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4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date	21 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	76 from 17 countries

Usually the dominant nation in relay swimming, the US team had suffered a rare defeat at the 1992 Barcelona Games and, to the shock of many, had missed out on the medals entirely at the most recent World Championships where Sweden had taken the title.

With a home crowd roaring them on in Atlanta, the Americans returned to form. Josh Davis put them a second ahead of the pack by the end of the first leg and, while Sweden and Australia came back to force a near three way tie at 400 metres, anchor leg swimmer Ryan Berube produced a fine swim to forge clear of a fading Swedish challenge. The Swedes held off a fast finishing German team to hold on to the silver medal.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	7:18.28 (1 h3)	7:14.84 (1)	Gold
	Josh Davis		–	–
	Joe Hudepohl		–	–
	Brad Schumacher		–	–
	Ryan Berube		–	–
	Jon Olsen		–	–
2	Sweden	SWE	7:20.61 (2 h3)	7:17.56 (2)	Silver
	Christer Wallin		–	–
	Anders Holmertz		–	–
	Lars Frölander		–	–
	Anders Lyrbring		–	–
3	Germany	GER	7:22.17 (2 h1)	7:17.71 (3)	Bronze
	Aimo Heilmann		–	–
	Christian Keller		–	–
	Christian Tröger		–	–
	Steffen Zesner		–	–
	Konstantin Dubrovin		–	–
	Oliver Lampe		–	–
4	Australia	AUS	7:23.24 (2 h2)	7:18.47 (4)
	Daniel Kowalski		–	–
	Michael Klim		–	–
	Malcolm Allen		–	–
	Matt Dunn		–	–
	Glen Housman		–	–
	Kieren Perkins		–	–
	Ian Vander-Wal		–	–
5	Great Britain	GBR	7:21.92 (1 h1)	7:18.74 (5)
	Paul Palmer		–	–
	Andrew Clayton		–	–
	Mark Stevens		–	–
	Jamie Salter		–	–
6	Italy	ITA	7:22.69 (1 h2)	7:19.92 (6)
	Massi Rosolino		–	–
	Emanuele Idini		–	–
	Emanuele Merisi		–	–
	Piermaria Siciliano		–	–
	Emiliano Brembilla		–	–
7	Netherlands	NED	7:23.39 (4 h3)	7:21.96 (7)
	Marcel Wouda		–	–
	Mark van der Zijden		–	–
	Martin van der Spoel		–	–
	Pieter van den Hoogenband		–	–
	Tim Hoeijmans		–	–
8	France	FRA	7:22.98 (3 h3)	7:24.85 (8)
	Yann de Fabrique		–	–
	Lionel Poirot		–	–
	Bruno Orsoni		–	–
	Christophe Bordeau		–	–
9	New Zealand	NZL	7:24.35 (3 h2)	–
	Trent Bray		–	–
	Murray Burdan		–	–
	Scott Cameron		–	–
	Danyon Loader		–	–
10	Brazil	BRA	7:28.82 (3 h1)	–
	Cassiano Leal		–	–
	Luiz Lima		–	–
	Fernando Saez		–	–
	André Teixeira		–	–
11	Venezuela	VEN	7:32.63 (4 h1)	–
	Diego Henao		–	–
	Rafael Manzano		–	–
	Francisco Sánchez		–	–
	Carlos Santander		–	–
12	Uzbekistan	UZB	7:40.60 (4 h2)	–
	Aleksandr Agafonov		–	–
	Vyacheslav Kabanov		–	–
	Dmitry Pankov		–	–
	Oleg Tsvetkovsky		–	–
13	Croatia	CRO	7:43.69 (5 h1)	–
	Marijan Kanjer		–	–
	Gordan Kožulj		–	–
	Marko Strahija		–	–
	Miroslav Vučetić		–	–
14	Singapore	SGP	7:54.19 (6 h3)	–
	Gerald Koh		–	–
	Desmond Koh		–	–
	Sng Ju Wei		–	–
	PJ Thum		–	–
15	Republic of Korea	KOR	7:45.98 (5 h3)	–
	Kim Min-Seok		–	–
	Go Un-Ho		–	–
	Lee Gyu-Chang		–	–
	U Cheol		–	–
16	Ecuador	ECU	7:54.37 (5 h2)	–
	Roberto Delgado		–	–
	Julio Santos		–	–
	Javier Santos		–	–
	Andrés Vasconcellos		–	–
17	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	8:00.00 (6 h2)	–
	Sergey Ashikhmin		–	–
	Andrey Kvasov		–	–
	Dmitry Lapin		–	–
	Vitaly Vasilyev		–	–

Round One

Date	21 July 1996
Format	Fastest 8 advanced to the final round.

