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Swimming at the 2005 Maccabiah Games - Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay
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The women's 4×200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2009 Maccabiah Games
took place on 13 July at the Wingate Institute
. This swimming
event used freestyle
as a relay, with swimmers typically using the front crawl
. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block; timing of the starts was thus important.
No heats were held, with all teams making the finals. A teams without a minimum of four swimmers were allowed to combine swimmers from other teams.
2009 Maccabiah Games
The 2009 Maccabiah Games were the 18th incarnation of the Maccabiah Games, being held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. On the 13th of July, more than 6,000 Jewish athletes from all over the world joined Team Israel's 3,000 participants at...
took place on 13 July at the Wingate Institute
Wingate Institute
The Wingate Institute is a sports training facility located south of Netanya, Israel, established in 1957. Named after Orde Wingate, the facility serves as the host facility for numerous Israeli national teams as well as a military training base....
. This swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
event used freestyle
Freestyle swimming
Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...
as a relay, with swimmers typically using the front crawl
Front crawl
The front crawl, forward crawl, or freestyle is a swimming stroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes. As such, the front crawl stroke is nearly universally used during a freestyle swimming competition, hence the synonymously used term "freestyle". It is one of two...
. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block; timing of the starts was thus important.
No heats were held, with all teams making the finals. A teams without a minimum of four swimmers were allowed to combine swimmers from other teams.
Medalists
![]() Marva Harpak Sigal Simsolo Inbal Levavi Maya Finkler |
![]() Danielle Arad Rebecca Smock Andrea Lippin Payton Johnson |
![]() Melanie Pascal Samantha Hatfield Rose Cohen Christina Hughes |
Finals
Rank | Lane | Names | Time | Notes |
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? | ![]() Marva Harpak | Sigal Simsolo | Inbal Levavi | Maya Finkler |
8:39.71 2:12.15/2:09.98 2:09.61/2:07.97 |
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? | ![]() Danielle Arad | Rebecca Smock | Andrea Lippin | Payton Johnson |
8:46.71 2:11.06/2:10.72 2:12.50/2:12.43 |
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? | ![]() Melanie Pascal | Samantha Hatfield | Rose Cohen | Christina Hughes |
8:59.60 2:18.87/2:14.41 2:13.55/2:12.77 |
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4 | ? | ![]() Noam Bechar | Amit Bechar | Nufar Zilber | Lee Reuveni |
9:03.73 2:14.21/2:15.30 2:16.59/2:17.63 |
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5 | ? | ![]() Yael Cohen | Rina Cohen | Esther Kanan | Katia Picazo |
9:35.98 2:08.72/2:40.78 2:29.42/2:17.06 |
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6 | ? | ![]() Lauren Peimer | Sara Gentin | Kerryn Cohen | Jessica Davey |
9:43.39 2:25.12/2:21.48 2:27.43/2:29.36 |
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7 | ? | ![]() Rebecca Peppi | Tamar Roemer | Julia Folescu | Stefanie Brand |
10:16.70 2:11.94/2:32.72 2:42.88/2:49.16 |
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8 | ? | ![]() Ingrid Kindi | Baty Lindenbogm | Adriana Silva | Renata Folescu |
12:22.46 2:45.88/3:45.09 3:10.14/2:41.35 |
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