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4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men

Date26 July 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants112 from 25 countries

If there were doubts about the strength of the US teams for the men’s freestyle relays, no such doubts existed about the medley relay, as they would line up with three individual medalists amongst their quartet. The obvious challengers to the Americans were the Russian team, who could count Olympic champions Denis Pankratov and Aleksandr Popov as key team members.

If the race had been run in reverse, it might be have more interesting, as the final two Russians made small gains into the American lead but the damage had been done by the US opening leg swimmer, Jeff Rouse. His swim gave the US a margin of 1.6 seconds over Russia, which increased to nearly three seconds before it stabilized on the next two legs. The US time of 3:34.84 took over two seconds of the existing world record.

Eighth place in the final went to the Israeli quartet – the first time the nation had participated in an Olympic relay final.

PosCompetitorsNOCR1Final
1United StatesUSA3:39.93 (1 h4)3:34.84 (1)Gold
BackstrokeJeff Rouse ––
BreaststrokeJeremy Linn ––
ButterflyMark Henderson ––
FreestyleGary Hall, Jr. ––
FreestyleJosh Davis ––
BreaststrokeKurt Grote ––
ButterflyJohn Hargis ––
BackstrokeTripp Schwenk ––
2Russian FederationRUS3:41.49 (2 h3)3:37.55 (2)Silver
BackstrokeVladimir Selkov ––
BreaststrokeStanislav Lopukhov ––
ButterflyDenis Pankratov ––
FreestyleAleksandr Popov ––
BreaststrokeRoman Ivanovsky ––
ButterflyVladislav Kulikov ––
FreestyleRoman Yegorov ––
3AustraliaAUS3:41.30 (1 h2)3:39.56 (3)Bronze
BackstrokeSteven Dewick ––
BreaststrokePhil Rogers ––
ButterflyScott Miller ––
FreestyleMichael Klim ––
BackstrokeToby Haenen ––
4GermanyGER3:41.10 (1 h3)3:39.64 (4)
BackstrokeRalf Braun ––
BreaststrokeMark Warnecke ––
ButterflyChristian Keller ––
FreestyleBjörn Zikarsky ––
ButterflyOliver Lampe ––
BackstrokeStev Theloke ––
FreestyleBengt Zikarsky ––
5JapanJPN3:41.78 (2 h2)3:40.51 (5)
BackstrokeKeitaro Konnai ––
BreaststrokeAkira Hayashi ––
ButterflyTakashi Yamamoto ––
FreestyleShunsuke Ito ––
6HungaryHUN3:41.05 (2 h4)3:40.84 (6)
BackstrokeTamás Deutsch ––
BreaststrokeKároly Güttler ––
ButterflyPéter Horváth ––
FreestyleAttila Czene ––
FreestyleAttila Zubor ––
7PolandPOL3:41.72 (3 h3)3:41.94 (7)
BackstrokeMariusz Siembida ––
BreaststrokeMarek Krawczyk ––
ButterflyRafał Szukała ––
FreestyleBartosz Kizierowski ––
8IsraelISR3:42.24 (4 h3)3:42.90 (8)
