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4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date	27 July 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants	80 from 18 countries

The United States had won this event at every Olympics since 1960, save for 1980, when they did not compete. But they had finished second at the 1991 World Championships, behind West Germany, and on paper, the fastest foursome seemed to be the Unified Team. In the final the Unifieds were second after two legs, trailing Sweden, as Anders Holmertz moved them ahead with the second-fastest split ever, 1:46.16. The Unified Team, all Russians, moved marginally ahead at the last exchange, as Yevgeny Sadovy prepared to swim anchor for them. Sadovy came home over 3½ seconds ahead of Sweden, as the Unified Team set a world record of 7:11.95, better the USA mark of 7:12.51 from Seoul. Sweden hung on for silver. The USA had been fourth for most of the race, but caught Germany on the final leg to earn bronze.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	Unified Team	EUN	7:17.65 (1 h2)	7:11.95 (1)	Gold
	181	Dmitry Lepikov		–	–
	188	Vladimir Pyshnenko		–	–
	193	Veniamin Tayanovich		–	–
	190	Yevgeny Sadovy		–	–
	178	Aleksey Kudryavtsev		–	–
	–	Yury Mukhin		–	–
2	–	Sweden	SWE	7:20.03 (1 h3)	7:15.51 (2)	Silver
	575	Christer Wallin		–	–
	561	Anders Holmertz		–	–
	576	Tom Werner		–	–
	560	Lars Frölander		–	–
3	–	United States	USA	7:23.70 (2 h3)	7:16.23 (3)	Bronze
	612	Joe Hudepohl		–	–
	632	Mel Stewart		–	–
	626	Jon Olsen		–	–
	609	Doug Gjertsen		–	–
	613	Scott Jaffe		–	–
	617	Dan Jorgensen		–	–
4	–	Germany	GER	7:18.21 (2 h2)	7:16.58 (4)
	287	Peter Sitt		–	–
	297	Steffen Zesner		–	–
	289	Andreas Szigat		–	–
	282	Stefan Pfeiffer		–	–
	290	Christian Tröger		–	–
5	–	Italy	ITA	7:25.53 (3 h3)	7:18.10 (5)
	363	Roberto Gleria		–	–
	366	Giorgio Lamberti		–	–
	377	Massimo Trevisan		–	–
	355	Stefano Battistelli		–	–
	365	Emanuele Idini		–	–
	375	Piermaria Siciliano		–	–
6	–	Great Britain	GBR	7:23.10 (2 h1)	7:22.57 (6)
	256	Paul Palmer		–	–
	253	Steven Mellor		–	–
	236	Stephen Akers		–	–
	249	Paul Howe		–	–
7	–	Brazil	BRA	7:24.20 (3 h1)	7:24.03 (7)
	62	Gustavo Borges		–	–
	64	Emanuel Fortes		–	–
	65	Teófilo Ferreira		–	–
	66	Cristiano Michelena		–	–
8	–	Australia	AUS	7:22.19 (1 h1)	– (DQ)
	11	Ian Brown		–	–
	33	Deane Pieters		–	–
	32	Kieren Perkins		–	–
	9	Duncan Armstrong		–	–
	35	Martin Roberts		–	–
9	–	Canada	CAN	7:25.61 (4 h3)	–
	100	Eddie Parenti		–	–
	106	Darren Ward		–	–
	80	Christopher Bowie		–	–
	99	Turlough O'Hare		–	–
10	–	France	FRA	7:26.22 (3 h2)	–
	213	Christophe Bordeau		–	–
	232	Lionel Poirot		–	–
	224	Franck Horter		–	–
	216	Yann de Fabrique		–	–
11	–	New Zealand	NZL	7:26.36 (4 h2)	–
	459	Trent Bray		–	–
	468	Richard Tapper		–	–
	467	John Steel		–	–
	463	Danyon Loader		–	–
12	–	Finland	FIN	7:28.71 (4 h1)	–
	207	Jani Sievinen		–	–
	200	Vesa Hanski		–	–
	204	Petteri Lehtinen		–	–
	202	Antti Kasvio		–	–
13	–	Poland	POL	7:29.59 (5 h1)	–
	488	Mariusz Podkościelny		–	–
	493	Artur Wojdat		–	–
	480	Piotr Albiński		–	–
	481	Krzysztof Cwalina		–	–
14	–	Norway	NOR	7:31.35 (5 h2)	–
	456	Jarl Inge Melberg		–	–
	458	Thomas Sopp		–	–
	454	Trond Høines		–	–
	455	Kjell Ivar Lundemoen		–	–
15	–	Puerto Rico	PUR	7:35.63 (5 h3)	–
	506	Jorge Herrera		–	–
	505	Manuel Guzmán		–	–
	503	Ricardo Busquets		–	–
	507	David Monasterio		–	–
16	–	Hong Kong	HKG	7:54.30 (6 h2)	–
	316	Arthur Li		–	–
	320	Michael Wright		–	–
	317	Kelvin Li		–	–
	321	Wu Tat Cheung		–	–
17	–	Guatemala	GUA	8:07.30 (6 h1)	–
	305	Andrés Sedano		–	–
	306	Helder Torres		–	–
	302	Roberto Bonilla		–	–
	303	Gustavo Búcaro		–	–
18	–	United Arab Emirates	UAE	8:39.72 (6 h3)	–
	595	Mohamed Bin Abid		–	–
	594	Obaid Al-Rumaithi		–	–
	598	Abdullah Sultan		–	–
	596	Ahmad Faraj		–	–

