The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 15 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 Hinkelien Schreuder (52.88)Inge Dekker (52.24)Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.12)Marleen Veldhuis (50.98) 3:28.22 Amsterdam 19 December 2008 Championship record Femke Heemskerk (52.33)Inge Dekker (52.47)Hinkelien Schreuder (52.32)Ranomi Kromowidjojo (51.42) 3:28.54 Dubai 18 December 2010

No new records were set during this competition.

Results Heats

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 1 2 4 Lia Neal (53.70)Allison Schmitt (53.16)Shannon Vreeland (53.34)Olivia Smoliga (54.07) 3:34.27 Q 2 1 4 Sally Foster (53.62)Angie Bainbridge (53.24)Brianna Throssell (54.79)Marieke Guehrer (53.61)| 3:35.26 Q 3 1 1 Mie Nielsen (53.66)Pernille Blume (54.12)Kelly Rasmussen (54.84)Jeanette Ottesen (53.36) 3:35.98 Q 4 2 3 Larissa Oliveira (53.90)Alessandra Marchioro (53.78)Tatiana Lemos (54.21)Flávia Cazziolato (54.47) 3:36.36 Q 5 2 1 Qiu Yuhan (54.22)Guo Junjun (53.79)Liu Xinyi (54.94)Pang Jiaying (54.48) 3:37.43 Q 6 1 5 Veronika Popova (53.54)Elena Sokolova (54.19)Vitalina Simonova (54.47)Polina Lapshina (55.42) 3:37.62 Q 7 2 8 Francesca Halsall (53.91)Rebecca Turner (54.52)Ellie Faulkner (55.05)Elizabeth Simmonds (54.72) 3:38.20 Q 8 2 5 Haruka Ueda (53.83)Miki Uchida (54.74)Kanako Watanabe (55.58)Nao Kobayashi (54.60) 3:38.75 Q 9 1 7 Chantal van Landeghem (54.83)Heather MacLean (54.51)Noemie It-Ting Thomas (56.06)Katerine Savard (55.39) 3:40.79 10 1 6 Trudi Maree (54.97)Lehesta Kemp (54.70)Megan Stephens (56.45)Vanessa Mohr (55.68) 3:41.80 AF 11 1 3 Esra Kübra Kaçmaz (56.50)Ilknur Nihan Cakici (57.10)Nilüfer Kuru (58.37)Burcu Dolunay (55.80) 3:47.77 NR 12 2 6 Mylene Ong (56.16)Amanda Lim (57.72)Lynette Ng (58.27)Samantha Yeo (58.42) 3:50.57 13 2 2 Lei On Kei (58.21)Vong Erica Man Wai (58.60)Kuan Weng I (59.21)Tan Chi Yan (58.87) 3:54.89 NR 14 1 2 Jessica Cattaneo (59.52)Andrea Cedrón (59.61)Daniela Miyahara (59.93)Oriele Espinoza (1:00.26) 3:59.32 15 2 7 Kiran Khan (1:03.74)Anum Bandey (1:07.89)Mahnoor Maqsood (1:11.52)Lianna Catherine Swan (1:02.62) 4:25.77 1 8

Final The final was held at 20:41. Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 4 Megan Romano (52.86)Jessica Hardy (53.32)Lia Neal (52.44)Allison Schmitt (52.39) 3:31.01 5 Angie Bainbridge (53.04)Marieke Guehrer (52.32)Brianna Throssell (54.19)Sally Foster (53.35)3:32.90 3 Mie Nielsen (53.07)Pernille Blume (53.61)Kelly Rasmussen (54.59)Jeanette Ottesen (52.24)3:33.51 NR 4 2 Qiu Yuhan (54.32)Guo Junjun (54.52)Wang Haibing (53.44)Chen Xinyi (53.94)3:36.22 5 7 Veronika Popova (53.60)Elena Sokolova (54.08)Daria Belyakina (54.41)Vitalina Simonova (54.63)3:36.72 6 6 Larissa Oliveira (53.90)Alessandra Marchioro (54.34)Flávia Cazziolato (54.55)Tatiana Lemos (54.26)3:37.05 7 8 Haruka Ueda (53.63)Miki Uchida (53.93)Asami Chida (55.44)Nao Kobayashi (55.44)3:37.91 8 1 Rebecca Turner (54.37)Elizabeth Simmonds (55.00)Ellie Faulkner (54.55)Francesca Halsall (54.31)3:38.23

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