BackstrokeEithan Urbach ––
BreaststrokeVadim Alekseyev ––
ButterflyDan Kutler ––
FreestyleYoav Bruck ––
9UkraineUKR3:42.29 (1 h1)–
BreaststrokeOleksandr Dzhaburiya ––
FreestylePavlo Khnykin ––
BackstrokeVolodymyr Nikolaichuk ––
ButterflyDenys Sylantiev ––
10NetherlandsNED3:42.42 (3 h4)–
ButterflyStefan Aartsen ––
BreaststrokeBenno Kuipers ––
FreestylePieter van den Hoogenband ––
BackstrokeMartin van der Spoel ––
11FranceFRA3:42.94 (3 h2)–
ButterflyFranck Esposito ––
FreestyleNicolas Gruson ––
BreaststrokeVladimir Latocha ––
BackstrokeFranck Schott ––
12CanadaCAN3:42.95 (4 h4)–
BackstrokeRob Braknis ––
FreestyleStephen Clarke ––
BreaststrokeJon Cleveland ––
ButterflyEddie Parenti ––
13People's Republic of ChinaCHN3:43.50 (5 h4)–
ButterflyJiang Chengji ––
BreaststrokeZeng Qiliang ––
BackstrokeZhao Yi ––
FreestyleZhao Lifeng ––
14New ZealandNZL3:45.80 (5 h3)–
FreestyleTrent Bray ––
BreaststrokePaul Kent ––
ButterflyDanyon Loader ––
BackstrokeJonathan Winter ––
15KazakhstanKAZ3:49.51 (2 h1)–
ButterflyAndrey Gavrilov ––
BreaststrokeAleksandr Savitsky ––
BackstrokeSergey Ushkalov ––
FreestyleAleksey Yegorov ––
16CroatiaCRO3:50.09 (6 h3)–
BreaststrokeKrešimir Čač ––
BackstrokeTomislav Karlo ––
ButterflyMiloš Milošević ––
FreestyleMiroslav Vučetić ––
17Republic of KoreaKOR3:50.84 (7 h3)–
BreaststrokeJo Gwang-Je ––
BackstrokeKim Min-Seok ––
FreestyleGo Un-Ho ––
ButterflyYang Dae-Cheol ––
18LithuaniaLTU3:51.31 (4 h2)–
BreaststrokeNerijus Beiga ––
ButterflyMindaugas Bružas ––
BackstrokeDarius Grigalionis ––
FreestyleRaimundas Mažuolis ––
19Puerto RicoPUR3:52.04 (5 h2)–
BackstrokeCarlos Bodega ––
ButterflyRicardo Busquets ––
FreestyleJosé González ––
BreaststrokeTodd Torres ––
20MalaysiaMAS3:52.58 (3 h1)–
FreestyleWan Azlan Abdullah ––
ButterflyAnthony Ang ––
BreaststrokeElvin Chia ––
BackstrokeAlex Lim ––
21KyrgyzstanKGZ3:56.24 (6 h2)–
ButterflyKonstantin Andryushin ––
FreestyleSergey Ashikhmin ––
BreaststrokeYevgeny Petrashov ––
BackstrokeKonstantin Pryakhin ––
22ThailandTHA3:56.80 (6 h4)–
ButterflyNiti Intharapichai ––
BackstrokeDulyarit Phuangthong ––
FreestyleTorlarp Sethsothorn ––
BreaststrokeRatapong Sirisanont ––
23SingaporeSGP3:59.51 (8 h3)–
BackstrokeGerald Koh ––
BreaststrokeDesmond Koh ––
FreestyleSng Ju Wei ––
ButterflyPJ Thum ––
DQGreat BritainGBR– (DQ h4)–
ButterflyJames Hickman ––
BreaststrokeRichard Maden ––
FreestyleNick Shackell ––
BackstrokeNeil Willey ––
DQPortugalPOR– (DQ h4)–
ButterflyMiguel Cabrita ––
BreaststrokeJosé Couto ––
BackstrokeNuno Laurentino ––
FreestyleMiguel Machado ––
DNSBelgiumBEL– (DNS h2)–1
DNSSpainESP– (DNS h2)–2

