Results |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| Missy Franklin / Rebecca Soni / Dana Vollmer / Allison Schmitt | USA | 3:52.05 (OR) (WR) |
| Emily Seebohm / Leisel Jones / Alicia Coutts / Melanie Schlanger | AUS | 3:54.02 |
| Aya Terakawa / Satomi Suzuki / Yuka Kato / Haruka Ueda | JPN | 3:55.73 |
4 | Anastasia Zueva / Iuliia Efimova / Irina Bespalova / Veronika Popova | RUS | 3:56.03 |
5 | Jing Zhao / Liping Ji / Ying Lu / Yi Tang | CHN | 3:56.41 |
6 | Sharon van Rouwendaal / Moniek Nijhuis / Inge Dekker / Ranomi Kromowidjojo | NED | 3:57.28 |
7 | Mie Nielsen / Rikke Pedersen / Jeanette Ottesen Gray / Pernille Blume | DEN | 3:57.76 |
8 | Gemma Spofforth / Siobhan-Marie Oconnor / Ellen Gandy / Francesca Halsall | GBR | 3:59.46 |