The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	OR	WR
August 10	Final	Inge Dekker Inge Dekker Inge Dekker is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Netherlands, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She did so alongside Inge de Bruijn, Marleen Veldhuis and Chantal Groot...   Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle but also has potential in backstroke and butterfly events. As part of the Dutch team, she holds the world records in the 4×50 m and 4×200 m freestyle relays on short course , and 4×100 m freestyle relay on long course...   Femke Heemskerk Femke Heemskerk Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle, but also has a strong backstroke and medley....   Marleen Veldhuis Marleen Veldhuis Magdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis is a professional swimmer from the Netherlands. She is world record holder in 4 events . Veldhuis has won 6 world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals...		3:33.76	OR

Also, in the final race of this event, Britta Steffen

Britta Steffen

Britta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle....

 of Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 set a new women's 100 metre freestyle Olympic record of 53.38 as the lead-off swimmer for Germany. Later, in the individual event, she lowered this record to 53.12 in winning the gold in the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Names	Time	Notes
1	3	' Zhu Yingwen | Tang Yi Tang Yi Tang Yi is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.She has won six gold medals at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore.-Major achievements:...  | Xu Yanwei | Pang Jiaying Pang Jiaying Pang Jiaying is a female Chinese freestyle swimmer who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. Pang is one of the best Chinese women in middle and long-distance freestyle swimming....	3:36.78 54.53 / 54.29 55.13 / 52.83	Q, AS
2	5	' Meike Freitag Meike Freitag Meike Freitag is a retired female swimmer from Germany, specialised in the freestyle. A three-time Olympian she won a total number of three medals as a member of the German women's relay teams...  | Antje Buschschulte Antje Buschschulte Antje Buschschulte is a German swimmer. Her best disciplines are the short distance freestyle and backstroke races. Buschschulte swims for the sporting club SC Magdeburg. Up to now, she has won 24 German championships....  | Daniela Götz Daniela Götz Daniela Götz is a German swimmer.Götz represented Germany in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She won bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics in 4×100 metre medley relay. An the 2008 Olympics she cometed in 4×100 metre freestyle relay....  | Britta Steffen Britta Steffen Britta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle....	3:37.52 54.53 / 54.29 54.54 / 54.16	Q
3	4	' Cate Campbell Cate Campbell Cate Campbell is an Australian swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Her family moved from Malawi to Australia in 2001 and it was shortly after this Campbell took up competitive swimming...  | Alice Mills Alice Mills Alice Mary Mills OAM is an Australian sprint freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer who represented Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics, winning two relay gold medals....  | Melanie Schlanger Melanie Schlanger Melanie Renee Schlanger OAM is an Australian freestyle swimmer. She trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar....  | Shayne Reese Shayne Reese Shayne Leanne Reese OAM is an Australian medley and freestyle swimmer.She competed in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in which Australia placed fourth....	3:37.81 54.65 / 54.55 54.69 / 53.92	Q
4	6	' Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European...  | Caitlin McClatchey Caitlin McClatchey Caitlin McClatchey is a Scottish swimmer. To date her greatest sporting achievement was winning two gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....  | Julia Beckett Julia Beckett Julia Kathleen Beckett is a British freestyle swimmer. She was born in Winchester, United Kingdom.Beckett represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4×100 m freestyle relay swimming event.-External links:**...  | Melanie Marshall Melanie Marshall Melanie Marshall is a former British swimmer.Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, brought up in Wrangle and currently residing in Loughborough with her two dogs, Missy and Jetson, she is 1.7 m , 62 kg...	3:39.18 54.36 / 54.42 55.64 / 54.76	Q, NR
5	1	' Haruka Ueda Haruka Ueda is a Japanese freestyle swimmer.-Major achievements:* 2005 World Championships – 200m freestyle 22nd * 2007 World Championships – 100m freestyle 39th * 2008 Beijing Olympics – 200m freestyle 13th -Personal bests:In long course:...  | Misaki Yamaguchi | Asami Kitagawa Asami Kitagawa is a Japanese Olympic and Nation Record holding swimmer. She swam for Japan at the 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:2006 Doha Asian Games* 50m breaststroke 2nd * 100m breaststroke 1st...  | Maki Mita	3:39.25 55.13 / 54.14 54.47 / 55.51
6	8	' Erika Ferraioli | Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder...  | Maria Laura Simonetto | Christina Chiuso	3:40.42 56.10 / 53.42 55.97 / 54.93
7	2	' Anastasia Aksenova | Elena Sokolova Elena Sokolova (swimmer) Elena Petrovna Sokolova is a Russian freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 800 m freestyle, placing 2nd in her heat and 7th in the final. She was also a member of the Russian 4×100 m freestyle relay, which placed 12th in the heats and did not advance to the...  | Daria Belyakina | Svetlana Karpeeva	3:42.52 56.57 / 55.20 55.23 / 55.52
8	7	' Tatiana Barbosa | Flavia Cazziolato | Michelle Lenhardt | Monique Ferreira Monique Ferreira Monique Andrade Ferreira is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil. She won the bronze medal in the women's 400 m freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A member of Santos, she also represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,...	3:42.85 55.08 / 56.13 55.90 / 55.74

