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4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date	9 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	73 from 16 countries

Great Britain had won the 800 relay at the 2015 World Championships, shocking the United States, which had not lost this event in over a decade at major internationals. Britain was expected to be formidable in Rio, but the USA had Michael Phelps back, and a rejuvenated Ryan Lochte, and was the favorite.

Conor Dwyer put the USA in the lead in the final, posting 1:45.23 to lead Japan’s Kosuke Hagino, with Great Britain in fifth place on the first leg. On the second leg, American Townley Haas swam 1:44.14 and effectively ended the gold medal battle, giving the USA almost a three-second lead, with Lochte and Phelps yet to swim. Those two swam effectively but were never pushed, and they never pushed it, the USA winning gold in 7:00.66, with Britain in second, 2½ seconds behind, and just edging out Japan for the silver medal.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	7:06.74 (1 h1)	7:00.66 (1)	Gold
	Michael Phelps • Ryan Lochte • Conor Dwyer • Clark Smith • Gunnar Bentz • Jack Conger • Townley Haas
2	Great Britain	GBR	7:06.31 (1 h2)	7:03.13 (2)	Silver
	Robbie Renwick • Dan Wallace • Duncan Scott • James Guy • Stephen Milne
3	Japan	JPN	7:07.68 (4 h2)	7:03.50 (3)	Bronze
	Kosuke Hagino • Naito Ehara • Yuki Kobori • Takeshi Matsuda
4	Australia	AUS	7:07.98 (5 h2)	7:04.18 (4)
	Thomas Fraser-Holmes • David McKeon • Dan Smith • Jacob Hansford • Mack Horton
5	Russian Federation	RUS	7:06.81 (2 h2)	7:05.70 (5)
	Dan Izotov • Aleksandr Krasnykh • Vyacheslav Andrusenko • Mikhail Dovgalyuk • Nikita Lobintsev
6	Germany	GER	7:07.66 (3 h2)	7:07.28 (6)
	Paul Biedermann • Clemens Rapp • Christoph Fildebrandt • Florian Vogel • Jacob Heidtmann
7	Netherlands	NED	7:09.16 (2 h1)	7:09.10 (7)
	Dion Dreesens • Sebastiaan Verschuren • Ben Schwietert • Kyle Stolk • Maarten Brzoskowski
8	Belgium	BEL	7:08.72 (6 h2)	7:11.64 (8)
	Glenn Surgeloose • Pieter Timmers • Emmanuel Vanluchene • Louis Croenen • Dieter Dekoninck
9	Italy	ITA	7:09.20 (3 h1)	–
	Andrea D'Arrigo • Alex Di Giorgio • Marco Belotti • Gabriele Detti
10	South Africa	RSA	7:12.61 (4 h1)	–
	Myles Brown • Sebastien Rousseau • Calvyn Justus • Dylan Bosch
11	Spain	ESP	7:12.62 (5 h1)	–
	Víctor Martín • Miguel Durán • Albert Puig • Marc Sánchez
12	Denmark	DEN	7:12.66 (7 h2)	–
	Anders Lie • Daniel Skaaning • Søren Dahl • Magnus Westermann
13	France	FRA	7:13.71 (6 h1)	–
	Jordan Pothain • Grégory Mallet • Lorys Bourelly • Damien Joly
14	Brazil	BRA	7:13.84 (7 h1)	–
	Luiz Altamir • João de Lucca • André Pereira • Nicolas Oliveira
DQ	Poland	POL	[7:11.11] (DQ h1)	–		1
	Jan Świtkowski • Paweł Korzeniowski • Kacper Klich • Kacper Majchrzak
DQ	Hungary	HUN	– (DQ h2)	–		2
	Péter Bernek • Gergő Kis • Benjámin Grátz • Dominik Kozma

Round One

Date	9 August 2016 — 14:17
Format	Fastest eight teams advanced to final

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	7:06.31	Q
2	–	United States	USA	7:06.74	Q
3	–	Russian Federation	RUS	7:06.81	Q
4	–	Germany	GER	7:07.66	Q
5	–	Japan	JPN	7:07.68	Q
6	–	Australia	AUS	7:07.98	Q
7	–	Belgium	BEL	7:08.72	Q
8	–	Netherlands	NED	7:09.16	Q
9	–	Italy	ITA	7:09.20
10	–	South Africa	RSA	7:12.61
11	–	Spain	ESP	7:12.62
12	–	Denmark	DEN	7:12.66
13	–	France	FRA	7:13.71
14	–	Brazil	BRA	7:13.84
DQ	–	Poland	POL	[7:11.11]		3
DQ	–	Hungary	HUN	–		4

