Women 4x200m Freestyle Relay Swimming World Championship 2001 Fukuoka (JPN) - Wednesday 25.07
World Record: East Germany 7:55.47, 18.08.1987, Strasbourg (FRA)
Championship Record: China 7:57.96, 03.09.1994, Roma (ITA)
Final
time
50m
100m
150m
RT
BY
1.
Great Britain
7:58.69
Lane: 4
-. Nicola Jackson
2:00.05
27.93s
58.46s
1:29.12
0.83
84
-. Janine Belton
2:00.64
28.17s
58.49s
1:29.42
0.23
79
-. Karen Legg
1:58.95
27.67s
57.87s
1:28.51
0.26
78
-. Karen Pickering
1:59.05
27.46s
57.75s
1:27.97
0.21
71
2.
Germany
8:01.35
Lane: 3
-. Silvia Szalai
2:00.39
28.59s
58.80s
1:29.50
0.73
75
-. Sara Harstick
1:59.48
27.71s
58.03s
1:28.96
0.21
81
-. Hannah Stockbauer
1:59.06
27.59s
58.10s
1:28.90
0.25
82
-. Meike Freitag
2.02.42
27.70s
58.40s
1:29.83
0.19
79
3.
Japan
8:02.97
Lane: 2
-. Maki Mita
2:00.38
28.62s
58.95s
1:29.75
0.85
83
-. Tomoko Hagiwara
1:59.25
27.43s
57.27s
1:28.08
0.43
80
-. Tomoko Nagai
2:00.98
27.63s
58.38s
1:29.40
0.21
81
-. Eri Yamanoi
2:02.36
28.43s
59.10s
1:31.17
0.24
78
4.
Canada
8:06.42
Lane: 1
-. Marianne Lampert
2:01.13
28.52s
58.87s
1:29.93
0.85
72
-. Jessica Deglau
2:00.65
27.88s
58.22s
1:29.37
0.27
80
-. Sophie Simard
2:02.47
28.25s
59.68s
1:31.11
0.17
78
-. Laura Nicholls
2:02.17
27.42s
58.87s
1:30.78
0.36
78
5.
Spain
8:06.55
Lane: 8
-. Laura Roca
2:01.77
28.58s
58.99s
1:30.41
0.80
80
-. Tatiana Rouba
2:01.75
27.97s
58.63s
1:30.30
0.24
83
-. Lidia Elizalde
2:01.91
28.47s
59.33s
1:30.63
0.28
83
-. Paula Carballido
2:01.12
28.69s
59.60s
1:30.32
0.29
79
6.
Italy
8:08.56
Lane: 7
-. Cecilia Vianini
2:01.59
28.13s
58.77s
1:30.44
0.82
76
-. Cristina Chiuso
2:02.27
28.86s
1:00.22
1:31.49
0.19
73
-. Sara Parise
2:01.76
28.27s
59.12s
1:31.49
0.29
82
-. Luisa Striani
2:02.94
28.76s
1:00.02
1:31.91
0.16
78
1.
United States
7:56.53
Lane: 6
-. Natalie Coughlin
1:59.89
0.67
82
-. Cristina Teuscher
1:58.59
-0.06
78
-. Julie Hardt
1:59.70
0.21
81
-. Diana Munz
1:58.35
0.08
82
-.
Australia
DQ 7:56.00
Lane: 5
-. Elka Graham
1:58.54
57.88s
0.82
81
-. Linda Mackenzie
2:00.15
0.17
83
-. Petra Thomas
1:59.15
0.28
75
-. Giaan Rooney
1:58.16
0.11
82
Australia finished first (1.) and United States second (2.).
Australia disqualified because all swimmers jumped into the pool before all teams finished.
United States disqualified for improper changeover. Later FINA bureau (2001, Bangkok) decided to grant a second set of gold medals for United States, without changing the official results.
United States delegation fielded a protest, saying that a touchpad that showed Julie Hardt left the starting before Cristina Teuscher touched the wall during the second change had been malfunctioning all night.
"We looked at video, and it seemed that the change was OK", said the poolside referee Andriy Vlaskov, Ukraine, who made the initial decision on the disqualifications. "It might have been due to a soft touch."
FINA PRESS INFORMATION
No 18
FINA JURY OF APPEAL DESICION
ON WOMEN 4x200 FREESTYLE RESULTS
The FINA Jury of Appeal met today, 26 July 2001 in Fukuoka (JPN), to study the protest of Australian Swimming Inc., Amateur Swimming Federation of Great Britain and Japan Swimming Federation with regard to the results of the Women’s Final 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay held on 25 July 2001.
1. The Jury of Appeal decided unanimously that the Australian team who participated in this event be disqualified due to the clear violation of the FINA Rule SW 10.11 by their swimmers jumping into the pool before all teams had completed the race.
2. The Jury of Appeal also decided unanimously to uphold the protest submitted by the Amateur Swimming Federation of Great Britain and Japan Swimming Federation concerning the final result of the relay.
The Jury of Appeal found that the time system worked perfectly during this race. The announced tolerance on judging for the relay take-off is 0.03. The tolerance recorded on the automatic equipment for the USA team was 0.06. Consequently the Jury of Appeal rule that the USA team is disqualified.
The final standing of the 4 x 200m relay shall be as follows:
1st place: GBR Gold Medal
2nd place: GER Silver Medal
3rd place: JPN Bronze Medal
4th place: CAN
5th place: ESP
6th place: ITA
DQ AUS
DQ USA
The FINA Jury of Appeal
Great Britain
Germany
Japan
Canada
Spain
Italy
United States
Australia