Watch the Australian Women Break the 4×100 Free Relay World Record

Swimming News / 2014 Commonwealth Games reported by SwimSwam / Jeff Grace.

WOMEN’S 4 X 100 FREESTYLE RELAY

2010 Champion – Australia – 3:36.36

Commonwealth Games Record – Australia – 3:36.36 (2010)

Commonwealth Record – Australia – 3:32.43 (2013)

It was an amazing first night of swimming in Glasgow with Hannah Miley, Emma McKeon and Ross Murdoch all breaking games records, so why not cap it off with a world record. That is exactly what the Australian women’s 4 x 100 freestyle relay team did. The team of Bronte Campbell, Melanie Schlanger, Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell took down the Netherlands world record of 3:31.72 which they posted in 2009.
Record Splits

AUSTRALIA 2014 – BRONTE CAMPBELL (53.15)/MELANIE SCHLANGER (52.76)/EMMA MCKEON (52.91)/CATE CAMPBELL (52.16) – 3:30.98

NETHERLANDS 2009 – INGE DEKKER (53.61)/RANOMI KROMOWIDJOJO (52.30)/FEMKE HEEMSKERK (53.03)/MARLEEN VELDHUIS (52.78) – 3:31.72

The relay record was not the only record for the Australians in this event, lead off swimmer Bronte Campbell broke Libby Lenton’s 2006 games record. Campbell led off in a time of 53.15 beating Lenton’s record of 53.54.

The Aussies were followed by the English team that obliterated the national record in the event by almost five seconds. The team made up of Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (54.06), Fran Halsall (53.17), Amy Smith (53.92) and Becki Turner (54.61) finished with a final time of 3:35.72 breaking the 2010 record of 3:40.03.

The Canadians collected the bronze finishing in a time of 3:40.00.

They were followed by New Zealand (3:43.83), Scotland (3:44.56), Wales (3:45.40), Singapore (3:49.69) and Northern Ireland (3:52.88)