Heat #1

Time	14:17

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 metre Time	100 m Time	150 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	United States	USA	7:06.74	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Clark Smith		–	0.68	25.08	52.16	1:20.05	1:47.20 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Jack Conger		–	0.28	24.13	51.08	1:18.51	1:45.73 (1)	3:32.93 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Gunnar Bentz		–	0.51	25.16	53.13	1:21.00	1:48.01 (3)	5:20.94 (1)
Anchor	–	Ryan Lochte		–	0.49	23.82	50.51	1:17.44	1:45.80 (2)	– (–)
2	–	Netherlands	NED	7:09.16	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Dion Dreesens		–	0.77	25.39	52.29	1:20.05	1:47.86 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Kyle Stolk		–	0.17	24.69	51.96	1:19.44	1:47.13 (2)	3:34.99 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Ben Schwietert		–	0.28	24.91	52.34	1:20.14	1:47.92 (2)	5:22.91 (4)
Anchor	–	Maarten Brzoskowski		–	0.22	24.60	51.49	1:19.02	1:46.25 (3)	– (–)
3	–	Italy	ITA	7:09.20	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Andrea D'Arrigo		–	0.71	25.78	52.95	1:20.29	1:47.65 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Alex Di Giorgio		–	0.23	25.30	52.51	1:20.37	1:47.74 (4)	3:35.39 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Marco Belotti		–	0.33	24.46	51.61	1:19.60	1:47.01 (1)	5:22.40 (2)
Anchor	–	Gabriele Detti		–	0.34	25.01	52.01	1:19.55	1:46.80 (4)	– (–)
4	–	South Africa	RSA	7:12.61	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Myles Brown		–	0.68	24.90	51.28	1:18.61	1:46.47 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Sebastien Rousseau		–	0.38	25.07	52.26	1:20.17	1:48.35 (8)	3:34.82 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Calvyn Justus		–	0.29	24.33	51.21	1:19.38	1:49.04 (6)	5:23.86 (5)
Anchor	–	Dylan Bosch		–	0.22	24.80	51.94	1:19.98	1:48.75 (7)	– (–)
5	–	Spain	ESP	7:12.62	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Víctor Martín		–	0.64	25.13	52.73	1:20.56	1:48.74 (8)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Miguel Durán		–	0.31	24.27	51.86	1:19.44	1:48.10 (6)	3:36.84 (8)
3rd Leg	–	Albert Puig		–	0.35	24.71	52.09	1:19.85	1:48.13 (4)	5:24.97 (6)
Anchor	–	Marc Sánchez		–	0.24	24.70	52.30	1:20.10	1:47.65 (5)	– (–)
6	–	France	FRA	7:13.71	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Jordan Pothain		–	0.70	25.05	51.73	1:19.02	1:46.56 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Grégory Mallet		–	0.23	24.80	52.38	1:20.48	1:47.60 (3)	3:34.16 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Lorys Bourelly		–	0.24	25.49	52.96	1:21.25	1:48.62 (5)	5:22.78 (3)
Anchor	–	Damien Joly		–	0.24	25.48	53.26	1:22.13	1:50.93 (8)	– (–)
7	–	Brazil	BRA	7:13.84	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Luiz Altamir		–	0.66	25.09	52.48	1:20.23	1:48.19 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	João de Lucca		–	0.26	24.32	51.99	1:19.91	1:47.77 (5)	3:35.96 (6)
3rd Leg	–	André Pereira		–	0.25	24.45	52.31	1:20.75	1:49.19 (7)	5:25.15 (7)
Anchor	–	Nicolas Oliveira		–	0.07	24.22	52.16	1:20.56	1:48.69 (6)	– (–)
DQ	–	Poland	POL	[7:11.11]	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)		5
Lead-off	–	Jan Świtkowski		–	[0.67]	[25.53]	[53.10]	[1:20.35]	[1:47.95] ([6])	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Paweł Korzeniowski		–	[0.25]	[24.57]	[52.07]	[1:19.76]	[1:48.14] ([7])	[3:36.09] ([7])
3rd Leg	–	Kacper Klich		–	[0.28]	[25.26]	[52.99]	[1:21.16]	[1:49.52] ([8])	[5:25.61] ([8])
Anchor	–	Kacper Majchrzak		–	[0.19]	[24.41]	[50.81]	[1:17.82]	[1:45.50] ([1])	– (–)

