Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay; at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Danube Arena
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Dates	18 June (heats and final)
Competitors	53 from 11 nations
Teams	11
Winning time	3:30.95
Medalists
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The Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 18 June 2022.^[1]^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record	Australia	3:29.69	Tokyo, Japan	25 July 2021
Competition record	Australia	3:30.21	Gwangju, South Korea	21 July 2019

The heats were started at 11:18.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Australia	Madison Wilson (52.99) Meg Harris (52.98) Leah Neale (53.85) Brianna Throssell (53.92)	3:33.74	Q
2	2	5	United States	Kate Douglass (54.19) Mallory Comerford (53.86) Erika Brown (53.29) Natalie Hinds (53.89)	3:35.23	Q
3	1	4	Canada	Kayla Sanchez (53.51) Taylor Ruck (53.49) Rebecca Smith (54.29) Katerine Savard (54.05)	3:35.34	Q
4	2	3	Great Britain	Lucy Hope (55.12) Anna Hopkin (53.03) Medi Harris (54.92) Freya Anderson (53.17)	3:36.24	Q
5	1	3	China	Zhu Menghui (54.65) Ai Yanhan (54.31) Lao Lihui (54.26) Cheng Yujie (53.44)	3:36.66	Q
6	1	5	Netherlands	Kim Busch (55.45) Marrit Steenbergen (52.99) Tessa Giele (54.43) Valerie van Roon (54.69)	3:37.56	Q
7	2	6	Brazil	Ana Carolina Vieira (54.65) Stephanie Balduccini (54.09) Giovanna Diamante (53.98) Giovana Medeiros (55.32)	3:38.04	Q
8	1	6	Hungary	Nikolett Pádár (55.01) Petra Senánszky (55.26) Dóra Molnár (54.91) Fanni Gyurinovics (53.86)	3:39.04	Q
9	2	7	South Korea	Jeong So-eun (55.26) Hur Yeon-kyung (55.87) Jung Hyun-young (55.89) Ko Mi-so (55.92)	3:42.94
10	2	2	Israel	Anastasia Gorbenko (54.35) Daria Golovaty (55.59) Aviv Barzelay (57.46) Lea Polonsky (56.19)	3:43.59
11	1	2	Thailand	Jenjira Srisaard (58.96) Kamonchanok Kwanmuang (1:01.10) Phiangkhwan Pawapotako (1:01.56) Jinjutha Pholjamjumrus (58.60)	4:00.22

The final was held at 19:47.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time
	4	Australia	Mollie O'Callaghan (52.70) Madison Wilson (52.60) Meg Harris (53.00) Shayna Jack (52.65)	3:30.95
	3	Canada	Kayla Sanchez (53.45) Taylor Ruck (52.92) Maggie Mac Neil (53.27) Penny Oleksiak (52.51)	3:32.15
	5	United States	Torri Huske (52.96) Erika Brown (53.30) Kate Douglass (53.61) Claire Curzan (52.71)	3:32.58
4	2	China	Zhang Yufei (54.81) Zhu Menghui (54.47) Yang Junxuan (52.79) Cheng Yujie (53.18)	3:35.25
5	6	Great Britain	Anna Hopkin (53.70) Abbie Wood (55.03) Lucy Hope (54.00) Freya Anderson (52.70)	3:35.43
6	1	Brazil	Ana Carolina Vieira (54.78) Stephanie Balduccini (53.97) Giovanna Diamante (54.09) Giovana Medeiros (55.26)	3:38.10
7	7	Netherlands	Marrit Steenbergen (53.41) Tessa Giele (54.49) Kim Busch (55.47) Valerie van Roon (54.81)	3:38.18
8	8	Hungary	Nikolett Pádár (55.16) Fanni Gyurinovics (54.15) Petra Senánszky (54.88) Dóra Molnár (54.01)	3:38.20