Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
| Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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| Venue | London Aquatics Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | August 3, 2012 (heats) August 4, 2012 (final) |
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| Competitors | 84 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:52.05 WR | |||||||||
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 United States (USA)Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer, Allison Schmitt, Rachel Bootsma*, Breeja Larson*, Claire Donahue*, Jessica Hardy* |
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 Australia (AUS)Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Alicia Coutts, Melanie Schlanger, Brittany Elmslie* |
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*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats. |
Japan (JPN)
Aya Terakawa, Satomi Suzuki, Yuka Kato, Haruka Ueda
The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 3–4 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.
The U.S. women's team solidified their triumph to demolish a new world record and to recapture their Olympic title after twelve years. Leading from the start, the fearsome foursome of Missy Franklin (58.50), Rebecca Soni (1:04.82), Dana Vollmer (55.48), and Allison Schmitt (53.25) put together a perfect ending with a stunning gold-medal time in 3:52.05 to shave off China's global standard by 14-hundredths of a second from the 2009 World Championships at the peak of the high-tech bodysuit era.
Australia's Emily Seebohm (59.01), Leisel Jones (1:06.06), Alicia Coutts (56.41), and Melanie Schlanger (52.54) trailed behind their formidable rivals by a couple of seconds, but managed to take home a magnificent silver in 3:54.02. Pulling off a second-place finish, Jones also matched Ian Thorpe for the most medals by an Australian swimmer in her fourth straight Olympics with a remarkable overall tally of nine (three golds, five silver, and one bronze).
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