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	4	United States	USA	7:18.28	Q
2	5	Sweden	SWE	7:20.61	Q
3	5	Great Britain	GBR	7:21.92	Q
4	4	Germany	GER	7:22.17	Q
5	5	Italy	ITA	7:22.69	Q
6	3	France	FRA	7:22.98	Q
7	4	Australia	AUS	7:23.24	Q
8	6	Netherlands	NED	7:23.39	Q
9	3	New Zealand	NZL	7:24.35
10	3	Brazil	BRA	7:28.82
11	2	Venezuela	VEN	7:32.63
12	6	Uzbekistan	UZB	7:40.60
13	6	Croatia	CRO	7:43.69
14	2	Republic of Korea	KOR	7:45.98
15	7	Singapore	SGP	7:54.19
16	7	Ecuador	ECU	7:54.37
17	2	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	8:00.00

Heat #1

Time	11:30

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m Time	100 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	5	Great Britain	GBR	7:21.92	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Jamie Salter		–	0.81	26.01	54.05	1:51.24 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Andrew Clayton		–	0.36	–	53.04	1:49.92 (2)	3:41.16 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Mark Stevens		–	0.32	–	53.78	1:50.32 (1)	5:31.48 (1)
Anchor	–	Paul Palmer		–	0.37	–	53.98	1:50.44 (2)	– (–)
2	4	Germany	GER	7:22.17	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Konstantin Dubrovin		–	0.79	26.23	54.70	1:51.68 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Christian Keller		–	0.32	–	52.38	1:49.15 (1)	3:40.83 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Oliver Lampe		–	0.16	–	54.29	1:51.39 (2)	5:32.22 (2)
Anchor	–	Steffen Zesner		–	0.33	–	53.14	1:49.95 (1)	– (–)
3	3	Brazil	BRA	7:28.82	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Cassiano Leal		–	0.75	26.62	54.91	1:52.35 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Luiz Lima		–	0.37	–	54.41	1:51.99 (3)	3:44.34 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Fernando Saez		–	0.14	–	54.28	1:52.38 (3)	5:36.72 (3)
Anchor	–	André Teixeira		–	-0.03	–	53.39	1:52.10 (3)	– (–)
4	2	Venezuela	VEN	7:32.63	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Francisco Sánchez		–	0.80	26.56	54.85	1:52.34 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Carlos Santander		–	0.11	–	54.13	1:52.58 (4)	3:44.92 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Diego Henao		–	0.15	–	53.44	1:52.57 (4)	5:37.49 (4)
Anchor	–	Rafael Manzano		–	0.30	–	54.12	1:55.14 (4)	– (–)
5	6	Croatia	CRO	7:43.69	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Gordan Kožulj		–	0.81	26.00	54.86	1:57.08 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Miroslav Vučetić		–	0.39	–	55.09	1:53.83 (5)	3:50.91 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Marijan Kanjer		–	0.18	–	55.36	1:53.89 (5)	5:44.80 (5)
Anchor	–	Marko Strahija		–	0.34	–	56.61	1:58.89 (5)	– (–)

