Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
| Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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| Venue | London Aquatics Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | August 1, 2012 (heats & final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 84 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:42.92 OR | |||||||||
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 United States (USA)Missy Franklin, Dana Vollmer, Shannon Vreeland, Allison Schmitt, Alyssa Anderson*, Lauren Perdue* |
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 Australia (AUS)Bronte Barratt, Melanie Schlanger, Kylie Palmer, Alicia Coutts, Brittany Elmslie*, Angie Bainbridge*, Jade Neilsen*, Blair Evans* |
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*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats. |
France (FRA)
Camille Muffat, Charlotte Bonnet, Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne, Coralie Balmy, Margaux Farrell*, Mylène Lazare*
The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 1 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.
The U.S. women's team smashed a new Olympic record to recapture their freestyle relay title with the help of a sterling anchor leg from Allison Schmitt. Trailing throughout most of the race with a back-to-back lead from Australia and France before the final exchange, Schmitt demolished the field with a remarkable split of 1:54.09 to deliver the American foursome of Missy Franklin (1:55.96), Dana Vollmer (1:56.02), and Shannon Vreeland (1:56.85) a gold medal and an Olympic record in 7:42.92.
Australia's Bronte Barratt (1:55.76), Melanie Schlanger (1:55.62), and Kylie Palmer (1:56.91) handed Alicia Coutts the anchor duties at the final exchange with a 0.54-second lead, but Coutts' split of 1:56.12 was just over a full-body length behind Schmitt's stunning anchor, leaving them with a silver medal in 7:44.41. Meanwhile, the fantastic French quartet of Camille Muffat (1:55.51), Charlotte Bonnet (1:57.78), Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne (1:58.05), and Coralie Balmy (1:56.15) took home the bronze in 7:47.49.
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