Round One

Date	27 July 1992 — 12:00
Format	Fastest 8 advanced to the final round.

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	4	Unified Team	EUN	7:17.65	Q
2	5	Germany	GER	7:18.21	Q
3	3	Sweden	SWE	7:20.03	Q
4	4	Australia	AUS	7:22.19	Q
5	5	Great Britain	GBR	7:23.10	Q
6	4	United States	USA	7:23.70	Q
7	6	Brazil	BRA	7:24.20	Q
8	5	Italy	ITA	7:25.53	Q
9	6	Canada	CAN	7:25.61
10	3	France	FRA	7:26.22
11	2	New Zealand	NZL	7:26.36
12	2	Finland	FIN	7:28.71
13	3	Poland	POL	7:29.59
14	6	Norway	NOR	7:31.35
15	2	Puerto Rico	PUR	7:35.63
16	7	Hong Kong	HKG	7:54.30
17	7	Guatemala	GUA	8:07.30
18	1	United Arab Emirates	UAE	8:39.72

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	50 m Time	100 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	Australia	AUS	7:22.19	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Duncan Armstrong		–	26.63	54.93	1:51.53 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Martin Roberts		–	25.07	53.76	1:51.45 (2)	3:42.98 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Deane Pieters		–	25.51	53.69	1:50.03 (1)	5:33.01 (1)
Anchor	–	Ian Brown		–	25.48	53.26	1:49.18 (2)	– (–)
2	5	Great Britain	GBR	7:23.10	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Paul Palmer		–	26.36	54.30	1:50.12 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Steven Mellor		–	26.17	55.21	1:52.03 (4)	3:42.15 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Stephen Akers		–	26.43	55.02	1:51.66 (3)	5:33.81 (2)
Anchor	–	Paul Howe		–	25.00	52.74	1:49.29 (3)	– (–)
3	6	Brazil	BRA	7:24.20	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Gustavo Borges		–	26.27	54.65	1:50.79 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Emanuel Fortes		–	25.94	54.55	1:51.69 (3)	3:42.48 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Teófilo Ferreira		–	25.91	54.49	1:51.33 (2)	5:33.81 (2)
Anchor	–	Cristiano Michelena		–	25.28	52.88	1:50.39 (4)	– (–)
4	2	Finland	FIN	7:28.71	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Jani Sievinen		–	26.36	55.97	1:52.10 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Vesa Hanski		–	26.61	55.96	1:53.54 (5)	3:45.64 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Petteri Lehtinen		–	26.17	55.09	1:54.10 (5)	5:39.74 (5)
Anchor	–	Antti Kasvio		–	25.17	52.90	1:48.97 (1)	– (–)
5	3	Poland	POL	7:29.59	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Mariusz Podkościelny		–	26.70	54.74	1:51.71 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Artur Wojdat		–	25.09	53.33	1:49.88 (1)	3:41.59 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Piotr Albiński		–	25.82	54.17	1:52.83 (4)	5:34.42 (4)
Anchor	–	Krzysztof Cwalina		–	26.07	55.12	1:55.17 (5)	– (–)
6	7	Guatemala	GUA	8:07.30	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Andrés Sedano		–	27.65	58.23	2:02.73 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Helder Torres		–	27.51	58.73	2:02.32 (6)	4:05.05 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Roberto Bonilla		–	28.16	59.37	2:03.66 (6)	6:08.71 (6)
Anchor	–	Gustavo Búcaro		–	26.89	56.96	1:58.59 (6)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	50 m Time	100 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	Unified Team	EUN	7:17.65	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Dmitry Lepikov		–	25.70	53.54	1:49.80 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Aleksey Kudryavtsev		–	25.46	53.44	1:49.65 (1)	3:39.45 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Yury Mukhin		–	24.25	51.54	1:49.28 (1)	5:28.73 (1)
Anchor	–	Veniamin Tayanovich		–	24.37	51.88	1:48.92 (1)	– (–)
2	5	Germany	GER	7:18.21	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Peter Sitt		–	25.56	53.48	1:50.02 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Christian Tröger		–	24.89	53.05	1:49.81 (2)	3:39.83 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Andreas Szigat		–	25.43	53.25	1:49.40 (2)	5:29.23 (2)
Anchor	–	Stefan Pfeiffer		–	24.61	52.07	1:48.98 (2)	– (–)
