Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

The Women's 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 March 2007 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The top-12 finishers from this race qualified for the event at the 2008 Olympics. 29 teams were entered in the event; all swam.

The existing records when the event started were:

• World Record (WR): 3:56.30, Australia (Edington, Jones, Schipper, Lenton), 21 March 2006 in Melbourne, Australia.
• Championship Record (CR): 3:57.47, Australia (Edington, Jones, Schipper, Lenton), Montreal 2005 (Jul.30.2005)

Results

Finals

Place	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Note
1st	Australia	Emily Seebohm   (1:00.79) Leisel Jones   (1:04.94) Jessicah Schipper   (57.18) Lisbeth Lenton   (52.83)	3:55.74	WR
2nd	USA	Natalie Coughlin   (1:00.66) Tara Kirk   (1:06.37) Rachel Komisarz   (57.06) Lacey Nymeyer   (54.22)	3:58.31
3rd	China	XU Tianlongzi   (1:01.06) LUO Nan   (1:09.08) ZHOU Yafei   (57.84) XU Yanwei   (53.99)	4:01.97
4th	Great Britain	Melanie Marshall   (1:01.85) Kirsty Balfour   (1:07.37) Terri Dunning   (59.20) Francesca Halsall   (53.76)	4:02.18
5th	Russia	Anastasia Zuyeva   (1:00.85) Elena Bogomazova   (1:08.11) Irina Bespalova   (58.61) Olga Shulgina   (55.75)	4:03.32
6th	Japan	Reiko Nakamura   (1:00.69) Asami Kitagawa   (1:08.17) Ayako Doi   (58.78) Maki Mita   (55.69)	4:03.33
7th	Germany	Antje Buschschulte   (1:01.43) Birte Steven   (1:09.46) Daniela Samulski   (59.04) Britta Steffen   (53.41)	4:03.34
8th	Sweden	Carin Moller   (1:03.00) Hanna Westrin   (1:08.64) Gabriella Fagundez   (1:00.16) Josefin Lillhage   (54.36)	4:06.16

