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4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men

Date	31 July 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants	103 from 23 countries

This was the one men’s relay in Barcelona in which the United States came in as the favorites, as the 1991 World Champions and Pan Pac Champions. They had won the event at every Olympics in which they competed, missing only 1980. In the final, Jeff Rouse settled things early when his opening backstroke leg broke the world record for the 100 back, splitting 53.86. That was not that far ahead, as Canada’s Mark Tewksbury swam 54.09, but Canada was not considered a serious gold contender. Still they hung on for second for three legs, as the anchor freestylers were Jon Olsen for the USA, Stephen Clarke for Canada, and the formidable Aleksandr Popov for the Russian Unifieds. Popov outswam Clarke by over two seconds to get the Unified Team home for silver. But he had started 2½ seconds behind Olsen, who brought the Americans home in 3:36.93 to equal the world record for the medley relay.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	United States	USA	3:39.84 (1 h3)	3:36.93 (1)	Gold
Backstroke	627	Jeff Rouse		–	–
Breaststroke	606	Nelson Diebel		–	–
Butterfly	623	Pablo Morales		–	–
Freestyle	626	Jon Olsen		–	–
Backstroke	602	Dave Berkoff		–	–
Breaststroke	605	Hans Dersch		–	–
Butterfly	632	Mel Stewart		–	–
Freestyle	603	Matt Biondi		–	–
2	–	Unified Team	EUN	3:42.22 (2 h3)	3:38.56 (2)	Silver
Backstroke	192	Vladimir Selkov		–	–
Breaststroke	173	Vasily Ivanov		–	–
Butterfly	176	Pavlo Khnykin		–	–
Freestyle	186	Aleksandr Popov		–	–
Breaststroke	179	Vladislav Kulikov		–	–
Butterfly	194	Dmitry Volkov		–	–
Freestyle	188	Vladimir Pyshnenko		–	–
3	–	Canada	CAN	3:42.47 (1 h1)	3:39.66 (3)	Bronze
Backstroke	104	Mark Tewksbury		–	–
Breaststroke	83	Jon Cleveland		–	–
Butterfly	88	Marcel Gery		–	–
Freestyle	82	Stephen Clarke		–	–
Butterfly	102	Tom Ponting		–	–
4	–	Germany	GER	3:43.00 (1 h2)	3:40.19 (4)
Backstroke	295	Tino Weber		–	–
Breaststroke	294	Mark Warnecke		–	–
Butterfly	278	Christian Keller		–	–
Freestyle	283	Mark Pinger		–	–
Freestyle	298	Bengt Zikarsky		–	–
5	–	France	FRA	3:43.13 (2 h2)	3:40.51 (5)
Backstroke	234	Franck Schott		–	–
Breaststroke	235	Stéphane Vossart		–	–
Butterfly	222	Bruno Gutzeit		–	–
Freestyle	215	Stéphan Caron		–	–
Butterfly	219	Franck Esposito		–	–
Freestyle	227	Christophe Kalfayan		–	–
6	–	Hungary	HUN	3:43.61 (2 h1)	3:42.03 (6)
Backstroke	330	Tamás Deutsch		–	–
Breaststroke	335	Norbert Rózsa		–	–
Butterfly	333	Péter Horváth		–	–
Freestyle	336	Béla Szabados		–	–
7	–	Australia	AUS	3:43.78 (3 h2)	3:42.65 (7)
Backstroke	38	Tom Stachewicz		–	–
Breaststroke	36	Phil Rogers		–	–
Butterfly	37	Jon Sieben		–	–
Freestyle	16	Chris Fydler		–	–
8	–	Japan	JPN	3:43.88 (3 h1)	3:43.25 (8)
Backstroke	385	Hajime Itoi		–	–
Breaststroke	382	Akira Hayashi		–	–
Butterfly	390	Keiichi Kawanaka		–	–
Freestyle	398	Tsutomu Nakano		–	–
9	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:43.96 (3 h3)	–
Backstroke	247	Martin Harris		–	–
Breaststroke	246	Nick Gillingham		–	–
Butterfly	252	Richard Leishman		–	–
Freestyle	251	Roland Lee		–	–
10	–	Spain	ESP	3:44.12 (4 h3)	–
Backstroke	153	Martín López-Zubero		–	–
Breaststroke	144	Ramón Camallonga		–	–
Butterfly	149	Jaime Fernández		–	–
Freestyle	162	Carlos Ventosa		–	–
11	–	Italy	ITA	3:44.30 (5 h3)	–
Backstroke	368	Emanuele Merisi		–	–
Breaststroke	370	Gianni Minervini		–	–
Butterfly	369	Leonardo Michelotti		–	–
Freestyle	377	Massimo Trevisan		–	–
12	–	Puerto Rico	PUR	3:46.52 (4 h1)	–
Backstroke	505	Manuel Guzmán		–	–
Breaststroke	508	Todd Torres		–	–
Butterfly	507	David Monasterio		–	–
Freestyle	503	Ricardo Busquets		–	–
13	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:46.85 (4 h2)	–
Backstroke	111	Lin Laijiu		–	–
Breaststroke	108	Chen Jianhong		–	–
Butterfly	117	Shen Jianqiang		–	–
Freestyle	119	Xie Jun		–	–
14	–	South Africa	RSA	3:46.86 (5 h1)	–
Backstroke	524	Seddon Keyter		–	–
Breaststroke	520	Kenneth Cawood		–	–
Butterfly	528	Peter Williams		–	–
Freestyle	521	Darryl Cronje		–	–
15	–	Estonia	EST	3:46.87 (6 h1)	–
Backstroke	163	Ilmar Ojase		–	–
Breaststroke	164	Marko Pachel		–	–
Butterfly	166	Aldo Suurväli		–	–
Freestyle	165	Indrek Sei		–	–
16	–	Belgium	BEL	3:47.64 (5 h2)	–
Backstroke	52	Yasuhiro Vandewalle		–	–
Breaststroke	50	Fred Deburghgraeve		–	–
Butterfly	51	Stefaan Maene		–	–
Freestyle	53	Marc Verbeeck		–	–
17	–	Norway	NOR	3:52.42 (6 h3)	–
Backstroke	458	Thomas Sopp		–	–
Breaststroke	457	Børge Mørk		–	–
Butterfly	454	Trond Høines		–	–
Freestyle	456	Jarl Inge Melberg		–	–
18	–	Philippines	PHI	3:53.64 (7 h3)	–
Backstroke	478	Raymond Papa		–	–
Breaststroke	476	Patrick Concepcion		–	–
Butterfly	475	Eric Buhain		–	–
Freestyle	477	Leo Najera		–	–
19	–	Hong Kong	HKG	3:56.46 (6 h2)	–
Backstroke	316	Arthur Li		–	–
Breaststroke	318	Andrew Rutherford		–	–
Butterfly	319	Duncan Todd		–	–
Freestyle	320	Michael Wright		–	–
20	–	Finland	FIN	4:06.18 (7 h2)	–
Backstroke	207	Jani Sievinen		–	–
Breaststroke	208	Petri Suominen		–	–
Butterfly	200	Vesa Hanski		–	–
Freestyle	202	Antti Kasvio		–	–
21	–	Guam	GUM	4:07.98 (7 h1)	–
Backstroke	313	Patrick Sagisi		–	–
Breaststroke	307	Glenn Diaz		–	–
Butterfly	309	Ray Flores		–	–
Freestyle	312	Adrian Romero		–	–
22	–	Guatemala	GUA	4:12.65 (8 h3)	–
Backstroke	302	Roberto Bonilla		–	–
Breaststroke	306	Helder Torres		–	–
Butterfly	303	Gustavo Búcaro		–	–
Freestyle	305	Andrés Sedano		–	–
23	–	United Arab Emirates	UAE	4:21.03 (8 h2)	–
Backstroke	595	Mohamed Bin Abid		–	–
Breaststroke	594	Obaid Al-Rumaithi		–	–
Butterfly	597	Mohamed Khamis		–	–
Freestyle	596	Ahmad Faraj		–	–

