2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
# 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 December 2016.

## Records

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

| | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| World record Championship record | Netherlands | 7:32.85 | Doha | 3 December 2014 |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were held at 12:12.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | United States | Mallory Comerford (1:54.63) Sarah Gibson (1:55.46) Katie Drabot (1:56.18) Leah Smith (1:54.98) | 7:41.25 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | China | Zhang Yuhan (1:57.06) Ai Yanhan (1:56.65) Dong Jie (1:56.44) Shen Duo (1:56.10) | 7:46.25 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | Canada | Kennedy Goss (1:55.97) Alexia Zevnik (1:55.87) Taylor Ruck (1:56.79) Penny Oleksiak (1:57.70) | 7:46.33 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | Russia | Daria Mullakaeva (1:56.83) Irina Krivonogova (1:57.97) Daria Ustinova (1:54.92) Arina Openysheva (1:56.67) | 7:46.39 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Japan | Tomomi Aoki (1:56.14) Chihiro Igarashi (1:56.00) Yui Yamane (1:58.32) Aya Takano (1:57.01) | 7:47.47 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 9 | Australia | Carla Buchanan (1:57.00) Jemma Schlicht (1:57.95) Ariarne Titmus (1:56.71) Kiah Melverton (1:56.95) | 7:48.61 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Germany | Annika Bruhn (1:56.94) Marlene Huther (1:57.65) Reva Foos (1:56.18) Celine Rieder (1:59.90) | 7:48.67 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Denmark | Signe Bro (1:57.11) Sarah Bro (1:59.37) Mie Nielsen (1:55.89) Maj Howardsen (1:59.39) | 7:51.76 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Czech Republic | Barbora Seemanová (1:58.63) Simona Baumrtová (1:57.33) Barbora Závadová (1:58.15) Martina Elhenická (1:58.78) | 7:52.89 | Q, NR |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Macau | Tan Chi Yan (2:07.03) Lei On Kei (2:10.06) Choi Weng Tong (2:13.81) Long Chi Wai (2:11.10) | 8:42.00 | Q, NR |

### Final

The final was held at 20:18.

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Canada | Katerine Savard (1:55.53) Taylor Ruck (1:51.69) Kennedy Goss (1:54.62) Penny Oleksiak (1:52.05) | 7:33.89 | AM |
| | 4 | United States | Leah Smith (1:54.87) Mallory Comerford (1:53.32) Sarah Gibson (1:55.43) Madisyn Cox (1:55.03) | 7:38.65 | |
| | 6 | Russia | Daria Mullakaeva (1:57.53) Daria Ustinova (1:55.13) Arina Openysheva (1:54.83) Veronika Popova (1:52.44) | 7:39.93 | NR |
| 4 | 7 | Australia | Brittany Elmslie (1:54.83) Carla Buchanan (1:54.65) Ariarne Titmus (1:55.14) Kiah Melverton (1:55.38) | 7:40.00 | |
| 5 | 2 | Japan | Tomomi Aoki (1:56.49) Chihiro Igarashi (1:54.93) Aya Takano (1:56.73) Rikako Ikee (1:53.82) | 7:41.97 | NR |
| 6 | 5 | China | Zhang Yuhan (1:56.50) Ai Yanhan (1:55.77) Dong Jie (1:56.53) Shen Duo (1:53.29) | 7:42.09 | |
| 7 | 1 | Germany | Annika Bruhn (1:56.79) Reva Foos (1:55.17) Marlene Huther (1:57.14) Celine Rieder (1:59.12) | 7:48.22 | NR |
| 8 | 8 | Denmark | Signe Bro (1:57.10) Mie Nielsen (1:55.15) Sarah Bro (1:58.37) Maj Howardsen (1:59.33) | 7:49.95 | |
