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4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date 7 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationEstádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants73 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.

PosCompetitorsNOCR1Final
1United StatesUSA3:12.38 (1 h2)3:09.92 (1)Gold
Anthony Ervin • Michael Phelps • Nathan Adrian • Jimmy Feigen • Blake Pieroni • Caeleb Dressel • Ryan Held
2FranceFRA3:13.27 (3 h2)3:10.53 (2)Silver
Fabien Gilot • Florent Manaudou • Jérémy Stravius • Clément Mignon • Mehdy Metella • William Meynard
3AustraliaAUS3:12.65 (2 h2)3:11.37 (3)Bronze
James Magnussen • James Roberts • Cameron McEvoy • Kyle Chalmers • Matt Abood
4Russian FederationRUS3:12.04 (1 h1)3:11.64 (4)
Dan Izotov • Aleksandr Sukhorukov • Andrey Grechin • Vladimir Morozov • Aleksandr Popkov
5BrazilBRA3:14.06 (4 h2)3:13.21 (5)
Nicolas Oliveira • Marcelo Chierighini • Gabriel Santos • João de Lucca • Matheus Santana
6BelgiumBEL3:14.16 (5 h2)3:13.57 (6)
Glenn Surgeloose • Jasper Aerents • Pieter Timmers • Emmanuel Vanluchene • Dieter Dekoninck
7CanadaCAN3:14.06 (2 h1)3:14.35 (7)
Santo Condorelli • Yuri Kisil • Markus Thormeyer • Evan Van Moerkerke
8JapanJPN3:14.17 (3 h1)3:14.48 (8)
Katsumi Nakamura • Shinri Shioura • Kenji Kobase • Junya Koga
9ItalyITA3:14.22 (4 h1)–
Luca Dotto • Marco Orsi • Michele Santucci • Luca Leonardi
10GreeceGRE3:14.62 (6 h2)–
Odysseus Meladinis • Kristian Gkolomeev • Christos Katrantzis • Apostolos Christou
11GermanyGER3:14.97 (5 h1)–
Steffen Deibler • Björn Hornikel • Philipp Wolf • Damian Wierling
12PolandPOL3:15.52 (6 h1)–
Paweł Korzeniowski • Kacper Majchrzak • Jan Świtkowski • Konrad Czerniak
13SpainESP3:16.71 (7 h1)–
Markel Alberdi • Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate • Aitor Martínez • Bruno Ortiz-Cañavate
14RomaniaROU3:17.03 (8 h1)–
Marius Radu • Daniel Macovei • Alin Coste • Norbert Trandafir
DQHungaryHUN[3:15.21] (DQ h2)–1
Dominik Kozma • Richárd Bohus • Krisztián Takács • Péter Holoda
DQPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN– (DQ h2)–
He Jianbin • Lin Yongqing • Ning Zetao • Yu Hexin

Round One

Date7 August 2016 — 15:05
FormatFastest 8 teams advanced to the final round.
PosLaneTeamNOCTime
14Russian FederationRUS3:12.04Q
21United StatesUSA3:12.38Q
35AustraliaAUS3:12.65Q
44FranceFRA3:13.27Q
=56CanadaCAN3:14.06Q
=53BrazilBRA3:14.06Q
76BelgiumBEL3:14.16Q
82JapanJPN3:14.17Q
95ItalyITA3:14.22
102GreeceGRE3:14.62
117GermanyGER3:14.97
123PolandPOL3:15.52
138SpainESP3:16.71
141RomaniaROU3:17.03
DQ8HungaryHUN[3:15.21]2
DQ7People's Republic of ChinaCHN–3

