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4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date	7 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	73 from 16 countries

France came in as the team to beat. They had won this event at the 2015 World Championships and at the 2012 London Olympics. The United States and Australia were also expected to medal, despite the fact that neither team had made the final of the event at the 2015 Worlds.

In the end that would be the podium, but the USA pulled a stunner to win the gold medal. France got off to the lead on the opening leg, swum by Mehdy Metella, but the second US swimmer was some guy named Michael Phelps, and after 200 metres, he had given the USA a full second lead, which even France’s redoubtable Florent Manadou, swimming their third leg, could not overcome. The Americans ended up winning gold by 0.61 seconds over France, with Australia back almost the same amount in third.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	3:12.38 (1 h2)	3:09.92 (1)	Gold
	Anthony Ervin • Michael Phelps • Nathan Adrian • Jimmy Feigen • Blake Pieroni • Caeleb Dressel • Ryan Held
2	France	FRA	3:13.27 (3 h2)	3:10.53 (2)	Silver
	Fabien Gilot • Florent Manaudou • Jérémy Stravius • Clément Mignon • Mehdy Metella • William Meynard
3	Australia	AUS	3:12.65 (2 h2)	3:11.37 (3)	Bronze
	James Magnussen • James Roberts • Cameron McEvoy • Kyle Chalmers • Matt Abood
4	Russian Federation	RUS	3:12.04 (1 h1)	3:11.64 (4)
	Dan Izotov • Aleksandr Sukhorukov • Andrey Grechin • Vladimir Morozov • Aleksandr Popkov
5	Brazil	BRA	3:14.06 (4 h2)	3:13.21 (5)
	Nicolas Oliveira • Marcelo Chierighini • Gabriel Santos • João de Lucca • Matheus Santana
6	Belgium	BEL	3:14.16 (5 h2)	3:13.57 (6)
	Glenn Surgeloose • Jasper Aerents • Pieter Timmers • Emmanuel Vanluchene • Dieter Dekoninck
7	Canada	CAN	3:14.06 (2 h1)	3:14.35 (7)
	Santo Condorelli • Yuri Kisil • Markus Thormeyer • Evan Van Moerkerke
8	Japan	JPN	3:14.17 (3 h1)	3:14.48 (8)
	Katsumi Nakamura • Shinri Shioura • Kenji Kobase • Junya Koga
9	Italy	ITA	3:14.22 (4 h1)	–
	Luca Dotto • Marco Orsi • Michele Santucci • Luca Leonardi
10	Greece	GRE	3:14.62 (6 h2)	–
	Odysseus Meladinis • Kristian Gkolomeev • Christos Katrantzis • Apostolos Christou
11	Germany	GER	3:14.97 (5 h1)	–
	Steffen Deibler • Björn Hornikel • Philipp Wolf • Damian Wierling
12	Poland	POL	3:15.52 (6 h1)	–
	Paweł Korzeniowski • Kacper Majchrzak • Jan Świtkowski • Konrad Czerniak
13	Spain	ESP	3:16.71 (7 h1)	–
	Markel Alberdi • Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate • Aitor Martínez • Bruno Ortiz-Cañavate
14	Romania	ROU	3:17.03 (8 h1)	–
	Marius Radu • Daniel Macovei • Alin Coste • Norbert Trandafir
DQ	Hungary	HUN	[3:15.21] (DQ h2)	–		1
	Dominik Kozma • Richárd Bohus • Krisztián Takács • Péter Holoda
DQ	People's Republic of China	CHN	– (DQ h2)	–
	He Jianbin • Lin Yongqing • Ning Zetao • Yu Hexin

Round One (7 August 2016 — 15:05)

