Retrieved 6 September 2016 Fenno Nathan 13 August 2016 Simone Manuel helps U S to gold in 400 medley relay Los Angeles Times Retrieved 6 September 2016 Campbell fires as Aussies win silver in women s 4x100m medley ESPN 26 August 2016 Retrieved 6 September 2016 Denmark gets first gold as Blume wins 50m freestyle The Local 13 August 2016 Retrieved 6 September 2016 a b USA Women Earn 10th 400 Medley Relay Gold 1 000th Gold Medal In USA Olympic Summer Games History Swimming World Magazine 13 August 2016 Retrieved 6 September 2016 Ng Callum 13 August 2016 Canadian relay women fall short of medal on final night of swimming Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Retrieved 6 September 2016 Rio 2016 Olympics Team GB win 4x100m medley relay silver as Michael Phelps claims 23rd gold London Evening Standard 13 August 2016 Retrieved 6 September 2016 a b Auerbach Nicole 4 August 2012 U S women set world record win gold in medley relay USA Today Retrieved 12 July 2013 a b Crouse Karen 5 August 2012 U S Women Set Mark in Medley Relay New York Times Retrieved 12 July 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics Women 27s 4 100 metre medley relay amp oldid 1117447292, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
