Olympic Summer Games 2016 / Swimming - 4 × 100 m medley (men)

sport	swim
discipline	4 x 100 meter layers
gender	Men
place	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Attendees	84 athletes from 16 countries
Competition phase	12./13. August 2016

The relay competition in the men's 4 x 100 meter medley at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 12 and 13, 2016 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 84 athletes from 16 countries took part.

There were two preliminary runs. The eight fastest seasons of all heats qualified for the final.

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

Existing records

World record	United States ( Aaron Peirsol , Eric Shanteau , Michael Phelps , David Walters )	3: 27.28 min	Rome , Italy	August 2, 2009
Olympic record	United States ( Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Michael Phelps , Jason Lezak )	3: 29.34 min	Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 17, 2008

Title holder

Olympic champion	United States ( Matt Grevers , Brendan Hansen , Michael Phelps , Nathan Adrian )	3: 29.35 min	London 2012
World Champion	United States ( Ryan Murphy , Kevin Cordes , Tom Shields , Nathan Adrian )	3: 29.93 min	Kazan 2015
European champion	Italy ( Mirco Di Tora , Fabio Scozzoli , Matteo Rivolta , Filippo Magnini )	3: 32.80 min	Debrecen 2012

leader

Forward 1

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	United Kingdom	Chris Walker-Hebborn Adam Peaty James Guy Duncan Scott	3: 30.47 min	NO
2	Australia	Mitch Larkin Jake Packard David Morgan Cameron McEvoy	3: 32.57 min
3	Russia	Grigori Tarasewitsch Anton Tschupkow Evgeni Koptelow Alexander Sukhorukov	3: 32.95 min
4th	Germany	Jan-Philip Glania Christian vom Lehn Steffen Deibler Damian Wierling	3: 33.67 min
4th	Italy	Simone Sabbioni Andrea Toniato Piero Codia Luca Dotto	3: 34.85 min
6th	Poland	Radosław Kawęcki Marcin Stolarski Konrad Czerniak Kacper Majchrzak	3: 35.18 min
7th	Lithuania	Danas Rapšys Giedrius Titenis Deividas Margevičius Simonas Bilis	3: 35.90 min
8th	Canada	Javier Acevedo Jason Block Mack Darragh Yuri Kisil	3: 36.92 min

Forward 2

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	David Plummer Kevin Cordes Tom Shields Caeleb Dressel	3: 31.83 min
2	Japan	Ryōsuke Irie Yasuhiro Koseki Takuro Fujii Katsumi Nakamura	3: 32.33 min
3	People's Republic of China	Xu Jiayu Li Xiang Li Zhuhao Ning Zetao	3: 32.57 min
4th	Brazil	Guilherme Guido Felipe França Silva Henrique Martins Marcelo Chierighini	3: 32.96 min
5	Hungary	Gabor Balog Dániel Gyurta Bence Pulai Richard Bohus	3: 33.89 min
6th	France	Camille Lacourt Theo Bussiere Jérémy Stravius Clement Mignon	3: 34.47 min
7th	South Africa	Christopher Reid Cameron van der Burgh Dylan Bosch Devon Brown	3: 35.50 min
8th	Greece	Apostolos Christou Panagiotis Samilidis Andreas Vazeos Kristian Golomeev	3: 36.75 min

final

August 14, 2016, 4:04 am CET

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Ryan Murphy Cody Miller Michael Phelps Nathan Adrian	3: 27.95 min	OR
2	United Kingdom	Chris Walker-Hebborn Adam Peaty James Guy Duncan Scott	3: 29.24 min	NO
3	Australia	Mitch Larkin Jake Packard David Morgan Kyle Chalmers	3: 29.93 min
4th	Russia	Yevgeny Rylow Anton Tschupkow Alexander Sadownikow Vladimir Morozov	3: 31.30 min
5	Japan	Ryōsuke Irie Yasuhiro Koseki Takuro Fujii Katsumi Nakamura	3: 31.97 min
6th	Brazil	Guilherme Guido João Gomes Júnior Henrique Martins Marcelo Chierighini	3: 32.84 min
7th	Germany	Jan-Philip Glania Marco Koch Steffen Deibler Damian Wierling	3: 33.50 min
8th	People's Republic of China	Xu Jiayu Li Xiang Li Zhuhao Ning Zetao	DSQ	Disqualified

Web links

• Result of the preliminary runs
• Result of the final