Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships
Dates	26 July 2003 (prelims & finals)
Medalists
China    USA    Australia

The Women's 4x100m Medley Relay event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 26 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary^[1] heats swam in the morning session, with the top-8 finishers advancing to swim again in the Final^[2] that evening.

At the start of the event, the World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:

• WR: 3:58.30 swum by the USA on September 23, 2000 in Sydney, Australia.
• CR: 4:01.50 swum by Australia on July 29, 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan

Results

Final

Rank	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	China	Shu Zhan, Xuejuan Luo, Yafei Zhou, Yu Yang	3:59.89	CR
2	USA	Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Beard, Jenny Thompson, Lindsay Benko	4:00.83
3	Australia	Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Jodie Henry	4:01.37
4	Germany	Antje Buschschulte, Sarah Poewe, Annika Mehlhorn, Sandra Völker	4:02.01
5	Japan	Mai Nakamura, Masami Tanaka, Yuko Nakanishi, Tomoko Nagai	4:06.25
6	Netherlands	Hinkelien Schreuder, Madelon Baans, Chantal Groot, Marleen Veldhuis	4:07.73
7	Sweden	Susannah Moonan, Emma Igelström, Johanna Sjöberg, Josefin Lillhage	4:08.39
8	Great Britain	Katy Sexton, Jaime King, Alexandra Savage, Karen Legg	4:10.69

Preliminaries

Rank	Heat/Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	H1 L4	United States	Haley Cope, Tara Kirk Mary DeScenza, Lindsay Benko	4:04.06	q
2	H3 L5	Germany	Antje Buschschulte, Vipa Bernhardt Annika Mehlhorn, Petra Dallmann	4:04.58	q
3	H3 L4	China	Shu Zhan, Xuejuan Luo Yafei Zhou, Yu Yang	4:04.95	q
4	H2 L4	Australia	Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones Jessicah Schipper, Jodie Henry	4:05.31	q
5	H3 L2	Netherlands	Hinkelien Schreuder, Madelon Baans Chantal Groot, Marleen Veldhuis	4:06.32	q
6	H2 L3	Japan	Reiko Nakamura, Masami Tanaka Yuko Nakanishi, Tomoko Nagai	4:06.38	q
7	H2 L5	Great Britain	Melanie Marshall, Jaime King Georgina Lee, Karen Legg	4:06.99	q
8	H3 L6	Sweden	Susannah Moonan, Emma Igelström Johanna Sjöberg, Josefin Lillhage	4:07.82	q
9	H1 L3	Ukraine	Iryna Amshennikova, Yuliya Pidslina Nataliya Khudyakova, Olga Mukomol	4:10.29
10	H1 L6	Italy	Alessandra Cappa, Sara Farina Francesca Segat, Cristina Chiuso	4:10.41
11	H1 L5	South Africa	Melissa Corfe, Ingrid Haiden Mandy Loots, Lauren Roets	4:11.95
12	H2 L2	Switzerland	Dominique Diezi, Ramona Pedretti Nicole Zahnd, Marjorie Sagne	4:16.87
13	H1 L2	Hong Kong	Sherry Tsai, Ka Lei Liu Hang Yu Sze, Jennifer Ng	4:21.01
14	H2 L7	Brazil	Talita Ribeiro, Patrícia Comini Ivi Monteiro, Flávia Delaroli	4:21.87
15	H1 L7	Iceland	Anja Rikey Jakobsdottir, Íris Edda Heimisdóttir Kolbrún Ýr Kristjánsdóttir, Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir	4:23.02
16	H3 L1	India	Shikha Tandon, Sivranjani Vaidyanathan Richa Mishra, Ambica Iyengar	4:47.73
-	H3 L3	Canada	Erin Gammel, Rhiannon Leier Jen Button, Laura Nicholls	DQ
-	H3 L7	Greece	Eirini Karastergiou, Aikaterini Sarakatsani Zampia Melachroinou, Nery-Mantey Niangkouara	DQ
-	-	Russia	-	DNS

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