2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 4 × 200 m freestyle (men)

sport	swim
discipline	4 times 200 meters freestyle
gender	Men
place	London Aquatics Center
Attendees	84 athletes in 16 relays
Competition phase	July 31, 2012

The relay race over 4 times 200 meters freestyle men at the 2012 Olympics in London was born on 31 July 2012 at the London Aquatics Center held. 16 relays with a total of 84 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 , Ricky Berens , David Walters , Ryan Lochte )	6: 58.55 min	Rome , Italy	July 31, 2009
Olympic record	United States ( Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Ricky Berens , Peter Vanderkaay )	6: 58.56 min	Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 13, 2008

Title holder

Olympic champion	United States ( Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Ricky Berens , Peter Vanderkaay )	6: 58.56 min	Beijing 2008
World Champion	United States ( Michael Phelps , Peter Vanderkaay , Ricky Berens , Ryan Lochte )	7: 02.67 min	Shanghai 2011
European champion	Germany ( Paul Biedermann , Dimitri Colupaev , Clemens Rapp , Tim Wallburger )	7:09.17 min	Debrecen 2012

leader

Forward 1

July 31, 2012

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	France	Jérémy Stravius Grégory Mallet Amaury Leveaux Clément Lefert	7: 09.18 min
2	Germany	Tim Wallburger Dimitri Colupaev Clemens Rapp Paul Biedermann	7: 09.23 min
3	South Africa	Darian Townsend Jean Basson Sebastien Rousseau Chad le Clos	7: 11.51 min
4th	Hungary	Dominik Kozma Péter Bernek László Cseh Gergő Kis	7: 11.64 min
5	Japan	Yuki Kobori Sho Sotodate Chiaki Ishibashi Yuya Horihata	7: 11.74 min
6th	Italy	Gianluca Maglia Alex di Giorgio Riccardo Maestri Marco Belotti	7: 12.69 min
7th	Denmark	Daniel Skaaning Pál Joensen Anders Lie Mads Glæsner	7: 15.04 min	NO
8th	New Zealand	Matthew Stanley Steven Kent Dylan Dunlop-Barrett Andrew McMillan	7: 17.18 min

Forward 2

July 31, 2012

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Charlie Houchin Matthew McLean Davis Tarwater Conor Dwyer	7: 06.75 min
2	Australia	David McKeon Cameron McEvoy Ned McKendry Ryan Napoleon	7: 10.50 min
3	United Kingdom	David Carry Ross Davenport Rob Bale Robert Renwick	7: 10.70 min
4th	People's Republic of China	Lü Zhiwu Li Yunqi Jiang Haiqi Dai Jun	7: 11.35 min
5	Russia	Artyom Lobusow Yevgeny Lagunow Mikhail Polishchuk Alexander Sukhorukov	7: 11.86 min
6th	Belgium	Dieter Dekoninck Glenn Surgeloose Louis Croenen Pieter Timmers	7: 14.44 min	NO
7th	Canada	Blake Worsley Colin Russell Tobias Oriwol Alex Page	7: 15.22 min
8th	Austria	David Brandl Christian Scherübl Markus Rogan Florian Janistyn	7: 17.94 min

final

July 31, 2012, 8:51 p.m. CET

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Ryan Lochte Conor Dwyer Ricky Berens Michael Phelps	6: 59.70 min
2	France	Amaury Leveaux Grégory Mallet Clément Lefert Yannick Agnel	7: 02.77 min	NO
3	People's Republic of China	Hao Yun Li Yunqi Jiang Haiqi Sun Yang	7: 6.30 min
4th	Germany	Paul Biedermann Dimitri Colupaev Tim Wallburger Clemens Rapp	7: 06.59 min
5	Australia	Thomas Fraser-Holmes Kenrick Monl Ned McKendry Ryan Napoleon	7: 07.00 min
6th	United Kingdom	Robert Renwick Ieuan Lloyd Rob Bale Ross Davenport	7: 09.33 min
7th	South Africa	Darian Townsend Sebastien Rousseau Chad le Clos Jean Basson	7: 09.65 min
8th	Hungary	Dominik Kozma László Cseh Péter Bernek Gergő Kis	7: 13.66 min

With this medal win, Michael Phelps became the most successful Olympian of all time. With his 19th medal he exceeded the record of the Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina .

The bronze medal means the first medal in a men's relay competition for China.

Web links

• Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 4 × 200 m freestyle in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence