Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
| Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||
| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium | ||||||
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| Dates | 12 August 2016 (heats) 13 August 2016 (final) | ||||||
| Competitors | 76 from 16 nations | ||||||
| Teams | 16 | ||||||
| Winning time | 3:53.13 | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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| Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| Qualification | ||||
| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| Marathon | ||||
| 10 km | men | women | ||
The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 12–13 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]
The U.S. women's team outlasted the rest of the field to solidify its Olympic title defense in the medley relay final with the help of a freestyle anchor leg from Simone Manuel. Leading from the start, the foursome of Kathleen Baker (59.00), Lilly King (1:05.70), Dana Vollmer (56.00), and Manuel (52.43) put together a perfect ending with a final time of 3:53.13 to give the Americans their tenth gold medal in this event, and their thousandth overall in Summer Olympic history.[2][3][4]
Australia's Emily Seebohm (58.83), Taylor McKeown (1:07.05), and Emma McKeon (56.95) struggled to hold on their momentum throughout the race, until Cate Campbell jumped into the pool at the final exchange. Then, Campbell produced a freestyle anchor split of 52.17 to deliver the Australian relay team a silver medal in 3:55.00.[5][6] After winning the 50 m freestyle title an hour earlier, anchor Pernille Blume (53.21) helped her fellow Danish swimmers Mie Nielsen (58.75), Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:06.62), and Jeanette Ottesen (56.43) shatter the European record for the bronze in 3:55.01, a hundredth of a second behind Australia.[7][8]
China's Fu Yuanhui (59.53), Shi Jinglin (1:06.00), Lu Ying (56.49), and Zhu Menghui (53.16) slipped off the podium to fourth in 3:55.18, while the Canadian combination of Kylie Masse (58.77), Rachel Nicol (1:06.81), Penny Oleksiak (56.75), and Chantal van Landeghem (53.16) established a national record of 3:55.49 to take the fifth spot.[9] Russia's Anastasia Fesikova (59.49), Yuliya Yefimova (1:04.98), Svetlana Chimrova (57.54), and Veronika Popova (53.65) finished sixth with a 3:55.66, holding off the British quartet of Georgia Davies (59.43), Chloe Tutton (1:06.43), Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (57.47), and Francesca Halsall (53.63) by 1.3 seconds, a seventh-place time in 3:56.96.[10] Meanwhile, Italy (3:59.50), anchored by freestyle swimmer and four-time Olympian Federica Pellegrini, rounded out the championship field.[8]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  United States (USA)Missy Franklin (58.50) Rebecca Soni (1:04.82) Dana Vollmer (55.48) Allison Schmitt (53.25) | 3:52.05 | London, United Kingdom | 4 August 2012 |
| Olympic record | United States (USA) Missy Franklin (58.50) Rebecca Soni (1:04.82) Dana Vollmer (55.48) Allison Schmitt (53.25) | 3:52.05 | London, United Kingdom | 4 August 2012 |
Results
Heats
A total of sixteen countries have qualified to participate. The best eight from two heats advanced to the final.
Final
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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 | 4 | United States | Kathleen Baker (59.00) Lilly King (1:05.70) Dana Vollmer (56.00) Simone Manuel (52.43) | 3:53.13 | |
 | 2 |  Australia | Emily Seebohm (58.83) Taylor McKeown (1:07.05) Emma McKeon (56.95) Cate Campbell (52.17) | 3:55.00 | |
 | 3 |  Denmark | Mie Nielsen (58.75) Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:06.62) Jeanette Ottesen (56.43) Pernille Blume (53.21) | 3:55.01 | EU |
| 4 | 7 |  China | Fu Yuanhui (59.53) Shi Jinglin (1:06.00) Lu Ying (56.49) Zhu Menghui (53.16) | 3:55.18 | |
| 5 | 5 |  Canada | Kylie Masse (58.77) Rachel Nicol (1:06.81) Penny Oleksiak (56.75) Chantal van Landeghem (53.16) | 3:55.49 | NR |
| 6 | 6 |  Russia | Anastasia Fesikova (59.49) Yulia Efimova (1:04.98) Svetlana Chimrova (57.54) Veronika Popova (53.65) | 3:55.66 | NR |
| 7 | 8 |  Great Britain | Georgia Davies (59.43) Chloe Tutton (1:06.43) Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (57.47) Francesca Halsall (53.63) | 3:56.96 | NR |
| 8 | 1 |  Italy | Carlotta Zofkova (1:01.29) Arianna Castiglioni (1:06.65) Ilaria Bianchi (58.21) Federica Pellegrini (53.35) | 3:59.50 |
References
- ↑ "Women's 4×100m Medley Relay". Rio 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ↑ Armstrong, Paul (13 August 2016). "Color no barrier: Simone Manuel steers Team USA to 1,000th Olympic gold at Rio 2016". CNN. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ Fenno, Nathan (13 August 2016). "Simone Manuel helps U.S. to gold in 400 medley relay". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ Kitching, Chris (14 August 2016). "Simone Manuel's victory alongside relay teammates is medal number 1,000 for the USA in 120 years of the Olympics". Daily Mail. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Campbell fires as Aussies win silver in women's 4x100m medley". ESPN. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ Peters, Daniel; Carney, John (14 August 2016). "Two more for the trophy cabinet! Australia storms home with silver in women's 4x100m medley relay and bronze in the men's". Daily Mail. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Denmark gets first gold as Blume wins 50m freestyle". The Local. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- 1 2 "USA Women Earn 10th 400 Medley Relay Gold; 1,000th Gold Medal In USA Olympic Summer Games History". Swimming World Magazine. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ Ng, Callum (13 August 2016). "Canadian relay women fall short of medal on final night of swimming". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympics: Team GB win 4x100m medley relay silver as Michael Phelps claims 23rd gold". London Evening Standard. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
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