3	3	France	FRA	7:26.22	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Christophe Bordeau		–	26.34	54.37	1:51.22 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Lionel Poirot		–	25.80	54.61	1:53.18 (4)	3:44.40 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Franck Horter		–	26.48	55.01	1:50.84 (3)	5:35.24 (3)
Anchor	–	Yann de Fabrique		–	25.76	54.12	1:50.98 (4)	– (–)
4	2	New Zealand	NZL	7:26.36	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Trent Bray		–	26.97	55.10	1:51.38 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Richard Tapper		–	25.77	54.25	1:54.35 (5)	3:45.73 (5)
3rd Leg	–	John Steel		–	25.79	54.25	1:50.94 (4)	5:36.67 (5)
Anchor	–	Danyon Loader		–	25.87	53.99	1:49.69 (3)	– (–)
5	6	Norway	NOR	7:31.35	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Jarl Inge Melberg		–	25.90	53.75	1:50.78 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Thomas Sopp		–	25.84	54.13	1:51.01 (3)	3:41.79 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Trond Høines		–	25.79	54.12	1:54.00 (5)	5:35.79 (4)
Anchor	–	Kjell Ivar Lundemoen		–	26.05	54.44	1:55.56 (5)	– (–)
6	7	Hong Kong	HKG	7:54.30	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Arthur Li		–	26.77	56.06	1:55.91 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Michael Wright		–	26.37	56.46	1:58.77 (6)	3:54.68 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Kelvin Li		–	27.79	58.21	2:00.78 (6)	5:55.46 (6)
Anchor	–	Wu Tat Cheung		–	26.87	56.84	1:58.84 (6)	– (–)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	50 m Time	100 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	3	Sweden	SWE	7:20.03	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Christer Wallin		–	26.36	54.35	1:50.52 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Lars Frölander		–	25.46	53.73	1:50.13 (1)	3:40.65 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Tom Werner		–	25.97	53.58	1:49.23 (1)	5:29.88 (1)
Anchor	–	Anders Holmertz		–	24.94	52.70	1:50.15 (1)	– (–)
2	4	United States	USA	7:23.70	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Scott Jaffe		–	26.26	54.46	1:50.14 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Dan Jorgensen		–	25.47	53.34	1:50.56 (2)	3:40.70 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Jon Olsen		–	25.60	53.25	1:50.03 (2)	5:30.73 (2)
Anchor	–	Doug Gjertsen		–	25.95	54.48	1:52.97 (4)	– (–)
3	5	Italy	ITA	7:25.53	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Roberto Gleria		–	26.44	55.01	1:51.21 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Emanuele Idini		–	25.56	53.66	1:51.53 (4)	3:42.74 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Piermaria Siciliano		–	25.80	53.97	1:52.25 (3)	5:34.99 (3)
Anchor	–	Stefano Battistelli		–	26.03	54.48	1:50.54 (3)	– (–)
4	6	Canada	CAN	7:25.61	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Eddie Parenti		–	26.69	55.15	1:51.56 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Darren Ward		–	25.66	53.56	1:51.14 (3)	3:42.70 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Christopher Bowie		–	26.61	54.99	1:52.70 (4)	5:35.40 (4)
Anchor	–	Turlough O'Hare		–	25.33	52.98	1:50.21 (2)	– (–)
5	2	Puerto Rico	PUR	7:35.63	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Jorge Herrera		–	27.08	56.01	1:54.30 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Manuel Guzmán		–	25.51	53.33	1:52.37 (5)	3:46.67 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Ricardo Busquets		–	26.05	54.98	1:54.19 (5)	5:40.86 (5)
Anchor	–	David Monasterio		–	26.55	56.04	1:54.77 (5)	– (–)
6	1	United Arab Emirates	UAE	8:39.72	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Mohamed Bin Abid		–	30.31	1:02.85	2:07.49 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Obaid Al-Rumaithi		–	29.51	1:03.61	2:15.98 (6)	4:23.47 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Abdullah Sultan		–	29.96	1:03.48	2:09.56 (6)	6:33.03 (6)
Anchor	–	Ahmad Faraj		–	29.01	1:00.90	2:06.69 (6)	– (–)

