Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place August 30.[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle .
Medalists
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Place
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
Andrea Eife , Elke Sehmisch , Kornelia Ender , Sylvia Eichner (GDR )
3:58.11
2
Enith Brigitha , Anke Rijnders , Hansje Bunschoten , Josien Elzerman (NED )
4:02.70
3
Deborah Palmer , Leanne Francis , Sharon Booth , Debra Cain (AUS )
4:05.44
4
Wendy Cook-Hogg , Judy Wright , Mary Beth Rondeau , Leslie Cliff (CAN )
4:05.95
5
Tatyana Zolotnitskaya , Yelena Timoshenko , Nadezhda Matyukhina , Iryna Ustymenko (URS )
4:07.55
6
Claude Mandonnaud , Chantal Schertz , Christine Petit , Guylaine Berger (FRA )
4:08.82
7
María Teresa Ramírez , Virginia Anchestegui , Laura Vaca , Marcia Arriaga (MEX )
4:14.95
8
Ann O'Connor , Christine Fulcher , Brenda McGrory , Aisling O'Leary (IRL )
4:26.34
Heat 2
Place
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
Shirley Babashoff , Kim Peyton , Lynn Skrifvars , Ann Marshall (USA )
3:58.93
2
Jutta Weber , Heidi Reineck , Gudrun Beckmann , Angela Steinbach (FRG )
4:01.63
3
Anita Zarnowiecki , Eva Andersson , Diana Olsson , Irwi Johansson (SWE )
4:03.99
4
Andrea Gyarmati , Judit Turóczy , Edit Kovács , Magdolna Patóh (HUN )
4:04.29
5
Yoshimi Nishigawa , Shigeko Kawanishi , Eiko Goshi , Yukari Takemoto (JPN )
4:08.34
NR
6
Diana Sutherland , Judith Sirs , Susan Edmondson , Lesley Allardice (GBR )
4:09.51
7
Laura Podestà , Patrizia Lanfredini , Laura Gorgerino , Federica Stabilini (ITA )
4:10.70
8
Margrit Thomet , Irène Debrunner , Christiane Flamand , Françoise Monod (SUI )
4:10.73
Final
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References
1912 : Belle Moore , Jennie Fletcher , Annie Speirs , Irene Steer (GBR )
1920 : Margaret Woodbridge , Frances Schroth , Irene Guest , Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA )
1924 : Euphrasia Donnelly , Gertrude Ederle , Ethel Lackie , Mariechen Wehselau (USA )
1928 : Adelaide Lambert , Albina Osipowich , Eleanor Saville , Martha Norelius (USA )
1932 : Helen Johns , Eleanor Saville , Josephine McKim , Helene Madison (USA )
1936 : Jopie Selbach , Tini Wagner , Willy den Ouden , Rie Mastenbroek (NED )
1948 : Marie Corridon , Thelma Kalama , Brenda Helser , Ann Curtis (USA )
1952 : Ilona Novák , Judit Temes , Éva Novák-Gerard , Katalin Szőke (HUN )
1956 : Dawn Fraser , Faith Leech , Sandra Morgan , Lorraine Crapp (AUS )
1960 : Joan Spillane , Shirley Stobs , Carolyn Wood , Chris von Saltza (USA )
1964 : Sharon Stouder , Donna de Varona , Lillian Watson , Kathy Ellis (USA )
1968 : Jane Barkman , Linda Gustavson , Susan Pedersen , Jan Henne (USA )
1972 : Shirley Babashoff , Jane Barkman , Jenny Kemp , Sandy Neilson (USA )
1976 : Kim Peyton , Jill Sterkel , Shirley Babashoff , Wendy Boglioli (USA )
1980 : Barbara Krause , Caren Metschuck , Ines Diers , Sarina Hülsenbeck (GDR )
1984 : Jenna Johnson , Carrie Steinseifer , Dara Torres , Nancy Hogshead (USA )
1988 : Kristin Otto , Katrin Meissner , Daniela Hunger , Manuela Stellmach (GDR )
1992 : Nicole Haislett , Angel Martino , Jenny Thompson , Dara Torres , Ashley Tappin , Crissy Ahmann-Leighton (USA )
1996 : Angel Martino , Amy Van Dyken , Catherine Fox , Jenny Thompson , Lisa Jacob , Melanie Valerio (USA )
2000 : Amy Van Dyken , Courtney Shealy , Jenny Thompson , Dara Torres , Erin Phenix , Ashley Tappin (USA )
2004 : Alice Mills , Libby Lenton , Petria Thomas , Jodie Henry , Sarah Ryan (AUS )
2008 : Inge Dekker , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Femke Heemskerk , Marleen Veldhuis , Hinkelien Schreuder , Manon van Rooijen (NED )
2012 : Alicia Coutts , Cate Campbell , Brittany Elmslie , Melanie Schlanger , Emily Seebohm , Yolane Kukla , Libby Trickett (AUS )
2016 : Emma McKeon , Brittany Elmslie , Bronte Campbell , Cate Campbell , Madison Wilson (AUS )
2020 : Bronte Campbell , Meg Harris , Emma McKeon , Cate Campbell , Mollie O'Callaghan , Madison Wilson (AUS )
2024 : Mollie O'Callaghan , Shayna Jack , Emma McKeon , Meg Harris , Olivia Wunsch , Bronte Campbell (AUS )