The Women's 4 × 200 Freestyle Relay at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 15 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 13 nations swam in the prelims, with the top-8 finishers swimming again in the final.
In the final, the top-4 teams all swam under the existing World Record in the event.
Records At the start of the event, the World (WR) and Championship records (CR) was: Type Nation Swimmers Time Location DateWRCR Inge Dekker (1:55.36)Femke Heemskerk (1:53.44)Marleen Veldhuis (1:54.17)Ranomi Kromowidjojo (1:55.93) 7:38.90 Manchester 9 April 2008
The following records were established during the competition: 800 Free Relay (WR): 7:35.94, China 200 Freestyle (CR): 1:53.17, Camille Muffat (in the final)
Results Heats Rank Heat Lane Nation Name Time Notes 1 2 5 Missy Franklin (1:55.65)Dagny Knutson (1:55.13)Jasmine Tosky (1:56.60)Katie Hoff (1:53.25) 7:40.63 Q 2 1 4 Blair Evans (1.55.59)Jade Neilsen (1.55.59)Kelly Stubbins (1.56.52)Kylie Palmer (1.53.22) 7:40.92 Q 3 1 6 Pang Jiaying (1:55.65)Wang Shijia (1:57.38)Chen Qian (1:54.17)Zhu Qianwei (1:53.90) 7:41.10 Q 4 2 2 Ophélie Etienne (1:55.77)Coralie Balmy (1:55.28)Mylène Lazare (1:56.44)Camille Muffat (1:55.69) 7:43.18 Q 5 1 2 Katinka Hosszú (1:57.44)Ágnes Mutina (1:55.47)Eszter Dara (1:58.47)Evelyn Verrasztó (1:54.95) 7:46.33 Q 6 2 4 Gabriella Fagundez (1:55.98)Ida Varga (1:56.22)Michelle Coleman (1:59.51)Sarah Sjöström (1:57.54) 7:49.25 Q 7 2 7 Chiara Luccetti (1:57.98)Alice Nesti (1:57.43)Francesca Segat (1:57.47)Renata Spagnolo (1:56.54) 7:49.42 Q 8 2 3 Elena Sokolova (1:59.02)Victoria Malyutina (1:58.10)Daria Belyakina (1:57.00)Veronika Popova (1:56.02) 7:50.14 Q 9 1 5 Alexandra Gabor (1:59.13)Sinead Russell (1:59.07)Amanda Reason (1:58.08)Genevieve Saumur (1:56.40) 7:52.68 10 1 3 Cheng Wan-Jung (2:06.58)Chen I-Chuan (2:10.36)Chen Ting (2:04.40)Ting Sheng-Yo (2:03.66) 8:25.00 11 2 1 Daniela Kaori Miyahara (2:07.61)Massie Milagros Carrillo (2:10.97)Oriele Alejandra Espinoza (2:08.19)Andrea Cedron (2:06.45) 8:33.22 12 2 6 Ma Cheok Mei (2:09.99)Tan Chi Yan (2:15.83)Lou Wai Sam (2:15.58)Vong Erica Man Wai (2:14.82) 8:56.22 – 1 7 Talisa Pace (2:11.56)Davina MangionMelinda Sue MicallefNicola Muscat DSQ
Final Rank Lane Nation Name Time Notes 3 Chen Qian (1.54.73)Tang Yi (1.53.54)Liu Jing (1.53.59)Zhu Qianwei (1.54.08) 7:35.94 WR 5 Blair Evans (1:54.87)Jade Neilsen (1:54.87)Kelly Stubbins (1:55.41)Kylie Palmer (1:52.42) 7:37.57 OC 6 Camille Muffat (1:53.17) CRCoralie Balmy (1:53.71)Mylène Lazare (1:56.24)Ophélie Etienne (1:55.21) 7:38.33 ER 4 4 Katie Hoff (1:53.37)Dagny Knutson (1:56.15)Missy Franklin (1:55.30)Dana Vollmer (1:53.60) 7:38.42 AM 5 7 Gabriella Fagundez (1:56.42)Sarah Sjöström (1:54.88)Ida Varga (1:55.31)Petra Granlund (1:55.30) 7:41.91 NR 6 1 Renata Spagnolo (1:57.60)Alice Nesti (1:58.20)Federica Pellegrini (1:54.70)Chiara Luccetti (1:56.30) 7:46.80 7 2 Evelyn Verrasztó (1:55.23)Ágnes Mutina (1:55.76)Katinka Hosszú (1:58.20)Eszter Dara (1:58.51) 7:47.70 8 8 Veronika Popova (1:57.69)Daria Belyakina (1:56.55)Victoria Malyutina (1:57.95)Elena Sokolova (1:56.78) 7:48.97
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