Heat #2

Time	14:29

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 metre Time	100 m Time	150 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	7:06.31	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Stephen Milne		–	0.75	25.27	52.34	1:19.38	1:46.70 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Robbie Renwick		–	0.43	24.58	52.07	1:19.98	1:48.17 (7)	3:34.87 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Dan Wallace		–	-0.01	24.66	51.52	1:18.84	1:46.39 (1)	5:21.26 (3)
Anchor	–	Duncan Scott		–	0.39	23.89	50.61	1:17.54	1:45.05 (1)	– (–)
2	–	Russian Federation	RUS	7:06.81	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Mikhail Dovgalyuk		–	0.84	25.56	52.85	1:19.64	1:46.91 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Vyacheslav Andrusenko		–	0.35	24.60	52.16	1:19.93	1:47.50 (6)	3:34.41 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Nikita Lobintsev		–	0.26	24.83	52.25	1:19.15	1:46.42 (2)	5:20.83 (1)
Anchor	–	Aleksandr Krasnykh		–	0.32	24.47	51.09	1:18.21	1:45.98 (2)	– (–)
3	–	Germany	GER	7:07.66	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Florian Vogel		–	0.66	25.13	51.98	1:19.58	1:47.16 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Jacob Heidtmann		–	0.25	25.36	52.27	1:19.91	1:47.17 (5)	3:34.33 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Clemens Rapp		–	0.21	24.78	51.79	1:19.42	1:46.61 (3)	5:20.94 (2)
Anchor	–	Paul Biedermann		–	0.32	24.85	51.97	1:19.80	1:46.72 (6)	– (–)
4	–	Japan	JPN	7:07.68	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Kosuke Hagino		–	0.65	24.76	51.97	1:20.01	1:46.60 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Naito Ehara		–	0.41	24.44	51.41	1:19.32	1:47.12 (4)	3:33.72 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Yuki Kobori		–	0.34	25.02	52.30	1:20.40	1:47.60 (5)	5:21.32 (4)
Anchor	–	Takeshi Matsuda		–	0.20	24.90	51.84	1:19.36	1:46.36 (4)	– (–)
5	–	Australia	AUS	7:07.98	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Dan Smith		–	0.71	24.76	51.68	1:19.41	1:47.55 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Mack Horton		–	0.25	24.48	51.42	1:19.18	1:46.32 (1)	3:33.87 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Jacob Hansford		–	0.40	24.75	51.93	1:20.01	1:47.70 (6)	5:21.57 (5)
Anchor	–	Thomas Fraser-Holmes		–	0.42	24.43	51.29	1:19.08	1:46.41 (5)	– (–)
6	–	Belgium	BEL	7:08.72	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Louis Croenen		–	0.71	25.52	53.15	1:20.55	1:48.35 (8)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Dieter Dekoninck		–	0.15	23.84	50.97	1:18.49	1:46.57 (2)	3:34.92 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Emmanuel Vanluchene		–	0.07	24.64	52.36	1:20.39	1:47.79 (7)	5:22.71 (7)
Anchor	–	Glenn Surgeloose		–	0.29	24.53	51.35	1:18.45	1:46.01 (3)	– (–)
7	–	Denmark	DEN	7:12.66	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Anders Lie		–	0.73	25.49	53.26	1:20.27	1:47.62 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Daniel Skaaning		–	0.24	24.39	51.60	1:19.44	1:46.78 (3)	3:34.40 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Søren Dahl		–	0.27	24.01	51.44	1:18.51	1:47.43 (4)	5:21.83 (6)
Anchor	–	Magnus Westermann		–	0.07	25.28	53.04	1:21.62	1:50.83 (7)	– (–)
DQ	–	Hungary	HUN	–	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)		6
Lead-off	–	Péter Bernek		–	[0.74]	[25.50]	[53.11]	[1:20.31]	[1:47.69] ([7])	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Gergő Kis		–	[0.28]	[25.32]	[53.47]	[1:22.54]	[1:51.02] ([8])	[3:38.71] ([8])
3rd Leg	–	Benjámin Grátz		–	[0.20]	[24.90]	[52.27]	[1:20.18]	[1:48.71] ([8])	[5:27.42] ([8])
Anchor	–	Dominik Kozma		–	[0.21]	[24.06]	[51.89]	[1:21.33]	– (–)	– (–)

