Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

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The Women's 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships took place on August 1, 2009 at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

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

World Record	Australia (AUS) Emily Seebohm (59.33) Leisel Jones (1:04.58) Jessicah Schipper (56.25) Libby Trickett (52.53)	3:52.69	Beijing, China	17 August 2008
Championship Record	Australia (AUS) Emily Seebohm (1:00.79) Leisel Jones (1:04.94) Jessicah Schipper (57.18) Libby Trickett (52.83)	3:55.74	Melbourne, Australia	31 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
1 August	Final	Zhao Jing (58.98) Chen Huijia (1:04.12) Jiao Liuyang (56.28) Li Zhesi (52.81)	China (CHN)	3:52.19	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	4	China	Zhao Jing (1:00.24) Chen Huijia (1:05.04) Jiao Liuyang (56.92) Li Zhesi (53.94)	3:56.14
2	2	5	Japan	Shiho Sakai (59.47) Nanaka Tamura (1:06.55) Yuka Kato (57.45) Haruka Ueda (53.97)	3:57.44	NR
3	2	3	Germany	Daniela Samulski (1:00.16) Sarah Poewe (1:06.74) Annika Mehlhorn (57.36) Daniela Schreiber (53.49)	3:57.75	NR
4	2	6	Netherlands	Femke Heemskerk (1:01.28) NR Lia Dekker (1:07.41) Inge Dekker (56.95) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.41)	3:58.05	NR
5	4	5	Great Britain	Gemma Spofforth (59.58) Lowri Tynan (1:07.51) Ellen Gandy (57.80) Francesca Halsall (53.29)	3:58.18
6	4	3	Canada	Julia Wilkinson (1:00.69) Annamay Pierse (1:06.10) Audrey Lacroix (57.70) Geneviève Saumur (53.74)	3:58.23	NR
7	4	4	Australia	Emily Seebohm (59.65) Sally Foster (1:07.32) Stephanie Rice (57.29) Shayne Reese (54.10)	3:58.36
8	4	6	Brazil	Fabíola Molina (1:00.08) SA Carolina Mussi (1:08.31) Gabriella Silva (56.25) Tatiana Lemos (53.85)	3:58.49	SA
9	3	2	Denmark	Pernille Jessing Larsen (1:01.63) Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:06.59) Micha Kathrine Østergaard Jensen (57.82) Jeanette Ottesen (52.89)	3:58.93	NR
10	3	4	United States	Elizabeth Pelton (1:00.78) Kasey Carlson (1:06.79) Christine Magnuson (57.29) Julia Smit (54.15)	3:59.01
11	3	3	Sweden	Sarah Sjöström (1:00.74) NR Joline Höstman (1:08.27) Gabriella Fagundez (58.44) Josefin Lillhage (53.59)	4:01.04	NR
12	3	6	France	Esther Baron (1:01.53) Fanny Babou (1:08.44) Aurore Mongel (57.69) Malia Metella (53.39)	4:01.05	NR
13	3	5	Russia	Maria Gromova (1:00.33) Valentina Artemyeva (1:08.30) Irina Bespalova (57.64) Olga Klyuchnikova (54.82)	4:01.09
14	4	7	Hungary	Eszter Dara (1:01.07) Réka Pecz (1:09.53) Katinka Hosszú (59.34) Evelyn Verrasztó (53.69)	4:03.63	NR
15	1	4	Czech Republic	Simona Baumrtova (1:01.56) Petra Chocova (1:08.30) Lenka Jarosova (1:01.42) Petra Klosova (55.15)	4:06.43	NR
16	1	7	Ukraine	Daryna Zevina (1:02.34) Anna Khlistunova (1:10.35) Kateryna Zubkova (59.70) Dar'ya Stepanyuk (54.98)	4:07.37
17	2	2	Poland	Alicja Tchorz (1:01.53) Ewa Scieszko (1:09.67) Mirela Olczak (1:01.17) Katarzyna Wilk (55.44)	4:07.81
18	1	2	Norway	Katharina Stiberg (1:04.37) Sara Nordenstam (1:10.54) Ingvild Snildal (57.02) Henriette Brekke (56.31)	4:08.24	NR
19	2	9	Belgium	Elodie Vanhamme (1:03.90) Elise Matthysen (1:09.14) Kimberly Buys (59.85) Jolien Sysmans (56.29)	4:09.18