Round One

Date26 July 1996
FormatFastest 8 advanced to the final round.
PosLaneTeamNOCTime
14United StatesUSA3:39.93Q
25HungaryHUN3:41.05Q
35GermanyGER3:41.10Q
44AustraliaAUS3:41.30Q
54Russian FederationRUS3:41.49Q
63PolandPOL3:41.72Q
75JapanJPN3:41.78Q
82IsraelISR3:42.24Q
95UkraineUKR3:42.29
107NetherlandsNED3:42.42
113FranceFRA3:42.94
126CanadaCAN3:42.95
132People's Republic of ChinaCHN3:43.50
146New ZealandNZL3:45.80
154KazakhstanKAZ3:49.51
167CroatiaCRO3:50.09
171Republic of KoreaKOR3:50.84
187LithuaniaLTU3:51.31
191Puerto RicoPUR3:52.04
203MalaysiaMAS3:52.58
218KyrgyzstanKGZ3:56.24
221ThailandTHA3:56.80
238SingaporeSGP3:59.51
DQ3Great BritainGBR–3
DQ8PortugalPOR–4
DNS6BelgiumBEL–5
DNS2SpainESP–6

Heat #1

Time11:30
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeReaction Time50 m TimeSplitExchange
15UkraineUKR3:42.29––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Volodymyr Nikolaichuk ––27.7456.96 (1)– (–)
Breaststroke–Oleksandr Dzhaburiya –0.2328.291:02.74 (1)1:59.70 (1)
Butterfly–Denys Sylantiev –0.5225.0053.29 (1)2:52.99 (1)
Freestyle–Pavlo Khnykin –0.0423.2149.30 (1)– (–)
24KazakhstanKAZ3:49.51––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Sergey Ushkalov ––28.1458.41 (2)– (–)
Breaststroke–Aleksandr Savitsky –0.2530.331:06.45 (3)2:04.86 (3)
Butterfly–Andrey Gavrilov –0.4024.9354.05 (2)2:58.91 (3)
Freestyle–Aleksey Yegorov –0.3824.3050.60 (2)– (–)
33MalaysiaMAS3:52.58––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Alex Lim ––28.5358.48 (3)– (–)
Breaststroke–Elvin Chia –0.4830.681:04.42 (2)2:02.90 (2)
Butterfly–Anthony Ang –0.2725.3755.23 (3)2:58.13 (2)
Freestyle–Wan Azlan Abdullah –0.3425.9054.45 (3)– (–)

Heat #2

Time11:40
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeReaction Time50 m TimeSplitExchange
14AustraliaAUS3:41.30––– (–)– (–)Q
Backstroke–Toby Haenen ––27.6156.92 (4)– (–)
Breaststroke–Phil Rogers –0.2328.811:02.21 (2)1:59.13 (3)
Butterfly–Scott Miller –0.1724.2252.30 (1)2:51.43 (2)
Freestyle–Michael Klim –0.3323.9349.87 (1)– (–)
25JapanJPN3:41.78––– (–)– (–)Q
Backstroke–Keitaro Konnai ––26.8355.64 (1)– (–)
Breaststroke–Akira Hayashi –0.1828.551:01.71 (1)1:57.35 (1)
Butterfly–Takashi Yamamoto –0.1425.1953.82 (3)2:51.17 (1)
Freestyle–Shunsuke Ito –0.2523.9250.61 (3)– (–)
33FranceFRA3:42.94––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Franck Schott ––27.6456.08 (2)– (–)
Breaststroke–Vladimir Latocha –0.2329.271:02.92 (3)1:59.00 (2)
Butterfly–Franck Esposito –0.3925.0653.75 (2)2:52.75 (3)
Freestyle–Nicolas Gruson –0.2623.4150.19 (2)– (–)
47LithuaniaLTU3:51.31––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Darius Grigalionis ––27.6156.66 (3)– (–)
Breaststroke–Nerijus Beiga –0.2429.801:04.55 (5)2:01.21 (4)
Butterfly–Mindaugas Bružas –0.5126.9057.48 (5)2:58.69 (4)
Freestyle–Raimundas Mažuolis –0.4425.4252.62 (6)– (–)
51Puerto RicoPUR3:52.04––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Carlos Bodega ––30.111:02.33 (6)– (–)
Breaststroke–Todd Torres –0.1629.751:03.50 (4)2:05.83 (5)
Butterfly–Ricardo Busquets –0.2025.0254.45 (4)3:00.28 (5)
Freestyle–José González –0.0524.9151.76 (5)– (–)
68KyrgyzstanKGZ3:56.24––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Konstantin Pryakhin ––28.801:00.25 (5)– (–)
Breaststroke–Yevgeny Petrashov –0.4330.791:07.43 (6)2:07.68 (6)
Butterfly–Konstantin Andryushin –0.5927.1957.63 (6)3:05.31 (6)
Freestyle–Sergey Ashikhmin –0.4324.5150.93 (4)– (–)
DNS6BelgiumBEL–––– (–)– (–)7
DNS2SpainESP–––– (–)– (–)8

