2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Dates	13 December (heats and finals)
Competitors	62 from 14 nations
Teams	14
Winning time	3:25.43 WR
Medalists
Mollie O'Callaghan Madison Wilson Meg Harris Emma McKeon Leah Neale   Australia   Torri Huske Kate Douglass Claire Curzan Erika Brown Erin Gemmell Natalie Hinds   United States   Rebecca Smith Taylor Ruck Maggie Mac Neil Katerine Savard Mary-Sophie Harvey   Canada

The Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 December 2022.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record	Netherlands (NED)	3:26.53	Doha, Qatar	5 December 2014
Competition record	Netherlands (NED)	3:26.53	Doha, Qatar	5 December 2014

The following new records were set during this competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
13 December	Final	Mollie O'Callaghan (52.19) Madison Wilson (51.28) Meg Harris (52.00) Emma McKeon (49.96)	Australia	3:25.43	WR, CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 13:09.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	3	Australia	Meg Harris (52.11) Madison Wilson (51.43) Leah Neale (53.28) Emma McKeon (51.76)	3:28.58	Q, OC
2	1	5	Netherlands	Kim Busch (53.28) Valerie van Roon (53.12) Kira Toussaint (52.30) Marrit Steenbergen (51.72)	3:30.42	Q
3	2	4	Canada	Rebecca Smith (52.75) Katerine Savard (52.90) Mary-Sophie Harvey (53.13) Taylor Ruck (51.91)	3:30.69	Q
4	1	4	United States	Erika Brown (52.83) Erin Gemmell (52.84) Natalie Hinds (52.70) Torri Huske (52.74)	3:31.11	Q
5	1	3	China	Yang Junxuan (52.95) Liu Shuhan (52.94) Wu Qingfeng (52.96) Cheng Yujie (53.20)	3:32.05	Q
6	2	5	Sweden	Sara Junevik (52.79) Sofia Åstedt (53.65) Klara Thormalm (54.50) Michelle Coleman (52.23)	3:33.17	Q
7	2	6	Great Britain	Anna Hopkin (52.12) Isabella Hindley (53.55) Medi Harris (54.56) Abbie Wood (53.23)	3:33.46	Q
8	1	6	Japan	Rio Shirai (53.69) Chihiro Igarashi (52.63) Yume Jinno (53.49) Miki Takahashi (53.83)	3:33.64	Q
9	2	2	Brazil	Giovanna Diamante (53.99) Stephanie Balduccini (53.82) Aline Rodrigues (55.08) Gabrielle Roncatto (55.72)	3:38.61
10	2	7	Slovakia	Lillian Slušná (55.34) Tamara Potocká (54.46) Zora Ripková (55.62) Teresa Ivanová (53.81)	3:39.23	NR
11	1	7	Hong Kong	Sze Hang-yu (54.12) Stephanie Au (55.15) Chan Kin Lok (55.82) Ho Nam Wai (55.19)	3:40.28
12	1	1	New Zealand	Emma Godwin (54.56) Rebecca Moynihan (53.29) Hazel Ouwehand (56.54) Summer Osborne (56.08)	3:40.47
13	1	2	South Africa	Milla Drakopoulos (56.97) Caitlin de Lange (53.33) Emily Visagie (57.08) Rebecca Meder (54.19)	3:41.57	AF
14	2	1	Peru	Rafaela Fernandini (55.43) McKenna DeBever (55.68) Alexia Sotomayor (57.86) María Fe Muñoz (58.25)	3:47.22	NR

Final

The final was held at 21:22.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	4	Australia	Mollie O'Callaghan (52.19) Madison Wilson (51.28) Meg Harris (52.00) Emma McKeon (49.96)	3:25.43	WR
	6	United States	Torri Huske (51.73) Kate Douglass (51.17) Claire Curzan (51.59) Erika Brown (51.80)	3:26.29	AM
	3	Canada	Rebecca Smith (52.68) Taylor Ruck (51.49) Maggie Mac Neil (51.11) Katerine Savard (52.78)	3:28.06	NR
4	7	Sweden	Sara Junevik (52.46) Michelle Coleman (51.76) Louise Hansson (52.15) Sofia Åstedt (52.98)	3:29.35
5	5	Netherlands	Kim Busch (53.37) Kira Toussaint (52.33) Valerie van Roon (52.98) Marrit Steenbergen (50.91)	3:29.59
6	2	China	Yang Junxuan (53.02) Cheng Yujie (52.51) Wu Qingfeng (52.52) Zhang Yufei (51.91)	3:29.96
7	1	Great Britain	Anna Hopkin (51.81) Isabella Hindley (53.80) Medi Harris (54.03) Abbie Wood (53.83)	3:33.47
8	8	Japan	Rio Shirai (53.95 ) Chihiro Igarashi (53.09) Yume Jinno (53.26) Miki Takahashi (54.48)	3:34.78