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4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date	29 July 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants	81 from 18 countries

The USA had never lost this event at the Olympics and had won the 1991 Worlds and Pan Pacs, but the remnants of the Soviet Union won the 1991 World Championships, and had already won the 4 x 200 in Barcelona, and qualified first for the final in this event, despite resting their best sprinter, Aleksandr Popov. In the final the Unified Team went ahead on the opener, with Pavlo Khnykin splitting 49.92, but Matt Biondi split 48.69 on the second leg, opening more than a full second lead on the Unifieds. The anchor saw the Unified Team put Popov on the blocks, but the US lead by then was 1.27 seconds. Popov split 47.83 on the anchor, not nearly enough as Jon Olsen came home in 48.28 to win gold for the USA. The final time of 3:16.74 was the second fastest ever, trailing only the winning time from Seoul. This was the first time that the Americans did not set the world record in winning the event at the Olympics.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	United States	USA	3:18.50 (1 h1)	3:16.74 (1)	Gold
	612	Joe Hudepohl		–	–
	603	Matt Biondi		–	–
	614	Tom Jager		–	–
	626	Jon Olsen		–	–
	616	Shaun Jordan		–	–
	634	Joel Thomas		–	–
2	–	Unified Team	EUN	3:17.48 (1 h3)	3:17.56 (2)	Silver
	176	Pavlo Khnykin		–	–
	187	Gennady Prigoda		–	–
	168	Iurie Bașcatov		–	–
	186	Aleksandr Popov		–	–
	188	Vladimir Pyshnenko		–	–
	193	Veniamin Tayanovich		–	–
3	–	Germany	GER	3:19.61 (2 h2)	3:17.90 (3)	Bronze
	290	Christian Tröger		–	–
	285	Dirk Richter		–	–
	297	Steffen Zesner		–	–
	283	Mark Pinger		–	–
	289	Andreas Szigat		–	–
	298	Bengt Zikarsky		–	–
4	–	France	FRA	3:22.01 (2 h3)	3:19.16 (4)
	227	Christophe Kalfayan		–	–
	234	Franck Schott		–	–
	229	Frédéric Lefèvre		–	–
	215	Stéphan Caron		–	–
	218	Ludovic Dépickère		–	–
	222	Bruno Gutzeit		–	–
5	–	Sweden	SWE	3:18.92 (1 h2)	3:20.10 (5)
	576	Tom Werner		–	–
	564	Håkan Karlsson		–	–
	566	Fredrik Letzler		–	–
	561	Anders Holmertz		–	–
	574	Göran Titus		–	–
6	–	Brazil	BRA	3:20.50 (2 h1)	3:20.99 (6)
	70	José Carlos Souza		–	–
	62	Gustavo Borges		–	–
	64	Emanuel Fortes		–	–
	66	Cristiano Michelena		–	–
7	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:21.41 (3 h2)	3:21.75 (7)
	251	Roland Lee		–	–
	245	Mark Foster		–	–
	243	Mike Fibbens		–	–
	249	Paul Howe		–	–
8	–	Australia	AUS	3:22.24 (3 h3)	3:22.04 (8)
	16	Chris Fydler		–	–
	10	Andrew Baildon		–	–
	38	Tom Stachewicz		–	–
	20	Darren Lange		–	–
9	–	New Zealand	NZL	3:23.09 (4 h2)	–
	467	John Steel		–	–
	465	Nick Sanders		–	–
	459	Trent Bray		–	–
	469	Mark Weldon		–	–
10	–	Italy	ITA	3:23.43 (3 h1)	–
	366	Giorgio Lamberti		–	–
	365	Emanuele Idini		–	–
	363	Roberto Gleria		–	–
	377	Massimo Trevisan		–	–
11	–	South Africa	RSA	3:23.53 (4 h3)	–
	521	Darryl Cronje		–	–
	528	Peter Williams		–	–
	524	Seddon Keyter		–	–
	523	Craig Jackson		–	–
12	–	Puerto Rico	PUR	3:30.48 (4 h1)	–
	505	Manuel Guzmán		–	–
	506	Jorge Herrera		–	–
	507	David Monasterio		–	–
	503	Ricardo Busquets		–	–
13	–	Guam	GUM	3:42.31 (5 h1)	–
	312	Adrian Romero		–	–
	309	Ray Flores		–	–
	308	Frank Flores		–	–
	313	Patrick Sagisi		–	–
14	–	Finland	FIN	3:25.47 (5 h2)	–
	207	Jani Sievinen		–	–
	210	Janne Vermasheinä		–	–
	199	Janne Blomqvist		–	–
	200	Vesa Hanski		–	–
15	–	Hong Kong	HKG	3:30.61 (6 h2)	–
	316	Arthur Li		–	–
	321	Wu Tat Cheung		–	–
	317	Kelvin Li		–	–
	320	Michael Wright		–	–
16	–	Bermuda	BER	3:31.17 (5 h3)	–
	58	Ian Raynor		–	–
	54	Mike Cash		–	–
	57	Craig Morbey		–	–
	56	Geri Mewett		–	–
17	–	Guatemala	GUA	3:42.53 (6 h3)	–
	305	Andrés Sedano		–	–
	302	Roberto Bonilla		–	–
	306	Helder Torres		–	–
	303	Gustavo Búcaro		–	–
18	–	United Arab Emirates	UAE	3:51.60 (7 h2)	–
	596	Ahmad Faraj		–	–
	594	Obaid Al-Rumaithi		–	–
	598	Abdullah Sultan		–	–
	595	Mohamed Bin Abid		–	–

