World Record: United States, 3:52.05 – August 4, 2012 in London (GBR)
Championships Record: China, 3:52.19 – August 1, 2009 in Rome (ITA)
2003-2011 winners in this event: 2003 – China (3:59.89); 2005 – Australia (3:57.47); 2007 – Australia (3:55.74); 2009 – China (3:52.19); 2011 – United States (3:52.36)
The best in this event (1. most victories or 2. fastest time): United States (1978, 1991, 1998, 2011 & 2013)
2012 Olympic podium: 1. United States (3:52.05), 2. Australia (3:54.02), 3. Japan (3:55.73)
QUOTES:
Gold medal team: USA
Missy Franklin: On being the first woman to win 6 gold at a World Championships: "It's absolutely amazing. I could never think this would happen to me, it exceeded my own expectations."
On most challenging race: "In the 200m free, there was an unbelievable field, I learned the most from that race. The whole meet was hard with so many events to swim, I'm moving forward and excited for more opportunities to swim like this again."
Jessica Hardy, on men's relay disqualification: "We learn from their mistake, when we saw that we told ourselves to have a safe start. This is a lesson for Team USA to train in the next 3 years going into Rio."