2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

The men's 4×100 metre medley relay event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 16 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates	16 December (heats and final)
Winning time	3:21.03
Medalists
United States Matt Grevers, Kevin Cordes, Tom Shields, Ryan Lochte, Ryan Murphy*, Mihail Alexandrov*, Anthony Ervin*    Russia Stanislav Donets, Viatcheslav Sinkevich, Nikolay Skvortsov, Vladimir Morozov, Viacheslav Prudnikov*, Yevgeny Lagunov*    Australia Robert Hurley, Kenneth To, Grant Irvine, Tommaso D'Orsogna, Kyle Richardson* *Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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Records

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

	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Location	Date
World record	Russia	Stanislav Donets (49.63) Sergey Geybel (56.43) Yevgeny Korotyshkin (48.35) Danila Izotov (44.75)	3:19.16	Saint Petersburg	20 December 2009
Championship record	United States	Nick Thoman (49.88) Mihail Alexandrov (56.52) Ryan Lochte (49.17) Garrett Weber-Gale (45.42)	3:20.99	Dubai	19 December 2010

No new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	3	4	United States	Ryan Murphy (50.91) Mihail Alexandrov (57.36) Tom Shields (50.91) Anthony Ervin (46.42)	3:25.60	Q
2	3	5	Russia	Stanislav Donets (49.96) Viatcheslav Sinkevich (57.98) Viacheslav Prudnikov (51.35) Yevgeny Lagunov (46.44)	3:25.73	Q
3	1	4	Australia	Robert Hurley (50.74) Kenneth To (57.63) Grant Irvine (51.58) Kyle Richardson (47.23)	3:27.18	Q
4	2	4	Brazil	Daniel Orzechowski (52.13) João Gomes Jr. (58.04) Kaio de Almeida (50.11) Guilherme Roth (47.21)	3:27.49	Q
5	1	1	Hungary	Péter Bernek (52.15) Dániel Gyurta (57.42) Bence Pulai (51.22) Dominik Kozma (47.47)	3:28.26	Q
6	3	8	Italy	Mirco Di Tora (51.78) Mattia Pesce (58.89) Matteo Rivolta (50.92) Marco Orsi (46.93)	3:28.52	Q, NR
7	1	7	China	Cheng Feiyi (51.76) Li Xiayan (58.49) Wu Peng (51.25) Lü Zhiwu (47.49)	3:28.99	Q
8	2	5	Japan	Yuki Shirai (52.18) Koichiro Okazaki (58.83) Takuro Fujii (51.25) Kenta Ito (46.74)	3:29.00	Q
9	1	3	South Africa	Darren Murray (52.62) Giulio Zorzi (59.36) Garth Tune (52.70) Leith Shankland (47.29)	3:31.97	AF
10	1	5	Israel	Jonatan Kopelev (52.19) Gal Nevo (58.76) Alon Mandel (52.80) Guy Barnea (48.68)	3:32.43
11	2	1	Great Britain	Chris Walker-Hebborn (52.29) Craig Benson (58.10) Ieuan Lloyd (53.34) Robert Renwick (48.91)	3:32.64
12	3	7	Belarus	Pavel Sankovich (52.69) Viktar Vabishchevich (1:00.14) Yauhen Tsurkin (51.41) Arseni Kukharau (48.66)	3:32.90	NR
13	2	7	Canada	Jake Tapp (53.30) Andrew Poznikoff (59.36) Coleman Allen (52.77) Thomas Gossland (48.10)	3:33.53
14	2	3	Turkey	Iskender Baslakov (52.03) Mustafa Kacmaz (1:01.27) Nurettin Yildir Erhan (53.76) Kemal Arda Gürdal (47.00)	3:34.06	NR
15	3	3	Paraguay	Charles Hockin Brusquetti (54.15) Genaro Prono (1:02.45) Jose Emmanuel Lobo Martinez (54.11) Ben Hockin (47.71)	3:38.42
16	2	6	Singapore	Quah Zheng Wen (54.84) Lionel Khoo (1:01.46) Joseph Schooling (53.02) Ng Kai Wee Rainer (51.24)	3:40.56
17	3	2	Peru	Mauricio Fiol (55.98/NR) Enrique Duran Garcia-Bedoya (1:03.59) Emmanuel Crescimbeni (53.72) Jusuf Nikola Ustavdich Velez (51.25)	3:44.54	NR
18	1	6	India	Rohit Imoliya (59.58) Agnishwar Jayaprakash (1:02.50) Sarma Nair (57.19) Neil Himanshu Contractor (54.06)	3:53.33
19	3	6	Macau	Ngou Pok Man (56.44) Chao Man Hou (1:02.95) Lao Kuan Fong (58.69) Sio Ka Kun (56.66)	3:54.74
20	1	2	Bahrain	Faraj Farhan (1:05.27) Omar Yousif (1:07.97) Khalid Baba (1:02.67) Farhan Farhan (57.88)	4:13.79
	2	2	Malta	Edward Caruana Dingli Andrea Agius Julian Harding Andrew Chetcuti	DNS
	2	8	Venezuela		DNS
	3	1	Ghana		DNS

Final

The final was held at 21:16.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	4	United States	Matt Grevers (50.00) Kevin Cordes (57.15) Tom Shields (48.66) Ryan Lochte (45.22)	3:21.03
	5	Russia	Stanislav Donets (50.10) Viatcheslav Sinkevich (57.54) Nikolay Skvortsov (50.27) Vladimir Morozov (44.95)	3:22.86
	3	Australia	Robert Hurley (50.44) Kenneth To (57.44) Grant Irvine (50.75) Tommaso D'Orsogna (46.14)	3:24.77
4	6	Brazil	Guilherme Guido (50.67) Felipe Lima (58.05) Kaio de Almeida (49.86) Guilherme Roth (47.15)	3:25.73
5	1	China	Cheng Feiyi (51.50) Li Xiayan (58.34) Wu Peng (50.31) Lü Zhiwu (47.29)	3:27.44	NR
6	8	Japan	Kosuke Hagino (51.37) Akihiro Yamaguchi (57.53) Kazuya Kaneda (51.20) Kenji Kobase (47.38)	3:27.48
	2	Hungary	Péter Bernek (52.27) Dániel Gyurta Bence Pulai Dominik Kozma	DSQ
	7	Italy	Mirco Di Tora (52.36) Mattia Pesce (58.14) Matteo Rivolta (51.60) Marco Orsi	DSQ

References

1. . Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
2. . Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-12-16.