Swimming at the 2016 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 XXXI Olympiad
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The American final team (Dwyer, Haas, Lochte, and Phelps), during the medal ceremony.
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates9 August 2016 (heats & final)
Competitors73 from 16 nations
Teams16
Winning time7:00.66
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, Clark Smith*, Jack Conger*, Gunnar Bentz*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Stephen Milne, Duncan Scott, Daniel Wallace, James Guy, Robbie Renwick*
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Kosuke Hagino, Naito Ehara, Yuki Kobori, Takeshi Matsuda
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
  2012
2020  

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 9 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. [1]

Summary

After winning the 200 m butterfly title less than an hour earlier, the double gold rush continued for U.S. swimming icon Michael Phelps, as he helped his teammates Conor Dwyer, youngster Townley Haas, and eleven-time medalist Ryan Lochte solidify their historic seventeenth Olympic title in this event. The American foursome of Dwyer (1:45.23), Haas (1:44.14), Lochte (1:46.03), and Phelps (1:45.26) dominated the race from the start to put together a first-place finish in 7:00.26. [2] [3] As the Americans defended their Olympic title, Phelps also earned a twenty-first gold to raise his overall medal tally to twenty-five. [4] [5]

Great Britain's Stephen Milne (1:46.97), Duncan Scott (1:45.05), and Daniel Wallace (1:46.26) struggled to chase against the rest of the teams throughout the race, until anchor James Guy launched a late attack on the home stretch with a 1:44.85 split to deliver the British quartet a historic relay silver medal in 7:03.13. [6] [7] Meanwhile, Japan's Kosuke Hagino (1:45.34), along with his teammates Naito Ehara (1:46.11) and Yuki Kobori (1:45.71) held the runner-up spot for three-fourths of the race, but their anchor and four-time Olympian Takeshi Matsuda (1:46.34) could not keep off Guy towards a close finish, leaving the Japanese with a bronze in a final time of 7:03.50. [8] [9]

Australia's Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:45.81), David McKeon (1:45.63), Daniel Smith (1:47.37), and Mack Horton (1:45.37) missed the podium by nearly three tenths of a second behind Japan, finishing with a fourth-place time in 7:04.18. [10] The Russian team of Danila Izotov (1:46.72), Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:45.67), Nikita Lobintsev (1:46.31), and Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:47.00) picked up the fifth spot in 7:05.70, with Germany (7:07.28), the Netherlands (7:09.10), and Belgium (7:11.64) following them by a couple of seconds to round out the top eight. [9]

In the medal ceremony, the medals for the competition were presented by Karl Stoss, Austria, IOC member, and the gifts were presented by Pipat Panangvait, Thailand, Honorary Treasurer of FINA.

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Michael Phelps (1:44.49)
Ricky Berens (1:44.13)
David Walters (1:45.47)
Ryan Lochte (1:44.46)
6:58.55 Rome, Italy 31 July 2009 [11] [12]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Michael Phelps (1:43.31)
Ryan Lochte (1:44.28)
Ricky Berens (1:46.29)
Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.68)
6:58.56 Beijing, China 13 August 2008 [13]

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and a final. The relay teams with the best 8 times in the heats advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round. [1]

Results

Heats

A total of sixteen countries have qualified to participate. The best eight from two heats advanced to the final.

