Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates12 August 2016 (heats)
13 August 2016 (final)
Competitors76 from 16 nations
Teams16
Winning time3:53.13
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  
Kelsi Worrell*, Abbey Weitzeil
*
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia
Emily Seebohm, Taylor McKeown, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell, Madison Wilson*, Madeline Groves*, Brittany Elmslie*
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Denmark
Mie Nielsen, Rikke Møller Pedersen, Jeanette Ottesen, Pernille Blume
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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Qualification
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
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

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]

Summary

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]

China's

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

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

World record  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  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

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]

Results

Heats

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 Notes
1 2 5  United States
Kelsi Worrell (56.47)
Abbey Weitzeil
(53.70)		 3:54.67 Q
2 1 3  Canada Kylie Masse (58.66) NR
Rachel Nicol (1:06.97)
Noemie Thomas (57.66)
Taylor Ruck (53.51)		 3:56.80 Q, NR
3 1 5  Denmark Mie Nielsen (59.48)
Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:06.88)
Jeanette Ottesen (57.38)
Pernille Blume (53.24)		 3:56.98 Q
4 1 2  Russia
Veronika Popova
(53.85)		 3:57.44 Q
5 2 3  Australia Madison Wilson (59.38)
Taylor McKeown (1:07.48)
Madeline Groves (57.87)
Brittany Elmslie (53.07)		 3:57.80 Q
6 2 4  China Fu Yuanhui (59.20)
Zhang Xinyu (1:07.86)
Lu Ying (57.45)
Shen Duo (53.72)		 3:58.23 Q
7 2 2  Italy Carlotta Zofkova (1:01.42)
Arianna Castiglioni (1:06.33)
Ilaria Bianchi (57.76)
Federica Pellegrini (53.58)		 3:59.09 Q
8 2 6  Great Britain
Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (57.61)
Georgia Coates
(55.13)		 3:59.34 Q
9 1 4  Sweden Michelle Coleman (1:01.13)
Jennie Johansson (1:06.62)
Sarah Sjöström (56.70)
Louise Hansson (55.00)		 3:59.45
10 1 6  Japan Natsumi Sakai (1:01.57)
Satomi Suzuki (1:07.40)
Rikako Ikee (56.73)
Miki Uchida (54.12)		 3:59.82
11 1 7  Finland Mimosa Jallow (1:01.03)
Jenna Laukkanen (1:06.49)
Emilia Pikkarainen (59.02)
Hanna-Maria Seppälä (55.07)		 4:01.61
12 2 7  Germany Jenny Mensing (1:01.27)
Vanessa Grimberg (1:07.99)
Alexandra Wenk (58.55)
Annika Bruhn (54.38)		 4:02.19
13 1 1  Brazil
Jhennifer da Conceição (1:08.23)
Daynara de Paula (58.18)
Larissa Oliveira
(54.49)		 4:02.83
14 1 8  Hong Kong
Sze Hang Yu (59.54)
Camille Cheng
(54.37)		 4:03.85
2 1  France Béryl Gastaldello (1:00.60)
Fanny Deberghes (1:08.83)
Marie Wattel
Charlotte Bonnet		 DSQ
2 8  Czech Republic
Simona Baumrtová (1:01.27)
Martina Moravčíková
Lucie Svěcená
Barbora Seemanová
 DSQ

Final

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  United States Kathleen Baker (59.00)
Lilly King (1:05.70)
Dana Vollmer (56.00)
Simone Manuel (52.43)		 3:53.13
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2  Australia Emily Seebohm (58.83)
Taylor McKeown (1:07.05)
Emma McKeon (56.95)
Cate Campbell (52.17)		 3:55.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3  Denmark Mie Nielsen (58.75)
Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:06.62)
Jeanette Ottesen (56.43)
Pernille Blume (53.21)		 3:55.01 EU
4 7  China Fu Yuanhui (59.53)
Shi Jinglin (1:06.00)
Lu Ying (56.49)
Zhu Menghui (53.16)		 3:55.18
5 5  Canada
Chantal van Landeghem
(53.16)		 3:55.49 NR
6 6  Russia
Veronika Popova
(53.65)		 3:55.66 NR
7 8  Great Britain
Francesca Halsall
(53.63)		 3:56.96 NR
8 1  Italy Carlotta Zofkova (1:01.29)
Arianna Castiglioni (1:06.65)
Ilaria Bianchi (58.21)
Federica Pellegrini (53.35)		 3:59.50

References

  1. ^
    Rio 2016. Archived from the original
    on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Fenno, Nathan (13 August 2016). "Simone Manuel helps U.S. to gold in 400 medley relay". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Campbell fires as Aussies win silver in women's 4x100m medley". ESPN. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Denmark gets first gold as Blume wins 50m freestyle". The Local. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. ^
    Swimming World Magazine
    . 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  7. ^ Ng, Callum (13 August 2016). "Canadian relay women fall short of medal on final night of swimming". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  8. London Evening Standard
    . 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  9. ^ a b Auerbach, Nicole (4 August 2012). "U.S. women set world record, win gold in medley relay". USA Today. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  10. ^
    New York Times
    . Retrieved 12 July 2013.
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