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Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
VenueManchester Aquatics Centre
Dates1 August
Competitors16 from 4 nations
Winning time8:01.39
Medalists
gold medal    England
silver medal    Australia
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The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 1 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and games records were as follows.

World record  East Germany 7:55.47 Strasbourg, France 18 August 1987

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Nation Swimmers Time Record
1 August Final  England Karen Legg (2:00.62)
Georgina Lee (2:00.31)
Joanna Fargus (2:01.05)
Karen Pickering (1:59.41)
8:01.39 GR

Results

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The final was held at 20:32.[1]

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5  England Karen Legg (2:00.62)
Georgina Lee (2:00.31)
Joanna Fargus (2:01.05)
Karen Pickering (1:59.41)
8:01.39 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4  Australia Elka Graham (2:00.64)
Giaan Rooney (2:00.05)
Rebecca Creedy (2:01.43)
Petria Thomas (1:59.79)
8:01.91
3 3  Canada Jessica Deglau (2:00.97)
Marianne Limpert (2:01.17)
Jennifer Button (2:01.13)
Sophie Simard (2:01.29)
8:04.66
4 6  Wales Bethan Coole
Catrin Davies
Mackenzie Howe
Dawn Jason
8:25.23

References

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  • "SwimNews" (PDF). SwimNews. Vol. 29, no. 4. July–August 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.