Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date29 July 1992 (heats & final)
Competitors82 from 18 nations
Winning time3:16.74
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Joe Hudepohl, Matt Biondi, Tom Jager, Jon Olsen, Shaun Jordan*, Joel Thomas*
Silver medal icon.svgOlympic flag.svg  Unified Team  (EUN)
Pavlo Khnykin, Gennadiy Prigoda, Iurie Başcatov, Alexander Popov, Vladimir Pyshnenko* Veniamin Tayanovich*
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Dirk Richter, Christian Tröger, Steffen Zesner, Mark Pinger, Andreas Szigat*, Bengt Zikarsky*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
  1988
1996  

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain. [1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Chris Jacobs (49.63)
Troy Dalbey (49.75)
Tom Jager (49.34)
Matt Biondi (47.81)
3:16.53 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Chris Jacobs (49.63)
Troy Dalbey (49.75)
Tom Jager (49.34)
Matt Biondi (47.81)
3:16.53 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q). [2]

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
134Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team Pavlo Khnykin (49.82)
Vladimir Pyshnenko (49.31)
Veniamin Tayanovich (49.52)
Iurie Başcatov (48.83)
3:17.48Q
214Flag of the United States.svg  United States Joe Hudepohl (49.78)
Shaun Jordan (49.94)
Joel Thomas (50.04)
Jon Olsen (48.74)
3:18.50Q
325Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Håkan Karlsson (50.20)
Göran Titus (50.54)
Fredrik Letzler (49.18)
Tommy Werner (49.00)
3:18.92Q, NR
424Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Mark Pinger (49.75)
Andreas Szigat (50.27)
Dirk Richter (49.73)
Bengt Zikarsky (49.86)
3:19.61Q
513Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil José Carlos Souza (51.24)
Gustavo Borges (49.07)
Emanuel Nascimento (49.72)
Cristiano Michelena (50.47)
3:20.50Q, NR
623Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Mike Fibbens (51.23)
Mark Foster (49.93)
Paul Howe (50.31)
Roland Lee (49.94)
3:21.41Q
733Flag of France.svg  France Stéphan Caron (50.33)
Frédéric Lefèvre (50.29)
Ludovic Dépickère (51.02)
Bruno Gutzeit (50.37)
3:22.01Q
835Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Chris Fydler (50.67)
Andrew Baildon (50.68)
Tom Stachewicz (50.56)
Darren Lange (50.33)
3:22.24Q
926Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand John Steel (50.76)
Nicholas Sanders (50.50)
Trent Bray (51.31)
Mark Weldon (50.52)
3:23.09 NR
1015Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giorgio Lamberti (51.12)
Emanuele Idini (51.43)
Roberto Gleria (50.82)
Massimo Trevisan (50.06)
3:23.43
1132South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa Darryl Cronjé (51.07)
Peter Williams (50.06)
Seddon Keyter (51.12)
Craig Jackson (51.28)
3:23.53 AF
1222Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Jani Sievinen (51.53)
Janne Vermasheinä (51.76)
Janne Blomqvist (51.39)
Vesa Hanski (50.79)
3:25.47
1312Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico Manuel Guzmán (51.90)
Jorge Herrera (54.62)
David Monasterio (52.77)
Ricardo Busquets (51.19)
3:30.48
1427Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong Arthur Li Kai Yien (51.93)
Wu Tat Cheung (53.28)
Kelvin Li Kar Wai (53.38)
Michael Wright (52.02)
3:30.61
1537Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda Ian Steed Raynor (53.07)
Michael Cash (52.35)
Craig Morbey (53.51)
Geribryan Mewett (52.24)
3:31.17
1617Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Adrian Romero (55.37)
Ray Flores (57.61)
Frank Flores (55.69)
Patrick Sagisi (53.64)
3:42.31
1731Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Andrés Sedano (55.51)
Roberto Bonilla (55.68)
Helder Torres (56.95)
Gustavo Bucaro (54.39)
3:42.53
1821Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Ahmad Faraj (56.03)
Obaid Al-Rumaithi (59.79)
Abdullah Sultan (58.64)
Mohamed Bin Abid (57.14)
3:51.60

Final

[3]

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5Flag of the United States.svg  United States Joe Hudepohl (50.05)
Matt Biondi (48.69)
Tom Jager (49.72)
Jon Olsen (48.28)
3:16.74
Silver medal icon.svg4Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team Pavlo Khnykin (49.92)
Gennadiy Prigoda (50.05)
Iurie Başcatov (49.76)
Alexander Popov (47.83)
3:17.56
Bronze medal icon.svg6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Christian Tröger (49.97)
Dirk Richter (49.35)
Steffen Zesner (49.78)
Mark Pinger (48.80)
3:17.90
41Flag of France.svg  France Christophe Kalfayan (50.21)
Franck Schott (49.83)
Frédéric Lefèvre (50.47)
Stéphan Caron (48.65)
3:19.16 NR
53Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Tommy Werner (49.93)
Håkan Karlsson (49.88)
Fredrik Letzler (50.60)
Anders Holmertz (49.69)
3:20.10
62Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil José Carlos Souza (51.15)
Gustavo Borges (48.90)
Emanuel Nascimento (50.01)
Cristiano Michelena (50.93)
3:20.99
77Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Roland Lee (50.97)
Mark Foster (50.00)
Mike Fibbens (50.45)
Paul Howe (50.33)
3:21.75
88Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Chris Fydler (50.38)
Andrew Baildon (50.70)
Tom Stachewicz (50.65)
Darren Lange (50.31)
3:22.04

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References

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