2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 4 × 100 m freestyle (men)

sport	swim
discipline	4 x 100 meter freestyle
gender	Men
place	Estádio Aquático Olímpico
Attendees	73 athletes from 16 countries
Competition phase	7th August 2016

The men's 4 x 100 meter freestyle competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 7, 2016 in the Estádio Aquático Olímpico . 73 athletes took part.

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

Abbreviations:

WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record

ER = European record, NAR = North American record, SAR = South American record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = African record, OZR = Oceania record

leader

Forward 1

7th August 2016

space	nation	Names	time	annotation
1	Russia	Andrei Grechin Alexander Popkov Danila Isotov Alexander Sukhorukov	3: 12.04 min
2	Canada	Santo Condorelli Yuri Kisil Markus Thormeyer Evan van Moererke	3: 14.06 min
3	Japan	Katsumi Nakamura Shinri Shioura Kenji Kobase Jun'ya Koga	3: 14.17 min	NO
4th	Italy	Luca Dotto Marco Orsi Michele Santucci Luca Leonardi	3: 14.22 min
5	Germany	Steffen Deibler Björn Hornikel Philipp Wolf Damian Wierling	3: 14.97 min
6th	Poland	Paweł Korzeniowski Kacper Majchrzak Jan Świtkowski Konrad Czerniak	3: 15.52 min
7th	Spain	Markel Alberdi Sarobe Miguel Ortíz-Cañavate Aitor Martínez Bruno Ortíz-Cañavate	3: 16.71 min	NO
8th	Romania	Marius Radu Daniel Macovei Alin Coste Norbert Trandafir	3: 17.03 min

Forward 2

7th August 2016

space	nation	Names	time	annotation
1	United States	James Feigen Ryan hero Blake Pieroni Anthony Ervin	3: 12.38 min
2	Australia	James Magnussen Kyle Calmers James Roberts Matthew Abood	3: 12.65 min
3	France	Clement Mignon William Meynard Fabien Gilot Mehdy Metella	3: 13.27 min
4th	Brazil	Marcelo Chierighini Nicolas Nilo Gabriel Santos Matheus Santana	3: 14.06 min
5	Belgium	Dieter Dekoninck Jasper Aerents Glenn Surgeloose Pieter Timmers	3: 14.16 min
6th	Greece	Odyssefs Meladinis Kristian Golomeev Christos Katrantzis Apostolos Christou	3: 14.62 min
7th	Hungary	Dominik Kozma Richard Bohus Krisztian Takacs Peter Holoda	3: 15.21 min
8th	People's Republic of China	Jianbin He Yongqing Lin Zetao Ning Hexin Yu	DSQ

final

August 8, 2016, 04:52 CEST

space	nation	Names	time	annotation
1	United States	Caeleb Dressel Michael Phelps Ryan Hero Nathan Adrian	3: 09.92 min
2	France	Mehdy Metella Fabien Gilot Florent Manaudou Jérémy Stravius	3: 10.53 min
3	Australia	James Roberts Kyle Chalmers James Magnussen Cameron McEvoy	3: 11.37 min
4th	Russia	Andrei Grechin Danila Isotov Vladimir Morozov Alexander Sukhorukov	3: 11.64 min
5	Brazil	Marcelo Chierighini Nicolas Oliveira Gabriel Santos João de Lucca	3: 13.21 min
6th	Belgium	Glenn Surgeloose Jasper Aerents Emmanuel Vanluchene Pieter Timmers	3: 13.57 min	NO
7th	Canada	Santo Condorelli Yuri Kisil Markus Thormeyer Evan van Moerkerke	3: 14.35 min
8th	Japan	Katsumi Nakamura Shinri Shioura Kenji Kobase Jun'ya Koga	3: 14.48 min

Web links

• Result of the preliminary runs
• Result of the final