# 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4x200 metre freestyle relay event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 12 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Location | Date |
| World record Championship record | China | Chen Qian (1:54.73) Tang Yi (1:53.54) Liu Jing (1:53.59) Zhu Qianwei (1:54.08) | 7:35.94 | Dubai | 15 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.

## Results
### Heats

12 teams participated in 2 heats.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | United States | Jasmine Tosky (1:58.10) Shannon Vreeland (1:55.75) Chelsea Chenault (1:54.73) Allison Schmitt (1:56.78) | 7:45.36 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Russia | Daria Belyakina (1:57.67) Ksenia Yuskova (1:57.64) Elena Sokolova (1:55.87) Veronika Popova (1:56.34) | 7:47.52 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | Italy | Alice Mizzau (1:58.99) Diletta Carli (1:57.85) Federica Pellegrini (1:54.75) Alice Nesti (1:56.36) | 7:47.95 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | China | Qiu Yuhan (1:57.03) Wang Fei (1:58.40) Guo Junjun (1:56.13) Pang Jiaying (1:56.72) | 7:48.28 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Japan | Haruka Ueda (1:56.21) Miki Uchida (1:58.37) Asami Chida (1:57.90) Emu Higuchi (1:58.33) | 7:50.81 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Denmark | Pernille Blume (1:58.47) Mie Nielsen (1:55.58) Katrine Holm Sørensen (2:00.09) Lotte Friis (1:57.19) | 7:51.33 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Great Britain | Sophie Allen (1:58.24) Ellie Faulkner (1:59.95) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.91) Rebecca Turner (1:56.74) | 7:51.84 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Hungary | Eszter Dara (1:59.65) Evelyn Verrasztó (1:56.32) Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:59.70) Katinka Hosszú (1:57.46) | 7:53.13 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | South Africa | Karin Prinsloo (1:58.41) Michelle Weber (2:02.84) Kyna Pereira (2:00.99) Jessica Pengelly (2:00.25) | 8:02.49 | AF |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Canada | Katerine Savard (1:58.79) Chantal van Landeghem (2:03.34) Noemie It-Ting Thomas (2:04.42) Heather MacLean (1:57.91) | 7:58.74 | |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Peru | Daniela Miyahara (2:05.78) Andrea Cedrón (2:07.91) Erika García-Naranjo (2:10.25) Oriele Espinoza (2:07.94) | 8:31.88 | NR |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Macau | Vong Erica Man Wai (2:00.33) Lei On Kei (2:03.15) Kuan Weng I (1:57.84) Tan Chi Yan (2:00.98) | 8:02.30 | NR |
| | 2 | 1 | Venezuela | | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 20:41.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | United States | Megan Romano (1:56.03) Chelsea Chenault (1:54.78) Shannon Vreeland (1:55.43) Allison Schmitt (1:53.01) | 7:39.25 | |
| | 5 | Russia | Veronika Popova (1:55.36) Elena Sokolova (1:55.61) Daria Belyakina (1:55.73) Ksenia Yuskova (1:56.07) | 7:42.77 | NR |
| | 6 | China | Qiu Yuhan (1:57.30) Pang Jiaying (1:56.72) Guo Junjun (1:55.91) Tang Yi (1:53.33) | 7:43.26 | |
| 4 | 8 | Hungary | Evelyn Verrasztó (1:56.96) Eszter Dara (1:58.60) Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:54.48) Katinka Hosszú (1:54.66) | 7:44.70 | NR |
| 5 | 1 | Great Britain | Rebecca Turner (1:56.57) Sophie Allen (1:58.14) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.40) Hannah Miley (1:54.74) | 7:45.85 | |
| 6 | 3 | Italy | Alice Mizzau (1:57.23) Alice Nesti (1:56.76) Diletta Carli (1:57.71) Federica Pellegrini (1:54.31) | 7:46.01 | NR |
| 7 | 7 | Denmark | Lotte Friis (1:55.93) Pernille Blume (1:56.81) Katrine Holm Sørensen (2:00.57) Mie Nielsen (1:53.73) | 7:47.04 | NR |
| 8 | 2 | Japan | Haruka Ueda (1:56.38) Miki Uchida (1:58.35) Asami Chida (1:58.00) Emu Higuchi (1:59.23) | 7:51.96 | |