2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 December 2021.

Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Etihad Arena
Location	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates	16 December (heats and final)
Competitors	61 from 14 nations
Teams	14
Winning time	3:28.52
Medalists
Kayla Sanchez Maggie Mac Neil Rebecca Smith Katerine Savard Bailey Andison   Canada   Kate Douglass Claire Curzan Katharine Berkoff Abbey Weitzeil Torri Huske   United States   Sarah Sjöström Michelle Coleman Sophie Hansson Louise Hansson Sara Junevik   Sweden

Records

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

World record	Netherlands (NED)	3:26.53	Doha, Qatar	5 December 2014
Competition record	Netherlands (NED)	3:26.53	Doha, Qatar	5 December 2014

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 12:18.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Netherlands	Kim Busch (53.44) Marrit Steenbergen (52.13) Tessa Giele (53.26) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.56)	3:31.39	Q
2	2	4	United States	Kate Douglass (52.98) Claire Curzan (52.97) Katharine Berkoff (52.95) Torri Huske (53.01)	3:31.91	Q
3	2	3	China	Zhang Yufei (53.24) Cheng Yujie (52.80) Zhu Menghui (53.22) Wu Qingfeng (52.69)	3:31.95	Q
4	1	5	Sweden	Michelle Coleman (52.81) Sarah Sjöström (51.45) Sara Junevik (54.01) Louise Hansson (53.79)	3:32.06	Q
5	2	6	Russian Swimming Federation	Maria Kameneva (52.61) Ekaterina Nikonova (53.15) Arina Surkova (53.26) Daria Klepikova (53.81)	3:32.83	Q
6	1	4	Canada	Katerine Savard (53.16) Kayla Sanchez (51.76) Rebecca Smith (53.08) Bailey Andison (55.11)	3:33.11	Q
7	2	2	Hungary	Fanni Gyurinovics (53.33) Zsuzsanna Jakabos (53.56) Nikolett Pádár (54.43) Ajna Késely (54.88)	3:36.20	Q, NR
8	2	8	Austria	Lena Kreundl (53.95) Cornelia Pammer (54.77) Nina Gangl (55.11) Lena Opatril (54.94)	3:38.77	Q
9	1	3	Germany	Annika Bruhn (54.75) Marie Pietruschka (54.62) Isabel Marie Gose (55.15) Marlen Kullmann (54.70)	3:39.22
10	2	7	South Korea	Jeong So-eun (54.19) Ryu Ji-won (55.67) Han Da-kyung (56.78) Kim Seo-yeong (53.76)	3:40.40	NR
11	2	1	Slovakia	Lillian Slušná (55.77) Zora Ripková (54.70) Sabína Kupčová (55.57) Tamara Potocká (55.82)	3:41.86	NR
12	1	1	Thailand	Jenjira Srisaard (55.53) Kornkarnjana Sapianchai (56.28) Kamonchanok Kwanmuang (56.45) Jinjutha Pholjamjumrus (57.63)	3:45.89
13	1	7	Turkey	Selen Özbilen (56.33) Nida Eliz Üstündağ (56.87) Merve Tuncel (58.28) Deniz Ertan (57.83)	3:49.31
	1	6	Hong Kong	Katii Tang (55.46) Tam Hoi Lam Natalie Kan Sze Hang Yu	DSQ
	1	2	Singapore		DNS

Final

The final will be held at 19:47.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	7	Canada	Kayla Sanchez (51.73) Maggie Mac Neil (52.07) Rebecca Smith (52.11) Katerine Savard (52.61)	3:28.52	NR
	5	United States	Kate Douglass (52.39) Claire Curzan (52.25) Katharine Berkoff (52.38) Abbey Weitzeil (51.50)	3:28.52
	6	Sweden	Sarah Sjöström (51.45) Michelle Coleman (52.06) Sophie Hansson (53.41) Louise Hansson (51.88)	3:28.80	NR
4	4	Netherlands	Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.22) Marrit Steenbergen (51.76) Kim Busch (53.06) Kira Toussaint (51.82)	3:28.86
5	3	China	Cheng Yujie (53.14) Zhang Yufei (52.32) Zhu Menghui (53.05) Wu Qingfeng (52.66)	3:31.17
6	2	Russian Swimming Federation	Maria Kameneva (52.60) Ekaterina Nikonova (52.97) Arina Surkova (53.32) Daria S. Ustinova (52.66)	3:31.55	NR
7	1	Hungary	Fanni Gyurinovics (53.78) Zsuzsanna Jakabos (53.40) Nikolett Pádár (54.73) Ajna Késely (55.03)	3:36.94
8	8	Austria	Lena Kreundl (53.39) Cornelia Pammer (55.45) Nina Gangl (55.33) Lena Opatril (55.01)	3:39.18