Swimming 2020/Women's 4x100 metre medley relay

Women's 4x100 metre medley relay
General information
Sport	Swimming 2020
Date	30 July-1 August 2021
Competitors	16 teams
Venue	Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Previous medalists
Gold	United States
Silver	Australia
Bronze	Denmark
Medalists
	Australia
	United States
	Canada

The women's 4x100 metre medley relay of Swimming 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 30 July-1 August 2021 in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. With 16 teams competing, the event was won by the team from Australia, with United States taking the silver medal and Canada 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

Sixteen teams qualified for the event with the United States as the favorites for the title, as the defending Olympic champions and reigning world champion. Australia seemed to be the closest challenger, though they were defeated by more than three seconds at the most recent world championships. Canada took a close bronze, with their times being approached by Great Britain at the recent European championships. Other potential medal contenders seemed to be ROC, Italy, Sweden, and China.

Current Records

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	28 July 2019		Kelsi Dahlia	3:50.40
			Lilly King
			Simone Manuel
			Regan Smith
OR	4 August 2012		Missy Franklin	3:52.05
			Allison Schmitt
			Rebecca Soni
			Dana Vollmer

Summary

Heats

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Australia	3:55.39	Q
2	Italy	3:55.79	Q, NR
3	Japan	3:57.17	Q
4	China	3:57.70	Q
5	Great Britain	3:58.12
6	Germany	4:00.16
7	South Africa	4:03.02
8	Spain	4:04.14

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Canada	3:55.17	Q
2	United States	3:55.18	Q
3	Sweden	3:56.23	Q
4	ROC	3:57.36	Q
5	Netherlands	3:59.89
6	Belarus	4:00.49
7	Hong Kong	4:02.86
8	Denmark	4:04.04

Final

Final Results
Rank	Team	Time	Info
1	Australia	3:51.60	OR
2	United States	3:51.73
3	Canada	3:52.60
4	China	3:54.13
5	Sweden	3:54.27	NR
6	Italy	3:56.68
7	ROC	3:56.93
8	Japan	3:58.12

Results

Result	Team
	Australia
	United States
	Canada
4	China
5	Sweden
6	Italy
7	ROC
8	Japan
9	Great Britain
10	Netherlands
11	Germany
12	Belarus
13	Hong Kong
14	South Africa
15	Denmark
16	Spain

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