Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Final

Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Time Behind	Notes

4	Australia	Alicia Coutts (53.90) Cate Campbell (53.19) Brittany Elmslie (53.41) Melanie Schlanger (52.65)	3:33.15	OR

3	Netherlands	Inge Dekker (54.67) Marleen Veldhuis (53.80) Femke Heemskerk (53.39) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (51.93)	3:33.79	0.64

5	United States	Missy Franklin (53.52) Jessica Hardy (53.53) Lia Neal (53.65) Allison Schmitt (53.54)	3:34.24	1.09	AM, NR

4	6	China	Tang Yi (53.58) Qiu Yuhan (54.49) Wang Haibing (54.03) Pang Jiaying (54.65)	3:36.75	3.60

5	8	Great Britain	Amy Smith (54.27) Francesca Halsall (53.29) Jess Lloyd (54.65) Caitlin McClatchey (54.81)	3:37.02	3.87

6	7	Denmark	Pernille Blume (54.52) Mie Nielsen (54.04) Lotte Friis (55.65) Jeanette Ottesen Gray (53.24)	3:37.45	4.30	NR

7	2	Japan	Haruka Ueda (54.34) Yayoi Matsumoto (54.52) Miki Uchida (54.43) Hanae Ito (54.67)	3:37.96	4.81	NR

1	Sweden	Michelle Coleman (54.57) Sarah Sjöström (53.91) Ida Marko-Varga (55.01) Gabriella Fagundez	DSQ

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The U.S. team had Missy Franklin with 53.52, Jessica Hardy with 53.53, Lia Neal with 53.65 and Allison Schmitt with 53.54, and settled for the bronze in an American record of 3:34.24.

final_sentence: The U.S. team had Missy Franklin with 53.52, Jessica Hardy with 53.53, Lia Neal with 53.65 and Allison Schmitt with 53.54, and settled for the bronze in an American record of 3:34.24.