Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

The Women's 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships took place on August 1, 2009 at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records edit

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

World Record   Australia (AUS)
Emily Seebohm (59.33)
Leisel Jones (1:04.58)
Jessicah Schipper (56.25)
Libby Trickett (52.53)
3:52.69 Beijing, China 17 August 2008
Championship Record   Australia (AUS)
Emily Seebohm (1:00.79)
Leisel Jones (1:04.94)
Jessicah Schipper (57.18)
Libby Trickett (52.83)
3:55.74 Melbourne, Australia 31 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nation Time Record
1 August Final Zhao Jing (58.98)
Chen Huijia (1:04.12)
Jiao Liuyang (56.28)
Li Zhesi (52.81)
  China (CHN) 3:52.19 WR

Results edit

Heats edit

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 2 4   China Zhao Jing (1:00.24)
Chen Huijia (1:05.04)
Jiao Liuyang (56.92)
Li Zhesi (53.94)
3:56.14
2 2 5   Japan Shiho Sakai (59.47)
Nanaka Tamura (1:06.55)
Yuka Kato (57.45)
Haruka Ueda (53.97)
3:57.44 NR
3 2 3   Germany Daniela Samulski (1:00.16)
Sarah Poewe (1:06.74)
Annika Mehlhorn (57.36)
Daniela Schreiber (53.49)
3:57.75 NR
4 2 6   Netherlands Femke Heemskerk (1:01.28) NR
Lia Dekker (1:07.41)
Inge Dekker (56.95)
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.41)
3:58.05 NR
5 4 5   Great Britain Gemma Spofforth (59.58)
Lowri Tynan (1:07.51)
Ellen Gandy (57.80)
Francesca Halsall (53.29)
3:58.18
6 4 3   Canada Julia Wilkinson (1:00.69)
Annamay Pierse (1:06.10)
Audrey Lacroix (57.70)
Geneviève Saumur (53.74)
3:58.23 NR
7 4 4   Australia Emily Seebohm (59.65)
Sally Foster (1:07.32)
Stephanie Rice (57.29)
Shayne Reese (54.10)
3:58.36
8 4 6   Brazil Fabíola Molina (1:00.08) SA
Carolina Mussi (1:08.31)
Gabriella Silva (56.25)
Tatiana Lemos (53.85)
3:58.49 SA
9 3 2   Denmark Pernille Jessing Larsen (1:01.63)
Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:06.59)
Micha Kathrine Østergaard Jensen (57.82)
Jeanette Ottesen (52.89)
3:58.93 NR
10 3 4   United States Elizabeth Pelton (1:00.78)
Kasey Carlson (1:06.79)
Christine Magnuson (57.29)
Julia Smit (54.15)
3:59.01
11 3 3   Sweden Sarah Sjöström (1:00.74) NR
Joline Höstman (1:08.27)
Gabriella Fagundez (58.44)
Josefin Lillhage (53.59)
4:01.04 NR
12 3 6   France Esther Baron (1:01.53)
Fanny Babou (1:08.44)
Aurore Mongel (57.69)
Malia Metella (53.39)
4:01.05 NR
13 3 5   Russia Maria Gromova (1:00.33)
Valentina Artemyeva (1:08.30)
Irina Bespalova (57.64)
Olga Klyuchnikova (54.82)
4:01.09
14 4 7   Hungary Eszter Dara (1:01.07)
Réka Pecz (1:09.53)
Katinka Hosszú (59.34)
Evelyn Verrasztó (53.69)
4:03.63 NR
15 1 4   Czech Republic Simona Baumrtova (1:01.56)
Petra Chocova (1:08.30)
Lenka Jarosova (1:01.42)
Petra Klosova (55.15)
4:06.43 NR
16 1 7   Ukraine Daryna Zevina (1:02.34)
Anna Khlistunova (1:10.35)
Kateryna Zubkova (59.70)
Dar'ya Stepanyuk (54.98)
4:07.37
17 2 2   Poland Alicja Tchorz (1:01.53)
Ewa Scieszko (1:09.67)
Mirela Olczak (1:01.17)
Katarzyna Wilk (55.44)
4:07.81
18 1 2   Norway Katharina Stiberg (1:04.37)
Sara Nordenstam (1:10.54)
Ingvild Snildal (57.02)
Henriette Brekke (56.31)
4:08.24 NR
19 2 9   Belgium Elodie Vanhamme (1:03.90)
Elise Matthysen (1:09.14)
Kimberly Buys (59.85)
Jolien Sysmans (56.29)
4:09.18
20 2 1   Israel Anna Volchkov (1:02.75)
Yuliya Banach (1:09.72)
Amit Ivry (58.33)
Kristina Tchernychev (58.69)
4:09.49 NR
21 4 1   Belarus Aleksandra Kovaleva (1:03.47)
Inna Kapishina (1:08.11)
Iryna Niafedava (1:01.51)
Yulia Khitraya (56.63)
4:09.72
22 4 8   Lithuania Rugile Mileisyte (1:02.72) NR
Raminta Dvariskyte (1:09.97)
Aiste Dobrovolskaite (1:02.05)
Grite Apanaviciute (57.56)
4:12.30 NR
23 3 7   Singapore Lim Shana Jia Yi (1:03.25)
Roanne Ho (1:11.90)
Lynette Lim (1:01.97)
Quah Ting Wen (55.23)
4:12.35 NR
24 3 1   Ireland Aisling Cooney (1:03.18)
Fiona Doyle (1:10.53)
Gráinne Murphy (1:02.41)
Clare Dawson (56.55)
4:12.67 NR
25 2 8   Bahamas Alana Dillette (1:03.40)
Alicia Lightbourne (1:12.28)
Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (1:00.45)
Teisha Lightbourne (59.46)
4:15.59 NR
26 3 8   Chinese Taipei Chen Ting (1:04.63)
Chen I-Chuan (1:14.08)
Ting Sheng-Yo (1:03.59)
Yang Chin-Kuei (56.58)
4:18.88
27 1 1   Zimbabwe Kirsten Lapham (1:07.06)
Maxine Heard (1:13.30)
Moira Fraser (1:06.25)
Nicole Horn (57.74)
4:24.35
28 4 0   Macau Fong Man Wai (1:08.98)
Lei On Kei (1:14.66)
Ma Cheok Mei (1:06.50)
Tan Chi Yan (1:01.53)
4:31.67
29 1 5   Kenya Rachita Shah (1:10.24)
Achieng Ajulu-Bushell (1:11.94)
Pina Ercolano (1:10.79)
Sylvia Brunlehner (1:01.69)
4:34.66 NR
30 1 3   Malta Nicol Cremona (1:08.65)
Melinda Sue Micallef (1:19.84)
Davina Mangion (1:06.08)
Talisa Pace (1:00.35)
4:34.92
31 2 0   Senegal Khadidiatou Dieng (1:15.57)
Ouleye Diallo (1:23.00)
Binta Zahra Diop (1:02.31)
Mareme Faye (1:05.32)
4:46.20 NR
32 1 6   Mozambique Jessika Cossa (1:13.90)
Monica Bernardo (1:19.47)
Gessica Stagno (1:10.83)
Faina Salate (1:04.42)
4:48.62
33 3 0   India Fariha Zaman (1:11.89)
Murugaperumal Venpa (1:28.78)
Pooja Raghava Alva (1:08.24)
Chittaranjan Shubha (1:04.11)
4:53.02
34 4 9   Albania Reni Jani (1:21.63)
Tea Pikuli (1:27.11)
Sara Abdullahu (1:11.50)
Rovena Marku (1:05.71)
5:05.95
35 3 9   Pakistan Rida Mitha (1:21.63)
Aqsa Tariq (1:34.54)
Sakina Ghulam (1:23.81)
Mahnoor Maqsood (1:13.05)
5:33.03
2 7   Venezuela DNS
4 2   Italy Elena Gemo (1:01.00)
Chiara Boggiatto (1:07.08)
Ilaria Bianchi (58.77)
Laura Letrari
DSQ

