2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay
at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Women's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay ; at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Dates	15 December (heats and finals)
Competitors	57 from 12 nations
Teams	12
Winning time	1:33.89 CR
Medalists
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The Women's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 December 2022.^[1]

Records

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

World record	Netherlands (NED)	1:32.50	Eindhoven, Netherlands	12 December 2020
Competition record	United States (USA)	1:34.03	Hangzhou, China	16 December 2018

The following new records were set during this competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
15 December	Final	Torri Huske (24.08) Claire Curzan (23.30) Erika Brown (23.74) Kate Douglass (22.77)	United States	1:33.89	CR

The heats were started at 12:52.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	1	5	China	Zhang Yufei (23.76) NR Liu Shuhan (24.06) Cheng Yujie (24.10) Yang Junxuan (24.16)	1:36.08	Q
2	1	2	Australia	Meg Harris (23.85) Alexandria Perkins (24.10) Brittany Castelluzzo (24.29) Mollie O'Callaghan (23.90)	1:36.14	Q, OC
3	1	3	United States	Erika Brown (24.16) Erin Gemmell (24.34) Natalie Hinds (23.92) Alexandra Walsh (23.75)	1:36.17	Q
4	1	4	Netherlands	Kim Busch (24.06) Maaike de Waard (23.65) Valerie van Roon (23.75) Tessa Vermeulen (24.86)	1:36.32	Q
5	1	6	Great Britain	Anna Hopkin (23.99) Isabella Hindley (24.19) Imogen Clark (24.60) Abbie Wood (24.63)	1:37.41	Q
6	1	7	Japan	Yume Jinno (24.76) Miki Takahashi (24.33) Chihiro Igarashi (24.35) Ai Soma (24.30)	1:37.74	Q
7	2	2	Sweden	Sara Junevik (24.30) Sofia Åstedt (24.53) Sophie Hansson (24.52) Hanna Rosvall (24.58)	1:37.93	Q
8	2	3	New Zealand	Helena Gasson (24.99) Rebecca Moynihan (24.10) Emma Godwin (24.38) Erika Fairweather (24.98)	1:38.45	Q, NR
9	2	3	Hong Kong	Sze Hang-yu (24.93) Stephanie Au (24.68) Ho Nam Wai (25.65) Chan Kin Lok (25.10)	1:40.36
10	2	5	Slovakia	Teresa Ivanová (24.61) NR Martina Cibulková (25.87) Zora Ripková (25.51) Lillian Slušná (24.79)	1:40.78	NR
11	2	6	South Africa	Caitlin de Lange (24.33) NR Rebecca Meder (25.14) Emily Visagie (26.08) Milla Drakopoulos (25.25)	1:40.80	AF
12	2	7	Peru	Rafaela Fernandini (25.18) NR McKenna DeBever (25.20) Maria Fe Muñoz (27.22) Alexia Sotomayor (26.24)	1:43.84	NR

The final was held at 21:46.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	3	United States	Torri Huske (24.08) Claire Curzan (23.30) Erika Brown (23.74) Kate Douglass (22.77)	1:33.89	CR, AM
	5	Australia	Meg Harris (23.98) Madison Wilson (23.51) Mollie O'Callaghan (24.01) Emma McKeon (22.73)	1:34.23	OC
	6	Netherlands	Kim Busch (24.20) Maaike de Waard (23.47) Kira Toussaint (24.01) Valerie van Roon (23.68)	1:35.36
4	1	Sweden	Sara Junevik (24.13) Michelle Coleman (23.28) Louise Hansson (23.78) Sophie Hansson (24.49)	1:35.68
5	4	China	Yang Junxuan (24.24) Cheng Yujie (23.67) Liu Shuhan (24.06) Wang Yichun (24.15)	1:36.12
6	2	Great Britain	Anna Hopkin (23.94) Isabella Hindley (24.37) Imogen Clark (24.18) Abbie Wood (24.62)	1:37.11
7	7	Japan	Chihiro Igarashi (24.54) Miki Takahashi (24.43) Yume Jinno (24.47) Ai Soma (23.98)	1:37.42
8	8	New Zealand	Helena Gasson (24.82) Rebecca Moynihan (24.13) Emma Godwin (24.40) Erika Fairweather (24.58)	1:37.93	NR