Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 4 × 100 m freestyle (men)

sport	swim
discipline	4 x 100 meter freestyle
gender	Men
place	London Aquatics Center
Attendees	80 athletes in 15 relays
Competition phase	July 29, 2012

The relay race over 4 times 100 meters freestyle men at the 2012 Olympics in London on 29 July 2012 at the London Aquatics Center held. 15 relays with a total of 80 athletes took part.

There were two preliminary runs. The eight fastest seasons of all heats qualified for the final, which was held on the same day.

Abbreviations: WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record, PB = personal best, JWB = annual world record

Existing records

World record	United States ( Michael Phelps , Garrett Weber-Gale , Cullen Jones , Jason Lezak )	3: 08.24 min	Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 11, 2008
Olympic record

Title holder

Olympic champion	United States ( Michael Phelps , Garrett Weber-Gale , Cullen Jones , Jason Lezak )	3: 08.24 min	Beijing 2008
World Champion	Australia ( James Magnussen , Matthew Targett , Matthew Abood , Eamon Sullivan )	3: 11.00 min	Shanghai 2011
European champion	France ( Amaury Leveaux , Alain Bernard , Frédérick Bousquet , Jérémy Stravius )	3: 13.55 min	Debrecen 2012

leader

Forward 1

July 29, 2012

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	France	Amaury Leveaux Alain Bernard Clément Lefert Jérémy Stravius	3: 13.38 min
2	South Africa	Roland Schoeman Darian Townsend Gideon Louw Graeme Moore	3: 13.93 min
3	Italy	Luca Dotto Andrea Rolla Michele Santucci Filippo Magnini	3: 15.78 min
4th	Brazil	Nicolas Oliveira Bruno Fratus Nicholas Santos Marcelo Chierighini	3: 16.14 min
5	Canada	Brent Hayden Colin Russell Richard Hortness Thomas Gossland	3: 16.42 min
6th	United Kingdom	Simon Burnett Grant Turner James Disney-May Craig Gibbons	3: 17.08 min
7th	Venezuela	Cristian Quintero Octavio Alesi Marcos Lavado Crox Acuña	3: 22.68 min

Forward 2

July 29, 2012

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	Australia	Cameron McEvoy James Roberts Tommaso D'Orsogna James Magnussen	3: 12.29 min
2	United States	Jimmy Feigen Matt Grevers Ricky Berens Jason Lezak	3: 12.59 min
3	Russia	Andrei Grechin Yevgeny Lagunov Sergei Fessikow Nikita Lobinzew	3: 12.77 min
4th	Germany	Benjamin Starke Markus Deibler Christoph Fildebrandt Marco di Carli	3: 13.51 min	NO
5	Belgium	Dieter Dekoninck Jasper Aerents Emmanuel Vanluchene Pieter Timmers	3: 13.89 min	NO
6th	People's Republic of China	Lü Zhiwu Zhang Enjian He Jianbin Shi Tengfei	3: 17.00 min
7th	Serbia	Milorad Čavić Velimir Stjepanović Ivan Lenđer Radovan Siljevski	3: 18.79 min	NO
8th	Hungary	Péter Bernek Gergő Kis Gábor Balog Krisztián Takács	3: 21.91 min

final

July 29, 2012, 9:00 p.m. CET

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	France	Amaury Leveaux Fabien Gilot Clément Lefert Yannick Agnel	3: 09.93 min
2	United States	Nathan Adrian Michael Phelps Cullen Jones Ryan Lochte	3: 10.38 min
3	Russia	Andrei Grechin Nikita Lobinzew Vladimir Morozov Danila Isotov	3: 11.41 min
4th	Australia	James Magnussen Matt Targett Eamon Sullivan James Roberts	3: 11.63 min
5	South Africa	Gideon Louw Darian Townsend Graeme Moore Roland Schoeman	3: 13.93 min
6th	Germany	Benjamin Starke Markus Deibler Christoph Fildebrandt Marco di Carli	3: 13.52 min
7th	Italy	Luca Dotto Marco Orsi Michele Santucci Filippo Magnini	3: 14.13 min
8th	Belgium	Dieter Dekoninck Jasper Aerents Emmanuel Vanluchene Pieter Timmers	3: 14.40 min

Web links

• Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 4 × 100 m freestyle in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence