The Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships took place on July 30, 2009 at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records[edit]

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

World Record	Australia (AUS) Stephanie Rice (1:56.60) Bronte Barratt (1:56.58) Kylie Palmer (1:55.22) Linda Mackenzie (1:55.91)	7:44.31	Beijing, China	14 August 2008
Championship Record	United States (USA) Natalie Coughlin (1:56.43) Dana Vollmer (1:57.49) Lacey Nymeyer (1:59.19) Katie Hoff (1:56.98)	7:50.09	Melbourne, Australia	29 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Nation	Time	Record
30 July	Heat 1	United Kingdom Caitlin McClatchey (1:57.54) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.45) Hannah Miley (1:58.15) Rebecca Adlington (1:56.90)	7:49.04	CR
30 July	Final	China Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)	7:42.08	WR

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	1	3	Great Britain	Caitlin McClatchey (1:57.54) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.45) Hannah Miley (1:58.15) Rebecca Adlington (1:56.90)	7:49.04	CR, ER
2	1	4	United States	Ariana Kukors (1:56.05) Dagny Knutson (1:57.73) Alyssa Anderson (1:58.35) Lacey Nymeyer (1:57.38)	7:49.51
3	2	5	France	Camille Muffat (1:58.82) Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne (1:56.36) Sophie Huber (1:58.82) Coralie Balmy (1:56.18)	7:50.18	NR
4	3	6	Canada	Geneviève Saumur (1:57.67) Julia Wilkinson (1:57.77) Alexandra Gabor (1:57.87) Heather MacLean (1:56.98)	7:50.29	NR
5	3	4	Australia	Ellen Fullerton (1:58.56) Felicity Galvez (1:57.70) Merindah Dingjan (1:56.85) Bronte Barratt (1:57.42)	7:50.53
6	2	4	China	Yang Yu (1:58.50) Zhu Qianwei (1:57.85) Liu Jing (1:55.78) Pang Jiaying (1:58.67)	7:50.80
7	3	3	Hungary	Ágnes Mutina (1:57.52) Evelyn Verrasztó (1:56.89) Eszter Dara (1:57.87) Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:59.02)	7:51.30	NR
8	3	5	Italy	Renata Fabiola Spagnolo (1:59.32) Flavia Zoccari (1:59.29) Alice Carpanese (1:58.45) Federica Pellegrini (1:54.94)	7:52.00
9	2	3	Japan	Haruka Ueda (1:57.38) NR Misaki Yamaguchi (1:56.86) Ren Sato (1:57.43) Asami Kitagawa (2:00.75)	7:52.42	NR
10	2	6	Netherlands	Saskia de Jonge (2:00.51) Femke Heemskerk (1:55.49) Inge Dekker (1:56.96) Chantal Groot (2:00.88)	7:53.84	NR
11	1	2	Russia	Daria Belyakina (1:58.68) Victoria Malutina (1:58.71) Anastasia Aksenova (1:59.27) Elena Sokolova (1:58.69)	7:55.35	NR
12	1	6	Denmark	Julie Hjorth-Hansen (1:57.61) NR Micha Kathrine Østergaard Jensen (1:59.29) Louise Mai Jansen (1:59.74) Lotte Friis (1:58.92)	7:55.56	NR
13	1	5	Sweden	Gabriella Fagundez (1:58.42) Sarah Sjöström (1:56.61) Petra Granlund (1:59.24) Martina Granström (2:02.36)	7:56.63
14	3	2	Slovenia	Sara Isakovič (1:57.51) Anja Klinar (2:00.73) Nina Sovinek (2:04.60) Nika Karlina Petric (2:04.07)	8:06.91
15	3	7	Ireland	Melanie Nocher (2:02.42) Clare Dawson (2:02.50) Niamh O'Sullivan (2:01.27) Nuala Murphy (2:03.15)	8:09.34	NR
16	2	2	Singapore	Quah Ting Wen (2:00.50) Amanda Lim (2:03.80) Lynette Lim (2:01.88) Mylene Ong (2:03.73)	8:09.91	NR
17	2	8	Poland	Karolina Szczepaniak (2:00.40) Katarzyna Wilk (2:04.11) Mirela Olczak (2:04.50) Paula Zukowska (2:04.64)	8:13.65
18	2	7	Venezuela	Andreina Pinto (2:02.15) NR Yanel Pinto (2:02.78) Darneyis Orozco (2:05.27) Yennifer Marquez (2:06.31)	8:16.51	NR
19	1	8	Zimbabwe	Nicole Horn (2:08.17) Kirsten Lapham (2:08.66) Moira Fraser (2:10.80) Kimberley Eeson (2:08.11)	8:35.74	NR
20	3	8	Malta	Davina Mangion (2:12.85) Melinda Sue Micallef (2:17.30) Nicol Cremona (2:13.80) Talisa Pace (2:16.60)	9:00.55
21	1	7	Macau	Fong Man Wai (2:12.94) Che Lok In (2:19.91) Tan Chi Yan (2:20.12) Ma Cheok Mei (2:12.71)	9:05.68
22	3	1	India	Pooja Raghava Alva (2:24.10) Chittaranjan Shubha (2:18.52) Vandita Dhariyal (2:19.37) Talasha Prabhu (2:19.71)	9:21.70
23	2	1	Albania	Sara Abdullahu (2:12.27) Rovena Marku (2:24.37) Reni Jani (2:39.46) Debora Keci (2:29.50)	9:45.60
24	1	1	Pakistan	Sakina Ghulam (2:27.24) Aelia Mehdi (2:45.06) Rida Mitha (2:40.32) Mahnoor Maqsood (2:38.50)	10:31.12

Final[edit]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Note
	7	China	Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)	7:42.08	WR
	5	United States	Dana Vollmer (1:55.29) Lacey Nymeyer (1:57.88) Ariana Kukors (1:55.18) Allison Schmitt (1:54.21)	7:42.56	AM
	4	Great Britain	Joanne Jackson (1:55.98) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.78) Caitlin McClatchey (1:56.42) Rebecca Adlington (1:56.33)	7:45.51	ER
4	8	Italy	Renata Fabiola Spagnolo (1:58.79) Alessia Filippi (1:56.97) Alice Carpanese (1:57.36) Federica Pellegrini (1:53.45)	7:46.57	NR
5	2	Australia	Ellen Fullerton (1:57.38) Stephanie Rice (1:55.71) Merindah Dingjan (1:56.66) Bronte Barratt (1:57.10)	7:46.85
6	1	Hungary	Ágnes Mutina (1:56.64) Evelyn Verrasztó (1:57.20) Eszter Dara (1:59.04) Katinka Hosszú (1:55.16)	7:48.04	NR
7	3	France	Coralie Balmy (1:57.12) Ophelie Cyrielle Etienne (1:56.10) Sophie Huber (1:58.40) Camille Muffat (1:56.82)	7:48.44	NR
8	6	Canada	Geneviève Saumur (1:56.97) NR Julia Wilkinson (1:57.39) Alexandra Gabor (1:57.07) Heather MacLean (1:57.71)	7:49.14	NR

External links[edit]

• Preliminary Results
• Final Results