2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 22, 2014 (heats & finals)
Winning time	7:46.40
Medalists
Shannon Vreeland, Missy Franklin, Leah Smith and Katie Ledecky    United States   Bronte Barratt, Emma McKeon, Brittany Elmslie and Melanie Schlanger    Australia   Brittany MacLean, Samantha Cheverton, Alyson Ackman and Emily Overholt    Canada

The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.^[1] The last champion was the United States.^[2]

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four 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	China (CHN) Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)	7:42.08	Rome, Italy	July 30, 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record	United States (USA) Dana Vollmer (1:58.05) Morgan Scroggy (1:57.89) Katie Hoff (1:58.70) Allison Schmitt (1:56.57)	7:51.21	Irvine, United States	August 19, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

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

Final

The final was held on August 22, at 21:23.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Shannon Vreeland (1:57.89) Missy Franklin (1:56.12) Leah Smith (1:58.03) Katie Ledecky (1:54.36)	United States	7:46.40	CR
	Bronte Barratt (1:58.07) Emma McKeon (1:55.85) Brittany Elmslie (1:56.92) Melanie Schlanger (1:56.63)	Australia	7:47.47
	Brittany MacLean (1:57.67) Samantha Cheverton (1:58.70) Alyson Ackman (2:00.14) Emily Overholt (2:01.52)	Canada	7:58.03
4	Chihiro Igarashi (1:59.71) Yasuko Miyamoto (2:00.11) Aya Takano (2:00.23) Misaki Yamaguchi (2:00.78)	Japan	8:00.83
5	Lauren Boyle (1:59.51) Samantha Lucie-Smith (2:00.90) Samantha Lee (2:02.34) Emma Robinson (2:01.83)	New Zealand	8:04.58
6	Kin Lok Chan (2:07.89) Camille Cheng (2:01.85) Claudia Lau (2:08.86) Sze Hang Yu (2:04.93)	Hong Kong	8:23.53

References

1. "Results of the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay finals at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. August 22, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
2. "Results of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay finals at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 19, 2010. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
3. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.