Heat #2

Time	11:50

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m Time	100 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	5	Italy	ITA	7:22.69	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Emiliano Brembilla		–	0.91	26.81	54.81	1:52.21 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Emanuele Idini		–	0.26	–	52.82	1:50.54 (2)	3:42.75 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Piermaria Siciliano		–	0.34	–	52.83	1:48.61 (1)	5:31.36 (1)
Anchor	–	Massi Rosolino		–	0.34	–	53.65	1:51.33 (3)	– (–)
2	4	Australia	AUS	7:23.24	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Kieren Perkins		–	0.85	26.58	54.60	1:51.43 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Glen Housman		–	0.21	–	53.33	1:50.40 (1)	3:41.83 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Ian Vander-Wal		–	0.37	–	52.57	1:51.05 (2)	5:32.88 (2)
Anchor	–	Malcolm Allen		–	0.52	–	54.39	1:50.36 (2)	– (–)
3	3	New Zealand	NZL	7:24.35	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Trent Bray		–	0.85	26.20	53.95	1:50.77 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Murray Burdan		–	0.00	–	53.50	1:51.84 (3)	3:42.61 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Scott Cameron		–	0.32	–	54.19	1:53.30 (3)	5:35.91 (3)
Anchor	–	Danyon Loader		–	0.16	–	52.84	1:48.44 (1)	– (–)
4	6	Uzbekistan	UZB	7:40.60	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Vyacheslav Kabanov		–	0.88	26.91	55.39	1:53.76 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Aleksandr Agafonov		–	0.30	–	55.25	1:56.44 (5)	3:50.20 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Dmitry Pankov		–	0.54	–	56.64	1:56.29 (5)	5:46.49 (4)
Anchor	–	Oleg Tsvetkovsky		–	0.31	–	55.83	1:54.11 (4)	– (–)
5	7	Ecuador	ECU	7:54.37	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Roberto Delgado		–	0.71	27.35	56.71	1:57.86 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Julio Santos		–	0.22	–	55.47	1:56.60 (6)	3:54.46 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Javier Santos		–	0.25	–	57.93	1:59.79 (6)	5:54.25 (6)
Anchor	–	Andrés Vasconcellos		–	0.33	–	57.30	2:00.12 (5)	– (–)
6	2	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	8:00.00	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Sergey Ashikhmin		–	0.91	27.31	57.54	2:03.05 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Andrey Kvasov		–	0.28	–	55.32	1:53.91 (4)	3:56.96 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Dmitry Lapin		–	0.46	–	56.33	1:56.01 (4)	5:52.97 (5)
Anchor	–	Vitaly Vasilyev		–	0.46	–	59.26	2:07.03 (6)	– (–)

Heat #3

Time	12:10

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m Time	100 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	United States	USA	7:18.28	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Ryan Berube		–	0.71	25.53	52.98	1:49.84 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Joe Hudepohl		–	0.27	–	52.88	1:49.13 (2)	3:38.97 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Brad Schumacher		–	0.32	–	52.49	1:49.48 (1)	5:28.45 (1)
Anchor	–	Jon Olsen		–	0.36	–	52.07	1:49.83 (2)	– (–)
2	5	Sweden	SWE	7:20.61	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Christer Wallin		–	0.81	25.72	53.18	1:50.88 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Lars Frölander		–	0.06	–	52.53	1:49.12 (1)	3:40.00 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Anders Lyrbring		–	0.32	–	53.86	1:51.90 (4)	5:31.90 (2)
Anchor	–	Anders Holmertz		–	0.08	–	52.10	1:48.71 (1)	– (–)
3	3	France	FRA	7:22.98	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Yann de Fabrique		–	0.80	25.58	53.40	1:50.31 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Lionel Poirot		–	0.44	–	52.84	1:50.30 (3)	3:40.61 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Bruno Orsoni		–	0.15	–	52.50	1:51.74 (3)	5:32.35 (3)
Anchor	–	Christophe Bordeau		–	0.18	–	54.06	1:50.63 (3)	– (–)
4	6	Netherlands	NED	7:23.39	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-off	–	Pieter van den Hoogenband		–	0.85	25.00	52.49	1:48.88 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Tim Hoeijmans		–	0.21	–	54.28	1:51.97 (4)	3:40.85 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Martin van der Spoel		–	0.12	–	53.07	1:51.51 (2)	5:32.36 (4)
Anchor	–	Mark van der Zijden		–	0.18	–	53.26	1:51.03 (4)	– (–)
5	2	Republic of Korea	KOR	7:45.98	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Go Un-Ho		–	0.71	26.32	54.56	1:52.77 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Lee Gyu-Chang		–	0.17	–	56.81	1:56.84 (5)	3:49.61 (5)
3rd Leg	–	U Cheol		–	0.50	–	56.94	1:57.32 (5)	5:46.93 (5)
Anchor	–	Kim Min-Seok		–	0.26	–	58.40	1:59.05 (6)	– (–)
6	7	Singapore	SGP	7:54.19	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Sng Ju Wei		–	0.85	27.41	56.27	1:55.49 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Gerald Koh		–	0.23	–	57.68	2:00.59 (6)	3:56.08 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Desmond Koh		–	0.42	–	58.33	1:59.41 (6)	5:55.49 (6)
Anchor	–	PJ Thum		–	0.31	–	57.61	1:58.70 (5)	– (–)

