The German women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay team (L-R) of
Franziska van Almsick, Petra Dallmann, Kathrin Meissner and Sandra
Voelker celebrate their new world record time of 3 minutes 36.00
seconds at the European Swimming Championships in Berlin July 29, 2002.
The four Germans improved the old world record of 3 minutes 36.61
seconds set by the U.S. team at the Sydney 2000 Olympic summer games.
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