Round One

Date	31 July 1992 — 11:30
Format	Fastest 8 advanced to the final round.

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	4	United States	USA	3:39.84	Q
2	5	Unified Team	EUN	3:42.22	Q
3	4	Canada	CAN	3:42.47	Q
4	6	Germany	GER	3:43.00	Q
5	5	France	FRA	3:43.13	Q
6	5	Hungary	HUN	3:43.61	Q
7	4	Australia	AUS	3:43.78	Q
8	3	Japan	JPN	3:43.88	Q
9	3	Great Britain	GBR	3:43.96
10	6	Spain	ESP	3:44.12
11	2	Italy	ITA	3:44.30
12	6	Puerto Rico	PUR	3:46.52
13	3	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:46.85
14	7	South Africa	RSA	3:46.86
15	2	Estonia	EST	3:46.87
16	2	Belgium	BEL	3:47.64
17	7	Norway	NOR	3:52.42
18	1	Philippines	PHI	3:53.64
19	1	Hong Kong	HKG	3:56.46
20	7	Finland	FIN	4:06.18
21	1	Guam	GUM	4:07.98
22	8	Guatemala	GUA	4:12.65
23	8	United Arab Emirates	UAE	4:21.03

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	50 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	Canada	CAN	3:42.47	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Mark Tewksbury		–	26.94	55.64 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Jon Cleveland		–	29.01	1:02.16 (3)	1:57.80 (1)
Butterfly	–	Tom Ponting		–	25.13	54.14 (2)	2:51.94 (1)
Freestyle	–	Stephen Clarke		–	23.50	50.53 (2)	– (–)
2	5	Hungary	HUN	3:43.61	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Tamás Deutsch		–	27.87	56.88 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Norbert Rózsa		–	28.20	1:01.18 (1)	1:58.06 (2)
Butterfly	–	Péter Horváth		–	25.49	54.95 (4)	2:53.01 (3)
Freestyle	–	Béla Szabados		–	23.94	50.60 (3)	– (–)
3	3	Japan	JPN	3:43.88	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Hajime Itoi		–	27.49	56.70 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Akira Hayashi		–	29.30	1:01.47 (2)	1:58.17 (3)
Butterfly	–	Keiichi Kawanaka		–	25.57	54.56 (3)	2:52.73 (2)
Freestyle	–	Tsutomu Nakano		–	24.53	51.15 (6)	– (–)
4	6	Puerto Rico	PUR	3:46.52	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Manuel Guzmán		–	28.21	57.50 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Todd Torres		–	29.05	1:02.49 (4)	1:59.99 (4)
Butterfly	–	David Monasterio		–	26.23	56.48 (6)	2:56.47 (6)
Freestyle	–	Ricardo Busquets		–	24.52	50.05 (1)	– (–)
5	7	South Africa	RSA	3:46.86	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Seddon Keyter		–	28.56	58.44 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Kenneth Cawood		–	29.63	1:03.49 (6)	2:01.93 (6)
Butterfly	–	Peter Williams		–	24.88	54.13 (1)	2:56.06 (4)
Freestyle	–	Darryl Cronje		–	24.08	50.80 (5)	– (–)
6	2	Estonia	EST	3:46.87	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Ilmar Ojase		–	28.17	57.24 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Marko Pachel		–	29.42	1:03.32 (5)	2:00.56 (5)
Butterfly	–	Aldo Suurväli		–	25.89	55.57 (5)	2:56.13 (5)
Freestyle	–	Indrek Sei		–	24.06	50.74 (4)	– (–)
7	1	Guam	GUM	4:07.98	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Patrick Sagisi		–	29.47	1:01.65 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Glenn Diaz		–	31.97	1:10.03 (7)	2:11.68 (7)
Butterfly	–	Ray Flores		–	28.52	1:01.62 (7)	3:13.30 (7)
Freestyle	–	Adrian Romero		–	25.64	54.68 (7)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	50 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	6	Germany	GER	3:43.00	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Tino Weber		–	27.87	56.13 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Mark Warnecke		–	29.11	1:02.75 (4)	1:58.88 (1)
Butterfly	–	Christian Keller		–	25.44	54.11 (1)	2:52.99 (1)
Freestyle	–	Bengt Zikarsky		–	23.84	50.01 (3)	– (–)
2	5	France	FRA	3:43.13	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Franck Schott		–	27.89	56.63 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Stéphane Vossart		–	29.73	1:02.50 (3)	1:59.13 (3)
Butterfly	–	Franck Esposito		–	25.77	54.58 (2)	2:53.71 (2)
Freestyle	–	Christophe Kalfayan		–	23.63	49.42 (1)	– (–)
3	4	Australia	AUS	3:43.78	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Tom Stachewicz		–	28.23	57.17 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Phil Rogers		–	28.70	1:01.89 (1)	1:59.06 (2)
Butterfly	–	Jon Sieben		–	25.21	54.73 (3)	2:53.79 (3)
Freestyle	–	Chris Fydler		–	23.87	49.99 (2)	– (–)