Heat #1

Time15:05
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeReaction Time50 m TimeSplitExchange
14Russian FederationRUS3:12.04––– (–)– (–)Q
Lead-off–Andrey Grechin –0.6923.0948.58 (3)– (–)
2nd Leg–Aleksandr Popkov –0.2122.5948.18 (2)1:36.76 (3)
3rd Leg–Dan Izotov –0.2922.3647.65 (1)2:24.41 (1)
Anchor–Aleksandr Sukhorukov –0.0622.6547.63 (1)– (–)
26CanadaCAN3:14.06––– (–)– (–)Q
Lead-off–Santo Condorelli –0.6622.4148.73 (4)– (–)
2nd Leg–Yuri Kisil –0.2022.4047.70 (1)1:36.43 (1)
3rd Leg–Markus Thormeyer –0.1522.7348.29 (2)2:24.72 (2)
Anchor–Evan Van Moerkerke –0.4623.6849.34 (7)– (–)
32JapanJPN3:14.17––– (–)– (–)Q
Lead-off–Katsumi Nakamura –0.6923.1547.99 (1)– (–)
2nd Leg–Shinri Shioura –0.2923.1748.71 (5)1:36.70 (2)
3rd Leg–Kenji Kobase –0.1822.9148.79 (6)2:25.49 (3)
Anchor–Junya Koga –0.2222.9848.68 (4)– (–)
45ItalyITA3:14.22––– (–)– (–)
Lead-off–Luca Dotto –0.6522.9848.51 (2)– (–)
2nd Leg–Marco Orsi –0.0022.7948.58 (4)1:37.09 (4)
3rd Leg–Michele Santucci –0.0022.9948.42 (3)2:25.51 (4)
Anchor–Luca Leonardi –0.0722.9648.71 (6)– (–)
57GermanyGER3:14.97––– (–)– (–)
Lead-off–Steffen Deibler –0.6423.2948.92 (5)– (–)
2nd Leg–Björn Hornikel –0.2022.7048.89 (7)1:37.81 (5)
3rd Leg–Philipp Wolf –0.4522.9048.46 (4)2:26.27 (5)
Anchor–Damian Wierling –0.5223.6948.70 (5)– (–)
63PolandPOL3:15.52––– (–)– (–)
Lead-off–Paweł Korzeniowski –0.7223.6849.93 (8)– (–)
2nd Leg–Kacper Majchrzak –0.2323.0148.42 (3)1:38.35 (7)
3rd Leg–Jan Świtkowski –0.1422.8948.64 (5)2:26.99 (6)
Anchor–Konrad Czerniak –0.3623.0548.53 (3)– (–)
78SpainESP3:16.71––– (–)– (–)
Lead-off–Markel Alberdi –0.7123.5949.28 (6)– (–)
2nd Leg–Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate –0.2123.1248.87 (6)1:38.15 (6)
3rd Leg–Aitor Martínez –0.1722.8748.87 (7)2:27.02 (7)
Anchor–Bruno Ortiz-Cañavate –0.2523.4449.69 (8)– (–)
81RomaniaROU3:17.03––– (–)– (–)
Lead-off–Marius Radu –0.7023.3549.33 (7)– (–)
2nd Leg–Daniel Macovei –0.2123.2449.99 (8)1:39.32 (8)
3rd Leg–Alin Coste –0.1723.3149.51 (8)2:28.83 (8)
Anchor–Norbert Trandafir –0.2522.7048.2 (2)– (–)

Heat #2

Time15:13
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeReaction Time50 m TimeSplitExchange
11United StatesUSA3:12.38––– (–)– (–)Q
Lead-off–Jimmy Feigen –0.6422.9248.55 (2)– (–)
2nd Leg–Ryan Held –0.2722.7347.79 (3)1:36.34 (2)
3rd Leg–Blake Pieroni –0.2922.7048.39 (4)2:24.73 (2)
Anchor–Anthony Ervin –0.2621.6847.65 (2)– (–)
25AustraliaAUS3:12.65––– (–)– (–)Q
Lead-off–James Magnussen –0.7123.0948.85 (5)– (–)
2nd Leg–Kyle Chalmers –0.1522.6347.04 (1)1:35.89 (1)
3rd Leg–James Roberts –0.2422.7348.33 (3)2:24.22 (1)
Anchor–Matt Abood –0.2222.7748.43 (5)– (–)
34FranceFRA3:13.27––– (–)– (–)Q
Lead-off–Clément Mignon –0.6323.3748.59 (3)– (–)
2nd Leg–William Meynard –0.1223.3249.05 (7)1:37.64 (6)
3rd Leg–Fabien Gilot –0.2122.1347.88 (1)2:25.52 (4)
Anchor–Mehdy Metella –0.2722.7947.75 (3)– (–)
43BrazilBRA3:14.06––– (–)– (–)Q
Lead-off–Marcelo Chierighini –0.6822.8648.47 (1)– (–)
2nd Leg–Nicolas Oliveira –0.3522.8147.96 (4)1:36.43 (3)
3rd Leg–Gabriel Santos –0.2523.0048.63 (5)2:25.06 (3)
Anchor–Matheus Santana –0.3823.4149.00 (7)– (–)
56BelgiumBEL3:14.16––– (–)– (–)Q
Lead-off–Dieter Dekoninck –0.6523.7749.91 (6)– (–)
2nd Leg–Jasper Aerents –0.1823.1548.77 (6)1:38.68 (7)
3rd Leg–Glenn Surgeloose –0.3023.1348.09 (2)2:26.77 (7)
Anchor–Pieter Timmers –0.0822.5947.39 (1)– (–)
62GreeceGRE3:14.62––– (–)– (–)
Lead-off–Odysseus Meladinis –0.6623.4449.92 (7)– (–)
2nd Leg–Kristian Gkolomeev –0.2522.0747.43 (2)1:37.35 (4)
3rd Leg–Christos Katrantzis –0.1523.0049.13 (7)2:26.48 (6)
Anchor–Apostolos Christou –0.1521.9048.14 (4)– (–)
DQ8HungaryHUN[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])– (–)
DQ7People's Republic of ChinaCHN–––– (–)– (–)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

