2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 14 December 2022.

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Dates	14 December (heats and finals)
Competitors	51 from 11 nations
Teams	11
Winning time	7:30.87 WR
Medalists
Madison Wilson Mollie O'Callaghan Leah Neale Lani Pallister Meg Harris Brittany Castelluzzo Laura Taylor   Australia   Rebecca Smith Katerine Savard Mary-Sophie Harvey Taylor Ruck Sydney Pickrem Kelsey Wog   Canada   Alexandra Walsh Hali Flickinger Erin Gemmell Leah Smith Erika Brown Jillian Cox   United States

Records

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

World record	Netherlands (NED)	7:32.85	Doha, Qatar	3 December 2014
Competition record	Netherlands (NED)	7:32.85	Doha, Qatar	3 December 2014

The following new records were set during this competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
14 December	Final	Madison Wilson (1:53.13) Mollie O'Callaghan (1:52.83) Leah Neale (1:52.67) Lani Pallister (1:52.24)	Australia	7:30.87	WR, CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 13:10.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	1	4	United States	Erika Brown (1:56.61) Hali Flickinger (1:54.39) Jillian Cox (1:56.03) Leah Smith (1:55.88)	7:42.91	Q
2	2	5	Australia	Leah Neale (1:55.85) Meg Harris (1:54.26) Brittany Castelluzzo (1:56.17) Laura Taylor (1:58.49)	7:44.77	Q
3	1	3	Netherlands	Tessa Vermeulen (1:56.89) Imani de Jong (1:58.05) Silke Holkenborg (1:55.63) Marrit Steenbergen (1:55.16)	7:45.73	Q
4	1	5	China	Wu Qingfeng (1:57.89) Cheng Yujie (1:57.99) Liu Yaxin (1:53.90) Zhang Yifan (1:56.10)	7:45.88	Q
5	2	4	Canada	Mary-Sophie Harvey (1:55.58) Sydney Pickrem (1:57.07) Kelsey Wog (1:56.18) Rebecca Smith (1:57.87)	7:46.70	Q
6	2	3	Brazil	Stephanie Balduccini (1:56.55) Giovanna Diamante (1:56.79) Gabrielle Roncatto (1:56.57) Aline Rodrigues (1:58.51)	7:48.42	Q, SA
7	1	6	Japan	Chihiro Igarashi (1:57.05) Miyu Namba (1:56.81) Waka Kobori (1:56.69) Rio Shirai (1:59.21)	7:49.76	Q
8	2	2	New Zealand	Erika Fairweather (1:54.24) NR Caitlin Deans (1:57.54) Summer Osborne (1:59.58) Ruby Heath (1:59.37)	7:50.73	Q, NR
9	2	7	Slovakia	Zora Ripková (1:59.78) Tamara Potocká (1:58.68) Teresa Ivanová (2:03.06) Martina Cibulková (2:00.19)	8:01.71	NR
10	1	2	South Africa	Hannah Pearse (2:02.67) Dakota Tucker (2:01.77) Emily Visagie (2:02.74) Rebecca Meder (1:57.67)	8:04.85
11	2	6	Hong Kong	Ng Lai Wa (2:03.02) Ho Nam Wai (2:00.88) Sze Hang-yu (1:59.03) Lam Hoi Kiu (2:04.57)	8:07.50

Final

The final was held at 21:32.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	5	Australia	Madison Wilson (1:53.13) Mollie O'Callaghan (1:52.83) Leah Neale (1:52.67) Lani Pallister (1:52.24)	7:30.87	WR
	2	Canada	Rebecca Smith (1:52.15) NR Katerine Savard (1:54.78) Mary-Sophie Harvey (1:54.81) Taylor Ruck (1:52.73)	7:34.47
	4	United States	Alex Walsh (1:53.90) Hali Flickinger (1:53.48) Erin Gemmell (1:52.23) Leah Smith (1:55.09)	7:34.70	NR
4	3	Netherlands	Tessa Vermeulen (1:56.88) Marrit Steenbergen (1:51.94) Silke Holkenborg (1:56.08) Imani de Jong (1:55.64)	7:40.54
5	1	Japan	Chihiro Igarashi (1:56.41) Miyu Namba (1:54.70) Waka Kobori (1:56.46) Rio Shirai (1:57.30)	7:44.87
6	6	China	Liu Yaxin (1:54.62) Wu Qingfeng (1:56.78) Cheng Yujie (1:59.69) Zhang Yifan (1:57.64)	7:48.73
7	7	Brazil	Stephanie Balduccini (1:58.05) Giovanna Diamante (1:56.59) Gabrielle Roncatto (1:56.46) Aline Rodrigues (1:57.73)	7:48.83
8	8	New Zealand	Erika Fairweather (1:54.46) Caitlin Deans (1:57.14) Summer Osborne (2:00.72) Ruby Heath (1:58.44)	7:50.76