2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 4 × 200 m freestyle (men)

sport	swim
discipline	4 times 200 meters freestyle
gender	Men
place	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Attendees	73 athletes from 16 countries
Competition phase	August 9, 2016

The relay competition in the men's 4 x 200 meter freestyle at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 9, 2016 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 73 athletes from 16 countries 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

ER = European record, NAR = North American record, SAR = South American record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = African record, OZR = Oceania 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 ( Ryan Lochte , Conor Dwyer, Ricky Berens , Michael Phelps )	6: 59.70 min	London 2012
World Champion	United Kingdom (Daniel Wallace, Robert Renwick , Calum Jarvis, James Guy )	7: 04.33 min	Shanghai 2011
European champion	Netherlands (Dion Dreesens, Maarten Brzoskowski, Kyle Stolk, Sebastiaan Verschuren )	7: 07.82 min	London 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Clark Smith Jack Conger Gunnar Bentz Ryan Lochte	7: 06.74 min
2	Netherlands	Dion Dreesens Kyle Stolk Ben Schwietert Maarten Brzoskowski	7: 09.16 min
3	Italy	Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo Alex di Giorgio Marco Belotti Gabriele Detti	7: 09.20 min
4th	Poland	Jan Świtkowski Paweł Korzeniowski Kacper Klich Kacper Majchrzak	7: 11.11 min
5	South Africa	Devon Myles William Brown Sebastien Rousseau Calvyn Justus Dylan Bosch	7: 12.61 min
6th	Spain	Victor Martín Martín Miguel Durán Navia Albert Puig i Garrich Marc Sánchez Torrens	7: 12.62 min
7th	France	Jordan Pothain Grégory Mallet Lorys Bourelly Damien Joly	7: 13.71 min
8th	Brazil	Luiz Altamir Melo João de Lucca André Pereira Nicolas Oliveira	7: 13.84 min

Forward 2

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	United Kingdom	Stephen Milne Robert Renwick Daniel Wallace Duncan Scott	7: 06.31 min
2	Russia	Mikhail Dovgalyuk Viacheslav Andrusenko Nikita Konstantinowitsch Lobinzew Aleksandr Krasnykh	7: 06.81 min
3	Germany	Florian Vogel Jacob Heidtmann Clemens Rapp Paul Biedermann	7: 07.66 min
4th	Japan	Kosuke Hagino Naito Ehara Yuki Kobori Takeshi Matsuda	7: 07.68 min
5	Australia	Daniel Smith Mack Horton Jacob Hansford Thomas Fraser-Holmes	7: 07.98 min
6th	Belgium	Louis Croenen Dieter Dekoninck Emmanuel Vanluchene Glenn Surgeloose	7: 08.72 min
7th	Denmark	Anders Lie Daniel Skaaning Søren Dahl Magnus Westermann	7: 12.66 min	NO
8th	Hungary	Péter Bernek Gergő Kis Benjámin Grátz Dominik Kozma	7: 18.51 min

final

August 10, 2016, 4:38 am CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	United States	Conor Dwyer Townley Haas Ryan Lochte Michael Phelps	7:00, 66 min
2	United Kingdom	Stephen Milne Duncan Scott Daniel Wallace James Guy	7: 03.13 min	NO
3	Japan	Kosuke Hagino Naito Ehara Yuki Kobori Takeshi Matsuda	7: 03.50 min
4th	Australia	Thomas Fraser-Holmes David McKeon Daniel Smith Mack Horton	7:04:18 min
5	Russia	Danila Sergejewitsch Isotow Aleksandr Krasnykh Nikita Konstantinowitsch Lobinzew Mikhail Dovgalyuk	7: 05.70 min
6th	Germany	Florian Vogel Christoph Fildebrandt Clemens Rapp Paul Biedermann	7: 07.28 min
7th	Netherlands	Dion Dreesens Maarten Brzoskowski Kyle Stolk Sebastiaan Verschuren	7: 09.10 min
8th	Belgium	Louis Croenen Dieter Dekoninck Glenn Surgeloose Pieter Timmers	7: 11.64 min

Web links

• Result of the preliminary runs
• Result of the final