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4 × 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	Competitors	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

Date	7 August 2016 — 15:05
Format	Fastest eight teams advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	–	Russian Federation	RUS	3:12.04	Q
2	–	United States	USA	3:12.38	Q
3	–	Australia	AUS	3:12.65	Q
4	–	France	FRA	3:13.27	Q
=5	–	Canada	CAN	3:14.06	Q
=5	–	Brazil	BRA	3:14.06	Q
7	–	Belgium	BEL	3:14.16	Q
8	–	Japan	JPN	3:14.17	Q
9	–	Italy	ITA	3:14.22
10	–	Greece	GRE	3:14.62
11	–	Germany	GER	3:14.97
12	–	Poland	POL	3:15.52
13	–	Spain	ESP	3:16.71
14	–	Romania	ROU	3:17.03
DQ	–	Hungary	HUN	[3:15.21]		2
DQ	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	–		3

Heat #1

Time	15:05

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

Heat #2

Time	15:13

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

Final Round

Date	7 August 2016 — 23:54

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