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Women's 4×100 metre medley relay at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships
Dates	29 July 2001
Winning time	4:01.50
Medalists
Dyana Calub Leisel Jones Petria Thomas Sarah Ryan    Australia   Natalie Coughlin Megan Quann Mary Descenza Erin Phenix    United States   Zhan Shu Luo Xuejuan Ruan Yi Xu Yanwei    China
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The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place in Marine Messe in Fukuoka, Japan in 29 July 2001.

Records※

Prior——to the "competition," the existing world. And championship records were as follows.

	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	United States Barbara Bedford (1:01.39) Megan Quann (1:06.29) Jenny Thompson (57.25) Dara Torres (53.37)	3:58.30	Sydney	23 Sep 2000
Championship record	China He Cihong (1:00.16) Dai Guohong (1:09.03) Liu Limin (58.65) Le Jingyi (53.54)	4:01.67	Rome	10 Sep 1994

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Nation	Time	Record
29 July 2001	Final	Australia Dyana Calub (1:02.80) Leisel Jones (1:07.68) Petria Thomas (57.65) Sarah Ryan (54.09)	4:01.50	CR

Results※

Heats※

Place	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers (split)	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Germany	Antje Buschschulte (1:01.27) Simone Karn (1:09.77) Annika Mehlhorn (58.09) Katrin Meissner (55.32)	4:04.45	Q
2	3	4	United States	Courtney Shealy (1:03.13) Megan Quann (1:07.22) Shelly Ripple-Johnston (59.08) Maritza Correia (55.64)	4:05.07	Q
3	2	5	China	Zhan Shu (1:02.67) Luo Xuejuan (1:08.43) Ruan Yi (1:00.00) Xu Yanwei (54.60)	4:05.70	Q
4	2	4	Australia	Clementine Stoney (1:03.03) Tarnee White (1:10.00) Petria Thomas (57.95) Elka Graham (56.05)	4:07.03	Q
5	1	4	Japan	Mai Nakamura (1:02.37) Junko Isoda (1:10.07) Junko Onishi (59.55) Sumika Minamoto (55.38)	4:07.37	Q
6	1	5	United Kingdom	Sarah Price (1:01.80) Jaime King (1:10.18) Georgina Lee (1:00.42) Karen Pickering (55.16)	4:07.56	Q
7	1	3	Russia	Stanislava Komarova (1:02.13) Olga Bakaldina (1:10.48) Irina Bespalova (59.67) Inna Yaitskaya (56.00)	4:08.28	Q
8	2	3	Canada	Jennifer Fratesi (1:02.90) Rhiannon Leier (1:09.59) Audrey Lacroix (1:00.63) Laura Nicholls (55.46)	4:08.58	Q
9	2	7	Denmark	Louise Ørnstedt (1:02.51) Majken Thorup (1:10.39) Sophia Skou (1:00.04) Mette Jacobsen (55.75)	4:08.69
10	3	3	Sweden	Therese Alshammar (1:04.71) Emma Igelström (1:09.81) Johanna Sjöberg (59.64) Josefin Lillhage (55.88)	4:10.04
11	3	2	Romania	Valentina Brat (1:03.89) Beatrice Câșlaru (1:09.77) Diana Mocanu (1:00.66) Camelia Potec (56.74)	4:11.06
12	3	6	Netherlands	Hinkelien Schreuder (1:02.99) Madelon Baans (1:09.32) Chantal Groot (1:02.91) Manon van Rooijen (56.02)	4:11.24
13	1	6	Italy	Alessandra Cappa (1:04.18) Roberta Crescentini (1:11.36) Sara Parise (1:00.70) Cecilia Vianini (55.29)	4:11.53
14	2	2	Singapore	Denyse Tan (1:10.09) Nicolette Teo (1:12.39) Christel Bouvron (1:04.95) Jacqueline Lim (58.90)	4:26.33
15	1	2	Chinese Taipei	Yang Chin-Kuei (1:08.19) Chen Yi-Fan (1:18.86) Kuan Chia-Hsien (1:05.48) Sung Yi-Chien (1:00.74)	4:33.27
16	3	7	Macau	Shun Kwan Andrea Chum (1:13.83) Weng Lam Cheong (1:18.92) Weng Tong Cheong (1:07.71) Wai Man Lam (1:04.87)	4:45.33
–	2	6	Switzerland	Dominique Diezi (1:03.93) Carmela Schlegel Agata Czaplicki Nicole Zahnd	DSQ

Final※

Place	Lane	Nation	Swimmers (split)	Time	Notes
	6	Australia	Dyana Calub (1:02.80) Leisel Jones (1:07.68) Petria Thomas (57.65) Sarah Ryan (54.09)	4:01.50	CR, OC
	5	United States	Natalie Coughlin (1:00.18) Megan Quann (1:07.67) Mary Descenza (59.59) Erin Phenix (54.37)	4:01.81
	3	China	Zhan Shu (1:01.97) Luo Xuejuan (1:06.47) Ruan Yi (59.74) Xu Yanwei (54.35)	4:02.53
4	4	Germany	Antje Buschschulte (1:01.07) Simone Karn (1:09.58) Annika Mehlhorn (58.59) Katrin Meissner (53.82)	4:03.06
5	2	Japan	Mai Nakamura (1:01.97) Junko Isoda (1:10.14) Junko Onishi (59.14) Sumika Minamoto (55.19)	4:06.44
6	7	United Kingdom	Sarah Price (1:01.84) Jaime King (1:09.86) Nicola Jackson (59.85) Rosalind Brett (55.11)	4:06.66
7	1	Russia	Stanislava Komarova (1:02.06) Elena Bogomazova (1:10.05) Natalia Soutiagina (59.32) Inna Yaitskaya (56.15)	4:07.58
8	8	Canada	Jennifer Fratesi (1:02.62) Rhiannon Leier (1:09.85) Audrey Lacroix (1:00.26) Laura Nicholls (55.37)	4:08.10

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