Swimming 2020/Women's 4x100 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4x100 metre freestyle relay
General information
Sport	Swimming 2020
Date	24-25 July 2021
Competitors	15 teams
Venue	Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Previous medalists
Gold	Australia
Silver	United States
Bronze	Canada
Medalists
	Australia
	Canada
	United States

The women's 4x100 metre freestyle relay of Swimming 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 24-25 July 2021 in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. With 15 teams competing, the event was won by the team from Australia, with Canada taking the silver medal and United States taking bronze.

Format

This competition exists out of two rounds, each with eight teams. The eight teams with the fastest times in either semifinal advance to the final. The fastest team in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview

Fifteen teams qualified for the event which seemed to be another battle between the traditional powerhouses Australia, the United States, and Canada. The four nations had divided the medals at the most world champinoships and at the previous Olympic final with the former coming out on top both times. The Netherlands finished fourth both times and was hoping to regain the Olympic title after 2008. Behind the four teams, plenty of medal contenders including China, Sweden, Great Britain, and France.

Current Records

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	5 April 2018		Bronte Campbell	3:30.05
			Cate Campbell
			Shayna Jack
			Emma McKeon
OR	6 August 2016		Bronte Campbell	3:30.65
			Cate Campbell
			Brittany Elmslie
			Emma McKeon

Summary

Heats

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Great Britain	3:34.03	Q, NR
2	United States	3:34.80	Q
3	Denmark	3:35.56	Q, NR
4	Sweden	3:35.93	Q
5	France	3:36.61
6	Brazil	3:39.19
7	Hong Kong	3:43.52

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Australia	3:31.73	Q
2	Netherlands	3:33.51	Q
3	Canada	3:33.72	Q
4	China	3:35.07	Q, AR
5	Japan	3:36.20
6	ROC	3:38.25
7	Germany	3:39.33
8	Czech Republic	3:42.40

Final

Final Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Australia	3:29.69	WR
2	Canada	3:32.78
3	United States	3:32.81
4	Netherlands	3:33.70
5	Great Britain	3:33.96	NR
6	Sweden	3:34.69
7	China	3:34.76	AR
8	Denmark	3:35.70

Results

Result	Team
	Australia
	Canada
	United States
4	Netherlands
5	Great Britain
6	Sweden
7	China
8	Denmark
9	Japan
10	France
11	ROC
12	Brazil
13	Germany
14	Czech Republic
15	Hong Kong

2020 Summer Olympic Games
Swimming 2020
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Men
Freestyle	Backstroke
50 m	100 m
100 m	200 m
200 m	Breaststroke
400 m	100 m
800 m	200 m
1500 m
Butterfly	Individual Medley
100 m	200 m
200 m	400 m
Freestyle Relay
4x100 m	4x100 m medley
4x200 m	10 km open water
Women
Freestyle	Backstroke
50 m	100 m
100 m	200 m
200 m	Breaststroke
400 m	100 m
800 m	200 m
1500 m
Butterfly	Individual Medley
100 m	200 m
200 m	400 m
Freestyle Relay
4x100 m	4x100 m medley
4x200 m	10 km open water
Mixed
4x100 m medley