AS = Asian Record

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Names	Time	Notes
1	5	' Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce is an American swimmer and four-time Olympic silver medalist.-High school career:...  | Julia Smit Julia Smit Julia Elizabeth Smit is an American swimmer and two-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 200 and 400-meter individual medley ....  | Emily Silver Emily Silver Emily Silver is a retired American swimmer. She was part of the silver medal winning team of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics, after she swam in the heats.-Career:...  | Lacey Nymeyer Lacey Nymeyer Lacey Pearl Nymeyer is an Olympic swimmer from the United States.-Personal:Nymeyer is a Tucson native who graduated in 2004 from Mountain View High School . She is also a graduate of the University of Arizona where she majored in physical education. Away from her own training, Nymeyer leads swim...	3:37.53 54.13 / 54.73 54.81 / 53.86	Q
2	4	' Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle but also has potential in backstroke and butterfly events. As part of the Dutch team, she holds the world records in the 4×50 m and 4×200 m freestyle relays on short course , and 4×100 m freestyle relay on long course...  | Hinkelien Schreuder Hinkelien Schreuder Hinkelien Schreuder is a butterfly, freestyle and backstroke swimmer from The Netherlands, who also competed in the medley events...  | Femke Heemskerk Femke Heemskerk Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle, but also has a strong backstroke and medley....  | Manon van Rooijen Manon van Rooijen Manon van Rooijen is a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...	3:37.61 54.41 / 55.31 53.58 / 54.31	Q
3	6	' Céline Couderc Céline Couderc Céline Couderc is a female freestyle swimmer from France, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: in 2004 and 2008.- References :*...  | Hanna Shcherba-Lorgeril | Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne | Alena Popchanka Alena Popchanka Alena Popchanka is a 4-time Olympic freestyle and butterfly swimmer originally from Belarus. She swam for Belarus at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics...	3:37.76 53.97 / 54.95 54.72 / 54.12	Q
4	2	' Julia Wilkinson Julia Wilkinson Julia Rose Wilkinson is a Canadian backstroke, medley, and freestyle swimmer. She was born in Stratford, Ontario.-2008 Olympics:...  | Erica Morningstar Erica Morningstar Erica Rachelle Morningstar is a Canadian swimmer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan who is now based in Calgary, Alberta. She has competed in events all over the world including the 2008 Olympic games held in Beijing, China. She is sponsored by Speedo Canada, and regularly appears in their...  | Geneviève Saumur Geneviève Saumur Geneviève Saumur is a Canadian Olympic swimmer. She swam for Canada at the 2008 Olympics.She currently holds the 200m freestyle Canadian Record.She has swam for Canada at:...  | Audrey Lacroix Audrey Lacroix Audrey Lacroix is a Canadian swimmer from Montreal, Quebec. She is the Canadian record holder in the 100 metre butterfly , 200 metre butterfly . She is also the world record holder in the short-course 4x100 medley relay event with her fellow teammates, Katy Murdoch, Annamay Pierse, and Victoria Poon...	3:38.82 54.48 / 54.38 55.11 / 54.85	Q
5	3	' Ida Marko-Varga Ida Marko-Varga Ida Marko-Varga is a Swedish swimmer. She represents SK Triton.Marko-Varga was an early prospect, winning two individual freestyle titles at the 1998 Swedish Swimming Championships at the age of 13. The winning marks were 2:03.95 on 200 m freestyle and 4:21.41 on the 400 m freestyle...  | Therese Alshammar Therese Alshammar Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...  | Anna-Karin Kammerling Anna-Karin Kammerling Anna-Karin Kammerling is a world-record breaking Swedish swimmer, who was born in Malmö, Sweden. Currently she resides in Sundsvall and trains with the Sundsvalls Swim Club under coach Hans Bergquist....  | Claire Hedenskog Claire Hedenskog Claire Hedenskog is a Swedish swimmer from Gothenburg, representing Göteborg Sim. Hedenskog participated in the 4x100 m freestyle relay prelims at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where the Swedish team finished 11th.-References:...	3:40.52 55.04 / 54.80 55.06 / 55.62
6	1	' Darya Stepanyuk Darya Stepanyuk Darya Stepanyuk is a Ukrainian swimmer.After finishing college, Stepanyuk entered KNAPK as part of the cycle sport faculty.Stepanyuk has broken several Ukrainian swimming records, and took part in the 2008 Olympic Games...  | Kateryna Dikidzhi | Ganna Dzerkal | Nataliya Khudyakova	3:44.72 55.79 / 55.44 56.95 / 56.54
7	7	' Melissa Corfe | Wendy Trott | Mandy Loots Mandy Loots Mandy Loots is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics....  | Katheryn Meaklim	3:51.14 55.93 / 57.83 58.31 / 59.07
		'	DNS

