2025 World Championships
- July 27 – August 3, 2025 (pool swimming)
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WOMEN’S 4X200 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINAL
- World Record: 7:37.50, Australia – 2023
- World Junior Record: 7:51.47, Canada – 2017
- Championship Record: 7:37.50, Australia – 2023
- 2023 World Champion: Australia, 7:37.50
- 2024 Olympic Champion: Australia, 7:38.08
- Australia, 7:39.35
- United States, 7:40.01
- China, 7:42.99
- Hungary, 7:49.66
- Great Britain, 7:51.87
- Canada, 7:52.52
- Italy, 7:54.16
- Japan, 7:58.13
The US Women’s 4×200 freestyle relay of Claire Weinstein, Anna Peplowski, Erin Gemmell, and Katie Ledecky swam to a new American and Americas record en route to a silver medal. The relay touched in a 7:40.01, breaking the previous records of a 7:40.73 that the relay of Allison Schmitt, Paige Madden, Katie McLaughlin, and Ledecky swam at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for silver behind gold medal winning China.
Split Comparison
| 2025 Worlds |
2020 Tokyo Olympics
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| Claire Weinstein | 1:54.83 | Allison Schmitt | 1:56.34 |
| Anna Peplowski | 1:54.75 | Paige Madden | 1:55.25 |
| Erin Gemmell | 1:56.72 | Katie McLaughlin | 1:55.38 |
| Katie Ledecky | 1:53.71 | Katie Ledecky | 1:53.76 |
| 7:40.01 | 7:40.73 |
The biggest difference today was the lead off leg as Weinstein was a second and a half faster than Schmitt. Ledecky, being the only member on both relays, was consistent with her split and was 0.05 seconds faster here in Singapore.
Also having a notable swim was Anna Peplowski who split a 1:54.75 and also swam on the prelims relay splitting a 1:55.16. Peplowski tied with Gemmell for 4th at US Summer Nationals, swimming a lifetime best 1:55.82 in the flat start race. Peplowski and Gemmell then had a swim off which Gemmell won, eventually earning the 200 free individual swim after Ledecky and Torri Huske dropped the event from their lineups.
In addition to setting the American and Americas record the relay also swam to the 5th fastest performance ever as only Australia has been faster on four occasions including today.
All-Time Top Women’s 4×200 Free Relay
- Australia, 7:37.50, 2023 World Championships
- Australia, 7:38.08, 2024 Olympic Games
- Australia, 7:39.29, 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Australia, 7:39.35, 2025 World Championships
- USA, 7:40.01, 2025 World Championships
Aussie Aussie Aussie..Oi Oi Oi…awesome swimming for our Aussies!!
I think Australia cheats.
A few World Championships ago Mollie O’Callaghan was mocked relentlessly because Bella Sims swam over the top of her in the anchor leg of the 4X200. Since then in the 200 O’Callaghan has won an Olympic gold medal, two world titles, set a world record(since reclaimed by Titmus) and been part of a dominant Australian 4X200 team. Meanwhile Sims struggles to make the USA team and if she does, it’s as a relay heats swimmer. There’s an old saying: he who laughs last laughs longest.
They were still bringing that up even this week when discussing Mollie possibly anchoring the 4×2. Mollie has grown enormously since she went out too quickly anchoring against Sims both as an athlete and in maturity.
is this some kind of dumbassed voodoo doll math or something? makes you feel as if Sims “deserves” this sort of outcome thanks to commenters being morons? (Which…is often misremembered and is obviously a self-selected group of Actual Morons.)
commenters did actually make those comments. Even got re hashed yesterday saying that Mollie wouldn’t anchor as she struggles. Nobody said that Bella deserves this outcome, but Mollie deserves the respect after learning from that experience.
Amazing the amount downvotes for stating some facts.
I am glad that they qualified to be in the final: they almost won if they didn’t affected FOOD POISONING.. Two major countries were affected with FOOD POISONING, not a BUG like the only Aussie..
The American whole team and the British team were affected by FOOD POISONING..
But congrats to all the medalists, especially the US because to me it’s as if they won gold 🥇!!!!
More than one Aussie,
It’s a gastro bug btw.. even Meehan said it. And I wasn’t the whole team. But yes they did very well.
No food poisoning for the US either. They clearly have a bug. They are also comfortable with the idea of passing the bug on to others. I think it is really poor form actually.
especially the US – you really are a sore loser arent you
just realised yu zigoat got her first medal by swimming prelims!
Erin Gemmell made USA lose the gold
Come on. Do you really have to go there. She earned the spot on the relay by out splitting two of the other morning swimmers and by swimming so fast at the world trials. The team could not have broken the American record unless all 4 combined to swim well.
In the post supersuit era, USA Swimming won the gold medal in the women’s 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay from 2010 thru 2017. Since the aforementioned time frame, only once.
Good job, ladies!!!!
Warrior’s swim by Gemmell. Was stunned they put her on after yesterday, but she held strong.
Yep. Not her fastest, but considering what she’s been through, and that it’s doubtful Manuel, Moesch, or Sims would have gone faster, she deserves a lot of credit.
I think Manuel would’ve ended up right around 1:56 mid, but I imagine they were hoping for Sims to be in 1:55 form rather than the 1:58 she put up earlier so they could’ve had her swim over Gemmell.