Final Round

Date	27 July 1992 — 19:00

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	50 m Time	100 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	Unified Team	EUN	7:11.95	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	WR
Lead-off	–	Dmitry Lepikov		–	25.71	53.15	1:49.55 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Vladimir Pyshnenko		–	24.12	50.71	1:46.58 (2)	3:36.13 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Veniamin Tayanovich		–	24.90	52.65	1:48.99 (2)	5:25.12 (1)
Anchor	–	Yevgeny Sadovy		–	24.44	51.81	1:46.83 (1)	– (–)
2	3	Sweden	SWE	7:15.51	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Christer Wallin		–	26.06	53.44	1:49.69 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Anders Holmertz		–	24.47	51.04	1:46.16 (1)	3:35.85 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Tom Werner		–	25.29	53.01	1:49.35 (4)	5:25.20 (2)
Anchor	–	Lars Frölander		–	25.27	53.99	1:50.31 (5)	– (–)
3	7	United States	USA	7:16.23	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Joe Hudepohl		–	25.92	53.52	1:49.52 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Mel Stewart		–	24.80	51.84	1:48.41 (4)	3:37.93 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Jon Olsen		–	25.22	53.05	1:49.19 (3)	5:27.12 (4)
Anchor	–	Doug Gjertsen		–	25.13	52.84	1:49.11 (2)	– (–)
4	5	Germany	GER	7:16.58	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Peter Sitt		–	25.99	53.80	1:50.06 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Steffen Zesner		–	24.46	51.41	1:47.78 (3)	3:37.84 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Andreas Szigat		–	26.01	54.23	1:49.61 (5)	5:27.45 (5)
Anchor	–	Stefan Pfeiffer		–	25.29	52.89	1:49.13 (3)	– (–)
5	8	Italy	ITA	7:18.10	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Roberto Gleria		–	26.27	54.23	1:49.29 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Giorgio Lamberti		–	24.99	52.48	1:49.80 (5)	3:39.09 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Massimo Trevisan		–	25.07	52.24	1:47.97 (1)	5:27.06 (3)
Anchor	–	Stefano Battistelli		–	25.71	54.40	1:51.04 (7)	– (–)
6	2	Great Britain	GBR	7:22.57	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Paul Palmer		–	26.11	53.78	1:49.21 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Steven Mellor		–	25.63	54.02	1:51.77 (6)	3:40.98 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Stephen Akers		–	26.14	54.76	1:51.61 (7)	5:32.59 (6)
Anchor	–	Paul Howe		–	24.89	52.90	1:49.98 (4)	– (–)
7	1	Brazil	BRA	7:24.03	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Gustavo Borges		–	25.84	54.00	1:50.45 (8)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Emanuel Fortes		–	25.32	54.13	1:52.63 (7)	3:43.08 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Teófilo Ferreira		–	25.61	53.92	1:50.28 (6)	5:33.36 (7)
Anchor	–	Cristiano Michelena		–	26.01	53.89	1:50.67 (6)	– (–)
DQ	6	Australia	AUS	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Ian Brown		–	[26.27]	[53.99]	[1:49.45] ([3])	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Deane Pieters		–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
3rd Leg	–	Kieren Perkins		–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Anchor	–	Duncan Armstrong		–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)