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
124Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Stephen Milne (1:46.70)
Robbie Renwick (1:48.17)
Daniel Wallace (1:46.39)
Duncan Scott (1:45.05)
7:06.31Q
214Flag of the United States.svg  United States Clark Smith (1:47.20)
Jack Conger (1:45.73)
Gunnar Bentz (1:48.01)
Ryan Lochte (1:45.80)
7:06.74Q
322Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:46.91)
Vyacheslav Andrusenko (1:47.50)
Nikita Lobintsev (1:46.42)
Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:45.98)
7:06.81Q
426Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Florian Vogel (1:47.16)
Jacob Heidtmann (1:47.17)
Clemens Rapp (1:46.61)
Paul Biedermann (1:46.72)
7:07.66Q
527Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Kosuke Hagino (1:46.60)
Naito Ehara (1:47.12)
Yuki Kobori (1:47.60)
Takeshi Matsuda (1:46.36)
7:07.68Q
625Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Daniel Smith (1:47.55)
Mack Horton (1:46.32)
Jacob Hansford (1:47.70)
Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:46.41)
7:07.98Q
723Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Louis Croenen (1:48.35)
Dieter Dekoninck (1:46.57)
Emmanuel Vanluchene (1:47.79)
Glenn Surgeloose (1:46.01)
7:08.72Q
815Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Dion Dreesens (1:47.86)
Kyle Stolk (1:47.13)
Ben Schwietert (1:47.92)
Maarten Brzoskowski (1:46.25)
7:09.16Q
918Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo (1:47.65)
Alex di Giorgio (1:47.74)
Marco Belotti (1:47.01)
Gabriele Detti (1:46.80)
7:09.20
1017Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Myles Brown (1:46.47)
Sebastien Rousseau (1:48.35)
Calvyn Justus (1:49.04)
Dylan Bosch (1:48.75)
7:12.61
1112Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Victor Martín (1:48.74)
Miguel Durán (1:48.10)
Albert Puig (1:48.13)
Marc Sánchez (1:47.65)
7:12.62
1221Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Anders Lie Nielsen (1:47.62)
Daniel Skaaning (1:46.78)
Søren Dahl (1:47.43)
Magnus Westermann (1:50.83)
7:12.66 NR
1316Flag of France.svg  France Jordan Pothain (1:46.56)
Grégory Mallet (1:47.60)
Lorys Bourelly (1:48.62)
Damien Joly (1:50.93)
7:13.71
1411Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Luiz Altamir Melo (1:48.19)
João de Lucca (1:47.77)
André Pereira (1:49.19)
Nicolas Oliveira (1:48.69)
7:13.84
13Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Jan Świtkowski (1:47.95)
Paweł Korzeniowski (1:48.14)
Kacper Klich (1:49.52)
Kacper Majchrzak (1:45.50)
7:11.11DSQ [14]
28Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Péter Bernek (1:47.69)
Gergő Kis (1:51.02)
Benjámin Grátz (1:48.71)
Dominik Kozma (1:51.09)
7:18.51DSQ [15]

Final

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5Flag of the United States.svg  United States Conor Dwyer (1:45.23)
Townley Haas (1:44.14)
Ryan Lochte (1:46.03)
Michael Phelps (1:45.26)
7:00.66
Silver medal icon.svg4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Stephen Milne (1:46.97)
Duncan Scott (1:45.05)
Daniel Wallace (1:46.26)
James Guy (1:44.85)
7:03.13 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Kosuke Hagino (1:45.34)
Naito Ehara (1:46.11)
Yuki Kobori (1:45.71)
Takeshi Matsuda (1:46.34)
7:03.50
47Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:45.81)
David McKeon (1:45.63)
Daniel Smith (1:47.37)
Mack Horton (1:45.37)
7:04.18
53Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Danila Izotov (1:46.72)
Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:45.67)
Nikita Lobintsev (1:46.31)
Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:47.00)
7:05.70
66Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Florian Vogel (1:47.16)
Christoph Fildebrandt (1:47.91)
Clemens Rapp (1:46.12)
Paul Biedermann (1:46.09)
7:07.28
78Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Dion Dreesens (1:47.58)
Maarten Brzoskowski (1:46.87)
Kyle Stolk (1:47.59)
Sebastiaan Verschuren (1:47.06)
7:09.10
81Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Louis Croenen (1:48.95)
Dieter Dekoninck (1:47.50)
Glenn Surgeloose (1:46.91)
Pieter Timmers (1:48.28)
7:11.64

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