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4 x 100 metres Medley Relay, Women

Date	22 – 23 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	81 from 18 countries

All the relay events in Sydney turned into a battle between the USA and Australia with the US eventually winning 4-2 on titles won. The women’s 4 x 100 metres medley relay was one of the easier American victories as the US team recorded the fastest splits on each of the four legs. Second-placed Australia finished inside the existing world record but were still over three seconds down on the USA who set a brilliant new mark of 3:58.30. The American team included Jenny Thompson who won her seventh Olympic relay title. She won golds in all three relays in Sydney and would win two more relay silvers in Athens, ending her Olympic career with 12 medals and eight golds, but never able to win an individual gold medal.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	4:06.16 (2 h3)	3:58.30 (1)	Gold
	B. J. Bedford • Megan Quann • Jenny Thompson • Dara Torres • Courtney Shealy • Staciana Stitts • Ashley Tappin • Amy Van Dyken
2	Australia	AUS	4:04.75 (1 h2)	4:01.59 (2)	Silver
	Dyana Calub • Leisel Jones • Petria Thomas • Susie O'Neill • Giaan Rooney • Sarah Ryan • Tarnee White
3	Japan	JPN	4:05.76 (2 h2)	4:04.16 (3)	Bronze
	Mai Nakamura • Masami Tanaka • Junko Onishi • Sumika Minamoto
4	Germany	GER	4:06.02 (1 h3)	4:04.33 (4)
	Antje Buschschulte • Sylvia Gerasch • Franziska van Almsick • Katrin Meißner
5	South Africa	RSA	4:07.19 (1 h1)	4:05.15 (5)
	Charlene Wittstock • Sarah Poewe • Mandy Loots • Heleen Muller
6	Canada	CAN	4:08.47 (4 h2)	4:07.55 (6)
	Kelly Stefanyshyn • Christin Petelski • Jen Button • Marianne Limpert • Michelle Lischinsky • Laura Nicholls
7	Great Britain	GBR	4:07.52 (2 h1)	4:07.61 (7)
	Katy Sexton • Heidi Earp • Sue Rolph • Karen Pickering
8	People's Republic of China	CHN	4:08.27 (3 h2)	4:07.83 (8)
	Zhan Shu • Qi Hui • Liu Limin • Han Xue
9	Russian Federation	RUS	4:09.64 (5 h2)	–
	Olga Bakaldina • Nataliya Sutyagina • Oksana Verevka • Inna Yaitskaya
10	Sweden	SWE	4:10.38 (3 h3)	–
	Emma Igelström • Camilla Johansson • Louise Jöhncke • Johanna Sjöberg
11	Belgium	BEL	4:10.98 (3 h1)	–
	Brigitte Becue • Fabienne Dufour • Nina Van Koeckhoven • Sofie Wolfs
12	Poland	POL	4:11.08 (4 h1)	–
	Otylia Jędrzejczak • Aleksandra Miciul • Alicja Pęczak • Anna Uryniuk
13	Hungary	HUN	4:11.11 (5 h1)	–
	Orsolya Ferenczy • Annamária Kiss • Ágnes Kovács • Gyöngyvér Lakos
14	Netherlands	NED	4:12.31 (6 h1)	–
	Madelon Baans • Chantal Groot • Thamar Henneken • Brenda Starink
15	Spain	ESP	4:14.54 (4 h3)	–
	María del Carmen Collado • Mireia García • Ivette María • Laura Roca
16	Ukraine	UKR	4:15.64 (5 h3)	–
	Nadiya Beshevli • Svitlana Bondarenko • Olena Hrytsiuk • Valentyna Trehub
17	Republic of Korea	KOR	4:16.93 (6 h2)	–
	Jang Hui-Jin • Gu Hyo-Jin • Lee Bo-Eun • Sim Min-Ji
18	Romania	ROU	4:23.56 (6 h3)	–
	Lorena Diaconescu • Carmen Herea • Simona Păduraru • Raluca Udroiu

