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4 x 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	Swimmer	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 (21 July 1996)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (11:30)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	Great Britain	GBR				7:21.92			Q
		Jamie Salter		54.05	1:51.24	1:51.24	–	0.81	– (AC)
		Andrew Clayton		53.04	1:49.92	3:41.16	–	0.36	– (AC)
		Mark Stevens		53.78	1:50.32	5:31.48	–	0.32	– (AC)
		Paul Palmer		53.98	1:50.44	7:21.92	–	0.37	– (AC)
2	4	Germany	GER				7:22.17			Q
		Konstantin Dubrovin		54.70	1:51.68	1:51.68	–	0.79	– (AC)
		Christian Keller		52.38	1:49.15	3:40.83	–	0.32	– (AC)
		Oliver Lampe		54.29	1:51.39	5:32.22	–	0.16	– (AC)
		Steffen Zesner		53.14	1:49.95	7:22.17	–	0.33	– (AC)
3	3	Brazil	BRA				7:28.82
		Cassiano Leal		54.91	1:52.35	1:52.35	–	0.75	– (AC)
		Luiz Lima		54.41	1:51.99	3:44.34	–	0.37	– (AC)
		Fernando Saez		54.28	1:52.38	5:36.72	–	0.14	– (AC)
		André Teixeira		53.39	1:52.10	7:28.82	–	-0.03	– (AC)
4	2	Venezuela	VEN				7:32.63
		Francisco Sánchez		54.85	1:52.34	1:52.34	–	0.80	– (AC)
		Carlos Santander		54.13	1:52.58	3:44.92	–	0.11	– (AC)
		Diego Henao		53.44	1:52.57	5:37.49	–	0.15	– (AC)
		Rafael Manzano		54.12	1:55.14	7:32.63	–	0.30	– (AC)
5	6	Croatia	CRO				7:43.69
		Gordan Kožulj		54.86	1:57.08	1:57.08	–	0.81	– (AC)
		Miroslav Vučetić		55.09	1:53.83	3:50.91	–	0.39	– (AC)
		Marijan Kanjer		55.36	1:53.89	5:44.80	–	0.18	– (AC)
		Marko Strahija		56.61	1:58.89	7:43.69	–	0.34	– (AC)

Heat Two (11:50)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	Italy	ITA				7:22.69			Q
		Emiliano Brembilla		54.81	1:52.21	1:52.21	–	0.91	– (AC)
		Emanuele Idini		52.82	1:50.54	3:42.75	–	0.26	– (AC)
		Piermaria Siciliano		52.83	1:48.61	5:31.36	–	0.34	– (AC)
		Massi Rosolino		53.65	1:51.33	7:22.69	–	0.34	– (AC)
2	4	Australia	AUS				7:23.24			Q
		Kieren Perkins		54.60	1:51.43	1:51.43	–	0.85	– (AC)
		Glen Housman		53.33	1:50.40	3:41.83	–	0.21	– (AC)
		Ian Vander-Wal		52.57	1:51.05	5:32.88	–	0.37	– (AC)
		Malcolm Allen		54.39	1:50.36	7:23.24	–	0.52	– (AC)
3	3	New Zealand	NZL				7:24.35
		Trent Bray		53.95	1:50.77	1:50.77	–	0.85	– (AC)
		Murray Burdan		53.50	1:51.84	3:42.61	–	0.00	– (AC)
		Scott Cameron		54.19	1:53.30	5:35.91	–	0.32	– (AC)
		Danyon Loader		52.84	1:48.44	7:24.35	–	0.16	– (AC)
4	6	Uzbekistan	UZB				7:40.60
		Vyacheslav Kabanov		55.39	1:53.76	1:53.76	–	0.88	– (AC)
		Aleksandr Agafonov		55.25	1:56.44	3:50.20	–	0.30	– (AC)
		Dmitry Pankov		56.64	1:56.29	5:46.49	–	0.54	– (AC)
		Oleg Tsvetkovsky		55.83	1:54.11	7:40.60	–	0.31	– (AC)
5	7	Ecuador	ECU				7:54.37
		Roberto Delgado		56.71	1:57.86	1:57.86	–	0.71	– (AC)
		Julio Santos		55.47	1:56.60	3:54.46	–	0.22	– (AC)
		Javier Santos		57.93	1:59.79	5:54.25	–	0.25	– (AC)
		Andrés Vasconcellos		57.30	2:00.12	7:54.37	–	0.33	– (AC)
6	2	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ				8:00.00
		Sergey Ashikhmin		57.54	2:03.05	2:03.05	–	0.91	– (AC)
		Andrey Kvasov		55.32	1:53.91	3:56.96	–	0.28	– (AC)
		Dmitry Lapin		56.33	1:56.01	5:52.97	–	0.46	– (AC)
		Vitaly Vasilyev		59.26	2:07.03	8:00.00	–	0.46	– (AC)