Heat #3

Time11:50
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeReaction Time50 m TimeSplitExchange
15GermanyGER3:41.10––– (–)– (–)Q
Backstroke–Stev Theloke ––27.3656.23 (3)– (–)
Breaststroke–Mark Warnecke –0.2828.601:01.89 (1)1:58.12 (2)
Butterfly–Oliver Lampe –0.2224.6253.67 (2)2:51.79 (2)
Freestyle–Bengt Zikarsky –0.5523.5749.31 (2)– (–)
24Russian FederationRUS3:41.49––– (–)– (–)Q
Backstroke–Aleksandr Popov ––26.4555.71 (1)– (–)
Breaststroke–Roman Ivanovsky –0.3329.031:02.19 (=3)1:57.90 (1)
Butterfly–Vladislav Kulikov –0.4824.6953.72 (3)2:51.62 (1)
Freestyle–Roman Yegorov –0.3223.5449.87 (4)– (–)
33PolandPOL3:41.72––– (–)– (–)Q
Backstroke–Mariusz Siembida ––27.2955.83 (2)– (–)
Breaststroke–Marek Krawczyk –0.4129.441:02.55 (5)1:58.38 (3)
Butterfly–Rafał Szukała –0.0824.6253.54 (1)2:51.92 (3)
Freestyle–Bartosz Kizierowski –0.2323.4949.80 (3)– (–)
42IsraelISR3:42.24––– (–)– (–)Q
Backstroke–Eithan Urbach ––27.6956.82 (4)– (–)
Breaststroke–Vadim Alekseyev –0.1228.641:02.15 (2)1:58.97 (4)
Butterfly–Dan Kutler –0.0825.2354.28 (4)2:53.25 (4)
Freestyle–Yoav Bruck –0.1622.9148.99 (1)– (–)
56New ZealandNZL3:45.80––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Jonathan Winter ––27.5857.05 (5)– (–)
Breaststroke–Paul Kent –0.2128.901:03.10 (6)2:00.15 (5)
Butterfly–Danyon Loader –0.1125.7455.20 (6)2:55.35 (5)
Freestyle–Trent Bray –0.1123.3350.45 (5)– (–)
67CroatiaCRO3:50.09––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Tomislav Karlo ––27.7057.32 (6)– (–)
Breaststroke–Krešimir Čač –0.2330.621:06.02 (7)2:03.34 (7)
Butterfly–Miloš Milošević –0.0824.6354.66 (5)2:58.00 (6)
Freestyle–Miroslav Vučetić –0.4524.7752.09 (6)– (–)
71Republic of KoreaKOR3:50.84––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Kim Min-Seok ––28.7058.75 (7)– (–)
Breaststroke–Jo Gwang-Je –0.1529.101:02.19 (=3)2:00.94 (6)
Butterfly–Yang Dae-Cheol –0.2626.7757.73 (7)2:58.67 (7)
Freestyle–Go Un-Ho –0.2425.0852.17 (7)– (–)
88SingaporeSGP3:59.51––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Gerald Koh ––29.661:00.99 (8)– (–)
Breaststroke–Desmond Koh –0.2831.161:07.07 (8)2:08.06 (8)
Butterfly–PJ Thum –0.2227.3557.83 (8)3:05.89 (8)
Freestyle–Sng Ju Wei –0.5825.6053.62 (8)– (–)

Heat #4

Time12:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeReaction Time50 m TimeSplitExchange
14United StatesUSA3:39.93––– (–)– (–)Q
Backstroke–Tripp Schwenk ––27.1455.54 (1)– (–)
Breaststroke–Kurt Grote –0.2028.221:01.65 (2)1:57.19 (1)
Butterfly–John Hargis –0.2724.1053.34 (4)2:50.53 (1)
Freestyle–Josh Davis –0.1923.1449.40 (2)– (–)
25HungaryHUN3:41.05––– (–)– (–)Q
Backstroke–Tamás Deutsch ––27.5056.51 (3)– (–)
Breaststroke–Károly Güttler –0.4128.521:01.55 (1)1:58.06 (2)
Butterfly–Péter Horváth –0.3424.4753.03 (2)2:51.09 (2)
Freestyle–Attila Zubor –0.2523.7649.96 (4)– (–)
37NetherlandsNED3:42.42––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Martin van der Spoel ––27.6357.15 (5)– (–)
Breaststroke–Benno Kuipers –0.3729.171:02.29 (5)1:59.44 (3)
Butterfly–Stefan Aartsen –0.2125.0654.00 (6)2:53.44 (5)
Freestyle–Pieter van den Hoogenband –0.1822.7648.98 (1)– (–)
46CanadaCAN3:42.95––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Rob Braknis ––27.0456.82 (4)– (–)
Breaststroke–Jon Cleveland –0.2328.961:02.66 (6)1:59.48 (4)
Butterfly–Eddie Parenti –0.2824.9053.83 (5)2:53.31 (4)
Freestyle–Stephen Clarke –0.2523.1149.64 (3)– (–)
52People's Republic of ChinaCHN3:43.50––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Zhao Yi ––27.9857.84 (6)– (–)
Breaststroke–Zeng Qiliang –0.1828.591:01.75 (3)1:59.59 (5)
Butterfly–Jiang Chengji –0.0624.5453.22 (3)2:52.81 (3)
Freestyle–Zhao Lifeng –0.2123.8250.69 (6)– (–)
61ThailandTHA3:56.80––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Dulyarit Phuangthong ––28.6359.13 (8)– (–)
Breaststroke–Ratapong Sirisanont –0.1930.311:04.60 (8)2:03.73 (6)
Butterfly–Niti Intharapichai –0.1427.2158.32 (8)3:02.05 (6)
Freestyle–Torlarp Sethsothorn –0.4526.1354.75 (8)– (–)
DQ3Great BritainGBR–––– (–)– (–)9
Backstroke–Neil Willey ––[26.94][55.99] ([2])– (–)
Breaststroke–Richard Maden –[0.05][28.40][1:01.92] ([4])[1:57.91] ([−])
Butterfly–James Hickman –[0.31][24.13][52.69] ([1])[2:50.60] ([−])
Freestyle–Nick Shackell –[0.07][23.50][50.14] ([5])– (–)
DQ8PortugalPOR–––– (–)– (–)10
Backstroke–Nuno Laurentino ––[27.86][58.02] ([7])– (–)
Breaststroke–José Couto –[-0.13][28.90][1:03.53] ([7])[2:01.55] ([−])
Butterfly–Miguel Cabrita –[0.25][26.05][56.53] ([7])[2:58.08] ([−])
Freestyle–Miguel Machado –[0.00][24.55][52.37] ([7])– (–)

