Swimming at the 1996 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 XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date21 July 1996 (heats & final)
Competitors76 from 17 nations
Winning time7:14.84
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Josh Davis, Joe Hudepohl, Brad Schumacher, Ryan Berube, Jon Olsen*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz, Lars Frölander, Anders Lyrbring
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Aimo Heilmann, Christian Keller, Christian Tröger, Steffen Zesner, Konstantin Dubrovin*, Oliver Lampe*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
  1992
2000  

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 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 recordOlympic flag.svg  Unified Team  (EUN)
Dmitry Lepikov (1:49.55)
Vladimir Pyshnenko (1:46.58)
Veniamin Tayanovich (1:48.99)
Yevgeny Sadovyi (1:46.83)
7:11.95 Barcelona, Spain 27 July 1992
Olympic recordOlympic flag.svg  Unified Team  (EUN)
Dmitry Lepikov (1:49.55)
Vladimir Pyshnenko (1:46.58)
Veniamin Tayanovich (1:48.99)
Yevgeny Sadovyi (1:46.83)
7:11.95 Barcelona, Spain 27 July 1992

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
134Flag of the United States.svg  United States Ryan Berube (1:49.84)
Joe Hudepohl (1:49.13)
Brad Schumacher (1:49.48)
Jon Olsen (1:49.83)
7:18.28Q
235Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Christer Wallin (1:50.88)
Lars Frölander (1:49.12)
Anders Lyrbring (1:51.90)
Anders Holmertz (1:48.71)
7:20.61Q
315Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain James Salter (1:51.24)
Andrew Clayton (1:49.92)
Mark Stevens (1:50.32)
Paul Palmer (1:50.44)
7:21.92Q
414Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Konstantin Dubrovin (1:51.68)
Christian Keller (1:49.15)
Oliver Lampe (1:51.39)
Steffen Zesner (1:49.95)
7:22.17Q
525Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Emiliano Brembilla (1:52.21)
Emanuele Idini (1:50.54)
Pier Maria Siciliano (1:48.61)
Massimiliano Rosolino (1:51.33)
7:22.69Q
633Flag of France.svg  France Yann de Fabrique (1:50.31)
Lionel Poirot (1:50.30)
Bruno Orsoni (1:51.74)
Christophe Bordeau (1:50.63)
7:22.98Q
724Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Kieren Perkins (1:51.43)
Glen Housman (1:50.40)
Ian Vander-Wal (1:51.05)
Malcolm Allen (1:50.36)
7:23.24Q
836Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband (1:48.88)
Tim Hoeijmans (1:51.97)
Martin van der Spoel (1:51.51)
Mark van der Zijden (1:51.03)
7:23.39Q
923Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Trent Bray (1:50.77)
Murray Burdan (1:51.84)
Scott Cameron (1:53.30)
Danyon Loader (1:48.44)
7:24.35 NR
1013Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Cassiano Leal (1:52.35)
Luiz Lima (1:51.99)
Fernando Saez (1:52.38)
André Teixeira (1:52.10)
7:28.82
1112Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela Francisco Sánchez (1:52.34) NR
Carlos Santander (1:52.58)
Diego Henao (1:52.57)
Rafael Manzano (1:55.14)
7:32.63 NR
1226Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Vyacheslav Kabanov (1:53.76)
Aleksandr Agafonov (1:56.44)
Dmitriy Pankov (1:56.29)
Oleg Tsvetkovskiy (1:54.11)
7:40.60
1316Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Gordan Kožulj (1:57.08)
Miroslav Vučetić (1:53.83)
Marijan Kanjer (1:53.89)
Marko Strahija (1:58.89)
7:43.69
1432Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Koh Yun-ho (1:52.77) NR
Lee Kyu-chang (1:56.84)
Woo Chul (1:57.32)
Kim Min-suk (1:59.05)
7:45.98 NR
1537Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Sng Ju Wei (1:55.49)
Gerald Koh (2:00.59)
Desmond Koh (1:59.41)
Thum Ping Tjin (1:58.70)
7:54.19
1627Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador Roberto Delgado (1:57.86)
Julio Santos (1:56.60)
Javier Santos (1:59.79)
Andrés Vasconcellos (2:00.12)
7:54.37
1722Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan Sergey Ashihmin (2:03.05)
Andrey Kvassov (1:53.91)
Dmitry Lapin (1:56.01)
Vitaly Vasilyev (2:07.03)
8:00.00 NR

Final

[3] [4]

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Josh Davis (1:48.19)
Joe Hudepohl (1:49.29)
Brad Schumacher (1:48.89)
Ryan Berube (1:48.47)
7:14.84
Silver medal icon.svg5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Christer Wallin (1:50.47)
Anders Holmertz (1:47.03)
Lars Frölander (1:48.98)
Anders Lyrbring (1:51.08)
7:17.56
Bronze medal icon.svg6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Aimo Heilmann (1:49.31)
Christian Keller (1:49.50)
Christian Tröger (1:49.80)
Steffen Zesner (1:49.10)
7:17.71
41Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Daniel Kowalski (1:49.42)
Michael Klim (1:48.04)
Malcolm Allen (1:50.77)
Matthew Dunn (1:50.24)
7:18.47
53Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Paul Palmer (1:49.19)
Andrew Clayton (1:49.84)
Mark Stevens (1:50.42)
James Salter (1:49.29)
7:18.74
62Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Massimiliano Rosolino (1:49.22)
Emanuele Idini (1:50.36)
Emanuele Merisi (1:51.14)
Pier Maria Siciliano (1:49.20)
7:19.92
78Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Marcel Wouda (1:49.89)
Mark van der Zijden (1:50.77)
Martin van der Spoel (1:52.05)
Pieter van den Hoogenband (1:49.25)
7:21.96 NR
87Flag of France.svg  France Yann de Fabrique (1:50.76)
Lionel Poirot (1:50.74)
Bruno Orsoni (1:51.97)
Christophe Bordeau (1:51.38)
7:24.85

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