The women’s 4×200 metre freestyle relay took place on 18 August at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens Greece.The U.S. women’s swimming team (Natalie Coughlin Carly Piper Dana Vollmer and Kaitlin Sandeno) broke the oldest world record in the book when they clocked at 7:53.42 slashing 2.05 seconds off the old drug-tainted mark set by the East Germans exactly 17 years ago.