Finals

Rank	Lane	Names	Time	Notes
	6	' Inge Dekker Inge Dekker Inge Dekker is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Netherlands, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She did so alongside Inge de Bruijn, Marleen Veldhuis and Chantal Groot...  | Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle but also has potential in backstroke and butterfly events. As part of the Dutch team, she holds the world records in the 4×50 m and 4×200 m freestyle relays on short course , and 4×100 m freestyle relay on long course...  | Femke Heemskerk Femke Heemskerk Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle, but also has a strong backstroke and medley....  | Marleen Veldhuis Marleen Veldhuis Magdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis is a professional swimmer from the Netherlands. She is world record holder in 4 events . Veldhuis has won 6 world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals...	3:33.76 54.37/53.39 53.42/52.58	OR
	3	' Natalie Coughlin Natalie Coughlin Natalie Anne Coughlin is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive...  | Lacey Nymeyer Lacey Nymeyer Lacey Pearl Nymeyer is an Olympic swimmer from the United States.-Personal:Nymeyer is a Tucson native who graduated in 2004 from Mountain View High School . She is also a graduate of the University of Arizona where she majored in physical education. Away from her own training, Nymeyer leads swim...  | Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce Kara Lynn Joyce is an American swimmer and four-time Olympic silver medalist.-High school career:...  | Dara Torres Dara Torres Dara Grace Torres is an American international swimmer and a twelve-time Olympic medalist. Torres was the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympic Games , and, at age 41, the oldest swimmer ever to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team...	3:34.33 54.00/53.91 53.98/52.44	NR
	7	' Cate Campbell Cate Campbell Cate Campbell is an Australian swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Her family moved from Malawi to Australia in 2001 and it was shortly after this Campbell took up competitive swimming...  | Alice Mills Alice Mills Alice Mary Mills OAM is an Australian sprint freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer who represented Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics, winning two relay gold medals....  | Melanie Schlanger Melanie Schlanger Melanie Renee Schlanger OAM is an Australian freestyle swimmer. She trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar....  | Lisbeth Trickett	3:35.05 54.43/54.43 53.85/52.34	CR
4	4	' Zhu Yingwen | Tang Yi Tang Yi Tang Yi is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.She has won six gold medals at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore.-Major achievements:...  | Xu Yanwei | Pang Jiaying Pang Jiaying Pang Jiaying is a female Chinese freestyle swimmer who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. Pang is one of the best Chinese women in middle and long-distance freestyle swimming....	3:35.64 54.12/54.19 54.64/52.69	AR
5	5	' Britta Steffen Britta Steffen Britta Steffen is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle....  | Meike Freitag Meike Freitag Meike Freitag is a retired female swimmer from Germany, specialised in the freestyle. A three-time Olympian she won a total number of three medals as a member of the German women's relay teams...  | Daniela Götz Daniela Götz Daniela Götz is a German swimmer.Götz represented Germany in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She won bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics in 4×100 metre medley relay. An the 2008 Olympics she cometed in 4×100 metre freestyle relay....  | Antje Buschschulte Antje Buschschulte Antje Buschschulte is a German swimmer. Her best disciplines are the short distance freestyle and backstroke races. Buschschulte swims for the sporting club SC Magdeburg. Up to now, she has won 24 German championships....	3:36.85 53.38(OR)/54.30 55.34/53.83
