Swimming at the 1996 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 XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date23 July 1996 (heats & final)
Competitors83 from 19 nations
Winning time3:15.41 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Jon Olsen, Josh Davis, Brad Schumacher, Gary Hall, Jr., David Fox*, Scott Tucker*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Roman Yegorov, Alexander Popov, Vladimir Predkin, Vladimir Pyshnenko, Denis Pimankov*, Konstantin Ushkov*
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Christian Tröger, Bengt Zikarsky, Björn Zikarsky, Mark Pinger, Alexander Lüderitz*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
  1992
2000  

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 23 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. [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)
David Fox (49.32)
Joe Hudepohl (49.11)
Jon Olsen (48.17)
Gary Hall, Jr. (48.51)
3:15.11 Atlanta, United States 12 August 1995
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

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

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
23 JulyFinal Jon Olsen (49.94)
Josh Davis (49.00)
Brad Schumacher (49.02)
Gary Hall, Jr. (47.45)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:15.41 OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
134Flag of the United States.svg  United States David Fox (50.46)
Scott Tucker (49.68)
Brad Schumacher (49.19)
Josh Davis (49.07)
3:18.40Q
214Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Mark Pinger (50.50)
Alexander Lüderitz (50.06)
Bengt Zikarsky (48.97)
Björn Zikarsky (49.74)
3:19.27Q
323Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Pie Geelen (50.86)
Mark Veens (49.94)
Martin van der Spoel (50.72)
Pieter van den Hoogenband (48.64)
3:20.16Q, NR
425Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Fernando Scherer (50.81)
Alexandre Massura (50.20)
André Cordeiro (50.27)
Gustavo Borges (48.93)
3:20.21Q, SA
535Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Roman Yegorov (50.82)
Denis Pimankov (50.09)
Konstantin Ushkov (50.32)
Vladimir Pyshnenko (49.16)
3:20.39Q
615Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Fredrik Letzler (50.81)
Lars Frölander (49.34)
Christer Wallin (50.13)
Johan Wallberg (50.46)
3:20.74Q
724Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Michael Klim (50.09)
Ian Vander-Wal (50.70)
Scott Logan (50.38)
Chris Fydler (49.71)
3:20.88Q
813Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Nicholas Shackell (50.44)
Alan Rapley (50.18)
Mark Stevens (49.97)
Mike Fibbens (50.75)
3:21.34Q
933Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand John Steel (50.60)
Nicholas Tongue (50.89)
Danyon Loader (51.02)
Trent Bray (49.14)
3:21.65
1026Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Nicolae Ivan (51.06)
Răzvan Petcu (50.88)
Horaţiu Badiţă (50.31)
Alexandru Ioanovici (49.41)
3:21.66 NR
1136Flag of France.svg  France Ludovic Dépickère (51.22)
Nicolas Gruson (49.61)
Peirrick Chavatte (50.15)
Frédéric Lefevre (50.81)
3:21.79
1222Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Jani Sievinen (50.04)
Antti Kasvio (50.42)
Janne Blomqvist (51.52)
Kalle Varonen (51.01)
3:22.99
1332Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela Diego Henao (51.64)
Carlos Santander (51.01)
Alejandro Carrizo (51.20)
Francisco Sánchez (49.19)
3:23.04
1416Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Miroslav Vučetić (51.10)
Miloš Milošević (50.81)
Alen Lončar (52.38)
Marijan Kanjer (51.73)
3:26.02
1527Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador Julio Santos (51.48)
Felipe Delgado (50.59)
Roberto Delgado (53.22)
Javier Santos (52.48)
3:27.77
1617Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Eduardo González (52.37)
José González (51.69)
Arsenio López (52.55)
Ricardo Busquets (51.66)
3:28.27
1737Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Ravil Nachaev (52.46)
Oleg Tsvetkovskiy (52.13)
Oleg Pukhnatiy (51.82)
Vyacheslav Kabanov (51.92)
3:28.33
1831Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan Sergey Ashihmin (50.85) NR
Andrey Kvassov (52.08)
Dmitry Lapin (53.67)
Vitaly Vasilyev (54.02)
3:30.62
12Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Aleksey Yegorov (50.86)
Sergey Ushkalov (52.18)
Sergey Borisenko (50.61)
Aleksey Khovrin (51.49)
DSQ

Final

[3] [4]

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Jon Olsen (49.94)
Josh Davis (49.00)
Brad Schumacher (49.02)
Gary Hall, Jr. (47.45)
3:15.41 OR
Silver medal icon.svg2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Roman Yegorov (49.95)
Alexander Popov (47.88)
Vladimir Predkin (49.51)
Vladimir Pyshnenko (49.72)
3:17.06 EU
Bronze medal icon.svg5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Christian Tröger (49.74)
Bengt Zikarsky (49.01)
Björn Zikarsky (48.81)
Mark Pinger (49.64)
3:17.20
46Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Fernando Scherer (49.69)
Alexandre Massura (50.24)
André Cordeiro (50.38)
Gustavo Borges (47.99)
3:18.30 SA
53Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Mark Veens (50.66)
Pie Geelen (50.09)
Martin van der Spoel (49.98)
Pieter van den Hoogenband (48.29)
3:19.02 NR
61Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Michael Klim (49.87)
Matthew Dunn (50.50)
Scott Logan (49.97)
Chris Fydler (49.79)
3:20.13
77Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Lars Frölander (50.01)
Fredrik Letzler (50.13)
Anders Holmertz (50.06)
Christer Wallin (49.96)
3:20.16
88Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Nicholas Shackell (50.50)
Alan Rapley (49.76)
Mark Stevens (50.50)
Mike Fibbens (50.76)
3:21.52

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