Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay at the 2012 Short Course Worlds | |||||||
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Dates | 13 December (heats and final) | ||||||
Winning time | 6:51.40 | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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2012 FINA World Swimming Championships | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 13 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Nation | Swimmers | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record Championship record | Russia | Nikita Lobintsev (1:42.10) Danila Izotov (1:42.15) Evgeny Lagunov (1:42.32) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:42.47) | 6:49.04 | Dubai | 16 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.
16 teams participated in 2 heats. [1]
The final was held at 21:04. [2]
Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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6 | United States | Ryan Lochte (1:41.17) Conor Dwyer (1:43.04) Michael Klueh (1:43.20) Matt McLean (1:43.99) | 6:51.40 | ||
3 | Australia | Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:42.49) Jarrod Killey (1:42.82) Kyle Richardson (1:44.59) Robert Hurley (1:42.39) | 6:52.29 | OC | |
4 | Germany | Paul Biedermann (1:41.93) Dimitri Colupaev (1:42.96) Christoph Fildebrandt (1:45.40) Yannick Lebherz (1:42.93) | 6:53.22 | NR | |
4 | 5 | Russia | Artem Lobuzov (1:44.75) Yevgeny Lagunov (1:43.14) Dmitri Yermakov (1:45.14) Viatcheslav Andrusenko (1:43.94) | 6:56.97 | |
5 | 7 | Italy | Andrea D'Arrigo (1:44.90) Alex di Giorgio (1:45.78) Gianluca Maglia (1:44.01) Filippo Magnini (1:44.53) | 6:59.22 | |
6 | 2 | Japan | Yuki Kobori (1:45.57) Fumiya Hidaka (1:45.29) Kosuke Hagino (1:44.41) Daiya Seto (1:45.52) | 7:00.79 | AS |
7 | 1 | Great Britain | Ieuan Lloyd (1:45.24) Chris Walker-Hebborn (1:46.81) Roberto Pavoni (1:48.04) Robert Renwick (1:45.64) | 7:05.73 | |
– | 8 | Brazil | Fernando Santos (1:44.75) Vinicius Waked (1:47.22) Thiago Simon Samuel Acioli | DSQ |
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