The United States set a new world record of 3min 51.36sec in the womens' 4x100m medley relay at Manchester 2008. The quartet of Margaret Hoelzer, Jessica Hardy, Rachel Komisarz and Kara Denby keopt at bay Australians Rachel Goh, Sarah Katsoulis, Felicity Galvez, Alice Mills, on 3:52.01, a Commonwealth records, and Britain's Elizabeth Simmonds, Kate Haywood, Jemma Lowe and Francesca Halsall on a European record of 3:53.02.