Final Round

Date	9 August 2016 — 23:38

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 metre Time	100 m Time	150 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	United States	USA	7:00.66	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Conor Dwyer		–	0.66	24.57	51.11	1:18.01	1:45.23 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Townley Haas		–	0.35	23.59	49.76	1:16.68	1:44.14 (1)	3:29.37 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Ryan Lochte		–	0.31	23.97	50.59	1:17.94	1:46.03 (2)	5:15.40 (1)
Anchor	–	Michael Phelps		–	0.27	24.24	50.71	1:18.31	1:45.26 (2)	– (–)
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	7:03.13	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Stephen Milne		–	0.74	25.24	52.28	1:19.80	1:46.97 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Duncan Scott		–	0.38	23.90	50.36	1:17.51	1:45.05 (2)	3:32.02 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Dan Wallace		–	0.22	24.57	51.72	1:18.92	1:46.26 (4)	5:18.28 (3)
Anchor	–	James Guy		–	0.32	23.81	50.26	1:17.54	1:44.85 (1)	– (–)
3	–	Japan	JPN	7:03.50	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Kosuke Hagino		–	0.65	24.40	51.66	1:18.97	1:45.34 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Naito Ehara		–	0.18	23.76	50.56	1:17.96	1:46.11 (5)	3:31.45 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Yuki Kobori		–	0.42	24.00	51.01	1:18.20	1:45.71 (1)	5:17.16 (2)
Anchor	–	Takeshi Matsuda		–	0.24	24.21	51.01	1:18.51	1:46.34 (5)	– (–)
4	–	Australia	AUS	7:04.18	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Thomas Fraser-Holmes		–	0.66	24.39	50.86	1:17.96	1:45.81 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	David McKeon		–	0.39	24.22	50.54	1:17.88	1:45.63 (3)	3:31.44 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Dan Smith		–	0.23	24.49	51.37	1:19.23	1:47.37 (7)	5:18.81 (5)
Anchor	–	Mack Horton		–	0.24	24.34	51.18	1:19.06	1:45.37 (3)	– (–)
5	–	Russian Federation	RUS	7:05.70	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Dan Izotov		–	0.75	24.96	51.72	1:18.51	1:46.72 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Aleksandr Krasnykh		–	0.34	24.44	51.09	1:18.11	1:45.67 (4)	3:32.39 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Nikita Lobintsev		–	0.20	24.49	51.90	1:19.21	1:46.31 (5)	5:18.70 (4)
Anchor	–	Mikhail Dovgalyuk		–	0.28	24.13	51.01	1:18.85	1:47.00 (6)	– (–)
6	–	Germany	GER	7:07.28	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Florian Vogel		–	0.66	25.14	51.80	1:19.32	1:47.16 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Christoph Fildebrandt		–	0.24	24.23	51.06	1:19.44	1:47.91 (8)	3:35.07 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Clemens Rapp		–	0.25	24.90	51.78	1:19.10	1:46.12 (3)	5:21.19 (6)
Anchor	–	Paul Biedermann		–	0.43	24.67	51.76	1:19.57	1:46.09 (4)	– (–)
7	–	Netherlands	NED	7:09.10	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Dion Dreesens		–	0.76	25.03	52.09	1:19.71	1:47.58 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Maarten Brzoskowski		–	0.26	24.29	51.08	1:19.20	1:46.87 (6)	3:34.45 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Kyle Stolk		–	0.36	24.72	52.04	1:19.77	1:47.59 (8)	5:22.04 (7)
Anchor	–	Sebastiaan Verschuren		–	0.36	24.75	51.78	1:19.54	1:47.06 (7)	– (–)
8	–	Belgium	BEL	7:11.64	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Louis Croenen		–	0.69	25.46	53.40	1:21.20	1:48.95 (8)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Dieter Dekoninck		–	-0.02	24.12	51.39	1:19.19	1:47.50 (7)	3:36.45 (8)
3rd Leg	–	Glenn Surgeloose		–	0.31	24.20	51.48	1:19.04	1:46.91 (6)	5:23.36 (8)
Anchor	–	Pieter Timmers		–	0.22	24.77	52.16	1:20.08	1:48.28 (8)	– (–)