6	2	' Céline Couderc Céline Couderc Céline Couderc is a female freestyle swimmer from France, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: in 2004 and 2008.- References :*...  | Alena Popchanka Alena Popchanka Alena Popchanka is a 4-time Olympic freestyle and butterfly swimmer originally from Belarus. She swam for Belarus at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics...  | Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne | Malia Metella Malia Metella Malia Metella is a French Olympic freestyle swimmer from French Guiana. She swam for France at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 2004 in the women's 50 free....	3:37.68 54.32/54.54 54.79/54.03
7	8	' Francesca Halsall Francesca Halsall Francesca Jean Halsall is a British freestyle and butterfly swimmer.Halsall was the youngest member of the Team England swim squad at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she won silver medals in the 4×100 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relays.She was a member of the European...  | Caitlin McClatchey Caitlin McClatchey Caitlin McClatchey is a Scottish swimmer. To date her greatest sporting achievement was winning two gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....  | Jessica Sylvester Jessica Sylvester Jessica Aimee Sylvester is a British freestyle swimmer.Sylvester represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4×100 m freestyle relay swimming event....  | Melanie Marshall Melanie Marshall Melanie Marshall is a former British swimmer.Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, brought up in Wrangle and currently residing in Loughborough with her two dogs, Missy and Jetson, she is 1.7 m , 62 kg...	3:38.18 53.81 (NR)/54.48 55.34/54.55	NR
8	1	' Julia Wilkinson Julia Wilkinson Julia Rose Wilkinson is a Canadian backstroke, medley, and freestyle swimmer. She was born in Stratford, Ontario.-2008 Olympics:...  | Erica Morningstar Erica Morningstar Erica Rachelle Morningstar is a Canadian swimmer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan who is now based in Calgary, Alberta. She has competed in events all over the world including the 2008 Olympic games held in Beijing, China. She is sponsored by Speedo Canada, and regularly appears in their...  | Geneviève Saumur Geneviève Saumur Geneviève Saumur is a Canadian Olympic swimmer. She swam for Canada at the 2008 Olympics.She currently holds the 200m freestyle Canadian Record.She has swam for Canada at:...  | Audrey Lacroix Audrey Lacroix Audrey Lacroix is a Canadian swimmer from Montreal, Quebec. She is the Canadian record holder in the 100 metre butterfly , 200 metre butterfly . She is also the world record holder in the short-course 4x100 medley relay event with her fellow teammates, Katy Murdoch, Annamay Pierse, and Victoria Poon...	3:38.32 54.33/54.35 54.68/54.96

Qualification summary

Pos	NOC	Qualification
1		FINA World Championships Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 4x100 m freestyle relay The Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 25 March 2007 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia...
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13		3:41.06	4 best remaining teams
14		3:42.52
15		3:43.16
16		3:46.55