2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 50 metre medley relay

The women's 4 × 50 metre medley relay competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 12 December 2018.

Women's 4 × 50 metre medley relay at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates	12 December (heats and final)
Competitors	71 from 16 nations
Teams	16
Winning time	1:42.38 WR
Medalists
Olivia Smoliga Katie Meili Kelsi Dahlia Mallory Comerford Kathleen Baker Kendyl Stewart Erika Brown   United States   Fu Yuanhui Suo Ran Wang Yichun Wu Yue   China   Maaike de Waard Kim Busch Ranomi Kromowidjojo Femke Heemskerk   Netherlands

Records

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

	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	United States	1:43.27	Windsor, Canada	7 December 2016
Championship record	United States	1:43.27	Windsor, Canada	7 December 2016

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 09:30.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	2	United States	Kathleen Baker (26.89) Katie Meili (29.26) Kendyl Stewart (25.22) Erika Brown (23.55)	1:44.92	Q
2	1	5	China	Fu Yuanhui (26.66) Suo Ran (30.31) Wang Yichun (25.10) Wu Yue (23.46)	1:45.53	Q
3	2	8	Japan	Miyuki Takemura (26.39) Miho Teramura (30.10) Ai Soma (25.51) Aya Sato (24.02)	1:46.02	Q
4	1	6	Czech Republic	Simona Kubová (26.59) Petra Chocová (30.15) Lucie Svěcená (25.79) Anika Apostalon (23.78)	1:46.31	Q
5	2	4	Netherlands	Maaike de Waard (26.84) Kim Busch (30.76) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (25.13) Femke Heemskerk (24.26)	1:46.99	Q
6	2	3	Australia	Minna Atherton (26.92) Jessica Hansen (30.17) Holly Barratt (25.84) Carla Buchanan (24.56)	1:47.49	Q
7	2	5	Russia	Anastasia Fesikova (27.30) Maria Temnikova (30.39) Arina Surkova (25.47) Daria Kartashova (24.57)	1:47.73	Q
8	1	4	Italy	Elena Di Liddo (27.08) Arianna Castiglioni (29.80) Ilaria Bianchi (26.14) Margherita Panziera (24.79)	1:47.81	Q
9	2	7	Germany	Laura Riedemann (27.22) Jessica Steiger (30.53) Aliena Schmidtke (25.65) Marie Pietruschka (24.72)	1:48.12
10	2	1	Canada	Ingrid Wilm (27.72) Sophie Angus (30.50) Haley Black (25.14) Aela Janvier (26.20)	1:49.56
11	1	1	Switzerland	Seraina Sturzenegger (27.97) Lisa Mamie (30.85) Svenja Stoffel (26.33) Alexandra Touretski (24.58)	1:49.73
12	1	7	Slovakia	Karolina Hájková (27.63) Andrea Podmaníková (30.76) Tamara Potocká (26.81) Sabína Kupčová (26.04)	1:51.24
13	2	6	Turkey	Ekaterina Avramova (28.00) Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş (31.25) Aleyna Özkan (27.00) Selen Özbilen (25.00)	1:51.25
14	1	3	Hong Kong	Stephanie Au (27.86) Lam Hoi Kiu (31.94) Chan Kin Lok (27.70) Sze Hang Yu (24.49)	1:51.99
15	1	2	New Zealand	Emma Godwin (28.06) Ciara Smith (31.96) Vanessa Ouwehand (27.37) Rebecca Moynihan (25.06)	1:52.45
16	1	8	Chinese Taipei	Wang Wan-chen (30.19) Lin Pei-wun (31.84) Huang Mei-chien (26.98) Chen Szu-an (26.89)	1:55.90

Final

The final was held at 19:00.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	4	United States	Olivia Smoliga (25.97) Katie Meili (29.29) Kelsi Dahlia (24.02) Mallory Comerford (23.10)	1:42.38	WR
	5	China	Fu Yuanhui (26.20) Suo Ran (29.63) Wang Yichun (24.84) Wu Yue (23.64)	1:44.31
	2	Netherlands	Maaike de Waard (26.46) Kim Busch (30.73) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (24.21) Femke Heemskerk (23.17)	1:44.57
4	3	Japan	Miyuki Takemura (26.14) Miho Teramura (29.50) Ai Soma (25.28) Aya Sato (23.98)	1:44.90
5	7	Australia	Minna Atherton (26.44) Jessica Hansen (29.70) Emily Seebohm (25.68) Holly Barratt (23.97)	1:45.79
6	1	Russia	Maria Kameneva (26.51) Maria Temnikova (30.31) Arina Surkova (25.23) Rozaliya Nasretdinova (23.93)	1:45.98
7	6	Czech Republic	Simona Kubová (26.58) Petra Chocová (29.90) Lucie Svěcená (25.86) Anika Apostalon (23.83)	1:46.17
8	8	Italy	Carlotta Zofkova (27.38) Arianna Castiglioni (29.48) Elena Di Liddo (25.10) Margherita Panziera (24.48)	1:46.44