# Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 22 June 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | China | 7:40.33 | Tokyo, Japan | 29 July 2021 |
| Competition record | Australia | 7:41.50 | Gwangju, South Korea | 25 July 2019 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Nation | Time | Record |
| 22 June | Final | United States | 7:41.45 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started at 10:11.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Australia | Leah Neale (1:57.03) Lani Pallister (1:56.86) Brianna Throssell (1:57.23) Kiah Melverton (1:56.49) | 7:47.61 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | China | Li Bingjie (1:57.55) Lao Lihui (1:56.91) Ge Chutong (1:57.92) Ai Yanhan (1:56.70) | 7:49.08 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | United States | Alexandra Walsh (1:57.94) Claire Weinstein (1:58.35) Hali Flickinger (1:57.05) Bella Sims (1:55.91) | 7:49.25 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Canada | Mary-Sophie Harvey (1:57.94) Katerine Savard (1:58.41) Rebecca Smith (1:59.03) Taylor Ruck (1:58.21) | 7:53.59 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Hungary | Zsuzsanna Jakabos (2:00.25) Nikolett Pádár (1:57.48) Ajna Késely (1:59.37) Dóra Molnár (1:59.42) | 7:56.52 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Brazil | Stephanie Balduccini (1:58.64) Giovanna Diamante (1:59.57) Aline Rodrigues (2:00.31) Maria Paula Heitmann (1:59.41) | 7:57.93 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Japan | Momoka Yoshii (2:01.50) Miyu Namba (1:57.31) Aoi Masuda (1:59.97) Waka Kobori (1:59.89) | 7:58.67 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Great Britain | Freya Anderson (1:59.96) Medi Harris (2:01.91) Freya Colbert (1:59.24) Lucy Hope (1:58.76) | 7:59.87 | Q, WD |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | New Zealand | Erika Fairweather (1:58.88) Eve Thomas (2:00.00) Caitlin Deans (2:03.42) Laura Littlejohn (2:02.57) | 8:04.87 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Austria | Marlene Kahler (2:01.28) Cornelia Pammer (2:02.23) Lena Kreundl (2:01.16) Lena Opatril (2:03.18) | 8:07.85 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Israel | Lea Polonsky (2:02.62) Anastasia Gorbenko (1:59.88) Aviv Barzelay (2:04.50) Daria Golovaty (2:01.20) | 8:08.20 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | South Korea | Kim Seo-yeong (1:59.65) Jung Hyun-young (2:04.39) Hur Yeon-kyung (2:06.41) Jo Hyun-ju (2:02.55) | 8:13.00 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:50.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | United States | Claire Weinstein (1:56.71) Leah Smith (1:56.47) Katie Ledecky (1:53.67) Bella Sims (1:54.60) | 7:41.45 | CR |
| | 4 | Australia | Madison Wilson (1:56.74) Leah Neale (1:55.27) Kiah Melverton (1:55.91) Mollie O'Callaghan (1:55.94) | 7:43.86 | |
| | 6 | Canada | Summer McIntosh (1:54.79) WJ Kayla Sanchez (1:57.39) Taylor Ruck (1:56.75) Penny Oleksiak (1:55.83) | 7:44.76 | |
| 4 | 5 | China | Tang Muhan (1:58.10) Li Bingjie (1:56.67) Ai Yanhan (1:56.77) Yang Junxuan (1:54.18) | 7:45.72 | |
| 5 | 2 | Hungary | Nikolett Pádár (1:58.01) Dóra Molnár (1:59.76) Ajna Késely (1:59.69) Boglárka Kapás (2:00.44) | 7:57.90 | |
| 6 | 7 | Brazil | Stephanie Balduccini (1:59.00) Giovanna Diamante (1:59.37) Aline Rodrigues (2:00.43) Maria Paula Heitmann (1:59.58) | 7:58.38 | |
| 7 | 8 | New Zealand | Erika Fairweather (1:58.24) Eve Thomas (1:59.17) Caitlin Deans (2:01.57) Laura Littlejohn (2:00.10) | 7:59.08 | |
| 8 | 1 | Japan | Momoka Yoshii (2:01.67) Miyu Namba (1:58.52) Aoi Masuda (1:59.70) Waka Kobori (2:00.14) | 8:00.03 | |