# Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4×200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 28. The heats and final were held on July 28.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record Championship record | Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73) | China | 7:42.08 | Rome | July 30, 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

17 teams participated in 3 heats.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | United States | Missy Franklin (1:56.98) Katie Hoff (1:57.01) Jasmine Tosky (1:59.20) Dagny Knutson (1:57.27) | 7:50.46 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Canada | Julia Wilkinson (1:58.49) Brittany MacLean (1:58.33) Samantha Cheverton (1:58.34) Barbara Jardin (1:56.89) | 7:52.05 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Hungary | Ágnes Mutina (1:58.12) Evelyn Verrasztó (1:58.14) Katinka Hosszú (1:58.57) Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:57.29) | 7:52.12 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | China | Chen Qian (1:58.49) Zhu Qianwei (1:58.78) Liu Jing (1:58.31) Pang Jiaying (1:57.63) | 7:53.21 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Great Britain | Joanne Jackson (1:58.88) Rebecca Turner (1:59.04) Hannah Miley (1:59.05) Caitlin McClatchey (1:58.68) | 7:55.65 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Australia | Angie Bainbridge (1:58.84) Blair Evans (1:57.33) Jade Neilsen (2:00.42) Bronte Barratt (1:59.09) | 7:55.68 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | France | Coralie Balmy (1:58.31) Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne (2:00.62) Charlotte Bonnet (1:58.40) Camille Muffat (1:58.56) | 7:55.89 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | New Zealand | Lauren Boyle (1:57.74) Penelope May Marshall (2:00.68) Amaka Gessler (1:59.67) Natasha Hind (1:59.06) | 7:57.15 | Q, NR |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Japan | Haruka Ueda (1:58.36) Hanae Ito (1:58.04) Yayoi Matsumoto (1:59.22) Misaki Yamaguchi (2:02.20) | 7:57.82 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Germany | Silke Lippok (1:58.04) Lisa Vitting (1:59.14) Daniela Schreiber (1:59.84) Franziska Jansen (2:01.72) | 7:58.74 | |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Russia | Veronika Popova (1:57.86) Elena Sokolova (2:00.29) Viktoriya Andreeva (2:00.21) Kira Volodina (2:01.33) | 7:59.69 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Sweden | Ida Marko-Varga (2:00.33) Gabriella Fagundez (2:03.15) Sarah Sjöström (1:57.84) Stina Gardell (2:00.98) | 8:02.30 | |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Italy | Alice Mizzau (2:01.88) Federica Pellegrini (1:58.08) Alice Nesti (2:00.40) Renata Spagnolo (2:02.33) | 8:02.69 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Ukraine | Valeriya Podlesna (2:02.56) Darya Stepanyuk (2:00.86) Ganna Dzerkal (2:02.93) Daryna Zevyna (2:00.07) | 8:06.42 | NR |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Austria | Joerdis Steinegger (1:59.58) Birgit Koschischek (2:01.77) Eva Chavez-Diaz (2:02.58) Nina Dittrich (2:00.74) | 8:06.67 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Ireland | Sycerika McMahon (2:00.88) Melanie Nocher (2:01.28) Clare Dawson (2:02.07) Gráinne Murphy (2:03.43) | 8:07.66 | NR |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Mexico | Charetzeni Susana Escobar (2:04.17) Liliana Ibanez (2:01.87) Patricia Castañeda (2:06.16) Rita Medrano (2:03.83) | 8:16.03 | |
| – | 3 | 2 | South Korea | | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:43.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | United States | Missy Franklin (1:55.06) Dagny Knutson (1:57.18) Katie Hoff (1:57.41) Allison Schmitt (1:56.49) | 7:46.14 | |
| | 7 | Australia | Bronte Barratt (1:56.86) Blair Evans (1:57.69) Angie Bainbridge (1:57.36) Kylie Palmer (1:55.51) | 7:47.42 | |
| | 6 | China | Chen Qian (1:57.37) Pang Jiaying (1:56.97) Liu Jing (1:57.85) Tang Yi (1:55.47) | 7:47.66 | |
| 4 | 1 | France | Camille Muffat (1:57.83) Coralie Balmy (1:58.00) Charlotte Bonnet (1:58.83) Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne (1:57.56) | 7:52.22 | |
| 5 | 3 | Hungary | Ágnes Mutina (1:57.89) Evelyn Verrasztó (1:58.49) Katinka Hosszú (1:58.98) Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:57.03) | 7:52.39 | |
| 6 | 2 | Great Britain | Joanne Jackson (1:57.92) Rebecca Turner (1:58.37) Hannah Miley (1:58.74) Caitlin McClatchey (1:58.48) | 7:53.51 | |
| 7 | 5 | Canada | Barbara Jardin (1:58.27) Julia Wilkinson (1:59.37) Samantha Cheverton (1:58.45) Brittany MacLean (1:57.53) | 7:53.62 | |
| 8 | 8 | New Zealand | Lauren Boyle (1:58.10) Amaka Gessler (1:59.41) Penelope May Marshall (2:00.42) Natasha Hind (1:58.62) | 7:56.55 | NR |