Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay
- Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay
The women's 4×200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 13th (Qualification) and 14th August (final) at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre. This swimming event used freestyle as a relay, with swimmers typically using the front crawl. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the next could leave the starting block; timing of the starts was thus important.
Two heats were held, with each containing the maximum number of teams (eight). The heat in which a team competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the teams with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the final; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements. A team could use different swimmers in the final than had swum in the heats.
There were 16 nations competing at this event. These 16 nations consisted on the 12 best placed teams at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships plus the 4 best times after the qualifying period.
Medalists
Heats
Final
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