The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 14 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Nation Swimmers Time Location DateWorld record Natalie Coughlin (55.97)Rebecca Soni (1:02.91)Dana Vollmer (55.36)Missy Franklin (51.32) 3:45.56 Atlanta 16 December 2011 Championship record Zhao Jing (56.52)Zhao Jin (1:04.20)Liu Zige (55.80)Tang Yi (51.77) 3:48.29 Dubai 17 December 2010
No new records were set during this competition.
Results Heats 18 teams participated in 2 heats. Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes1 1 1 Mie Nielsen (57.59)Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:04.40)Jeanette Ottesen (57.42)Pernille Blume (53.69) 3:53.10 Q, NR2 2 4 Olivia Smoliga (58.05)Laura Sogar (1:04.43)Christine Magnuson (57.31)Lia Neal (53.38) 3:53.17 Q3 1 5 Marie Kamimura (58.83)Kanako Watanabe (1:05.58)Nao Kobayashi (57.03)Miki Uchida (52.97) 3:54.41 Q, NR4 2 8 Georgia Davies (58.57)Sophie Allen (1:06.04)Jemma Lowe (57.14)Francesca Halsall (52.75) 3:54.50 Q5 2 9 Fu Yuanhui (58.99)Sun Ye (1:05.56)Jiao Liuyang (56.64)Wang Haibin (53.33) 3:54.52 Q6 1 8 Arianna Barbieri (57.94)Chiara Boggiatto (1:07.23)Ilaria Bianchi (56.75)Federica Pellegrini (53.74) 3:55.66 Q, NR7 2 5 Jenny Mensing (59.50)Caroline Ruhnau (1:06.45)Paulina Schmiedel (58.49)Britta Steffen (52.70) 3:57.14 Q, NR8 1 4 Grace Loh (58.79)Samantha Marshall (1:06.08)Brianna Throssell (58.81)Sally Foster (53.68) 3:57.36 Q9 2 1 Chantal van Landeghem (59.87)Tera van Beilen (1:06.04)Noemie It-Ting Thomas (57.50)Heather MacLean (54.08) 3:57.49 10 2 2 Fabíola Molina (59.19)Beatriz Travalon (1:07.46)Daynara de Paula (57.69)Larissa Oliveira (53.32) 3:57.66 SA11 2 3 Polina Lapshina (59.31)Valentina Artemyeva (1:05.97)Daria Tcvetkova (1:00.01)Veronika Popova (52.75) 3:58.04 12 2 0 Duane Da Rocha (58.31)Marina García Urzainqui (1:07.55)Judit Ignacio Sorribes (58.34)Melanie Costa (54.22) 3:58.42 NR13 1 3 Michelle Coleman (59.52)Rebecca Ejdervik (1:07.04)Louise Hansson (58.67)Sandra Hafström (55.21) 4:00.44 14 1 6 Hanna-Maria Seppälä (1:01.45)Jenna Laukkanen (1:06.50)Sini Kuutamo (1:00.51)Emilia Pikkarainen (54.71) 4:03.17 NR15 1 2 Jessica Ashley-Cooper (59.62)Jessica Pengelly (1:10.67)Marne Erasmus (59.47)Lehesta Kemp (55.10) 4:04.86 16 2 7 Vong Erica Man Wai (1:05.16)Lei On Kei (1:12.26)Kuan Weng I (1:05.39)Tan Chi Yan (1:00.71) 4:23.52 NR17 1 7 Lianna Catherine Swan (1:09.82)Anum Bandey (1:23.25)Kiran Khan (1:09.02)Mahnoor Maqsood (1:14.70) 4:56.79 2 6 Hazal Sarıkaya (1:01.72)Dilara Buse Günaydın (1:08.53)İris RosenbergerEsra Kübra Kaçmaz 1 0
Final The final was held at 21:16. Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 4 Mie Nielsen (56.73/NR)Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:03.48)Jeanette Ottesen (56.49)Pernille Blume (53.17) 3:49.87 ER 8 Rachel Goh (58.16)Sarah Katsoulis (1:03.89)Marieke Guehrer (56.36)Angie Bainbridge (52.47) 3:50.88 5 Olivia Smoliga (57.25)Jessica Hardy (1:04.61)Claire Donahue (57.67)Megan Romano (51.90) 3:51.43 4 6 Georgia Davies (57.45)Sophie Allen (1:05.90)Jemma Lowe (56.51)Francesca Halsall (51.99) 3:51.85 NR 5 2 Zhou Yanxin (57.85)Sun Ye (1:05.89)Lu Ying (56.36)Tang Yi (52.43) 3:52.53 6 3 Marie Kamimura (59.17)Kanako Watanabe (1:05.15)Nao Kobayashi (57.30)Haruka Ueda (53.11) 3:54.73 7 7 Arianna Barbieri (58.25)Chiara Boggiatto (1:07.60)Ilaria Bianchi (56.14)Federica Pellegrini (54.13) 3:56.12 8 1 Jenny Mensing (59.90)Caroline Ruhnau (1:06.24)Paulina Schmiedel (58.31)Britta Steffen (52.40) 3:56.85 NR
References
External links 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Women's 4 x 100 metre medley entry list, from OmegaTiming.com.