4	3	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:46.85	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Lin Laijiu		–	28.02	57.54 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Chen Jianhong		–	29.14	1:02.46 (2)	2:00.00 (5)
Butterfly	–	Shen Jianqiang		–	25.49	55.06 (4)	2:55.06 (5)
Freestyle	–	Xie Jun		–	24.57	51.79 (5)	– (–)
5	2	Belgium	BEL	3:47.64	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Yasuhiro Vandewalle		–	27.79	56.65 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Fred Deburghgraeve		–	29.17	1:02.89 (5)	1:59.54 (4)
Butterfly	–	Stefaan Maene		–	25.79	55.46 (5)	2:55.00 (4)
Freestyle	–	Marc Verbeeck		–	25.01	52.64 (7)	– (–)
6	1	Hong Kong	HKG	3:56.46	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Arthur Li		–	30.05	1:01.59 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Andrew Rutherford		–	29.73	1:04.87 (6)	2:06.46 (6)
Butterfly	–	Duncan Todd		–	26.61	57.99 (7)	3:04.45 (6)
Freestyle	–	Michael Wright		–	24.54	52.01 (6)	– (–)
7	7	Finland	FIN	4:06.18	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Jani Sievinen		–	35.30	1:13.02 (8)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Petri Suominen		–	30.12	1:04.89 (7)	2:17.91 (7)
Butterfly	–	Vesa Hanski		–	25.94	57.37 (6)	3:15.28 (7)
Freestyle	–	Antti Kasvio		–	24.67	50.90 (4)	– (–)
8	8	United Arab Emirates	UAE	4:21.03	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Mohamed Bin Abid		–	33.96	1:08.88 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Obaid Al-Rumaithi		–	33.66	1:13.20 (8)	2:22.08 (8)
Butterfly	–	Mohamed Khamis		–	28.89	1:02.51 (8)	3:24.59 (8)
Freestyle	–	Ahmad Faraj		–	27.96	56.44 (8)	– (–)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	50 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	United States	USA	3:39.84	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Dave Berkoff		–	26.82	55.05 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Hans Dersch		–	29.15	1:01.79 (2)	1:56.84 (1)
Butterfly	–	Mel Stewart		–	25.51	54.34 (1)	2:51.18 (1)
Freestyle	–	Matt Biondi		–	22.95	48.66 (1)	– (–)
2	5	Unified Team	EUN	3:42.22	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Vladimir Selkov		–	27.43	56.29 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Vladislav Kulikov		–	28.49	1:01.87 (3)	1:58.16 (2)
Butterfly	–	Dmitry Volkov		–	24.91	54.43 (2)	2:52.59 (2)
Freestyle	–	Vladimir Pyshnenko		–	23.73	49.63 (3)	– (–)
3	3	Great Britain	GBR	3:43.96	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Martin Harris		–	27.80	57.45 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Nick Gillingham		–	29.21	1:01.63 (1)	1:59.08 (4)
Butterfly	–	Richard Leishman		–	24.80	54.88 (5)	2:53.96 (4)
Freestyle	–	Roland Lee		–	23.83	50.00 (4)	– (–)
4	6	Spain	ESP	3:44.12	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Martín López-Zubero		–	27.60	55.72 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Ramón Camallonga		–	29.15	1:03.02 (5)	1:58.74 (3)
Butterfly	–	Jaime Fernández		–	25.26	54.60 (3)	2:53.34 (3)
Freestyle	–	Carlos Ventosa		–	24.26	50.78 (5)	– (–)
5	2	Italy	ITA	3:44.30	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Emanuele Merisi		–	28.09	57.25 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Gianni Minervini		–	28.75	1:02.96 (4)	2:00.21 (5)
Butterfly	–	Leonardo Michelotti		–	25.67	54.66 (4)	2:54.87 (5)
Freestyle	–	Massimo Trevisan		–	23.61	49.43 (2)	– (–)
6	7	Norway	NOR	3:52.42	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Thomas Sopp		–	28.43	58.54 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Børge Mørk		–	30.15	1:05.08 (7)	2:03.62 (7)
Butterfly	–	Trond Høines		–	26.35	57.27 (7)	3:00.89 (7)
Freestyle	–	Jarl Inge Melberg		–	24.50	51.53 (6)	– (–)
7	1	Philippines	PHI	3:53.64	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Raymond Papa		–	28.25	57.86 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Patrick Concepcion		–	30.41	1:04.85 (6)	2:02.71 (6)
Butterfly	–	Eric Buhain		–	25.94	55.95 (6)	2:58.66 (6)
Freestyle	–	Leo Najera		–	26.57	54.98 (7)	– (–)
8	8	Guatemala	GUA	4:12.65	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Roberto Bonilla		–	31.70	1:04.65 (8)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Helder Torres		–	34.00	1:12.87 (8)	2:17.52 (8)
Butterfly	–	Gustavo Búcaro		–	27.88	1:00.12 (8)	3:17.64 (8)
Freestyle	–	Andrés Sedano		–	26.06	55.01 (8)	– (–)

