# 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

The Women's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 11 December 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record Championship record | Netherlands | 1:34.24 | Doha | 7 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 09:30.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 8 | Denmark | Julie Kepp Jensen (24.76) Mie Nielsen (24.38) Emilie Beckmann (24.70) Jeanette Ottesen (23.54) | 1:37.38 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Netherlands | Tamara van Vliet (24.44) Maaike de Waard (24.39) Kim Busch (24.16) Maud van der Meer (24.46) | 1:37.45 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Canada | Sandrine Mainville (24.35) Alexia Zevnik (24.54) Taylor Ruck (24.12) Sarah Darcel (24.90) | 1:37.91 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | France | Anna Santamans (24.39) Mélanie Henique (24.30) Marie Wattel (24.55) Mathilde Cini (24.73) | 1:37.97 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | United States | Katrina Konopka (24.76) Ali DeLoof (24.22) Marta Cieśla (25.05) Mallory Comerford (24.08) | 1:38.11 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | Italy | Silvia Di Pietro (24.64) Erika Ferraioli (24.15) Aglaia Pezzato (24.73) Federica Pellegrini (24.63) | 1:38.15 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | China | Tang Yuting (24.91) Sun Meichen (24.73) Shen Duo (24.95) Zhu Menghui (23.65) | 1:38.24 | Q, AS |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Japan | Sayuki Ouchi (24.84) Yui Yamane (24.61) Tomomi Aoki (24.79) Asuka Kobayashi (25.30) | 1:39.54 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Sweden | Nathalie Lindborg (25.54) Sara Junevik (25.43) Sophie Hansson (25.82) Ida Lindborg (25.32) | 1:42.11 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Singapore | Amanda Lim (25.66) Marina Chan (25.26) Hoong En Qi (26.14) Roanne Ho (26.14) | 1:43.20 | NR |
| 11 | 1 | 4 | Macau | Lei On Kei (26.34) Tan Chi Yan (26.35) Choi Weng Tong (27.38) Long Chi Wai (26.86) | 1:46.93 | NR |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Paraguay | Karen Riveros (26.38) Maria Arrua (26.54) Nicole Rautemberg (27.41) Alma Castillo (27.50) | 1:47.83 | NR |
| | 1 | 5 | Australia | | | DNS |
| | 2 | 1 | Seychelles | | | DNS |
| | 2 | 5 | Algeria | | | DNS |

### Final

The final was held at 18:30.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Canada | Michelle Williams (24.07) Sandrine Mainville (23.62) Taylor Ruck (23.77) Penny Oleksiak (23.54) | 1:35.00 | NR |
| | 5 | Netherlands | Tamara van Vliet (24.45) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (23.11) Maaike de Waard (24.09) Kim Busch (23.72) | 1:35.37 | |
| | 7 | Italy | Silvia Di Pietro (23.92) Erika Ferraioli (23.52) Aglaia Pezzato (24.06) Federica Pellegrini (24.11) | 1:35.61 | NR |
| 4 | 2 | United States | Amanda Weir (24.37) Kelsi Worrell (23.57) Madison Kennedy (24.10) Katrina Konopka (23.82) | 1:35.86 | |
| 5 | 4 | Denmark | Julie Kepp Jensen (24.82) Mie Nielsen (24.00) Emilie Beckmann (24.48) Jeanette Ottesen (23.68) | 1:36.98 | |
| 6 | 6 | France | Mélanie Henique (24.64) Marie Wattel (24.50) Mathilde Cini (24.46) Anna Santamans (23.61) | 1:37.21 | |
| 7 | 1 | China | Tang Yuting (25.21) Sun Meichen (24.35) Shen Duo (24.81) Zhu Menghui (23.59) | 1:37.96 | AS |
| 8 | 8 | Japan | Sayuki Ouchi (24.58) Yui Yamane (24.78) Tomomi Aoki (24.95) Asuka Kobayashi (25.48) | 1:39.79 | |