Preliminaries

Rank	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Note
1	USA	Leila Vaziri (1:00.84),   Jessica Hardy (1:07.53), Dana Vollmer (57.47),   Amanda Weir (55.26)	4:01.10	Q Olympic
2	Australia	Emily Seebohm (1:01.70),   Tarnee White (1:07.23), Felicity Galvez (59.12),   Jodie Henry (53.96)	4:02.01	Q Olympic
3	Japan	Hanae Ito (1:01.39),   Asami Kitagawa (1:08.56), Ayako Doi (58.58),   Maki Mita (55.48)	4:04.01	Q Olympic
4	China	XU Tianlongzi, (1:01.66),   LUO Nan (1:09.72), ZHOU Yafei (58.44),   XU Yanwei (54.57)	4:04.39	Q Olympic
5	Germany	Antje Buschschulte (1:01.58),   Birte Steven (1:09.47), Daniela Samulski (58.44),   Britta Steffen (53.62)	4:04.62	Q Olympic
6	Sweden	Carin Moller (1:02.97),   Hanna Westrin (1:08.66), Gabriella Fagundez (59.75),   Josefin Lillhage (54.01)	4:05.39	Q Olympic
7	Russia	Anastasia Zuyeva (1:01.59),   Elena Bogomazova (1:08.58), Irina Bespalova (58.61),   Olga Shulgina (56.47)	4:05.45	Q Olympic
8	Great Britain	Elizabeth Simmonds (1:02.06),   Kirsty Balfour (1:08.11), Terri Dunning (1:00.57),   Melanie Marshall (55.11)	4:05.85	Q Olympic
9	France	Camille Muffat (1:04.47),   Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën (1:07.89), Alena Popchanka (58.87),   Céline Couderc (54.99)	4:06.22	Olympic
10	Italy	Elena Gemo (1:02.53),  Chiara Boggiatto (1:09.89), Francesca Segat (59.77),   Federica Pellegrini (54.45)	4:06.64	Olympic
11	Canada	Kelly Stefanyshyn (1:02.57),   Erica Morningstar (1:09.23), Mackenzie Downing (59.39),   Julia Wilkinson (55.52)	4:06.71	Olympic
12	Ukraine	Iryna Amshennikova (1:02.62),   Anna Khlistunova (1:07.16), Kateryna Zubkova (1:01.05),   Ganna Dzerkal (56.53)	4:07.36	Olympic
13	New Zealand	Hannah McLean (1:01.68),   Annabelle Carey (1:10.02), Elizabeth Coster (1:00.53),   Lauren Boyle (55.39)	4:07.75
14	Poland	Iwona Lefanowicz (1:03.61),   Beata Kaminska (1:09.13), Otylia Jędrzejczak (59.45),   Paulina Barzycka (56.19)	4:08.38
15	Denmark	Louise Ørnstedt (1:02.23),   Julie Hjorth-Hansen (1:10.02), Jeanette Ottesen (59.51),   Micha Østergaard (56.66)	4:08.42
16	South Africa	Karin Prinsloo (1:03.22),   Suzaan van Biljon (1:09.36), Keri-Leigh Shaw (59.99),   Wendy Trott   (58.38)	4:10.95
17	Korea	Yoo Jin Jung (1:03.68),   Seul Ki Jung (1:10.64), Hae In Shin (1:01.24),   Keo Ra Lee (55.99)	4:11.55
18	Hong Kong	Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai (1:02.79),   Man Yi Yvette Kong (1:13.57), Hang Yu Sze (1:01.88),   Hannah Wilson (57.31)	4:15.55
19	Venezuela	Erin Volcán (1:04.46),   Daniela Victoria (1:13.20), Maria Rodriguez (1:03.79),   Arlene Semeco (57.35)	4:18.80
20	Chinese Taipei	Hsu Jung He (1:06.87),   Man Hsu Lin (1:17.82), Chin Kuei Yang (1:03.65),   Pin Chieh Nieh (58.69)	4:27.03
21	Singapore	Lynette Ng (1:06.45),   Roanne Ho (1:18.28), Koh Ting Ting (1:06.04),   Mylene Ong (59.09)	4:29.86
22	Macau	Weng I Kuan (1:10.47),   On Kei Lei (1:16.84), Yih Shiuan Chan (1:07.48),   Cheok Mei Ma (59.17)	4:33.96
23	Uzbekistan	Maftunabonu Tuhtasinova (1:08.96),   Olga Gnedovskaya (1:18.92), Galina Dukhanova (1:07.72),   Irina Shlemova (59.09)	4:34.69
24	Malta	Madeleine Scerri (1:09.91),   Angela Galea (1:18.79), Davina Mangion (1:05.84),   Talisa Pace (1:02.52)	4:37.06
25	Thailand	Wenika Kaewchaiwong (1:10.65),   Pannika Prachgosin (1:22.15), Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (1:08.40),   Jiratida Phinyosophon (59.43)	4:40.63
26	Peru	Slavica Pavic (1:11.00),   Valeria Silva (1:14.28), Fiorella Gomez-Sanchez (1:11.84),   Massie Milagros Carillo (1:04.32)	4:41.44
27	Nigeria	Uche Monu (1:18.87),   Blessing Forcados (1:21.11), Obia Inyengiyikabo (1:10.39),   Ngozi Monu (1:02.32)	4:52.69
28	Jordan	Layla Alghul (1:09.52),   Razan Taha (1:28.77), Hiba Bashouti (1:14.40),   Miriam Hatamleh (1:03.08)	4:55.77
--	Zambia	Patricia Wellman, Mercedes Milner, Ellen Hight, Matana Wellman	DQ

See also

• Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
• Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
• Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

References

• Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Preliminary results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11.
• Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11.