Australian Women Break Olympic Record With 7:38.08 4×200 Free Relay

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WOMEN’S 4×200 FREESTYLE RELAY – SEMIFINALS

• World Record: 7:37.50 – Australia (2023)
• Olympic Record: 7:40.33 – China (2021)
• 2021 Winning Time: 7:40.33 – China (2021)
• 2021 Time to Win Bronze: 7:41.29

Podium

1. Australia (M. O’Callaghan, L. Pallister, B. Throssell, A. Titmus) – 7:38.08 ***NEW OLYMPIC RECORD***
2. USA (C. Weinstein, P. Madden, K. Ledecky, E. Gemmell) – 7:40.86
3. China (Yang J., Li, B., Ge, C., Liu, Y.) – 7:42.34
4. Canada – 7:46.05
5. Great Britain – 7:48.23
6. Hungary – 7:50.52
7. Brazil – 7:52.90
8. New Zealand – 7:55.89

The Australian women swam to a new Olympic Record in the women’s 4×200 freestyle relay. That broke the previous record of a 7:40.33 that China swam to win the event three years ago in Tokyo. That record by China also broke the World Record at the time.

The Australian women hold the World Record after swimming a 7:37.50 last summer at the 2023 World Championships.

Split Comparison

The biggest split tonight was Ariarne Titmus, who blasted a 1:52.95 on the anchor leg. Titmus notably is the World Record holder in the individual 200 freestyle after swimming a 1:52.23 in June at Australian Olympic Trials.

Mollie O’Callaghan notably led off in a 1:53.52 tonight, getting the relay ahead of record pace right from the start as they never trailed the record or any of their other competitors tonight. O’Callaghan swam a 1:53.27 in the individual event earlier this week for gold, setting an Olympic Record in the process as well.