Round One (22 September 2000)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (12:20)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	South Africa	RSA		4:07.19			Q
		Charlene Wittstock		30.38	1:02.57	–	1:02.57 (2)
		Sarah Poewe		32.03	1:08.89	0.03	2:11.46 (1)
		Mandy Loots		27.98	1:00.57	0.23	3:12.03 (1)
		Heleen Muller		26.28	55.16	0.07	4:07.19 (1)
2	4	Great Britain	GBR		4:07.52			Q
		Katy Sexton		30.70	1:02.22	–	1:02.22 (1)
		Heidi Earp		32.50	1:10.04	0.15	2:12.26 (2)
		Sue Rolph		27.95	1:00.11	0.43	3:12.37 (2)
		Karen Pickering		26.46	55.15	0.30	4:07.52 (2)
3	3	Belgium	BEL		4:10.98
		Sofie Wolfs		31.22	1:05.15	–	1:05.15 (4)
		Brigitte Becue		32.31	1:08.88	0.05	2:14.03 (5)
		Fabienne Dufour		28.06	1:00.99	0.31	3:15.02 (4)
		Nina Van Koeckhoven		26.54	55.96	0.03	4:10.98 (3)
4	2	Poland	POL		4:11.08
		Aleksandra Miciul		30.91	1:04.18	–	1:04.18 (3)
		Alicja Pęczak		32.44	1:09.19	0.23	2:13.37 (3)
		Anna Uryniuk		28.31	1:01.81	0.04	3:15.18 (5)
		Otylia Jędrzejczak		27.11	55.90	0.47	4:11.08 (4)
5	7	Hungary	HUN		4:11.11
		Annamária Kiss		32.30	1:06.15	–	1:06.15 (5)
		Ágnes Kovács		31.71	1:07.75	0.32	2:13.90 (4)
		Orsolya Ferenczy		27.88	1:00.61	0.15	3:14.51 (3)
		Gyöngyvér Lakos		26.98	56.60	0.07	4:11.11 (5)
6	6	Netherlands	NED		4:12.31
		Brenda Starink		30.50	1:06.93	–	1:06.93 (6)
		Madelon Baans		32.23	1:08.90	0.11	2:15.83 (6)
		Chantal Groot		27.50	1:01.09	0.03	3:16.92 (6)
		Thamar Henneken		26.35	55.39	0.23	4:12.31 (6)

Heat Two (12:27)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	Australia	AUS		4:04.75			Q
		Giaan Rooney		30.77	1:02.94	–	1:02.94 (2)
		Tarnee White		31.83	1:09.19	0.25	2:12.13 (2)
		Petria Thomas		26.47	57.71	0.10	3:09.84 (1)
		Sarah Ryan		25.93	54.91	0.21	4:04.75 (1)
2	5	Japan	JPN		4:05.76			Q
		Mai Nakamura		29.66	1:01.61	–	1:01.61 (1)
		Masami Tanaka		32.33	1:09.37	0.08	2:10.98 (1)
		Junko Onishi		27.73	59.25	0.21	3:10.23 (2)
		Sumika Minamoto		26.14	55.53	0.20	4:05.76 (2)
3	6	People's Republic of China	CHN		4:08.27			Q
		Zhan Shu		30.39	1:03.06	–	1:03.06 (3)
		Qi Hui		32.81	1:09.59	0.34	2:12.65 (3)
		Liu Limin		27.69	59.22	0.37	3:11.87 (3)
		Han Xue		27.02	56.40	0.29	4:08.27 (3)
4	3	Canada	CAN		4:08.47			Q
		Michelle Lischinsky		30.77	1:03.32	–	1:03.32 (5)
		Christin Petelski		33.16	1:10.12	0.30	2:13.44 (4)
		Jen Button		28.08	59.86	0.37	3:13.30 (4)
		Laura Nicholls		25.90	55.17	0.18	4:08.47 (4)
5	2	Russian Federation	RUS		4:09.64
		Oksana Verevka		30.83	1:03.69	–	1:03.69 (6)
		Olga Bakaldina		33.46	1:11.25	0.63	2:14.94 (6)
		Nataliya Sutyagina		27.25	58.39	0.27	3:13.33 (5)
		Inna Yaitskaya		26.78	56.31	0.31	4:09.64 (5)
6	7	Republic of Korea	KOR		4:16.93
		Sim Min-Ji		30.75	1:03.14	–	1:03.14 (4)
		Gu Hyo-Jin		33.61	1:10.89	0.67	2:14.03 (5)
		Lee Bo-Eun		28.34	1:03.15	0.57	3:17.18 (6)
		Jang Hui-Jin		28.13	59.75	0.56	4:16.93 (6)

