2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay ; at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates	15 December (heats and final)
Nations	11
Winning time	7:34.08
Medalists
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The Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 December 2018.^[1]

Records

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

	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record Championship record	Netherlands	7:32.85	Doha	3 December 2014

The heats were started on 15 December at 11:51.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	3	Australia	Carla Buchanan (1:56.37) Minna Atherton (1:55.08) Abbey Harkin (1:55.74) Ariarne Titmus (1:53.53)	7:40.72	Q
2	2	5	Russia	Anastasia Guzhenkova (1:55.08) Irina Krivonogova (1:56.76) Daria Mullakaeva (1:54.39) Valeriya Salamatina (1:55.01)	7:41.24	Q
3	1	4	United States	Lia Neal (1:56.67) Veronica Burchill (1:57.02) Erika Brown (1:55.32) Leah Smith (1:55.63)	7:44.64	Q
4	1	3	Italy	Margherita Panziera (1:56.78) Erica Musso (1:56.13) Federica Pellegrini (1:54.09) Simona Quadarella (1:57.82)	7:44.82	Q
5	2	4	China	Ai Yanhan (1:57.90) Zhang Yuhan (1:54.14) Liu Xiaohan (1:55.46) Li Bingjie (1:57.72)	7:45.22	Q
6	1	5	Japan	Tomomi Aoki (1:56.88) Chihiro Igarashi (1:55.93) Mayuko Goto (1:57.39) Rika Omoto (1:56.43)	7:46.63	Q
7	1	2	Germany	Annika Bruhn (1:55.82) Reva Foos (1:56.12) Marie Pietruschka (1:56.48) Sarah Köhler (1:58.91)	7:47.33	Q
8	2	2	Austria	Marlene Kahler (1:58.02) Lena Kreundl (1:57.28) Cornelia Pammer (1:59.49) Claudia Hufnagl (2:00.29)	7:55.08	Q
9	2	6	Hong Kong	Sze Hang Yu (1:59.16) Kan Cheuk Tung Natalie (2:02.56) Chan Kin Lok (2:00.64) Ho Nam Wai (1:58.88)	8:01.24	Q
10	2	7	New Zealand	Hayley McIntosh (2:02.65) Paige Flynn (2:00.87) Emma Godwin (1:59.39) Caitlin Deans (1:58.35)	8:01.26
11	1	6	Slovakia	Laura Benková (1:59.74) Tamara Potocká (2:02.60) Sára Niepelová (2:03.79) Sabína Kupčová (2:04.72)	8:10.85

The final was held on 15 December at 20:50.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	2	China	Li Bingjie (1:54.56) Yang Junxuan (1:53.06) Zhang Yuhan (1:53.94) Wang Jianjiahe (1:52.52)	7:34.08	AS
	3	United States	Leah Smith (1:55.85) Mallory Comerford (1:53.00) Melanie Margalis (1:53.59) Erika Brown (1:52.86)	7:35.30	NR
	4	Australia	Ariarne Titmus (1:52.22) Minna Atherton (1:54.73) Carla Buchanan (1:54.82) Abbey Harkin (1:54.63)	7:36.40	OC
4	5	Russia	Anna Egorova (1:54.18) Daria Mullakaeva (1:55.22) Anastasia Guzhenkova (1:53.94) Veronika Andrusenko (1:53.30)	7:36.64	NR
5	7	Japan	Tomomi Aoki (1:55.04) Chihiro Igarashi (1:54.89) Mayuko Goto (1:56.76) Rika Omoto (1:56.28)	7:42.97
6	6	Italy	Margherita Panziera (1:56.71) Erica Musso (1:56.65) Federica Pellegrini (1:52.66) Simona Quadarella (1:57.16)	7:43.18
7	1	Germany	Annika Bruhn (1:56.30) Marie Pietruschka (1:55.99) Laura Riedemann (1:57.03) Reva Foos (1:57.04)	7:46.36
8	8	Austria	Marlene Kahler (1:58.80) Lena Kreundl (1:57.20) Cornelia Pammer (1:59.01) Claudia Hufnagl (2:00.92)	7:55.93