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

Round One

Date	22 September 2000
Format	Fastest 8 advanced to the final round.

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	4	Australia	AUS	4:04.75	Q
2	5	Japan	JPN	4:05.76	Q
3	3	Germany	GER	4:06.02	Q
4	4	United States	USA	4:06.16	Q
5	5	South Africa	RSA	4:07.19	Q
6	4	Great Britain	GBR	4:07.52	Q
7	6	People's Republic of China	CHN	4:08.27	Q
8	3	Canada	CAN	4:08.47	Q
9	2	Russian Federation	RUS	4:09.64
10	5	Sweden	SWE	4:10.38
11	3	Belgium	BEL	4:10.98
12	2	Poland	POL	4:11.08
13	7	Hungary	HUN	4:11.11
14	6	Netherlands	NED	4:12.31
15	2	Spain	ESP	4:14.54
16	7	Ukraine	UKR	4:15.64
17	7	Republic of Korea	KOR	4:16.93
18	6	Romania	ROU	4:23.56

Heat #1

Time	12:20

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

Heat #2

Time	12:27

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

Heat #3

Time	12:34

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

Final Round

Date	23 September 2000 — 16:16

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