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

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates	1 August
Competitors	16 from 4 nations
Winning time	8:01.39
Medalists
Joanna Fargus Georgina Lee Karen Legg Karen Pickering    England   Rebecca Creedy Elka Graham Giaan Rooney Petria Thomas    Australia

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

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

The final was held at 20:32.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	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
	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

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