Round One

Date	29 July 1992 — 12:30
Format	Fastest 8 advanced to the final round.

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	4	Unified Team	EUN	3:17.48	Q
2	4	United States	USA	3:18.50	Q
3	5	Sweden	SWE	3:18.92	Q
4	4	Germany	GER	3:19.61	Q
5	3	Brazil	BRA	3:20.50	Q
6	3	Great Britain	GBR	3:21.41	Q
7	3	France	FRA	3:22.01	Q
8	5	Australia	AUS	3:22.24	Q
9	6	New Zealand	NZL	3:23.09
10	5	Italy	ITA	3:23.43
11	2	South Africa	RSA	3:23.53
12	2	Finland	FIN	3:25.47
13	2	Puerto Rico	PUR	3:30.48
14	7	Hong Kong	HKG	3:30.61
15	7	Bermuda	BER	3:31.17
16	7	Guam	GUM	3:42.31
17	1	Guatemala	GUA	3:42.53
18	1	United Arab Emirates	UAE	3:51.60

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	50 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	United States	USA	3:18.50	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Joe Hudepohl		–	23.94	49.78 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Shaun Jordan		–	23.55	49.94 (2)	1:39.72 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Joel Thomas		–	23.83	50.04 (2)	2:29.76 (1)
Anchor	–	Jon Olsen		–	23.14	48.74 (1)	– (–)
2	3	Brazil	BRA	3:20.50	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	José Carlos Souza		–	24.35	51.24 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Gustavo Borges		–	23.26	49.07 (1)	1:40.31 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Emanuel Fortes		–	23.93	49.72 (1)	2:30.03 (2)
Anchor	–	Cristiano Michelena		–	24.22	50.47 (3)	– (–)
3	5	Italy	ITA	3:23.43	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Giorgio Lamberti		–	24.51	51.12 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Emanuele Idini		–	24.52	51.43 (3)	1:42.55 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Roberto Gleria		–	24.50	50.82 (3)	2:33.37 (3)
Anchor	–	Massimo Trevisan		–	24.11	50.06 (2)	– (–)
4	2	Puerto Rico	PUR	3:30.48	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Manuel Guzmán		–	24.87	51.90 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Jorge Herrera		–	25.82	54.62 (4)	1:46.52 (4)
3rd Leg	–	David Monasterio		–	25.08	52.77 (4)	2:39.29 (4)
Anchor	–	Ricardo Busquets		–	24.84	51.19 (4)	– (–)
5	7	Guam	GUM	3:42.31	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Adrian Romero		–	26.52	55.37 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Ray Flores		–	26.70	57.61 (5)	1:52.98 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Frank Flores		–	26.96	55.69 (5)	2:48.67 (5)
Anchor	–	Patrick Sagisi		–	25.12	53.64 (5)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	50 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	5	Sweden	SWE	3:18.92	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Håkan Karlsson		–	24.31	50.20 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Göran Titus		–	23.63	50.54 (4)	1:40.74 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Fredrik Letzler		–	23.25	49.18 (1)	2:29.92 (2)
Anchor	–	Tom Werner		–	23.61	49.00 (1)	– (–)
2	4	Germany	GER	3:19.61	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Mark Pinger		–	23.80	49.75 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Andreas Szigat		–	24.45	50.27 (2)	1:40.02 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Dirk Richter		–	23.45	49.73 (2)	2:29.75 (1)
Anchor	–	Bengt Zikarsky		–	23.53	49.86 (2)	– (–)
3	3	Great Britain	GBR	3:21.41	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Mike Fibbens		–	24.86	51.23 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Mark Foster		–	23.19	49.93 (1)	1:41.16 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Paul Howe		–	24.07	50.31 (3)	2:31.47 (3)
Anchor	–	Roland Lee		–	23.80	49.94 (3)	– (–)
