Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates27 July 2021 (heats)
28 July 2021 (final)
Competitors73 from 16 nations
Teams16
Winning time6:58.58 ER
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thomas Dean, James Guy, Matthew Richards, Duncan Scott, Calum Jarvis*  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martin Malyutin, Ivan Girev, Evgeny Rylov, Mikhail Dovgalyuk, Aleksandr Krasnykh*, Mikhail Vekovishchev*  ROC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexander Graham, Kyle Chalmers, Zac Incerti, Thomas Neill, Mack Horton*, Elijah Winnington*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.		  Australia
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Freestyle
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100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
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Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
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100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
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4×100 mmenwomen
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4×100 mmenmixedwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen
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The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 27 and 28 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It will be the event's twenty-sixth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1908.

Great Britain entered the final as favourites, bosting the gold and silver medalists from the individual 200 metres freestyle, Tom Dean and Duncan Scott and 2015 World champion at the distance James Guy. Despite Dean surprisingly giving up almost a second to the United States swimmer Kieran Smith on the opening leg, the British team's cumulative depth eventually told, as they duly delivered gold in the fastest ever time in a textile suit, just three hundredth's of a second outside the world record. It was the first British win in the event since 1908.

The medals for the competition were presented by David Haggerty, United States; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by , Qatar; FINA Bureau Member.

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 [2][3]
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 [4]

No new Olympic or World records were set during the competition.

Great Britain set a European record in the final, the third-fastest time ever (behind only the Olympic and World records) and the fastest time ever swum in a textile suit. Israel and Switzerland (twice) set national records.

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).[5]

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.[6]

Schedule[]

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

Date Time Round
27 July 19:58 Heats
28 July 12:26 Final

Results[]

Heats[]

The relay teams with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[7]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 2 3  Great Britain Matthew Richards (1:46.35)
James Guy (1:44.66)
Calum Jarvis (1:45.53)
Thomas Dean (1:46.71)		 7:03.25 Q
2 2 4  Australia Alexander Graham (1:45.72)
Mack Horton (1:47.51)
Elijah Winnington (1:46.19)
Zac Incerti (1:45.58)		 7:05.00 Q
3 1 5  Italy Stefano Di Cola (1:47.00)
Matteo Ciampi (1:45.64)
Marco De Tullio (1:46.78)
Filippo Megli (1:45.63)		 7:05.05 Q
4 1 4  ROC Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:46.56)
Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:46.78)
Ivan Girev (1:45.71)
Mikhail Vekovishchev (1:46.11)		 7:05.16 Q
5 2 5  United States Drew Kibler (1:46.12)
Andrew Seliskar (1:46.17)
Patrick Callan (1:47.12)
Blake Pieroni (1:46.21)		 7:05.62 Q
6 1 7  Switzerland Antonio Djakovic (1:46.41)
Nils Liess (1:47.23)
Noè Ponti (1:47.11)
Roman Mityukov (1:45.84)		 7:06.59 Q, NR
7 2 2  Germany Lukas Märtens (1:47.27)
Poul Zellmann (1:45.80)
Henning Mühlleitner (1:48.11)
Jacob Heidtmann (1:45.58)		 7:06.76 Q
8 2 6  Brazil Luiz Altamir Melo (1:48.01)
Fernando Scheffer (1:46.09)
Murilo Sartori (1:46.76)
Breno Correia (1:46.87)		 7:07.73 Q
9 1 3  China Ji Xinjie (1:47.14)
Hong Jinquan (1:48.17)
Zhang Ziyang (1:46.89)
Wang Shun (1:46.07)		 7:08.27
10 1 1  Israel Denis Loktev (1:46.64 NR)
Daniel Namir (1:47.41)
Tomer Frankel (1:48.19)
Gal Cohen Groumi (1:46.41)		 7:08.65 NR
11 1 6  France Jordan Pothain (1:47.30)
Hadrien Salvan (1:48.09)
Enzo Tesic (1:46.84)
Jonathan Atsu (1:46.65)		 7:08.88
12 2 7  Japan Konosuke Yanagimoto (1:48.50)
Katsuhiro Matsumoto (1:45.35)
Kosuke Hagino (1:47.90)
Kotaro Takahashi (1:47.78)		 7:09.53
13 2 1  South Korea Lee Yoo-yeon (1:49.55)
Hwang Sun-woo (1:48.88)
Kim Woo-min (1:49.24)
Lee Ho-joon (1:47.36)		 7:15.03
14 2 8  Ireland Jack McMillan (1:46.66 NR)
Finn McGeever (1:48.46)
Brendan Hyland (1:51.28)
Shane Ryan (1:49.08)		 7:15.48
15 1 8  Poland Kacper Majchrzak (1:49.32)
Jakub Kraska (1:47.94)
Kamil Sieradzki (1:50.44)
Radosław Kawęcki (1:51.21)		 7:18.91
1 2  Hungary Balázs Holló (1:47.41)
Gabor Zombori (1:47.27)
Dominik Kozma
Richárd Márton		 DSQ

Final[]

[8]

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  Great Britain Thomas Dean (1:45.72)
James Guy (1:44.40)
Matthew Richards (1:45.01)
Duncan Scott (1:43.45)		 6:58.58 ER
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6  ROC Martin Malyutin (1:45.69)
Ivan Girev (1:45.63)
Evgeny Rylov (1:45.26)
Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:45.23)		 7:01.81
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5  Australia Alexander Graham (1:46.00)
Kyle Chalmers (1:45.35)
Zac Incerti (1:45.75)
Thomas Neill (1:44.74)		 7:01.84
4 2  United States Kieran Smith (1:44.74)
Drew Kibler (1:45.51)
Zach Apple (1:47.31)
Townley Haas (1:44.87)		 7:02.43
5 3  Italy Stefano Ballo (1:45.77)
Matteo Ciampi (1:45.88)
Filippo Megli (1:45.33)
Stefano Di Cola (1:46.26)		 7:03.24
6 7  Switzerland Antonio Djakovic (1:45.77 NR)
Nils Liess (1:47.74)
Noè Ponti (1:46.93)
Roman Mityukov (1:45.68)		 7:06.12 NR
7 1  Germany Lukas Märtens (1:46.68)
Poul Zellmann (1:46.30)
Henning Mühlleitner (1:48.04)
Jacob Heidtmann (1:45.49)		 7:06.51
8 8  Brazil Fernando Scheffer (1:45.93)
Murilo Sartori (1:46.09)
Breno Correia (1:48.11)
Luiz Altamir Melo (1:48.09)		 7:08.22

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ Dillman, Lisa (1 August 2009). "Michael Phelps' world records not wearing well". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. ^ Michaelis, Vicky (31 July 2009). "Phelps earns relay gold medal, Peirsol sets 200m backstroke mark". USA Today. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. ^ Stallman, Jason (13 August 2008). "Phelps Adds 2 More Gold Medals". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  7. ^ Heats results
  8. ^ Final results
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