# 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 5 December.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Netherlands | 3:28.22 | Amsterdam | 19 December 2008 |
| Championship record | Netherlands | 3:28.54 | Dubai | 18 December 2010 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Nation | Time | Record |
| 5 December | Final | Netherlands | 3:26.53 | WR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 13:33.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | United States | Natalie Coughlin (51.93) Amy Bilquist (53.05) Madison Kennedy (52.52) Amanda Weir (53.52) | 3:31.02 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Denmark | Mie Nielsen (53.13) Julie Levisen (53.79) Pernille Blume (53.29) Jeanette Ottesen (52.74) | 3:32.95 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Italy | Silvia Di Pietro (53.39) Erika Ferraioli (53.15) Alice Mizzau (54.29) Federica Pellegrini (52.82) | 3:33.65 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | China | Qiu Yuhan (53.24) Tang Yi (53.18) Shen Duo (53.47) Zhang Yufei (54.23) | 3:34.12 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Brazil | Larissa Oliveira (53.48) Daynara de Paula (53.42) Daiane Oliveira (53.90) Alessandra Marchioro (53.71) | 3:34.51 | Q, SA |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Japan | Miki Uchida (52.71) Yayoi Matsumoto (53.61) Tomomi Aoki (53.78) Rino Hosoda (54.53) | 3:34.63 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Netherlands | Maud van der Meer (53.39) Esmee Vermeulen (53.63) Rieneke Terink (55.54) Femke Heemskerk (52.32) | 3:34.88 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Germany | Anna Dietterle (54.60) Annika Bruhn (53.16) Marlene Huther (54.68) Daniela Schreiber (52.91) | 3:35.35 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Austria | Lena Kreundl (54.34) Birgit Koschischek (53.75) Lisa Zaiser (54.18) Jördis Steinegger (54.59) | 3:36.86 | |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Russia | Rozaliya Nasretdinova (54.24) Viktoriya Andreyeva (54.44) Arina Openysheva (54.29) Margarita Nesterova (54.01) | 3:36.98 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | South Africa | Lehesta Kemp (55.83) Erin Gallagher (54.31) Trudi Maree (55.18) Rene Warnes (57.04) | 3:42.36 | |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Turkey | İlknur Nihan Çakıcı (56.59) Esra Kübra Kaçmaz (56.85) Sezin Eligul (56.85) Ekaterina Avramova (53.75) | 3:44.04 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Macau | Tan Chi Yan (58.76) Lei On Kei (58.70) Long Chi Wai (1:00.07) Choi Weng Tong (1:00.70) | 3:58.23 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | India | Anusha Sanjeev Mehta (1:00.96) Malavika Vishwanath (1:00.00) Thalasha Satish Prabhu (59.50) Aditi Dhumatkar (58.12) | 3:58.58 | |
| 15 | 1 | 3 | Seychelles | Alexus Laird (56.78) Anisha Payet (1:06.22) Maria Marzocchi (1:07.92) Felicity Passon (56.93) | 4:07.85 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | Papua New Guinea | Savannah Tkatchenko (1:01.90) Shanice Paraka (1:03.50) Tegan McCarthy (1:04.60) Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (58.36) | 4:08.36 | |
| — | 2 | 3 | Sweden | | DNS |

### Final

The final was held at 20:11.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 1 | Netherlands | Inge Dekker (52.39) Femke Heemskerk (50.58) Maud van der Meer (52.55) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (51.01) | 3:26.53 | WR |
| | 4 | United States | Natalie Coughlin (52.25) Abbey Weitzeil (51.57) Madison Kennedy (51.82) Shannon Vreeland (52.06) | 3:27.70 | |
| | 3 | Italy | Erika Ferraioli (52.70) Silvia Di Pietro (52.30) Aglaia Pezzato (52.72) Federica Pellegrini (51.76) | 3:29.48 | |
| 4 | 5 | Denmark | Jeanette Ottesen (51.91) Julie Levisen (53.26) Mie Nielsen (52.03) Pernille Blume (52.66) | 3:29.86 | |
| 5 | 6 | China | Qiu Yuhan (53.28) Tang Yi (52.64) Shen Duo (52.29) Zhang Yufei (53.57) | 3:31.78 | |
| 6 | 7 | Japan | Miki Uchida (51.83) Yayoi Matsumoto (52.93) Tomomi Aoki (53.67) Rino Hosoda (53.88) | 3:32.31 | |
| 7 | 2 | Brazil | Larissa Oliveira (53.46) Daynara de Paula (53.88) Daiane Oliveira (53.03) Alessandra Marchioro (53.56) | 3:33.93 | SA |
| 8 | 8 | Germany | Anna Dietterle (54.13) Annika Bruhn (52.84) Marlene Huther (54.38) Daniela Schreiber (53.36) | 3:34.71 | |