Final edit

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Note
  4   China Zhao Jing (58.98) AS
Chen Huijia (1:04.12)
Jiao Liuyang (56.28)
Li Zhesi (52.81)
3:52.19 WR
  1   Australia Emily Seebohm (59.40)
Sarah Katsoulis (1:04.65)
Jessicah Schipper (56.19)
Lisbeth Trickett (52.34)
3:52.58 OC
  3   Germany Daniela Samulski (59.85)
Sarah Poewe (1:06.81)
Annika Mehlhorn (57.14)
Britta Steffen (51.99)
3:55.79 ER
4 2   Great Britain Gemma Spofforth (58.96)
Lowri Tynan (1:07.80)
Ellen Gandy (57.39)
Fran Halsall (52.88)
3:57.03 NR
5 6   Netherlands Femke Heemskerk (1:01.28) =NR
Lia Dekker (1:06.51)
Inge Dekker (56.82)
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.70)
3:57.31 NR
6 7   Canada Julia Wilkinson (1:00.37) NR
Annamay Pierse (1:06.48)
Audrey Lacroix(57.51)
Victoria Poon (53.51)
3:57.87 NR
7 5   Japan Shiho Sakai (59.30)
Nanaka Tamura (1:07.24)
Yuka Kato (57.32)
Haruka Ueda (54.07)
3:57.93
8 8   Brazil Fabíola Molina (1:00.07) SA
Carolina Mussi (1:08.22)
Gabriella Silva (56.65)
Tatiana Lemos (53.89)
3:58.83

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