# Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 1 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
| World record | China (CHN) Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73) | 7:42.08 | Rome, Italy | 30 July 2009 |
| Competition record | China (CHN) Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73) | 7:42.08 | Rome, Italy | 30 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 11:15.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Ye Shiwen (1:57.43) Shao Yiwen (1:57.69) Guo Junjun (1:58.26) Zhang Wenqing (1:59.12) | China | 7:52.50 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Brittany Elmslie (1:57.70) Emma McKeon (1:58.24) Ami Matsuo (1:58.61) Alicia Coutts (1:58.14) | Australia | 7:52.69 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Chelsea Chenault (1:58.95) Karlee Bispo (1:57.74) Maya Dirado (1:58.48) Jordan Mattern (1:57.86) | United States | 7:53.03 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Melanie Costa (1:57.90) Patricia Castro (1:59.27) Beatriz Gómez Cortés (1:59.25) Mireia Belmonte (1:58.48) | Spain | 7:54.90 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Charlotte Bonnet (1:58.31) Mylène Lazare (1:59.81) Isabelle Mabboux (2:01.14) Coralie Balmy (1:57.12) | France | 7:56.38 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Samantha Cheverton (1:58.95) Barbara Jardin (1:58.43) Brittany MacLean (1:58.82) Savannah King (2:00.44) | Canada | 7:56.64 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Chihiro Igarashi (1:58.55) Haruka Ueda (1:59.56) Yasuko Miyamoto (1:59.06) Aya Takano (1:59.69) | Japan | 7:56.98 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Alice Mizzau (1:58.93) Martina de Memme (1:59.04) Diletta Carli (2:00.49) Federica Pellegrini (1:58.95) | Italy | 7:57.41 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Viktoriya Andreyeva (1:58.40) Veronika Popova (1:58.38) Mariya Baklakova (2:00.38) Ksenia Yuskova (2:01.96) | Russia | 7:59.12 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Jéssica Cavalheiro (2:02.72) Manuella Lyrio (2:00.64) Larissa Oliveira (2:02.94) Carolina Bilich (2:03.17) | Brazil | 8:09.47 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Liliana Ibáñez (2:01.45) Fernanda González (2:04.42) Rita Medrano (2:04.26) Susana Escobar (2:01.43) | Mexico | 8:11.56 | NR |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Quah Ting Wen (2:02.70) Lynette Lim (2:03.22) Amanda Lim (2:04.59) Mylene Ong (2:05.40) | Singapore | 8:15.91 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Park Jin-Young (2:08.20) Hwang Seo-Jin (2:08.80) An Se-Hyeon (2:09.16) Han Na-Kyeong (2:06.82) | South Korea | 8:32.98 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:40.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Katie Ledecky (1:56.32) Shannon Vreeland (1:56.97) Karlee Bispo (1:57.58) Missy Franklin (1:54.27) | United States | 7:45.14 | |
| | 5 | Bronte Barratt (1:57.04) Kylie Palmer (1:56.29) Brittany Elmslie (1:56.42) Alicia Coutts (1:57.33) | Australia | 7:47.08 | |
| | 2 | Camille Muffat (1:56.45) Charlotte Bonnet (1:56.81) Mylène Lazare (1:59.15) Coralie Balmy (1:56.02) | France | 7:48.43 | |
| 4 | 4 | Ye Shiwen (1:57.17) Shao Yiwen (1:57.54) Guo Junjun (1:58.02) Qiu Yuhan (1:57.06) | China | 7:49.79 | |
| 5 | 6 | Melanie Costa (1:56.50) Patricia Castro (1:59.06) Mireia Belmonte (1:58.56) Beatriz Gómez Cortés (1:59.08) | Spain | 7:53.20 | NR |
| 6 | 7 | Samantha Cheverton (1:59.23) Barbara Jardin (1:58.19) Brittany MacLean (1:58.03) Savannah King (2:00.03) | Canada | 7:55.48 | |
| 7 | 8 | Alice Mizzau (1:59.84) Martina de Memme (1:58.60) Diletta Carli (2:00.74) Federica Pellegrini (1:58.73) | Italy | 7:57.91 | |
| 8 | 1 | Chihiro Igarashi (1:58.41) Haruka Ueda (1:59.55) Yasuko Miyamoto (1:59.81) Aya Takano (2:00.38) | Japan | 7:58.15 | |