Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Final

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Time behind	Notes

4	United States	Samantha Arsenault (1:59.92) Diana Munz (1:59.19) Lindsay Benko (1:59.34) Jenny Thompson (1:59.35)	7:57.80	OR

5	Australia	Susie O'Neill (1:58.70) Giaan Rooney (1:59.37) Kirsten Thomson (2:00.13) Petria Thomas (2:00.32)	7:58.52	0.72	OC

2	Germany	Franziska van Almsick (1:59.51) Antje Buschschulte (2:00.35) Sara Harstick (2:00.88) Kerstin Kielgass (1:57.90)	7:58.64	0.84	NR

4	3	Romania	Camelia Potec (1:59.10) Simona Păduraru (2:01.52) Lorena Diaconescu (2:01.47) Beatrice Câșlaru (1:59.54)	8:01.63	3.83	NR

5	1	Canada	Marianne Limpert (1:59.85) Shannon Shakespeare (2:01.78) Joanne Malar (2:00.50) Jessica Deglau (2:00.52)	8:02.65	4.85

6	8	Great Britain	Nicola Jackson (2:00.56) Karen Legg (2:01.55) Janine Belton (2:00.79) Karen Pickering (2:00.79)	8:03.69	5.89

7	6	Italy	Sara Parise (2:00.55) Cecilia Vianini (1:59.46) Luisa Striani (2:01.47) Sara Goffi (2:03.20)	8:04.68	6.88

8	7	France	Solenne Figuès (1:59.67) Laetitia Choux (2:01.86) Katarin Quelennec (2:03.19) Alicia Bozon (2:01.27)	8:05.99	8.19

Sentence(s)

Romania's Camelia Potec (1:59.10), Simona Păduraru (2:01.52), Diaconescu (2:01.47), and Beatrice Câșlaru (1:59.54) missed the podium with a fourth-place time of 8:01.63, which was worthy enough for a national record.
Romania's Camelia Potec (1:59.10), Simona Păduraru (2:01.52), Diaconescu (2:01.47), and Beatrice Câșlaru (1:59.54) missed the podium with a fourth-place time of 8:01.63 and made a national record.
Romania's Camelia Potec (1:59.10), Simona Păduraru (2:01.52), Diaconescu (2:01.47), and Beatrice Câșlaru (1:59.54) missed the podium with a fourth-place time of 8:01.63, and made a national record.

final_sentence: Romania's Camelia Potec (1:59.10), Simona Păduraru (2:01.52), Diaconescu (2:01.47), and Beatrice Câșlaru (1:59.54) missed the podium with a fourth-place time of 8:01.63, which was worthy enough for a national record.
final_sentence: Romania's Camelia Potec (1:59.10), Simona Păduraru (2:01.52), Diaconescu (2:01.47), and Beatrice Câșlaru (1:59.54) missed the podium with a fourth-place time of 8:01.63 and made a national record.
final_sentence: Romania's Camelia Potec (1:59.10), Simona Păduraru (2:01.52), Diaconescu (2:01.47), and Beatrice Câșlaru (1:59.54) missed the podium with a fourth-place time of 8:01.63, and made a national record.