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Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 3–4 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

The U.S. women's team solidified their triumph to demolish a new world record and to recapture their Olympic title after twelve years. Leading from the start, the fearsome foursome of Missy Franklin (58.50), Rebecca Soni (1:04.82), Dana Vollmer (55.48), and Allison Schmitt (53.25) put together a perfect ending with a stunning gold-medal time in 3:52.05 to shave off China's global standard by 14-hundredths of a second from the 2009 World Championships at the peak of the high-tech bodysuit era.[2][3][4]

Australia's Emily Seebohm (59.01), Leisel Jones (1:06.06), Alicia Coutts (56.41), and Melanie Schlanger (52.54) trailed behind their formidable rivals by a couple of seconds, but managed to take home a magnificent silver in 3:54.02.[5] Pulling off a second-place finish, Jones also matched Ian Thorpe for the most medals by an Australian swimmer in her fourth straight Olympics with a remarkable overall tally of nine (three golds, five silver, and one bronze).[6][7]

Japan's Aya Terakawa (58.99), Satomi Suzuki (1:05.96), Yuka Kato (57.36), and Haruka Ueda (53.42) ended on a spectacular fashion with a bronze medal in 3:55.73, holding off the robust Russian quartet of Anastasia Zuyeva (59.13), Yuliya Yefimova (1:04.98), Irina Bespalova (58.59), and Veronika Popova (53.33) by exactly three-tenths of a second (0.30), a fourth-place time in 3:56.03.[8][9]

Outside the podium, China's Zhao Jing (59.86), Ji Liping (1:06.94), Lu Ying (56.80), and Tang Yi (52.81) could not produce a similar stellar performance in the medley relay with a fifth-place finish in 3:56.41, while the Dutch foursome of Sharon van Rouwendaal (1:00.72), Moniek Nijhuis (1:06.74), Inge Dekker (56.91), and star Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.91), who captured another sprint freestyle title an hour earlier, claimed a distant sixth spot in 3:57.28.[9] Denmark (3:57.76) and Great Britain (3:59.46) rounded out the championship finale.[9][10]

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

Results

Heats

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Final

References

  1. ^ "Swimming: Results & Schedules". London 2012. NBC Olympics. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. ^ Auerbach, Nicole (4 August 2012). "U.S. women set world record, win gold in medley relay". USA Today. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Phelps looks to close career with 18th gold medal". London 2012. NBC Olympics. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  4. ^ Crouse, Karen (5 August 2012). "U.S. Women Set Mark in Medley Relay". New York Times. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Aussies get silver behind US medley machine". ABC News Australia. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  6. ^ Tucker, Jim (5 August 2012). "Leisel Jones and Alicia Coutts enter record books as Australia claims silver in 4×100 medley relay". Herald Sun. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Leisel retires from the pool". ABC News Australia. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  8. ^ Norlander, Matt (5 August 2012). "U.S. women's 4×100 medley team sets world record". CBS Sports. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  9. ^ a b c "2012 London Olympics: Team USA Breaks World Record in Women's 400-Meter Medley Relay Victory; Australia, Japan Take Silver-Bronze". Swimming World Magazine. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  10. ^ Jones, Sam (5 August 2012). "Missy Franklin wins Olympic gold no. 4 but Team GB swimmers flounder". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  11. ^ "Phelps stuns Serbian to regain world record". CNN. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Phelps claims Olympic-record eighth gold medal with relay win". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  13. ^ "Women's 4×100m Medley Relay – Heats". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.

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