Fastest eight teams advanced to final

Heat One (15:05)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	Russian Federation	RUS		3:12.04			Q
		Andrey Grechin		23.09	48.58	0.69	48.58 (2)
		Aleksandr Popkov		22.59	48.18	0.21	1:36.76 (3)
		Dan Izotov		22.36	47.65	0.29	2:24.41 (1)
		Aleksandr Sukhorukov		22.65	47.63	0.06	3:12.04 (1)
2	6	Canada	CAN		3:14.06			Q
		Santo Condorelli		22.41	48.73	0.66	48.73 (4)
		Yuri Kisil		22.40	47.70	0.20	1:36.43 (1)
		Markus Thormeyer		22.73	48.29	0.15	2:24.72 (2)
		Evan Van Moerkerke		23.68	49.34	0.46	3:14.06 (2)
3	2	Japan	JPN		3:14.17			Q
		Katsumi Nakamura		23.15	47.99	0.69	47.99 (1)
		Shinri Shioura		23.17	48.71	0.29	1:36.70 (2)
		Kenji Kobase		22.91	48.79	0.18	2:25.49 (3)
		Junya Koga		22.98	48.68	0.22	3:14.17 (3)
4	5	Italy	ITA		3:14.22
		Luca Dotto		22.98	48.51	0.65	48.51 (3)
		Marco Orsi		22.79	48.58	0.00	1:37.09 (4)
		Michele Santucci		22.99	48.42	0.00	2:25.51 (4)
		Luca Leonardi		22.96	48.71	0.07	3:14.22 (4)
5	7	Germany	GER		3:14.97
		Steffen Deibler		23.29	48.92	0.64	48.92 (5)
		Björn Hornikel		22.70	48.89	0.20	1:37.81 (5)
		Philipp Wolf		22.90	48.46	0.45	2:26.27 (5)
		Damian Wierling		23.69	48.70	0.52	3:14.97 (5)
6	3	Poland	POL		3:15.52
		Paweł Korzeniowski		23.68	49.93	0.72	49.93 (8)
		Kacper Majchrzak		23.01	48.42	0.23	1:38.35 (7)
		Jan Świtkowski		22.89	48.64	0.14	2:26.99 (6)
		Konrad Czerniak		23.05	48.53	0.36	3:15.52 (6)
7	8	Spain	ESP		3:16.71
		Markel Alberdi		23.59	49.28	0.71	49.28 (6)
		Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate		23.12	48.87	0.21	1:38.15 (6)
		Aitor Martínez		22.87	48.87	0.17	2:27.02 (7)
		Bruno Ortiz-Cañavate		23.44	49.69	0.25	3:16.71 (7)
8	1	Romania	ROU		3:17.03
		Marius Radu		23.35	49.33	0.70	49.33 (7)
		Daniel Macovei		23.24	49.99	0.21	1:39.32 (8)
		Alin Coste		23.31	49.51	0.17	2:28.83 (8)
		Norbert Trandafir		22.70	48.2	0.25	3:17.03 (8)

Heat Two (15:13)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	1	United States	USA		3:12.38			Q
		Jimmy Feigen		22.92	48.55	0.64	48.55 (2)
		Ryan Held		22.73	47.79	0.27	1:36.34 (2)
		Blake Pieroni		22.70	48.39	0.29	2:24.73 (2)
		Anthony Ervin		21.68	47.65	0.26	3:12.38 (1)
2	5	Australia	AUS		3:12.65			Q
		James Magnussen		23.09	48.85	0.71	48.85 (5)
		Kyle Chalmers		22.63	47.04	0.15	1:35.89 (1)
		James Roberts		22.73	48.33	0.24	2:24.22 (1)
		Matt Abood		22.77	48.43	0.22	3:12.65 (2)
3	4	France	FRA		3:13.27			Q
		Clément Mignon		23.37	48.59	0.63	48.59 (3)
		William Meynard		23.32	49.05	0.12	1:37.64 (6)
		Fabien Gilot		22.13	47.88	0.21	2:25.52 (4)
		Mehdy Metella		22.79	47.75	0.27	3:13.27 (3)
4	3	Brazil	BRA		3:14.06			Q
		Marcelo Chierighini		22.86	48.47	0.68	48.47 (1)
		Nicolas Oliveira		22.81	47.96	0.35	1:36.43 (3)
		Gabriel Santos		23.00	48.63	0.25	2:25.06 (3)
		Matheus Santana		23.41	49.00	0.38	3:14.06 (4)
5	6	Belgium	BEL		3:14.16			Q
		Dieter Dekoninck		23.77	49.91	0.65	49.91 (6)
		Jasper Aerents		23.15	48.77	0.18	1:38.68 (7)
		Glenn Surgeloose		23.13	48.09	0.30	2:26.77 (7)
		Pieter Timmers		22.59	47.39	0.08	3:14.16 (5)
6	2	Greece	GRE		3:14.62
		Odysseus Meladinis		23.44	49.92	0.66	49.92 (7)
		Kristian Gkolomeev		22.07	47.43	0.25	1:37.35 (4)
		Christos Katrantzis		23.00	49.13	0.15	2:26.48 (6)
		Apostolos Christou		21.90	48.14	0.15	3:14.62 (6)
DQ	8	Hungary	HUN		[3:15.21]				2
		Dominik Kozma		23.59	48.77	0.68	48.77 (4)
		Richárd Bohus		23.13	48.60	0.42	1:37.37 (5)
		Krisztián Takács		23.17	48.93	0.17	2:26.30 (5)
		Péter Holoda		23.24	48.91	0.18	3:15.21 (7)
DQ	7	People's Republic of China	CHN		–				3
		He Jianbin		23.82	50.08	0.69	50.08 (8)
		Lin Yongqing		–	–	-0.07	– (–)
		Ning Zetao		–	–	–	– (–)
		Yu Hexin		–	–	–	– (–)

