Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place August 30. The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
Medalists
Results
Heats
Heat 1| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3:58.11 | ||
| 2 | 4:02.70 | ||
| 3 | 4:05.44 | ||
| 4 | 4:05.95 | ||
| 5 | 4:07.55 | ||
| 6 | 4:08.82 | ||
| 7 | 4:14.95 | ||
| 8 | 4:26.34 |
Heat 2
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3:58.93 | ||
| 2 | 4:01.63 | ||
| 3 | 4:03.99 | ||
| 4 | 4:04.29 | ||
| 5 | 4:08.34 | ||
| 6 | 4:09.51 | ||
| 7 | 4:10.70 | ||
| 8 | 4:10.73 |
Final
| Rank | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| Sandra Neilson Jennifer Kemp Jane Barkman Shirley Babashoff | 3:55.19 | |||
| Gabriele Wetzko Andrea Eife Elke Sehmisch Kornelia Ender | 3:55.55 | ER | ||
| Jutta Weber Heidemarie Reineck Gudrun Beckmann Angela Steinbach | 3:57.93 | NR | ||
| 4 | Andrea Gyarmati Judit Turóczy Edit Kovács Magdolna Patóh | 4:00.39 | ||
| 5 | Enith Brigitha Anke Rijnders Hansje Bunschoten Josien Elzerman | 4:01.49 | ||
| 6 | Anita Zarnowiecki Eva Andersson Diana Olsson Irwi Johansson | 4:02.69 | ||
| 7 | Wendy Cook Judy Wright Mary Beth Rondeau Leslie Cliff | 4:03.83 | ||
| 8 | Deborah Palmer Leanne Francis Sharon Booth Shane Gould | 4:04.82 |