2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay explained

Event:Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Competition:2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates:August 23, 2014 (heats &<br>finals)
Win Value:3:32.46
Goldnoc:AUS
Silver:Simone Manuel, Missy Franklin, Abbey Weitzeil and Shannon Vreeland
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Miki Uchida, Misaki Yamaguchi, Yasuko Miyamoto and Yayoi Matsumoto
Bronzenoc:JPN
Prev:2010
Next:2018

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was the United States.[2]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record
Bronte Campbell (53.15)
Melanie Schlanger (52.76)
Emma McKeon (52.91)
Cate Campbell (52.16)
3:30.98Glasgow, ScotlandJuly 24, 2014
Pan Pacific Championships record
Natalie Coughlin (54.25)
Jessica Hardy (53.43)
Amanda Weir (53.85)
Dana Vollmer (53.58)
3:35.11Irvine, United StatesAugust 20, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

Heats weren't performed, as only seven teams had entered.

Final

The final was held on August 23, at 21:08.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Cate Campbell (52.89)
Brittany Elmslie (53.72)
Melanie Schlanger (52.97)
Bronte Campbell (52.88)
3:32.46 CR
Simone Manuel (53.25)
Missy Franklin (53.38)
Abbey Weitzeil (53.81)
Shannon Vreeland (53.79)
3:34.23
Miki Uchida (54.76)
Misaki Yamaguchi (54.83)
Yasuko Miyamoto (55.05)
Yayoi Matsumoto (54.42)
3:39.06
4 Chantal van Landeghem (54.43)
Victoria Poon (54.68)
Michelle Williams (55.16)
Alyson Ackman (55.16)
3:39.78
5 Graciele Herrmann (55.53)
Etiene Medeiros (55.01)
Daynara de Paula (55.89)
Alessandra Marchioro (55.77)
3:42.20
6 Samantha Lucie-Smith (56.45)
Laura Quilter (55.90)
Samantha Lee (57.15)
Emma Robinson (58.01)
3:47.51
7 Camille Cheng (55.68)
Kin Lok Chan (58.38)
Claudia Lau (59.26)
Sze Hang Yu (57.15)
3:50.47

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results of the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 23, 2014 . September 15, 2014 . September 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140916145955/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F023.htm . dead .
  2. Web site: Results of the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay finals at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 20, 2010 . September 15, 2014.
  3. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual . Guadalajara 2011 . 23 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf . 28 July 2011 .