The Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 25 March 2007 (prelims and final) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The top-12 finishers from this race qualified for the event at the 2008 Olympics.

The existing records when the event started were: World Record (WR): 3:35.22, Germany (Dallmann, Goetz, Steffen, Liebs), 31 July 2006 in Budapest, Hungary. Championship Record (CR): 3:37.32, Australia (Henry, Mills, Reese, Lenton), Barcelona 2005 (Jul.24.2005)

Results

Final Place Lane Country Athletes   (splits: 50m & 100m) Time Notes 3 Australia Lisbeth Lenton   ( 25.58 / 53.42 CR) Melanie Schlanger   ( 26.08 / 53.95 ) Shayne Reese   ( 26.36 / 54.90 ) Jodie Henry   ( 25.47 / 53.21 ) 3:35.48 CR 4 USA Natalie Coughlin   ( 25.98 / 54.13 ) Lacey Nymeyer   ( 25.70 / 53.50 ) Amanda Weir   ( 25.91 / 54.02 ) Kara Lynn Joyce   ( 25.58 / 54.03 ) 3:35.68 5 Netherlands Inge Dekker   ( 26.27 / 54.57 ) Ranomi Kromowidjojo   ( 26.10 / 54.82 ) Femke Heemskerk   ( 25.62 / 54.13 ) Marleen Veldhuis   ( 25.05 / 53.29 ) 3:36.81 4 2 Germany Petra Dallmann   ( 26.60 / 55.11 ) Annika Lurz   ( 26.01 / 54.56 ) Daniela Samulski   ( 25.74 / 54.62 ) Britta Steffen   ( 25.08 / 52.65 ) 3:36.94 5 6 Sweden Josefin Lillhage   ( 26.74 / 54.62 ) Magdalena Kuras   ( 26.48 / 55.38 ) Therese Alshammar   ( 25.61 / 54.35 ) Ida Marko-Varga   ( 25.86 / 54.88 ) 3:39.23 NR & Nordic Record 6 1 France Alena Popchanka   ( 26.74 / 55.42 ) Malia Metella   ( 26.24 / 54.73 ) Céline Couderc   ( 26.00 / 54.35 ) Aurore Mongel   ( 26.79 / 55.59 ) 3:40.09 7 7 China Tang Yi   ( 27.04 / 55.67 ) Yang Yu   ( 26.45 / 55.01 ) Xu Yanwei   ( 26.55 / 55.12 ) Zhu Yingwen   ( 26.28 / 54.68 ) 3:40.48 8 8 Great Britain Francesca Halsall   ( 26.27 / 54.80 ) Melanie Marshall   ( 25.82 / 54.42 ) Julia Beckett   ( 26.87 / 56.06 ) Rosalind Brett   ( 26.62 / 55.66 ) 3:40.94

Prelims

Heat 1 # Lane Country 50m 100m TimeQ Rank Name 1 5 4:08.03 19 Madeleine Scerri 28.49 58.73 58.73 Davina Mangion 30.30 1:02.31 2:01.04 Talisa Pace 29.93 1:05.73 3:03.77 Angela Galea 31.35 1:04.26 4:08.03 2 3 4:10.83 21 Ellen Hight 28.75 59.79 59.79 Matana Wellman 28.65 1:00.54 2:00.33 Patricia Wellman 30.68 1:05.10 3:05.43 Mercedes Milner 30.40 1:05.40 4:10.83 1 4 4:17.46 25 Uche Monu 30.86 1:05.38 1:05.38 Blessing Forcados 30.98 1:04.90 2:10.28 Obia Inyegiyikabo 30.69 1:05.17 3:15.45 Ngozi Monu 28.81 1:02.01 4:17.46

Heat 2 # Lane Country 50m 100m TimeQ Rank Name 1 4 3:40.04 Q 3 Danni Miatke 26.69 56.02 56.02 Olympic Melanie Schlanger 26.33 54.19 1:50.21 Sally Foster 26.08 55.29 2:45.50 Shayne Reese 25.92 54.54 3:40.04 2 5 3:40.09 Q 4 Ida Marko-Varga 26.41 56.02 56.02 Olympic Josefin Lillhage 25.93 54.56 1:50.15 Therese Alshammar 25.76 54.57 2:44.72 Magdalena Kuras 26.03 55.37 3:40.09 3 3 3:40.73 Q 6 Pang Jiaying 26.84 55.93 55.93 Olympic Tang Yi 26.03 54.86 1:50.79 Yang Yu 26.22 54.94 2:45.73 Zhu Yingwen 26.30 55.00 3:40.73 4 2 3:42.92 9 Aleksandra Gerasimenya 26.34 54.90 54.90 Olympic Iryna Niafedava 26.48 56.17 1:51.07 Sviatlana Khakhlova 26.07 55.33 2:46.40 Maryia Hanchar 26.59 56.52 3:42.92 5 6 3:46.55 14 Emily Vavourakis 27.46 56.70 56.70 Sascha van den Branden 27.00 56.38 1:53.08 Jorina Aerents 26.65 56.79 2:49.87 Tine Bossuyt 27.84 56.68 3:46.55 6 7 4:04.55 18 Wenika Kaewchaiwong 29.51 1:02.01 1:05.01 Pannika Prachgosin 29.15 1:01.46 2:03.47 Jiratida Phinyosophon 27.92 58.10 3:01.57 Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn 30.14 1:02.98 4:04.55 7 1 4:12.37 22 Massie Milagros Carrillo 29.39 1:01.63 1:01.63 Fiorella Gomez-Sanchez 30.60 1:03.08 2:04.71 Maria Alejandra Torres 30.46 1:02.53 3:07.24 Slavica Pavic 31.00 1:05.13 4:12.37 8 8 4:14.11 24 Parita Parekh 29.42 1:01.92 1:01.92 Madhavi Giri Govind 31.76 1:06.59 2:08.51 Pooja Raghava Alva 29.66 1:02.80 3:11.31 Kshipra Mahajan 29.68 1:02.80 4:14.11