Final Round

Date	31 July 1992 — 19:30

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	50 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	United States	USA	3:36.93	–	– (–)	– (–)	=WR
Backstroke	–	Jeff Rouse		–	26.32	53.86 (1)	– (–)	IWR
Breaststroke	–	Nelson Diebel		–	28.68	1:01.45 (4)	1:55.31 (1)
Butterfly	–	Pablo Morales		–	24.08	52.83 (1)	2:48.14 (1)
Freestyle	–	Jon Olsen		–	23.01	48.79 (3)	– (–)
2	5	Unified Team	EUN	3:38.56	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Vladimir Selkov		–	26.90	55.50 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Vasily Ivanov		–	28.57	1:01.59 (5)	1:57.09 (4)
Butterfly	–	Pavlo Khnykin		–	24.48	53.56 (2)	2:50.65 (3)
Freestyle	–	Aleksandr Popov		–	22.57	47.91 (1)	– (–)
3	3	Canada	CAN	3:39.66	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Mark Tewksbury		–	26.28	54.09 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Jon Cleveland		–	28.83	1:01.93 (7)	1:56.02 (2)
Butterfly	–	Marcel Gery		–	24.57	53.72 (3)	2:49.74 (2)
Freestyle	–	Stephen Clarke		–	23.30	49.92 (6)	– (–)
4	6	Germany	GER	3:40.19	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Tino Weber		–	27.63	55.75 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Mark Warnecke		–	28.83	1:01.89 (6)	1:57.64 (6)
Butterfly	–	Christian Keller		–	25.18	53.93 (5)	2:51.57 (5)
Freestyle	–	Mark Pinger		–	22.87	48.62 (2)	– (–)
5	2	France	FRA	3:40.51	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Franck Schott		–	27.19	55.46 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Stéphane Vossart		–	29.51	1:02.22 (8)	1:57.68 (7)
Butterfly	–	Bruno Gutzeit		–	24.57	53.87 (4)	2:51.55 (4)
Freestyle	–	Stéphan Caron		–	23.37	48.96 (4)	– (–)
6	7	Hungary	HUN	3:42.03	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Tamás Deutsch		–	27.75	56.18 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Norbert Rózsa		–	28.18	1:00.84 (1)	1:57.02 (3)
Butterfly	–	Péter Horváth		–	25.38	54.85 (8)	2:51.87 (7)
Freestyle	–	Béla Szabados		–	23.82	50.16 (7)	– (–)
7	1	Australia	AUS	3:42.65	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Tom Stachewicz		–	27.82	56.84 (8)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Phil Rogers		–	28.69	1:01.31 (3)	1:58.15 (8)
Butterfly	–	Jon Sieben		–	25.49	54.78 (7)	2:52.93 (8)
Freestyle	–	Chris Fydler		–	23.76	49.72 (5)	– (–)
8	8	Japan	JPN	3:43.25	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Hajime Itoi		–	27.64	56.53 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Akira Hayashi		–	29.02	1:00.98 (2)	1:57.51 (5)
Butterfly	–	Keiichi Kawanaka		–	25.49	54.32 (6)	2:51.83 (6)
Freestyle	–	Tsutomu Nakano		–	24.56	51.42 (8)	– (–)