Heat Three (12:34)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	3	Germany	GER		4:06.02			Q
		Antje Buschschulte		30.45	1:02.35	–	1:02.35 (1)
		Sylvia Gerasch		33.16	1:09.67	0.44	2:12.02 (1)
		Franziska van Almsick		27.22	59.20	0.40	3:11.22 (1)
		Katrin Meißner		26.53	54.80	0.54	4:06.02 (1)
2	4	United States	USA		4:06.16			Q
		Courtney Shealy		30.13	1:02.61	–	1:02.61 (2)
		Staciana Stitts		32.17	1:09.54	0.34	2:12.15 (2)
		Ashley Tappin		27.01	59.58	0.21	3:11.73 (2)
		Amy Van Dyken		26.57	54.43	0.38	4:06.16 (2)
3	5	Sweden	SWE		4:10.38
		Camilla Johansson		31.28	1:05.18	–	1:05.18 (6)
		Emma Igelström		32.40	1:10.93	0.23	2:16.11 (4)
		Johanna Sjöberg		26.78	58.56	0.17	3:14.67 (3)
		Louise Jöhncke		26.29	55.71	0.44	4:10.38 (3)
4	2	Spain	ESP		4:14.54
		Ivette María		30.88	1:03.15	–	1:03.15 (3)
		María del Carmen Collado		34.65	1:13.29	0.30	2:16.44 (5)
		Mireia García		28.87	1:01.11	0.19	3:17.55 (5)
		Laura Roca		27.12	56.99	0.14	4:14.54 (4)
5	7	Ukraine	UKR		4:15.64
		Nadiya Beshevli		31.48	1:04.52	–	1:04.52 (5)
		Svitlana Bondarenko		33.16	1:10.13	0.61	2:14.65 (3)
		Olena Hrytsiuk		28.77	1:02.77	0.30	3:17.42 (4)
		Valentyna Trehub		28.64	58.22	0.59	4:15.64 (5)
6	6	Romania	ROU		4:23.56
		Raluca Udroiu		31.54	1:04.44	–	1:04.44 (4)
		Simona Păduraru		36.09	1:17.54	0.35	2:21.98 (6)
		Carmen Herea		29.79	1:03.75	0.61	3:25.73 (6)
		Lorena Diaconescu		27.74	57.83	0.44	4:23.56 (6)

Final (23 September 2000 — 16:16)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	6	United States	USA		3:58.30			WR
		B. J. Bedford		30.14	1:01.39	–	1:01.39 (1)
		Megan Quann		31.11	1:06.29	0.19	2:07.68 (1)
		Jenny Thompson		25.90	57.25	0.35	3:04.93 (1)
		Dara Torres		25.50	53.37	0.23	3:58.30 (1)
2	4	Australia	AUS		4:01.59
		Dyana Calub		29.93	1:01.83	–	1:01.83 (2)
		Leisel Jones		31.97	1:08.08	0.41	2:09.91 (2)
		Petria Thomas		26.76	57.39	0.27	3:07.30 (2)
		Susie O'Neill		25.52	54.29	0.49	4:01.59 (2)
3	5	Japan	JPN		4:04.16
		Mai Nakamura		29.59	1:02.08	–	1:02.08 (5)
		Masami Tanaka		31.99	1:08.65	0.09	2:10.73 (5)
		Junko Onishi		27.52	58.72	0.13	3:09.45 (3)
		Sumika Minamoto		26.27	54.71	0.13	4:04.16 (3)
4	3	Germany	GER		4:04.33
		Antje Buschschulte		30.33	1:02.05	–	1:02.05 (=3)
		Sylvia Gerasch		32.27	1:08.57	0.20	2:10.62 (4)
		Franziska van Almsick		27.96	59.67	0.24	3:10.29 (4)
		Katrin Meißner		25.43	54.04	0.25	4:04.33 (4)
5	2	South Africa	RSA		4:05.15
		Charlene Wittstock		30.49	1:02.74	–	1:02.74 (8)
		Sarah Poewe		31.37	1:07.83	0.20	2:10.57 (3)
		Mandy Loots		27.80	59.81	0.13	3:10.38 (5)
		Heleen Muller		25.69	54.77	0.24	4:05.15 (5)
6	8	Canada	CAN		4:07.55
		Kelly Stefanyshyn		31.24	1:02.73	–	1:02.73 (7)
		Christin Petelski		32.64	1:09.14	0.15	2:11.87 (6)
		Jen Button		28.25	1:00.13	0.40	3:12.00 (7)
		Marianne Limpert		26.98	55.55	0.56	4:07.55 (6)
7	7	Great Britain	GBR		4:07.61
		Katy Sexton		30.54	1:02.05	–	1:02.05 (=3)
		Heidi Earp		32.87	1:10.25	0.19	2:12.30 (8)
		Sue Rolph		27.69	1:00.05	0.22	3:12.35 (8)
		Karen Pickering		26.40	55.26	0.30	4:07.61 (7)
8	1	People's Republic of China	CHN		4:07.83
		Zhan Shu		30.43	1:02.70	–	1:02.70 (6)
		Qi Hui		32.37	1:09.40	0.16	2:12.10 (7)
		Liu Limin		27.69	59.33	0.36	3:11.43 (6)
		Han Xue		26.56	56.40	0.31	4:07.83 (8)