Heat 3 # Lane Country 50m 100m TimeQ Rank Name 1 4 3:38.32 Q 1 Dana Vollmer 26.47 54.96 54.96 Olympic Lacey Nymeyer 26.00 5378. 1:48.74 Amanda Weir 26.04 54.68 2:43.42 Kara Lynn Joyce 26.56 54.90 3:38.32 2 5 3:40.81 Q 7 Céline Couderc 26.46 55.30 55.30 Olympic Malia Metella 25.93 55.05 1:50.35 Aurore Mongel 26.54 55.04 2:45.39 Alena Popchanka 26.53 55.42 3:40.81 3 3 3:43.17 10 Victoria Poon 27.15 56.78 56.78 Olympic Julia Wilkinson 26.69 55.79 1:52.57 Geneviève Saumur 26.68 55.75 2:48.32 Erica Morningstar 26.19 54.85 3:43.17 4 6 3:45.61 13 Maki Mita 27.66 56.48 56.48 Norie Urabe 27.00 55.96 1:52.44 Haruka Ueda 27.44 56.32 2:48.76 Yuka Kato 26.61 56.85 3:45.61 5 2 3:47.45 15 Jana Kolukanova 27.39 56.84 56.84 Triin Aljand 27.09 57.01 1:53.85 Maria Albert 27.03 56.54 2:50.39 Elina Partõka 26.99 57.06 3:47.45 6 8 4:09.05 20 Cheok Mei Ma 28.25 59.23 59.23 Weng I Kuan 29.81 1:02.51 2:01.74 On Kei Lei 29.64 1:03.18 3:04.92 Man Wai Fong 30.37 1:04.13 4:09.05 7 1 4:12.94 21 Irina Shlemova 28.84 1:00.06 1:00.06 Yulduz Kuchkarova 30.57 1:03.42 2:03.48 Ekaterina Mamatkulova 30.78 1:05.07 3:08.55 Mariya Bukakova 29.62 1:04.39 4:12.94 8 7 DSQ Ximena Vilar 28.08 59.29 59.29 Erin Volcán 27.90 58.45 1:57.74 Yanel Pinto . :. :. Arlene Semeco . :. :.

Heat 4 # Lane Country 50m 100m TimeQ Rank Name 1 5 3:40.01 Q 2 Chantal Groot 26.76 55.68 55.68 Olympic Ranomi Kromowidjojo 26.20 54.95 1:50.63 Femke Heemskerk 26.28 54.83 2:45.46 Marleen Veldhuis 25.59 54.55 3:40.01 2 4 3:40.55 Q 5 Petra Dallmann 26.60 55.47 55.47 Olympic Annika Lurz 25.97 54.92 1:50.39 Meike Freitag 26.15 55.19 2:45.58 Britta Steffen 26.13 54.97 3:40.55 3 3 Great Britain 3:41.28 Q 8 Francesca Halsall 26.33 55.19 55.19 Olympic Melanie Marshall 25.95 54.65 1:49.84 Julia Beckett 26.49 55.76 2:45.60 Rosalind Brett 26.33 55.68 3:41.28 4 2 3:43.52 11 Darya Stepanyuk 26.88 56.00 56.00 Olympic Oxana Serikova 26.55 56.21 1:52.21 Ganna Dzerkal 26.46 56.21 2:48.42 Iryna Amshennikova 26.19 55.10 3:43.52 5 5 3:43.56 12 Hannah McLean 27.34 55.27 55.27 Olympic Alison Fitch 26.80 55.99 1:51.26 Lauren Boyle 26.60 55.68 2:46.94 Helen Norfolk 27.03 56.62 3:43.56 6 7 3:49.65 16 Hang Yu Sze 27.54 57.88 57.88 Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai 27.84 56.72 1:54.60 Man Yi Yvette Kong 27.35 58.35 2:52.95 Hannah Jane Arnett Wilson 26.90 56.70 3:49.65 7 1 3:59.92 17 Lynette Ng 28.09 59.15 59.15 Ting Wen Quah 29.29 1:02.00 2:01.15 Mylene Ong 28.08 58.44 2:59.59 Ruth Ho 29.17 1:00.33 3:59.92 8 8 4:19.28 26 Hiba Bashouti 31.28 1:05.99 1:05.99 Layla Alghul 30.19 1:03.43 2:09.42 Razan Taha 31.00 1:06.11 3:15.53 Miriam Hatamleh 30.46 1:03.75 4:19.28

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