Heat Three (12:10)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	United States	USA				7:18.28			Q
		Ryan Berube		52.98	1:49.84	1:49.84	–	0.71	– (AC)
		Joe Hudepohl		52.88	1:49.13	3:38.97	–	0.27	– (AC)
		Brad Schumacher		52.49	1:49.48	5:28.45	–	0.32	– (AC)
		Jon Olsen		52.07	1:49.83	7:18.28	–	0.36	– (AC)
2	5	Sweden	SWE				7:20.61			Q
		Christer Wallin		53.18	1:50.88	1:50.88	–	0.81	– (AC)
		Lars Frölander		52.53	1:49.12	3:40.00	–	0.06	– (AC)
		Anders Lyrbring		53.86	1:51.90	5:31.90	–	0.32	– (AC)
		Anders Holmertz		52.10	1:48.71	7:20.61	–	0.08	– (AC)
3	3	France	FRA				7:22.98			Q
		Yann de Fabrique		53.40	1:50.31	1:50.31	–	0.80	– (AC)
		Lionel Poirot		52.84	1:50.30	3:40.61	–	0.44	– (AC)
		Bruno Orsoni		52.50	1:51.74	5:32.35	–	0.15	– (AC)
		Christophe Bordeau		54.06	1:50.63	7:22.98	–	0.18	– (AC)
4	6	Netherlands	NED				7:23.39			Q
		Pieter van den Hoogenband		52.49	1:48.88	1:48.88	–	0.85	– (AC)
		Tim Hoeijmans		54.28	1:51.97	3:40.85	–	0.21	– (AC)
		Martin van der Spoel		53.07	1:51.51	5:32.36	–	0.12	– (AC)
		Mark van der Zijden		53.26	1:51.03	7:23.39	–	0.18	– (AC)
5	2	Republic of Korea	KOR				7:45.98
		Go Un-Ho		54.56	1:52.77	1:52.77	–	0.71	– (AC)
		Lee Gyu-Chang		56.81	1:56.84	3:49.61	–	0.17	– (AC)
		U Cheol		56.94	1:57.32	5:46.93	–	0.50	– (AC)
		Kim Min-Seok		58.40	1:59.05	7:45.98	–	0.26	– (AC)
6	7	Singapore	SGP				7:54.19
		Sng Ju Wei		56.27	1:55.49	1:55.49	–	0.85	– (AC)
		Gerald Koh		57.68	2:00.59	3:56.08	–	0.23	– (AC)
		Desmond Koh		58.33	1:59.41	5:55.49	–	0.42	– (AC)
		PJ Thum		57.61	1:58.70	7:54.19	–	0.31	– (AC)

Final (21 July 1996 — 20:45)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	United States	USA				7:14.84
		Josh Davis		52.55	1:48.19	1:48.19	–	0.73	– (AC)
		Joe Hudepohl		52.70	1:49.29	3:37.48	–	0.17	– (AC)
		Brad Schumacher		53.08	1:48.89	5:26.37	–	0.44	– (AC)
		Ryan Berube		52.19	1:48.47	7:14.84	–	0.14	– (AC)
2	5	Sweden	SWE				7:17.56
		Christer Wallin		53.15	1:50.47	1:50.47	–	0.80	– (AC)
		Anders Holmertz		50.85	1:47.03	3:37.50	–	0.23	– (AC)
		Lars Frölander		53.21	1:48.98	5:26.48	–	0.21	– (AC)
		Anders Lyrbring		53.01	1:51.08	7:17.56	–	0.35	– (AC)
3	6	Germany	GER				7:17.71
		Aimo Heilmann		53.56	1:49.31	1:49.31	–	0.90	– (AC)
		Christian Keller		52.70	1:49.50	3:38.81	–	0.16	– (AC)
		Christian Tröger		52.48	1:49.80	5:28.61	–	0.33	– (AC)
		Steffen Zesner		52.56	1:49.10	7:17.71	–	0.20	– (AC)
4	1	Australia	AUS				7:18.47
		Daniel Kowalski		53.49	1:49.42	1:49.42	–	0.74	– (AC)
		Michael Klim		52.01	1:48.04	3:37.46	–	0.38	– (AC)
		Malcolm Allen		53.68	1:50.77	5:28.23	–	0.54	– (AC)
		Matt Dunn		53.49	1:50.24	7:18.47	–	0.33	– (AC)
5	3	Great Britain	GBR				7:18.74
		Paul Palmer		53.62	1:49.19	1:49.19	–	0.83	– (AC)
		Andrew Clayton		52.83	1:49.84	3:39.03	–	0.20	– (AC)
		Mark Stevens		53.24	1:50.42	5:29.45	–	0.25	– (AC)
		Jamie Salter		52.81	1:49.29	7:18.74	–	0.13	– (AC)
6	2	Italy	ITA				7:19.92
		Massi Rosolino		53.71	1:49.22	1:49.22	–	0.81	– (AC)
		Emanuele Idini		53.06	1:50.36	3:39.58	–	0.17	– (AC)
		Emanuele Merisi		54.10	1:51.14	5:30.72	–	0.29	– (AC)
		Piermaria Siciliano		51.63	1:49.20	7:19.92	–	0.33	– (AC)
7	8	Netherlands	NED				7:21.96
		Marcel Wouda		54.12	1:49.89	1:49.89	–	0.82	– (AC)
		Mark van der Zijden		54.25	1:50.77	3:40.66	–	0.17	– (AC)
		Martin van der Spoel		53.88	1:52.05	5:32.71	–	0.29	– (AC)
		Pieter van den Hoogenband		52.56	1:49.25	7:21.96	–	0.33	– (AC)
8	7	France	FRA				7:24.85
		Yann de Fabrique		54.03	1:50.76	1:50.76	–	0.82	– (AC)
		Lionel Poirot		53.17	1:50.74	3:41.50	–	0.45	– (AC)
		Bruno Orsoni		54.05	1:51.97	5:33.47	–	0.09	– (AC)
		Christophe Bordeau		52.85	1:51.38	7:24.85	–	0.15	– (AC)