Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Final

Swimming at the 2004 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	Natalie Coughlin (1:57.74) Carly Piper (1:59.39) Dana Vollmer (1:58.12) Kaitlin Sandeno (1:58.17)	7:53.42	WR

7	China	Zhu Yingwen (1:59.75) Xu Yanwei (1:58.45) Yang Yu (1:59.50) Pang Jiaying (1:58.27)	7:55.97	2.55	AS

6	Germany	Franziska van Almsick (1:59.61) Petra Dallmann (2:00.06) Antje Buschschulte (1:58.46) Hannah Stockbauer (1:59.22)	7:57.35	3.93

4	3	Australia	Alice Mills (2:00.38) Elka Graham (1:59.18) Shayne Reese (2:00.64) Petria Thomas (1:57.20)	7:57.40	3.98	OC

5	5	Great Britain	Melanie Marshall (1:59.39) Georgina Lee (2:00.50) Caitlin McClatchey (2:00.48) Karen Pickering (1:58.74)	7:59.11	5.69

6	2	Spain	Tatiana Rouba (2:00.18) Melissa Caballero (2:00.57) Arantxa Ramos (2:02.32) Erika Villaécija García (1:59.04)	8:02.11	8.69

7	1	Brazil	Joanna Melo (2:01.20) Monique Ferreira (2:01.42) Mariana Brochado (2:01.15) Paula Baracho (2:01.52)	8:05.29	11.87

8	8	Sweden	Josefin Lillhage (1:59.86) Ida Mattsson (2:01.45) Malin Svahnström (2:03.68) Lotta Wanberg (2:03.35)	8:08.34	14.92

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In the Swimming 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay; the Australians had posted 7:57.40 to settle for fourth place.
Australians set a record of 7:57.40 and settled at fourth place.
The Australians broke their national record of 7:57.40 to settle for fourth place.

final_sentence: In the Swimming 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay; the Australians had posted 7:57.40 to settle for fourth place.
final_sentence: Australians set a record of 7:57.40 and settled at fourth place.
final_sentence: The Australians broke their national record of 7:57.40 to settle for fourth place.