4	6	New Zealand	NZL	3:23.09	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	John Steel		–	24.87	50.76 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Nick Sanders		–	23.65	50.50 (3)	1:41.26 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Trent Bray		–	24.25	51.31 (4)	2:32.57 (4)
Anchor	–	Mark Weldon		–	23.73	50.52 (4)	– (–)
5	2	Finland	FIN	3:25.47	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Jani Sievinen		–	24.81	51.53 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Janne Vermasheinä		–	25.04	51.76 (5)	1:43.29 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Janne Blomqvist		–	24.57	51.39 (5)	2:34.68 (5)
Anchor	–	Vesa Hanski		–	24.07	50.79 (5)	– (–)
6	7	Hong Kong	HKG	3:30.61	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Arthur Li		–	25.12	51.93 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Wu Tat Cheung		–	25.62	53.28 (6)	1:45.21 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Kelvin Li		–	25.04	53.38 (6)	2:38.59 (6)
Anchor	–	Michael Wright		–	24.72	52.02 (6)	– (–)
7	1	United Arab Emirates	UAE	3:51.60	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Ahmad Faraj		–	27.32	56.03 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Obaid Al-Rumaithi		–	28.15	59.79 (7)	1:55.82 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Abdullah Sultan		–	28.08	58.64 (7)	2:54.46 (7)
Anchor	–	Mohamed Bin Abid		–	28.03	57.14 (7)	– (–)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	50 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	Unified Team	EUN	3:17.48	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Pavlo Khnykin		–	24.01	49.82 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Vladimir Pyshnenko		–	23.58	49.31 (1)	1:39.13 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Veniamin Tayanovich		–	23.52	49.52 (1)	2:28.65 (1)
Anchor	–	Iurie Bașcatov		–	23.26	48.83 (1)	– (–)
2	3	France	FRA	3:22.01	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Stéphan Caron		–	24.45	50.33 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Frédéric Lefèvre		–	23.63	50.29 (3)	1:40.62 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Ludovic Dépickère		–	24.62	51.02 (3)	2:31.64 (2)
Anchor	–	Bruno Gutzeit		–	24.27	50.37 (3)	– (–)
3	5	Australia	AUS	3:22.24	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Chris Fydler		–	24.65	50.67 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Andrew Baildon		–	24.55	50.68 (4)	1:41.35 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Tom Stachewicz		–	24.48	50.56 (2)	2:31.91 (3)
Anchor	–	Darren Lange		–	23.97	50.33 (2)	– (–)
4	2	South Africa	RSA	3:23.53	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Darryl Cronje		–	24.66	51.07 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Peter Williams		–	23.47	50.06 (2)	1:41.13 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Seddon Keyter		–	24.69	51.12 (4)	2:32.25 (4)
Anchor	–	Craig Jackson		–	24.09	51.28 (4)	– (–)
5	7	Bermuda	BER	3:31.17	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Ian Raynor		–	25.23	53.07 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Mike Cash		–	25.05	52.35 (5)	1:45.42 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Craig Morbey		–	25.25	53.51 (5)	2:38.93 (5)
Anchor	–	Geri Mewett		–	24.88	52.24 (5)	– (–)
6	1	Guatemala	GUA	3:42.53	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Andrés Sedano		–	26.75	55.51 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Roberto Bonilla		–	26.56	55.68 (6)	1:51.19 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Helder Torres		–	27.13	56.95 (6)	2:48.14 (6)
Anchor	–	Gustavo Búcaro		–	26.18	54.39 (6)	– (–)

