Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates24 July 2014 (2014-07-24)
Competitors53 from 11 nations
Winning time3:30.98 WR
Medalists
gold medal    *   
Michelle Williams
Alyson Ackman
   Canada
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The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 24 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by

British Swimming and the quaichs were presented by Denise Holmes, Emirates
' Sales Manager for Scotland and North East England.

Records

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

World record  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 [1][2]
Commonwealth record
Games record  
Marieke Guehrer (54.08)
Felicity Galvez (53.98)
Emily Seebohm
(54.13)
3:36.36 Delhi, India 8 October 2010

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Nation Swimmers Time Record
24 July Heat  Australia Madeline Groves (54.77)
Brittany Elmslie (53.82)
Alicia Coutts (53.51)
Melanie Schlanger (52.47)
3:34.57 GR
24 July Final  Australia Bronte Campbell (53.15)
Melanie Schlanger (52.76)
Emma McKeon (52.91)
Cate Campbell (52.16)
3:30.98 WR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 2 4  Australia Madeline Groves (54.77)
Brittany Elmslie (53.82)
Alicia Coutts (53.51)
Melanie Schlanger (52.47)
3:34.57 Q, GR
2 2 5  England Lauren Quigley (55.57)
Jess Lloyd (55.22)
Rebecca Turner (54.58)
Amelia Maughan (55.51)
3:40.88 Q
3 1 4  Canada
Michelle Williams (54.95)
Alyson Ackman
(55.80)
3:41.40 Q
4 1 3  New Zealand Laura Quilter (55.86)
Natasha Hind (56.69)
Samantha Lee (56.09)
Ellen Quirke (56.68)
3:45.32 Q
5 2 2  Scotland Rachel Masson (56.56)
Sian Harkin (54.95)
Lucy Hope (56.91)
Rachael O'Donnell (57.37)
3:45.79 Q
6 2 7  Wales Sian Morgan (57.27)
Danielle Stirrat (57.84)
Mari Davies (57.36)
Hannah McCarthy (56.99)
3:49.46 Q
7 1 2  Singapore Marina Chan (57.88)
Amanda Lim (57.00)
Lynette Lim (57.94)
Quah Ting Wen (58.38)
3:51.20 Q
8 2 3  Northern Ireland Rachel Bethel (59.28)
Sycerika McMahon (57.67)
Bethany Firth (58.78)
Danielle Hill (58.80)
3:54.53 Q
9 1 5  Fiji Matelita Buadromo (59.26)
Caroline Puamau (59.42)
Tieri Erasito (1:03.26)
Cheyenne Rova (1:00.86)
4:02.80
10 2 6  Papua New Guinea Jocelyn Flynn (1:07.63)
Tegan McCarthy (1:07.88)
Barbara Vali-Skelton (1:04.35)
Savannah Tkatchenko (1:05.15)
4:25.01
1 6  South Africa Trudi Maree (57.32)
Marlies Ross
Karin Prinsloo
Erin Gallager
(3:44.86) DSQ

Final

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  Australia Bronte Campbell (53.15) GR
Melanie Schlanger (52.76)
Emma McKeon (52.91)
Cate Campbell (52.16)
3:30.98 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5  England
Francesca Halsall (53.17)
Amy Smith (53.88)
Rebecca Turner
(54.61)
3:35.72 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3  Canada
Michelle Williams (54.66)
Alyson Ackman
(55.36)
3:40.00
4 6  New Zealand Samantha Lucie-Smith (55.86)
Laura Quilter (55.22)
Samantha Lee (56.43)
Ellen Quirke (56.32)
3:43.83
5 2  Scotland Rachel Masson (56.26)
Sian Harkin (55.47)
Lucy Hope (57.23)
Caitlin McClatchey (55.60)
3:44.56
6 7  Wales
Chloe Tutton (55.76)
Mari Davies (56.70)
Hannah McCarthy
(55.89)
3:45.40
7 1  Singapore Amanda Lim (57.40)
Marina Chan (57.45)
Lynette Lim (57.93)
Quah Ting Wen (56.91)
3:49.69
8 8  Northern Ireland Sycerika McMahon (57.27)
Bethany Firth (58.43)
Rachel Bethel (58.44)
Danielle Hill (58.74)
3:52.88

References

  1. ^ "With Suits, Few Records Appear Safe". The Washington Post. 27 July 2009. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Swimming world records in Rome". BBC Sport. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013.

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