Final Round

Date26 July 1996 — 21:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeReaction Time50 m TimeSplitExchange
14United StatesUSA3:34.84––– (–)– (–)WR
Backstroke–Jeff Rouse ––26.3153.95 (1)– (–)
Breaststroke–Jeremy Linn –0.1327.431:00.32 (1)1:54.27 (1)
Butterfly–Mark Henderson –0.3924.1952.39 (3)2:46.66 (1)
Freestyle–Gary Hall, Jr. –0.2322.1648.18 (1)– (–)
22Russian FederationRUS3:37.55––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Vladimir Selkov ––26.8655.53 (2)– (–)
Breaststroke–Stanislav Lopukhov –0.3528.451:01.66 (5)1:57.19 (4)
Butterfly–Denis Pankratov –0.3323.3451.55 (1)2:48.74 (2)
Freestyle–Aleksandr Popov –0.1923.1348.81 (2)– (–)
36AustraliaAUS3:39.56––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Steven Dewick ––27.3656.65 (7)– (–)
Breaststroke–Phil Rogers –0.2028.731:01.71 (6)1:58.36 (6)
Butterfly–Scott Miller –0.1724.2152.04 (2)2:50.40 (4)
Freestyle–Michael Klim –0.3623.3749.16 (3)– (–)
43GermanyGER3:39.64––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Ralf Braun ––26.7955.76 (4)– (–)
Breaststroke–Mark Warnecke –0.1928.341:01.40 (2)1:57.16 (=2)
Butterfly–Christian Keller –0.1224.5953.15 (4)2:50.31 (3)
Freestyle–Björn Zikarsky –0.3122.9649.33 (4)– (–)
51JapanJPN3:40.51––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Keitaro Konnai ––27.1955.70 (3)– (–)
Breaststroke–Akira Hayashi –0.1128.781:01.46 (4)1:57.16 (=2)
Butterfly–Takashi Yamamoto –0.1824.8553.28 (6)2:50.44 (5)
Freestyle–Shunsuke Ito –0.1423.6350.07 (7)– (–)
65HungaryHUN3:40.84––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Tamás Deutsch ––27.6056.54 (6)– (–)
Breaststroke–Károly Güttler –0.4428.521:01.41 (3)1:57.95 (5)
Butterfly–Péter Horváth –0.4024.6253.25 (5)2:51.20 (6)
Freestyle–Attila Czene –0.1423.8049.64 (6)– (–)
77PolandPOL3:41.94––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Mariusz Siembida ––26.8955.82 (5)– (–)
Breaststroke–Marek Krawczyk –0.3429.371:02.71 (8)1:58.53 (7)
Butterfly–Rafał Szukała –0.2524.5553.29 (7)2:51.82 (7)
Freestyle–Bartosz Kizierowski –0.1523.6650.12 (8)– (–)
88IsraelISR3:42.90––– (–)– (–)
Backstroke–Eithan Urbach ––27.5056.79 (8)– (–)
Breaststroke–Vadim Alekseyev –0.2328.761:02.18 (7)1:58.97 (8)
Butterfly–Dan Kutler –0.1024.8454.32 (8)2:53.29 (8)
Freestyle–Yoav Bruck –0.1723.4349.61 (5)– (–)