Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
Final
Table:
Rank
Lane
Nation
Swimmers
Time
Time behind
Notes

6
United States
Barbara Bedford (1:01.39)
Megan Quann (1:06.29)
Jenny Thompson (57.25)
Dara Torres (53.37)
3:58.30

WR

4
Australia
Dyana Calub (1:01.83)
Leisel Jones (1:08.08)
Petria Thomas (57.39)
Susie O'Neill (54.29)
4:01.59
3.29
OC

5
Japan
Mai Nakamura (1:02.08)
Masami Tanaka (1:08.65)
Junko Onishi (58.72)
Sumika Minamoto (54.71)
4:04.16
5.86
NR

4
3
Germany
Antje Buschschulte (1:02.05)
Sylvia Gerasch (1:08.57)
Franziska van Almsick (59.67)
Katrin Meissner (54.04)
4:04.33
6.03
NR

5
2
South Africa
Charlene Wittstock (1:02.74)
Sarah Poewe (1:07.83)
Mandy Loots (59.81)
Helene Muller (54.77)
4:05.15
6.85
AF

6
8
Canada
Kelly Stefanyshyn (1:02.73)
Christin Petelski (1:09.14)
Jen Button (1:00.13)
Marianne Limpert (55.55)
4:07.55
9.23
NR

7
7
Great Britain
Katy Sexton (1:02.05)
Heidi Earp (1:10.25)
Sue Rolph (1:00.05)
Karen Pickering (55.26)
4:07.61
9.31
NR

8
1
China
Zhan Shu (1:02.70)
Qi Hui (1:09.40)
Liu Limin (59.33)
Han Xue (56.40)
4:07.83
9.53

Considering the table titled Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, section Final, give a short sentence answer to: Which 3 nations completed a close finish at the 2000 Summer Olympics finale? Respond with the correct answer in JSON format as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Canada (4:07.55), Great Britain (4:07.61) and China (4:07.83) completed a close finish at the 2000 Summer Olympics finale.