Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates25 July 2021 (heats)
26 July 2021 (final)
Competitors70 from 16 nations
Teams16
Winning time3:08.97
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Bowe Becker, Zach Apple, Brooks Curry*  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alessandro Miressi, Thomas Ceccon, Lorenzo Zazzeri, Manuel Frigo, Santo Condorelli*  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matthew Temple, Zac Incerti, Alexander Graham, Kyle Chalmers, Cameron McEvoy*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.		  Australia
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Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenmixedwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen
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The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 25 and 26 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the thirteenth appearance of the event, which has been held from 1964 to 1972 and then at every Games since 1984.

Records[]

Main article: World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record
3:08.24 Beijing, China 11 August 2008 [2][3]
Olympic record
3:08.24 Beijing, China 11 August 2008 [2][3]

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The top 12 teams in this event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships qualified for the Olympics. An additional 4 teams will qualify through having the fastest times at approved qualifying events during the qualifying period (1 March 2019 to 30 May 2020).[4]

Competition format[]

The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The relay teams with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[5]

Schedule[]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]

Date Time Round
Sunday, 25 July 2021 20:30 Heats
Monday, 26 July 2021 12:05 Final

Results[]

Heats[]

The relay teams with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 1 5  Italy Alessandro Miressi (47.46)
Santo Condorelli (47.90)
Lorenzo Zazzeri (47.29)
Manuel Frigo (47.64)		 3:10.29 Q, NR
2 2 4  United States Brooks Curry (48.84)
Blake Pieroni (47.71)
Bowen Becker (47.59)
Zach Apple (47.19)		 3:11.33 Q
3 2 5  Australia Cameron McEvoy (49.18)
Zac Incerti (47.64)
Alexander Graham (48.44)
Kyle Chalmers (46.63)		 3:11.89 Q
4 1 6  France Clément Mignon (48.58)
Maxime Grousset (47.41)
Charles Rihoux (48.27)
Mehdy Metella (48.09)		 3:12.35 Q
5 1 3  Brazil Breno Correia (48.67)
Pedro Spajari (48.15)
Gabriel Santos (48.43)
Marcelo Chierighini (47.34)		 3:12.59 Q
6 2 6  Hungary Kristóf Milák (48.56)
Szebasztián Szabó (48.44)
Richárd Bohus (48.27)
Nándor Németh (47.46)		 3:12.73 Q
7 2 2  Canada Brent Hayden (48.51)
Joshua Liendo (47.67)
Ruslan Gaziev (49.04)
Yuri Kisil (47.78)		 3:13.00 Q
8 1 4  ROC Vladislav Grinev (48.39)
Andrey Minakov (47.48)
Vladimir Morozov (48.13)
Aleksandr Shchegolev (49.13)		 3:13.13 Q
9 2 3  Great Britain Matthew Richards (48.23)
James Guy (48.03)
Joe Litchfield (49.41)
Jacob Whittle (47.50)		 3:13.17
10 1 7  Serbia Velimir Stjepanović (48.74)
Andrej Barna (47.50)
Uroš Nikolić (48.94)
Nikola Aćin (48.53)		 3:13.71 NR
11 1 8  Poland Karol Ostrowski (48.67)
Kacper Majchrzak (49.02)
Konrad Czerniak (48.51)
Jakub Kraska (47.68)		 3:13.88 NR
12 2 1  Netherlands Nyls Korstanje (49.15)
Stan Pijnenburg (47.35)
Thom de Boer (49.39)
Jesse Puts (48.18)		 3:14.07
13 1 1  Japan Katsumi Nakamura (48.56)
Shinri Shioura (48.63)
Akira Namba (48.66)
Kaiya Seki (48.59)		 3:14.44
14 2 7  Switzerland Roman Mityukov (48.46)
Nils Liess (49.17)
Noè Ponti (48.62)
Antonio Djakovic (48.40)		 3:14.65
15 1 2  Greece Andreas Vazaios (48.65)
Kristian Gkolomeev (47.95)
Odysseus Meladinis (49.69)
Apostolos Christou (49.00)		 3:15.29
16 2 8  Germany Damian Wierling (48.96)
Marius Kusch (48.71)
Christoph Fildebrandt (48.72)
Jan Eric Friese (48.95)		 3:15.34

Final[]

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Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5  United States Caeleb Dressel (47.26)
Blake Pieroni (47.58)
Bowe Becker (47.44)
Zach Apple (46.69)		 3:08.97
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4  Italy Alessandro Miressi (47.72)
Thomas Ceccon (47.45)
Lorenzo Zazzeri (47.31)
Manuel Frigo (47.63)		 3:10.11 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3  Australia Matthew Temple (48.07)
Zac Incerti (47.55)
Alexander Graham (48.16)
Kyle Chalmers (46.44)		 3:10.22
4 1  Canada Brent Hayden (47.99)
Joshua Liendo (47.51)
Yuri Kisil (47.15)
Markus Thormeyer (48.17)		 3:10.82 NR
5 7  Hungary Kristóf Milák (48.24)
Szebasztián Szabó (47.44)
Richárd Bohus (47.81)
Nándor Németh (47.57)		 3:11.06 NR
6 6  France Maxime Grousset (47.52)
Florent Manaudou (47.62)
Clément Mignon (48.01)
Mehdy Metella (47.94)		 3:11.09
7 8  ROC Andrei Minakov (47.71)
Vladislav Grinev (47.94)
Vladimir Morozov (48.15)
Kliment Kolesnikov (48.40)		 3:12.20
8 2  Brazil Breno Correia (48.69)
Pedro Spajari (48.24)
Gabriel Santos (48.76)
Marcelo Chierighini (47.72)		 3:13.41

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b Abrahamson, Alan (11 August 2008). "Lezak's classic finish delivers gold". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b Longman, Jere (11 August 2008). "As Swimming Records Fall, Technology Muddies the Water". New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. ^ Heats results
  7. ^ Final results
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