Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date27 July 1992 (heats & final)
Competitors80 from 18 nations
Winning time7:11.95 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgOlympic flag.svg  Unified Team  (EUN)
Dmitry Lepikov, Vladimir Pyshnenko, Veniamin Tayanovich, Yevgeny Sadovyi, Aleksey Kudryavtsev*, Yury Mukhin*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz, Tommy Werner, Lars Frölander
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Joe Hudepohl, Melvin Stewart, Jon Olsen, Doug Gjertsen, Scott Jaffe*, Dan Jorgensen*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
  1988
1996  

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 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)
Troy Dalbey (1:49.37)
Matt Cetlinski (1:48.44)
Doug Gjertsen (1:48.26)
Matt Biondi (1:46.44)
7:12.51 Seoul, South Korea 21 September 1988
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Troy Dalbey (1:49.37)
Matt Cetlinski (1:48.44)
Doug Gjertsen (1:48.26)
Matt Biondi (1:46.44)
7:12.51 Seoul, South Korea 21 September 1988

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
27 JulyFinal Dmitry Lepikov (1:49.55)
Vladimir Pyshnenko (1:46.58)
Veniamin Tayanovich (1:48.99)
Yevgeny Sadovyi (1:46.83)
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 7:11.95 WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
124Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team Dmitry Lepikov (1:49.80)
Aleksey Kudryavtsev (1:49.65)
Yury Mukhin (1:49.28)
Veniamin Tayanovich (1:48.92)
7:17.65Q
225Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Peter Sitt (1:50.02)
Christian Tröger (1:49.81)
Andreas Szigat (1:49.40)
Stefan Pfeiffer (1:48.98)
7:18.21Q
333Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Christer Wallin (1:50.52)
Lars Frölander (1:50.13)
Tommy Werner (1:49.23)
Anders Holmertz (1:50.15)
7:20.03Q
414Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Duncan Armstrong (1:51.53)
Martin Roberts (1:51.45)
Deane Pieters (1:50.03)
Ian Brown (1:49.18)
7:22.19Q
515Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Paul Palmer (1:50.12)
Steven Mellor (1:52.03)
Stephen Akers (1:51.66)
Paul Howe (1:49.29)
7:23.10Q
634Flag of the United States.svg  United States Scott Jaffe (1:50.14)
Dan Jorgensen (1:50.56)
Jon Olsen (1:50.03)
Doug Gjertsen (1:52.97)
7:23.70Q
716Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Gustavo Borges (1:50.79)
Emanuel Nascimento (1:51.69)
Teófilo Ferreira (1:51.33)
Cristiano Michelena (1:50.39)
7:24.20Q, SA
835Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Roberto Gleria (1:51.21)
Emanuele Idini (1:51.53)
Pier Maria Siciliano (1:52.25)
Stefano Battistelli (1:50.54)
7:25.53Q
936Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Edward Parenti (1:51.56)
Darren Ward (1:51.14)
Christopher Bowie (1:52.70)
Turlough O'Hare (1:50.21)
7:25.61
1023Flag of France.svg  France Christophe Bordeau (1:51.22)
Lionel Poirot (1:53.18)
Franck Horter (1:50.84)
Yann de Fabrique (1:50.98)
7:26.22
1122Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Trent Bray (1:51.38)
Richard Tapper (1:54.35)
John Steel (1:50.94)
Danyon Loader (1:49.69)
7:26.36
1212Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Jani Sievinen (1:52.10)
Vesa Hanski (1:53.54)
Petteri Lehtinen (1:54.10)
Antti Kasvio (1:48.97)
7:28.71
1313Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Mariusz Podkościelny (1:51.71)
Artur Wojdat (1:49.88)
Piotr Albiński (1:52.83)
Krzysztof Cwalina (1:55.17)
7:29.59
1426Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Jarl Inge Melberg (1:50.78)
Thomas Sopp (1:51.01)
Trond Høines (1:54.00)
Kjell Lundemoen (1:55.56)
7:31.35
1532Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico Jorge Herrera (1:54.30)
Manuel Guzmán (1:52.37)
Ricardo Busquets (1:54.19)
David Monasterio (1:54.77)
7:35.63
1627Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong Arthur Li Kai Yien (1:55.91)
Michael Wright (1:58.77)
Kelvin Li Kar Wai (2:00.78)
Wu Tat Cheung (1:58.84)
7:54.30
1717Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Andrés Sedano (2:02.73)
Helder Torres (2:02.32)
Roberto Bonilla (2:03.66)
Gustavo Bucaro (1:58.59)
8:07.30
1831Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Mohamed Bin Abid (2:07.49)
Obaid Al-Rumaithi (2:15.98)
Abdullah Sultan (2:09.56)
Ahmad Faraj (2:06.69)
8:39.72

Final

[3]

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team Dmitry Lepikov (1:49.55)
Vladimir Pyshnenko (1:46.58)
Veniamin Tayanovich (1:48.99)
Yevgeny Sadovyi (1:46.83)
7:11.95 WR
Silver medal icon.svg3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Christer Wallin (1:49.69)
Anders Holmertz (1:46.16)
Tommy Werner (1:49.35)
Lars Frölander (1:50.31)
7:15.51 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg7Flag of the United States.svg  United States Joe Hudepohl (1:49.52)
Melvin Stewart (1:48.41)
Jon Olsen (1:49.19)
Doug Gjertsen (1:49.11)
7:16.23
45Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Peter Sitt (1:50.06)
Steffen Zesner (1:47.78)
Andreas Szigat (1:49.61)
Stefan Pfeiffer (1:49.13)
7:16.58
58Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Roberto Gleria (1:49.29)
Giorgio Lamberti (1:49.80)
Massimo Trevisan (1:47.97)
Stefano Battistelli (1:51.04)
7:18.10
62Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Paul Palmer (1:49.21)
Steven Mellor (1:51.77)
Stephen Akers (1:51.61)
Paul Howe (1:49.98)
7:22.57 NR
71Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Gustavo Borges (1:50.45)
Emanuel Nascimento (1:52.63)
Teófilo Ferreira (1:50.28)
Cristiano Michelena (1:50.67)
7:24.03 SA
6Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Ian Brown (1:49.45)
Deane Pieters
Kieren Perkins
Duncan Armstrong
DSQ

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References

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