Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
| Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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 The American final team (Dwyer, Haas, Lochte, and Phelps), during the medal ceremony. | ||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 9 August 2016 (heats & final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 73 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 16 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:00.66 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Marathon | ||
| 10 km | men | women |
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 9 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]
Summary[]
After winning the 200 m butterfly title less than an hour earlier, the double gold rush continued for U.S. swimming icon Michael Phelps, as he helped his teammates Conor Dwyer, youngster Townley Haas, and eleven-time medalist Ryan Lochte solidify their historic seventeenth Olympic title in this event. The American foursome of Dwyer (1:45.23), Haas (1:44.14), Lochte (1:46.03), and Phelps (1:45.26) dominated the race from the start to put together a first-place finish in 7:00.26.[2][3] As the Americans defended their Olympic title, Phelps also earned a twenty-first gold to raise his overall medal tally to twenty-five.[4][5]
Great Britain's Stephen Milne (1:46.97), Duncan Scott (1:45.05), and Daniel Wallace (1:46.26) struggled to chase against the rest of the teams throughout the race, until anchor James Guy launched a late attack on the home stretch with a 1:44.85 split to deliver the British quartet a historic relay silver medal in 7:03.13.[6][7] Meanwhile, Japan's Kosuke Hagino (1:45.34), along with his teammates Naito Ehara (1:46.11) and Yuki Kobori (1:45.71) held the runner-up spot for three-fourths of the race, but their anchor and four-time Olympian Takeshi Matsuda (1:46.34) could not keep off Guy towards a close finish, leaving the Japanese with a bronze in a final time of 7:03.50.[8][9]
Australia's Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:45.81), David McKeon (1:45.63), Daniel Smith (1:47.37), and Mack Horton (1:45.37) missed the podium by nearly three tenths of a second behind Japan, finishing with a fourth-place time in 7:04.18.[10] The Russian team of Danila Izotov (1:46.72), Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:45.67), Nikita Lobintsev (1:46.31), and Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:47.00) picked up the fifth spot in 7:05.70, with Germany (7:07.28), the Netherlands (7:09.10), and Belgium (7:11.64) following them by a couple of seconds to round out the top eight.[9]
In the medal ceremony, the medals for the competition were presented by Karl Stoss, Austria, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Pipat Panangvait, Thailand, Honorary Treasurer of FINA.
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  United States (USA)Michael Phelps (1:44.49) Ricky Berens (1:44.13) David Walters (1:45.47) Ryan Lochte (1:44.46) |
6:58.55 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 | [11][12] |
| Olympic record |  United States (USA)Michael Phelps (1:43.31) Ryan Lochte (1:44.28) Ricky Berens (1:46.29) Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.68) |
6:58.56 | Beijing, China | 13 August 2008 | [13] |
Competition format[]
The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and a final. The relay teams with the best 8 times in the heats advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]
Results[]
Heats[]
A total of sixteen countries have qualified to participate. The best eight from two heats advanced to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | 4 |  Great Britain |
Stephen Milne (1:46.70) Robbie Renwick (1:48.17) Daniel Wallace (1:46.39) Duncan Scott (1:45.05) |
7:06.31 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | United States |
Clark Smith (1:47.20) Jack Conger (1:45.73) Gunnar Bentz (1:48.01) Ryan Lochte (1:45.80) |
7:06.74 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 2 |  Russia |
Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:46.91) Vyacheslav Andrusenko (1:47.50) Nikita Lobintsev (1:46.42) Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:45.98) |
7:06.81 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 |  Germany |
Florian Vogel (1:47.16) Jacob Heidtmann (1:47.17) Clemens Rapp (1:46.61) Paul Biedermann (1:46.72) |
7:07.66 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 7 |  Japan |
Kosuke Hagino (1:46.60) Naito Ehara (1:47.12) Yuki Kobori (1:47.60) Takeshi Matsuda (1:46.36) |
7:07.68 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 |  Australia |
Daniel Smith (1:47.55) Mack Horton (1:46.32) Jacob Hansford (1:47.70) Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:46.41) |
7:07.98 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 |  Belgium |
Louis Croenen (1:48.35) Dieter Dekoninck (1:46.57) Emmanuel Vanluchene (1:47.79) Glenn Surgeloose (1:46.01) |
7:08.72 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 |  Netherlands |
Dion Dreesens (1:47.86) Kyle Stolk (1:47.13) Ben Schwietert (1:47.92) Maarten Brzoskowski (1:46.25) |
7:09.16 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 8 |  Italy |
Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo (1:47.65) Alex di Giorgio (1:47.74) Marco Belotti (1:47.01) Gabriele Detti (1:46.80) |
7:09.20 | |
| 10 | 1 | 7 |  South Africa |
Myles Brown (1:46.47) Sebastien Rousseau (1:48.35) Calvyn Justus (1:49.04) Dylan Bosch (1:48.75) |
7:12.61 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 |  Spain |
Victor Martín (1:48.74) Miguel Durán (1:48.10) Albert Puig (1:48.13) Marc Sánchez (1:47.65) |
7:12.62 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 |  Denmark |
Anders Lie Nielsen (1:47.62) Daniel Skaaning (1:46.78) Soren Dahl (1:47.43) Magnus Westermann (1:50.83) |
7:12.66 | NR |
| 13 | 1 | 6 |  France |
Jordan Pothain (1:46.56) Grégory Mallet (1:47.60) Lorys Bourelly (1:48.62) Damien Joly (1:50.93) |
7:13.71 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 |  Brazil |
Luiz Altamir Melo (1:48.19) João de Lucca (1:47.77) André Pereira (1:49.19) Nicolas Oliveira (1:48.69) |
7:13.84 | |
| 1 | 3 |  Poland |
Jan Świtkowski (1:47.95) Paweł Korzeniowski (1:48.14) Kacper Klich (1:49.52) Kacper Majchrzak (1:45.50) |
DSQ[14] | ||
| 2 | 8 |  Hungary |
Péter Bernek (1:47.69) Gergő Kis (1:51.02) Benjámin Grátz (1:48.71) Dominik Kozma (1:51.09) |
DSQ[15] |
Final[]
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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5 | United States |
Conor Dwyer (1:45.23) Townley Haas (1:44.14) Ryan Lochte (1:46.03) Michael Phelps (1:45.26) |
7:00.66 | |
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4 | Great Britain |
Stephen Milne (1:46.97) Duncan Scott (1:45.05) Daniel Wallace (1:46.26) James Guy (1:44.85) |
7:03.13 | NR |
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2 | Japan |
Kosuke Hagino (1:45.34) Naito Ehara (1:46.11) Yuki Kobori (1:45.71) Takeshi Matsuda (1:46.34) |
7:03.50 | |
| 4 | 7 | Australia |
Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:45.81) David McKeon (1:45.63) Daniel Smith (1:47.37) Mack Horton (1:45.37) |
7:04.18 | |
| 5 | 3 | Russia |
Danila Izotov (1:46.72) Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:45.67) Nikita Lobintsev (1:46.31) Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:47.00) |
7:05.70 | |
| 6 | 6 | Germany |
Florian Vogel (1:47.16) Christoph Fildebrandt (1:47.91) Clemens Rapp (1:46.12) Paul Biedermann (1:46.09) |
7:07.28 | |
| 7 | 8 | Netherlands |
Dion Dreesens (1:47.58) Maarten Brzoskowski (1:46.87) Kyle Stolk (1:47.59) Sebastiaan Verschuren (1:47.06) |
7:09.10 | |
| 8 | 1 | Belgium |
Louis Croenen (1:48.95) Dieter Dekoninck (1:47.50) Glenn Surgeloose (1:46.91) Pieter Timmers (1:48.28) |
7:11.64 |
References[]
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- ^ "DQ Hungary From Men's 4x100m Freestyle and 4x200m Freestyle" (PDF). Rio 2016. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
 Olympic champions in men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | |
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- Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
- Men's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics