Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 18, 2004 (heats & final)
Competitors74 from 16 nations
Winning time7:53.42 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States (USA)
Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer, Kaitlin Sandeno, Lindsay Benko*, Rhi Jeffrey*, Rachel Komisarz*
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China (CHN)
Zhu Yingwen, Xu Yanwei, Yang Yu, Pang Jiaying, Li Ji*
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

 

Janina Götz*, Sara Harstick
*


*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
← 2000
2008 →
Swimming at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay took place on 18 August at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece.[1]

The U.S. women's swimming team (Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer, and Kaitlin Sandeno) broke the oldest world record in the book, when they clocked at 7:53.42, slashing 2.05 seconds off the old, mark set by the East Germans exactly 17 years ago. Leading off the race, Coughlin swam a fastest split and a personal best of 1:57.74, which became quicker than a gold-medal performance of 1:58.03 set by Romania's Camelia Potec in the individual 200 m freestyle.[2][3][4]

With Team USA taking its third straight title since the event's Olympic debut in 1996, China made a surprise packet with a silver medal, in an Asian record of 7:55.97.[5] Meanwhile, the unified Germans held off the Aussies for the bronze in 7:57.35, 45-hundredths of a second under an old Olympic record set by Team USA in 2000. Despite missing the podium by 0.05 of a second, the Australians broke their national record of 7:57.40 to settle only for fourth place.[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  East Germany (GDR)
Manuela Stellmach (2:00.23)
Astrid Strauss (1:58.90)
Anke Möhring (1:58.73)
Heike Friedrich (1:57.61)		 7:55.47 Strasbourg, France 18 August 1987
Olympic record  United States (USA)
Samantha Arsenault (1:59.92)
Diana Munz (1:59.19)
Lindsay Benko (1:59.34)
Jenny Thompson (1:59.35)		 7:57.80 Sydney, Australia 20 September 2000

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 18 Final Natalie Coughlin (1:57.74)
Carly Piper (1:59.39)
Dana Vollmer (1:58.12)
Kaitlin Sandeno (1:58.17)		  United States 7:53.42 WR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 2 4  United States Lindsay Benko (2:00.73)
Rhi Jeffrey (2:01.46)
Carly Piper (1:59.37)
Rachel Komisarz (1:59.25)		 8:00.81 Q
2 1 5  Great Britain Karen Pickering (2:00.90)
Joanne Jackson (2:00.89)
Caitlin McClatchey (2:00.65)
Melanie Marshall (1:59.33)		 8:01.77 Q
3 1 4  Australia Shayne Reese (2:00.13)
Elka Graham (1:58.83)
Linda Mackenzie (2:00.55)
Giaan Rooney (2:02.34)		 8:01.85 Q
4 1 2  Germany
Janina Götz (2:00.87)
Hannah Stockbauer (2:00.35)
Sara Harstick
(2:01.22)		 8:03.22 Q
5 2 3  Spain Tatiana Rouba (2:00.80)
Melissa Caballero (2:00.64)
Erika Villaécija (2:00.34)
Arantxa Ramos (2:01.89)		 8:03.67 Q
6 2 5  China Zhu Yingwen (2:00.89)
Li Ji (2:01.68)
Yang Yu (1:59.91)
Pang Jiaying (2:02.90)		 8:05.38 Q
7 1 1  Brazil
Joanna Melo (2:01.38)
Monique Ferreira (2:01.40)
Mariana Brochado (2:01.68)
Paula Baracho
(2:01.12)		 8:05.58 Q
8 1 3  Sweden
Lotta Wanberg (2:02.85)
Johanna Sjöberg
(2:02.67)		 8:07.17 Q
9 2 6  Netherlands Celina Lemmen (2:02.21)
Haike van Stralen (2:01.80)
Chantal Groot (2:02.87)
Marleen Veldhuis (2:02.08)		 8:08.96
10 1 6  France Céline Couderc (2:02.50)
Elsa N'Guessan (2:03.26)
Katarin Quelennec (2:03.56)
Solenne Figuès (2:00.10)		 8:09.42
11 2 2  Romania Simona Păduraru (2:00.97)
Larisa Lăcustă (2:03.80)
Beatrice Câșlaru (2:04.20)
Camelia Potec (2:00.70)		 8:09.67
12 2 7  Switzerland Chantal Strasser (2:02.90)
Hanna Miluska (2:02.75)
Nicole Zahnd (2:01.60)
Flavia Rigamonti (2:03.16)		 8:10.41
13 2 1  New Zealand Helen Norfolk (2:01.89)
Alison Fitch (2:00.70)
Rebecca Linton (2:05.17)
Nathalie Bernard (2:07.00)		 8:14.76
14 1 7  Italy Alessia Filippi (2:04.09)
Sara Parise (2:03.69)
Cecilia Vianini (2:03.52)
Cristina Chiuso (2:04.00)		 8:15.30
15 1 8  Greece Zoi Dimoschaki (2:02.33)
Marianna Lymperta (2:02.71)
Evangelia Tsagka (2:05.99)
Georgia Manoli (2:05.66)		 8:16.69
16 2 8  Slovenia Sara Isaković (2:01.82)
Anja Klinar (2:03.44)
Anja Čarman (2:03.19)
Lavra Babič (2:08.44)		 8:16.89

Final

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  United States Natalie Coughlin (1:57.74)
Carly Piper (1:59.39)
Dana Vollmer (1:58.12)
Kaitlin Sandeno (1:58.17)		 7:53.42 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7  China Zhu Yingwen (1:59.75)
Xu Yanwei (1:58.45)
Yang Yu (1:59.50)
Pang Jiaying (1:58.27)		 7:55.97 2.55 AS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6  Germany Franziska van Almsick (1:59.61)
Petra Dallmann (2:00.06)
Antje Buschschulte (1:58.46)
Hannah Stockbauer (1:59.22)		 7:57.35 3.93
4 3  Australia Alice Mills (2:00.38)
Elka Graham (1:59.18)
Shayne Reese (2:00.64)
Petria Thomas (1:57.20)		 7:57.40 3.98 OC
5 5  Great Britain
Georgina Lee (2:00.50)
Caitlin McClatchey (2:00.48)
Karen Pickering
(1:58.74)		 7:59.11 5.69
6 2  Spain Tatiana Rouba (2:00.18)
Melissa Caballero (2:00.57)
Arantxa Ramos (2:02.32)
Erika Villaécija (1:59.04)		 8:02.11 8.69
7 1  Brazil
Joanna Melo (2:01.20)
Monique Ferreira (2:01.42)
Mariana Brochado (2:01.15)
Paula Baracho
(2:01.52)		 8:05.29 11.87
8 8  Sweden
Lotta Wanberg
(2:03.35)		 8:08.34 14.92

References

  1. ^ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. ^
    Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original
    on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  3. ^ Dodd, Mike (18 August 2004). "American women erase swimming's oldest world record". USA Today. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  4. ^ Fitzpatrick, Franz (19 August 2004). "German mark now worthless The U.S. women's 4×200 relay squad drowned an unpopular 1987 record". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Chinese women win silver for freestyle relay gold". China Daily. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swimming_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_–_Women%27s_4_×_200_metre_freestyle_relay&oldid=1149455920"