Final (7 August 2016 — 23:54)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	United States	USA		3:09.92
		Caeleb Dressel		22.77	48.10	0.65	48.10 (2)
		Michael Phelps		22.53	47.12	0.08	1:35.22 (1)
		Ryan Held		22.29	47.73	0.39	2:22.95 (1)
		Nathan Adrian		22.10	46.97	0.35	3:09.92 (1)
2	6	France	FRA		3:10.53
		Mehdy Metella		23.23	48.08	0.68	48.08 (1)
		Fabien Gilot		22.42	48.20	0.19	1:36.28 (4)
		Florent Manaudou		22.03	47.14	0.17	2:23.42 (2)
		Jérémy Stravius		22.28	47.11	0.29	3:10.53 (2)
3	3	Australia	AUS		3:11.37
		James Roberts		23.26	48.88	0.72	48.88 (8)
		Kyle Chalmers		22.58	47.38	0.30	1:36.26 (2)
		James Magnussen		22.86	48.11	0.23	2:24.37 (4)
		Cameron McEvoy		22.49	47.00	0.42	3:11.37 (3)
4	4	Russian Federation	RUS		3:11.64
		Andrey Grechin		23.17	48.68	0.73	48.68 (6)
		Dan Izotov		22.48	48.00	0.28	1:36.68 (6)
		Vladimir Morozov		21.81	47.31	0.19	2:23.99 (3)
		Aleksandr Sukhorukov		22.69	47.65	0.19	3:11.64 (4)
5	7	Brazil	BRA		3:13.21
		Marcelo Chierighini		22.71	48.12	0.68	48.12 (3)
		Nicolas Oliveira		23.04	48.26	0.21	1:36.38 (5)
		Gabriel Santos		22.95	48.72	0.14	2:25.10 (6)
		João de Lucca		22.61	48.11	0.18	3:13.21 (6)
6	1	Belgium	BEL		3:13.57
		Glenn Surgeloose		23.25	48.73	0.72	48.73 (7)
		Jasper Aerents		22.88	48.47	0.15	1:37.20 (8)
		Emmanuel Vanluchene		22.60	48.82	0.17	2:26.02 (8)
		Pieter Timmers		22.64	47.55	0.24	3:13.57 (7)
7	2	Canada	CAN		3:14.35
		Santo Condorelli		22.88	48.51	0.67	48.51 (5)
		Yuri Kisil		22.55	47.76	0.19	1:36.27 (3)
		Markus Thormeyer		22.71	48.40	0.23	2:24.67 (5)
		Evan Van Moerkerke		23.60	49.68	0.27	3:14.35 (8)
8	8	Japan	JPN		3:14.48
		Katsumi Nakamura		23.48	48.49	0.70	48.49 (4)
		Shinri Shioura		23.16	48.65	0.32	1:37.14 (7)
		Kenji Kobase		23.01	48.79	0.24	2:25.93 (7)
		Junya Koga		23.03	48.55	0.24	3:14.48 (5)