Final Round

Date	21 July 1996 — 20:45

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 m Time	100 m Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	United States	USA	7:14.84	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Josh Davis		–	0.73	25.24	52.55	1:48.19 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Joe Hudepohl		–	0.17	–	52.70	1:49.29 (3)	3:37.48 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Brad Schumacher		–	0.44	–	53.08	1:48.89 (1)	5:26.37 (1)
Anchor	–	Ryan Berube		–	0.14	–	52.19	1:48.47 (1)	– (–)
2	5	Sweden	SWE	7:17.56	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Christer Wallin		–	0.80	25.39	53.15	1:50.47 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Anders Holmertz		–	0.23	–	50.85	1:47.03 (1)	3:37.50 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Lars Frölander		–	0.21	–	53.21	1:48.98 (2)	5:26.48 (2)
Anchor	–	Anders Lyrbring		–	0.35	–	53.01	1:51.08 (7)	– (–)
3	6	Germany	GER	7:17.71	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Aimo Heilmann		–	0.90	25.74	53.56	1:49.31 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Christian Keller		–	0.16	–	52.70	1:49.50 (4)	3:38.81 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Christian Tröger		–	0.33	–	52.48	1:49.80 (3)	5:28.61 (4)
Anchor	–	Steffen Zesner		–	0.20	–	52.56	1:49.10 (2)	– (–)
4	1	Australia	AUS	7:18.47	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Daniel Kowalski		–	0.74	25.88	53.49	1:49.42 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Michael Klim		–	0.38	–	52.01	1:48.04 (2)	3:37.46 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Malcolm Allen		–	0.54	–	53.68	1:50.77 (5)	5:28.23 (3)
Anchor	–	Matt Dunn		–	0.33	–	53.49	1:50.24 (6)	– (–)
5	3	Great Britain	GBR	7:18.74	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Paul Palmer		–	0.83	26.06	53.62	1:49.19 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Andrew Clayton		–	0.20	–	52.83	1:49.84 (5)	3:39.03 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Mark Stevens		–	0.25	–	53.24	1:50.42 (4)	5:29.45 (5)
Anchor	–	Jamie Salter		–	0.13	–	52.81	1:49.29 (5)	– (–)
6	2	Italy	ITA	7:19.92	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Massi Rosolino		–	0.81	26.12	53.71	1:49.22 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Emanuele Idini		–	0.17	–	53.06	1:50.36 (6)	3:39.58 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Emanuele Merisi		–	0.29	–	54.10	1:51.14 (6)	5:30.72 (6)
Anchor	–	Piermaria Siciliano		–	0.33	–	51.63	1:49.20 (3)	– (–)
7	8	Netherlands	NED	7:21.96	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Marcel Wouda		–	0.82	25.84	54.12	1:49.89 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Mark van der Zijden		–	0.17	–	54.25	1:50.77 (8)	3:40.66 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Martin van der Spoel		–	0.29	–	53.88	1:52.05 (8)	5:32.71 (7)
Anchor	–	Pieter van den Hoogenband		–	0.33	–	52.56	1:49.25 (4)	– (–)
8	7	France	FRA	7:24.85	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-off	–	Yann de Fabrique		–	0.82	25.96	54.03	1:50.76 (8)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Lionel Poirot		–	0.45	–	53.17	1:50.74 (7)	3:41.50 (8)
3rd Leg	–	Bruno Orsoni		–	0.09	–	54.05	1:51.97 (7)	5:33.47 (8)
Anchor	–	Christophe Bordeau		–	0.15	–	52.85	1:51.38 (8)	– (–)