Swimming World Championships 1982 at Guayaquil (ecu) Women: 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay August 3: 1. East Germany (Birgit Meineke, Suzanne Link, Kristin Otto, Caren Metschuk) 3:43.97 2. USA (Susan Habernigg, Kathy Treible, Beth Washut, Jill Sterkel) 3:45.76 3. Netherlands (Annemarie Verstappen, Annelies Maas, Wilma van Velsen, Conny van Bentum) 3:45.96 4. West Germany (Christine Schlaak, Ute Neubert, Susanne Schuster, Marion Aizpors) 3:50.62 5. Canada (Kathy Bald, Michelle McPherson, Carol Klimpel, Naomi Marubashi) 3:51.22 6. Japan (Kaori Yanase, Chikako Nakamori, Junko Nishiyama, Mika Saito) 3:53.72 7. France (Carolle Amoric, Sylvie Boube, Laurence Bensimon, Véronique Stephan) 3:54.07 -. Soviet Union (Inna Abramova, Irina Gerasimova, Irina Laricheva, Natalya Strunnikova) disqualified