Final Round

Date	29 July 1992 — 20:00

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	50 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	5	United States	USA	3:16.74	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Joe Hudepohl		–	24.09	50.05 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Matt Biondi		–	22.82	48.69 (1)	1:38.74 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Tom Jager		–	23.24	49.72 (1)	2:28.46 (1)
Anchor	–	Jon Olsen		–	22.86	48.28 (2)	– (–)
2	4	Unified Team	EUN	3:17.56	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Pavlo Khnykin		–	23.99	49.92 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Gennady Prigoda		–	22.55	50.05 (7)	1:39.97 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Iurie Bașcatov		–	23.87	49.76 (2)	2:29.73 (3)
Anchor	–	Aleksandr Popov		–	22.98	47.83 (1)	– (–)
3	6	Germany	GER	3:17.90	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Christian Tröger		–	24.26	49.97 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Dirk Richter		–	23.51	49.35 (3)	1:39.32 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Steffen Zesner		–	23.83	49.78 (3)	2:29.10 (2)
Anchor	–	Mark Pinger		–	22.95	48.80 (4)	– (–)
4	1	France	FRA	3:19.16	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Christophe Kalfayan		–	24.41	50.21 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Franck Schott		–	23.96	49.83 (4)	1:40.04 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Frédéric Lefèvre		–	24.12	50.47 (6)	2:30.51 (6)
Anchor	–	Stéphan Caron		–	23.27	48.65 (3)	– (–)
5	3	Sweden	SWE	3:20.10	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Tom Werner		–	24.44	49.93 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Håkan Karlsson		–	23.78	49.88 (5)	1:39.81 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Fredrik Letzler		–	24.26	50.60 (7)	2:30.41 (5)
Anchor	–	Anders Holmertz		–	23.75	49.69 (5)	– (–)
6	2	Brazil	BRA	3:20.99	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	José Carlos Souza		–	25.00	51.15 (8)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Gustavo Borges		–	23.35	48.90 (2)	1:40.05 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Emanuel Fortes		–	23.81	50.01 (4)	2:30.06 (4)
Anchor	–	Cristiano Michelena		–	24.11	50.93 (8)	– (–)
7	7	Great Britain	GBR	3:21.75	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Roland Lee		–	24.79	50.97 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Mark Foster		–	23.01	50.00 (6)	1:40.97 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Mike Fibbens		–	23.83	50.45 (5)	2:31.42 (7)
Anchor	–	Paul Howe		–	24.11	50.33 (7)	– (–)
8	8	Australia	AUS	3:22.04	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Chris Fydler		–	24.65	50.38 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Andrew Baildon		–	23.94	50.70 (8)	1:41.08 (8)
3rd Leg	–	Tom Stachewicz		–	24.35	50.65 (8)	2:31.73 (8)
Anchor	–	Darren Lange		–	24.23	50.31 (6)	– (–)