Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Date	August 29
Competitors	12 from 3 nations
Medalists
Ethelda Bleibtrey, Irene Guest, Frances Schroth, Margaret Woodbridge  United States   Hilda James, Constance Jeans, Grace McKenzie, Charlotte Radcliffe  Great Britain   Aina Berg, Jane Gylling, Emily Machnow, Carin Nilsson  Sweden

Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m	men		women
300 m			women
400 m	men
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men
Breaststroke
200 m	men
400 m	men
Freestyle relay
4×100 m			women
4×200 m	men

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event.

A total of twelve swimmers, representing three teams from three nations, competed in the event, which was held on Sunday, August 29, 1920. The United States women, who had already swept all six medals in the 100 metre and 300 metre event, won easily. Ethelda Bleibtrey won her third gold medal.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	5:52.8	Belle Moore Jennie Fletcher Annie Speirs Irene Steer	Stockholm (SWE)	July 15, 1912
Olympic Record	5:52.8	Belle Moore Jennie Fletcher Annie Speirs Irene Steer	Stockholm (SWE)	July 15, 1912

The United States set a new world record.

Results

Final

Place	Swimmers	Time
1	Margaret Woodbridge, Frances Schroth, Irene Guest, and Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA)	5:11.6 WR
2	Hilda James, Constance Jeans, Charlotte Radcliffe, and Grace McKenzie (GBR)	5:40.8
3	Aina Berg, Emily Machnow, Carin Nilsson, and Jane Gylling (SWE)	5:43.6

References

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French). 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 2 May 2008.