# 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The Women's 4×100 Freestyle Relay at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 18 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 17 nations had teams swims the preliminary heats, from which the top-8 advanced to the evenings final to swim again.

## Records

At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were as follows.
| Type | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Location | Date |
| WR | Netherlands | Hinkelien Schreuder (52.88) Inge Dekker (52.24) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.12) Marleen Veldhuis (50.98) | 3:28.22 | Amsterdam | 19 December 2008 |
| CR | Netherlands | Hinkelien Schreuder (53.62) Femke Heemskerk (52.61) Inge Dekker (51.76) Marleen Veldhuis (51.43) | 3:29.42 | Manchester 2008 | 12 April 2008 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | WR | CR |
| 18 December 2010 | Final | Femke Heemskerk (52.33) Inge Dekker (52.47) Hinkelien Schreuder (52.32) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (51.42) | Netherlands | 3:28.54 | | CR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | USA | Kara Lynn Joyce (53.50) Katie Hoff (52.70) Amanda Weir (53.21) Jessica Hardy (52.49) | 3:31.90 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Australia | Emma McKeon (53.13) Kelly Stubbins (53.51) Kylie Palmer (53.37) Kotuku Ngawati (54.15) | 3:34.16 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Canada | Victoria Poon (53.55) Geneviève Saumur (53.33) Sinead Russell (54.00) Amanda Reason (53.56) | 3:34.44 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Netherlands | Inge Dekker (53.23) Hinkelien Schreuder (55.14) Femke Heemskerk (52.77) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.43) | 3:34.57 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | China | Pang Jiaying (53.88) Wang Junyao (54.03) Wang Shijia (53.94) Zhu Qianwei (53.24) | 3:35.09 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Sweden | Ida Varga (54.16) Petra Granlund (53.02) Michelle Coleman (54.33) Gabriella Fagundez (53.90) | 3:35.41 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Brazil | Tatiana Lemos (54.19) Flávia Delaroli (54.86) Julyana Kury (54.16) Michelle Lenhardt (54.25) | 3:37.46 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Russia | Veronika Popova (54.16) Margarita Nesterova (53.89) Victoria Malyutina (54.90) Elena Sokolova (54.85) | 3:37.80 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | Norway | Ingvild Snildal (55.11) Cecilie Waage Johanessen (54.34) Monica Waage Johanessen (55.96) Henriette Brekke (55.04) | 3:40.45 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Venezuela | Ximena Vilar (57.77) Andreina Pinto (57.42) Eliana Barrios (58.05) Jeserik Pinto (57.41) | 3:50.65 | |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Chinese Taipei | Cheng Wan-Jung (57.54) Chen Ting (56.96) Ting Sheng-Yo (57.34) Chen I-Chuan (58.98) | 3:50.82 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Malta | Nicola Muscat (58.28) Talisa Pace (58.68) Melinda Sue Micallef (59.73) Davina Mangion (1:00.67) | 3:57.36 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Peru | Andrea Cedron (59.43) Oriele Alejandra Espinoza (59.43) Massie Milagros Carrillo (59.71) Daniela Kaori Miyahara (59.20) | 3:57.77 | |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Macau | Ma Cheok Mei (58.67) Lei On Kei (1:00.85) Tan Chi Yan (1:02.18) Lou Wai Sam (1:00.15) | 4:01.85 | |
| 15 | 2 | 6 | Kenya | Sylvia Brunlehner (1:01.81) Sonia Cege (1:06.03) Soraya Oruya (1:05.07) Anham Salyani (1:07.43) | 4:20.34 | |
| – | 1 | 2 | Nigeria | | DNS | |
| – | 3 | 2 | Hungary | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Name | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Netherlands | Frederike Heemskerk (52.33) Inge Dekker (52.47) Hinkelien Schreuder (52.32) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (51.42) | 3:28.54 | CR |
| | 4 | United States | Natalie Coughlin (51.88) Katie Hoff (52.79) Jessica Hardy (53.03) Dana Vollmer (51.64) | 3:29.34 | |
| | 2 | China | Tang Yi (52.27) Zhu Qianwei (52.60) Pang Jiaying (52.94) Li Zhesi (52.00) | 3:29.81 | |
| 4 | 5 | Australia | Emma McKeon (52.63) Felicity Galvez (52.71) Kotuku Ngawati (52.54) Marieke Guehrer (53.04) | 3:30.92 | |
| 5 | 7 | Sweden | Therese Alshammar (53.23) Sarah Sjöström (52.69) Ida Varga (53.31) Petra Granlund (52.74) | 3.31.97 | |
| 6 | 3 | Canada | Victoria Poon (53.27) Geneviève Saumur (53.22) Sinead Russell (53.72) Amanda Reason (53.71) | 3:33.92 | |
| 7 | 8 | Russia | Margarita Nesterova (54.00) Veronika Popova (53.03) Svetlana Fedulova (54.30) Elena Sokolova (54.25) | 3:35.58 | |
| 8 | 1 | Brazil | Tatiana Lemos (54.12) Flávia Delaroli (53.81) Michelle Lenhardt (54.26) Julyana Kury (53.76) | 3:35.95 | |