Date7 August 2016 — 23:54
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeReaction Time50 m TimeSplitExchange
15United StatesUSA3:09.92––– (–)– (–)
Lead-off–Caeleb Dressel –0.6522.7748.10 (2)– (–)
2nd Leg–Michael Phelps –0.0822.5347.12 (1)1:35.22 (1)
3rd Leg–Ryan Held –0.3922.2947.73 (3)2:22.95 (1)
Anchor–Nathan Adrian –0.3522.1046.97 (1)– (–)
26FranceFRA3:10.53––– (–)– (–)
Lead-off–Mehdy Metella –0.6823.2348.08 (1)– (–)
2nd Leg–Fabien Gilot –0.1922.4248.20 (5)1:36.28 (4)
3rd Leg–Florent Manaudou –0.1722.0347.14 (1)2:23.42 (2)
Anchor–Jérémy Stravius –0.2922.2847.11 (3)– (–)
33AustraliaAUS3:11.37––– (–)– (–)
Lead-off–James Roberts –0.7223.2648.88 (8)– (–)
2nd Leg–Kyle Chalmers –0.3022.5847.38 (2)1:36.26 (2)
3rd Leg–James Magnussen –0.2322.8648.11 (4)2:24.37 (4)
Anchor–Cameron McEvoy –0.4222.4947.00 (2)– (–)
44Russian FederationRUS3:11.64––– (–)– (–)
Lead-off–Andrey Grechin –0.7323.1748.68 (6)– (–)
2nd Leg–Dan Izotov –0.2822.4848.00 (4)1:36.68 (6)
3rd Leg–Vladimir Morozov –0.1921.8147.31 (2)2:23.99 (3)
Anchor–Aleksandr Sukhorukov –0.1922.6947.65 (5)– (–)
57BrazilBRA3:13.21––– (–)– (–)
Lead-off–Marcelo Chierighini –0.6822.7148.12 (3)– (–)
2nd Leg–Nicolas Oliveira –0.2123.0448.26 (6)1:36.38 (5)
3rd Leg–Gabriel Santos –0.1422.9548.72 (6)2:25.10 (6)
Anchor–João de Lucca –0.1822.6148.11 (6)– (–)
61BelgiumBEL3:13.57––– (–)– (–)
Lead-off–Glenn Surgeloose –0.7223.2548.73 (7)– (–)
2nd Leg–Jasper Aerents –0.1522.8848.47 (7)1:37.20 (8)
3rd Leg–Emmanuel Vanluchene –0.1722.6048.82 (8)2:26.02 (8)
Anchor–Pieter Timmers –0.2422.6447.55 (4)– (–)
72CanadaCAN3:14.35––– (–)– (–)
Lead-off–Santo Condorelli –0.6722.8848.51 (5)– (–)
2nd Leg–Yuri Kisil –0.1922.5547.76 (3)1:36.27 (3)
3rd Leg–Markus Thormeyer –0.2322.7148.40 (5)2:24.67 (5)
Anchor–Evan Van Moerkerke –0.2723.6049.68 (8)– (–)
88JapanJPN3:14.48––– (–)– (–)
Lead-off–Katsumi Nakamura –0.7023.4848.49 (4)– (–)
2nd Leg–Shinri Shioura –0.3223.1648.65 (8)1:37.14 (7)
3rd Leg–Kenji Kobase –0.2423.0148.79 (7)2:25.93 (7)
Anchor–Junya Koga –0.2423.0348.55 (7)– (–)