# Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 28 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
| World record | Netherlands (NED) Inge Dekker (53.61) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.30) Femke Heemskerk (53.03) Marleen Veldhuis (52.78) | 3:31.72 | Rome, Italy | 26 July 2009 |
| Competition record | Netherlands (NED) Inge Dekker (53.61) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.30) Femke Heemskerk (53.03) Marleen Veldhuis (52.78) | 3:31.72 | Rome, Italy | 26 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 12:10.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Simone Manuel (54.23) Natalie Coughlin (54.09) Elizabeth Pelton (54.66) Megan Romano (53.24) | United States | 3:36.22 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Bronte Campbell (54.57) Emma McKeon (53.71) Brittany Elmslie (53.97) Emily Seebohm (54.21) | Australia | 3:36.46 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Victoria Poon (54.56) Sandrine Mainville (54.04) Chantal van Landeghem (53.93) Samantha Cheverton (55.50) | Canada | 3:38.03 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Michelle Coleman (54.50) Louise Hansson (55.08) Sarah Sjöström (53.13) Nathalie Lindborg (55.36) | Sweden | 3:38.07 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Veronika Popova (54.58) Victoria Andreeva (54.74) Mariya Baklakova (54.27) Margarita Nesterova (54.73) | Russia | 3:38.32 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Inge Dekker (54.91) Femke Heemskerk (53.64) Esmee Vermeulen (55.22) Elise Bouwens (54.64) | Netherlands | 3:38.41 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Dorothea Brandt (55.36) Britta Steffen (53.63) Daniela Schreiber (54.95) Alexandra Wenk (55.25) | Germany | 3:39.19 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Haruka Ueda (55.39) Misaki Yamaguchi (54.51) Miki Uchida (54.85) Yayoi Matsumoto (54.49) | Japan | 3:39.24 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Qiu Yuhan (54.93) Pang Jiaying (54.93) Wang Haibing (54.99) Chen Xinyi (54.44) | China | 3:39.29 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Alice Mizzau (55.57) Federica Pellegrini (53.98) Silvia di Pietro (55.12) Erika Ferraioli (54.83) | Italy | 3:39.50 | NR |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Larissa Oliveira (55.29) Daynara de Paula (55.36) Graciele Herrmann (55.23) Alessandra Marchioro (55.17) | Brazil | 3:41.05 | SA |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Marta Gonzaléz (56.39) Patricia Castro (55.34) Beatriz Gómez Cortés (55.99) Melanie Costa (54.36) | Spain | 3:42.08 | NR |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Ingvild Snildal (56.17) Susann Bjornsen (55.99) Monica Johannessen (56.43) Henriette Brekke (56.42) | Norway | 3:45.01 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Quah Ting Wen (56.81) Amanda Lim (57.02) Mylene Ong (57.92) Lynette Lim (57.10) | Singapore | 3:48.85 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Hwang Seo-Jin (57.18) Kim Go-Eun (59.66) Han Na-Kyeong (58.92) An Se-Hyeon (59.91) | South Korea | 3:55.67 | |
| | 1 | 1 | | Mexico | | DNS |

### Final

The final was held at 19:17.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Missy Franklin (53.51) Natalie Coughlin (52.98) Shannon Vreeland (53.22) Megan Romano (52.60) | United States | 3:32.31 | AM |
| | 5 | Cate Campbell (52.33) OC Bronte Campbell (53.47) Emma McKeon (53.19) Alicia Coutts (53.44) | Australia | 3:32.43 | OC |
| | 7 | Elise Bouwens (55.68) Femke Heemskerk (52.86) Inge Dekker (54.58) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.65) | Netherlands | 3:35.77 | |
| 4 | 6 | Michelle Coleman (53.91) Louise Hansson (54.27) Sarah Sjöström (52.95) Nathalie Lindborg (55.43) | Sweden | 3:36.56 | |
| 5 | 3 | Victoria Poon (54.65) Sandrine Mainville (54.00) Chantal van Landeghem (53.57) Samantha Cheverton (54.87) | Canada | 3:37.09 | NR |
| 6 | 2 | Veronika Popova (55.11) Victoria Andreeva (54.62) Mariya Baklakova (54.42) Margarita Nesterova (54.30) | Russia | 3:38.45 | |
| 7 | 8 | Haruka Ueda (55.68) Misaki Yamaguchi (54.57) Miki Uchida (54.65) Yayoi Matsumoto (54.55) | Japan | 3:39.45 | |
| 8 | 1 | Dorothea Brandt (55.63) Britta Steffen (53.59) Alexandra Wenk (55.49) Daniela Schreiber (54.86) | Germany | 3:39.57 | |