20	2	1	Israel	Anna Volchkov (1:02.75) Yuliya Banach (1:09.72) Amit Ivry (58.33) Kristina Tchernychev (58.69)	4:09.49	NR
21	4	1	Belarus	Aleksandra Kovaleva (1:03.47) Inna Kapishina (1:08.11) Iryna Niafedava (1:01.51) Yulia Khitraya (56.63)	4:09.72
22	4	8	Lithuania	Rugile Mileisyte (1:02.72) NR Raminta Dvariskyte (1:09.97) Aiste Dobrovolskaite (1:02.05) Grite Apanaviciute (57.56)	4:12.30	NR
23	3	7	Singapore	Lim Shana Jia Yi (1:03.25) Roanne Ho (1:11.90) Lynette Lim (1:01.97) Quah Ting Wen (55.23)	4:12.35	NR
24	3	1	Ireland	Aisling Cooney (1:03.18) Fiona Doyle (1:10.53) Gráinne Murphy (1:02.41) Clare Dawson (56.55)	4:12.67	NR
25	2	8	Bahamas	Alana Dillette (1:03.40) Alicia Lightbourne (1:12.28) Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (1:00.45) Teisha Lightbourne (59.46)	4:15.59	NR
26	3	8	Chinese Taipei	Chen Ting (1:04.63) Chen I-Chuan (1:14.08) Ting Sheng-Yo (1:03.59) Yang Chin-Kuei (56.58)	4:18.88
27	1	1	Zimbabwe	Kirsten Lapham (1:07.06) Maxine Heard (1:13.30) Moira Fraser (1:06.25) Nicole Horn (57.74)	4:24.35
28	4	0	Macau	Fong Man Wai (1:08.98) Lei On Kei (1:14.66) Ma Cheok Mei (1:06.50) Tan Chi Yan (1:01.53)	4:31.67
29	1	5	Kenya	Rachita Shah (1:10.24) Achieng Ajulu-Bushell (1:11.94) Pina Ercolano (1:10.79) Sylvia Brunlehner (1:01.69)	4:34.66	NR
30	1	3	Malta	Nicol Cremona (1:08.65) Melinda Sue Micallef (1:19.84) Davina Mangion (1:06.08) Talisa Pace (1:00.35)	4:34.92
31	2	0	Senegal	Khadidiatou Dieng (1:15.57) Ouleye Diallo (1:23.00) Binta Zahra Diop (1:02.31) Mareme Faye (1:05.32)	4:46.20	NR
32	1	6	Mozambique	Jessika Cossa (1:13.90) Monica Bernardo (1:19.47) Gessica Stagno (1:10.83) Faina Salate (1:04.42)	4:48.62
33	3	0	India	Fariha Zaman (1:11.89) Murugaperumal Venpa (1:28.78) Pooja Raghava Alva (1:08.24) Chittaranjan Shubha (1:04.11)	4:53.02
34	4	9	Albania	Reni Jani (1:21.63) Tea Pikuli (1:27.11) Sara Abdullahu (1:11.50) Rovena Marku (1:05.71)	5:05.95
35	3	9	Pakistan	Rida Mitha (1:21.63) Aqsa Tariq (1:34.54) Sakina Ghulam (1:23.81) Mahnoor Maqsood (1:13.05)	5:33.03
–	2	7	Venezuela		DNS
–	4	2	Italy	Elena Gemo (1:01.00) Chiara Boggiatto (1:07.08) Ilaria Bianchi (58.77) Laura Letrari	DSQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Note
	4	China	Zhao Jing (58.98) AS Chen Huijia (1:04.12) Jiao Liuyang (56.28) Li Zhesi (52.81)	3:52.19	WR
	1	Australia	Emily Seebohm (59.40) Sarah Katsoulis (1:04.65) Jessicah Schipper (56.19) Lisbeth Trickett (52.34)	3:52.58	OC
	3	Germany	Daniela Samulski (59.85) Sarah Poewe (1:06.81) Annika Mehlhorn (57.14) Britta Steffen (51.99)	3:55.79	ER
4	2	Great Britain	Gemma Spofforth (58.96) Lowri Tynan (1:07.80) Ellen Gandy (57.39) Fran Halsall (52.88)	3:57.03	NR
5	6	Netherlands	Femke Heemskerk (1:01.28) =NR Lia Dekker (1:06.51) Inge Dekker (56.82) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.70)	3:57.31	NR
6	7	Canada	Julia Wilkinson (1:00.37) NR Annamay Pierse (1:06.48) Audrey Lacroix(57.51) Victoria Poon (53.51)	3:57.87	NR
7	5	Japan	Shiho Sakai (59.30) Nanaka Tamura (1:07.24) Yuka Kato (57.32) Haruka Ueda (54.07)	3:57.93
8	8	Brazil	Fabíola Molina (1:00.07) SA Carolina Mussi (1:08.22) Gabriella Silva (56.65) Tatiana Lemos (53.89)	3:58.83

External links

• Preliminary Results
• Final Results