Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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]

Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date	21 July 1996 (heats & final)
Competitors	76 from 17 nations
Winning time	7:14.84
Medalists
United States (USA) Josh Davis, Joe Hudepohl, Brad Schumacher, Ryan Berube, Jon Olsen*  Sweden (SWE) Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz, Lars Frölander, Anders Lyrbring  Germany (GER) Aimo Heilmann, Christian Keller, Christian Tröger, Steffen Zesner, Konstantin Dubrovin*, Oliver Lampe* *Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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Records

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

World record	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 record	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]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	3	4	United States	Ryan Berube (1:49.84) Joe Hudepohl (1:49.13) Brad Schumacher (1:49.48) Jon Olsen (1:49.83)	7:18.28	Q
2	3	5	Sweden	Christer Wallin (1:50.88) Lars Frölander (1:49.12) Anders Lyrbring (1:51.90) Anders Holmertz (1:48.71)	7:20.61	Q
3	1	5	Great Britain	James Salter (1:51.24) Andrew Clayton (1:49.92) Mark Stevens (1:50.32) Paul Palmer (1:50.44)	7:21.92	Q
4	1	4	Germany	Konstantin Dubrovin (1:51.68) Christian Keller (1:49.15) Oliver Lampe (1:51.39) Steffen Zesner (1:49.95)	7:22.17	Q
5	2	5	Italy	Emiliano Brembilla (1:52.21) Emanuele Idini (1:50.54) Pier Maria Siciliano (1:48.61) Massimiliano Rosolino (1:51.33)	7:22.69	Q
6	3	3	France	Yann de Fabrique (1:50.31) Lionel Poirot (1:50.30) Bruno Orsoni (1:51.74) Christophe Bordeau (1:50.63)	7:22.98	Q
7	2	4	Australia	Kieren Perkins (1:51.43) Glen Housman (1:50.40) Ian Vander-Wal (1:51.05) Malcolm Allen (1:50.36)	7:23.24	Q
8	3	6	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)	7:23.39	Q
9	2	3	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
10	1	3	Brazil	Cassiano Leal (1:52.35) Luiz Lima (1:51.99) Fernando Saez (1:52.38) André Teixeira (1:52.10)	7:28.82
11	1	2	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
12	2	6	Uzbekistan	Vyacheslav Kabanov (1:53.76) Aleksandr Agafonov (1:56.44) Dmitriy Pankov (1:56.29) Oleg Tsvetkovskiy (1:54.11)	7:40.60
13	1	6	Croatia	Gordan Kožulj (1:57.08) Miroslav Vučetić (1:53.83) Marijan Kanjer (1:53.89) Marko Strahija (1:58.89)	7:43.69
14	3	2	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
15	3	7	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
16	2	7	Ecuador	Roberto Delgado (1:57.86) Julio Santos (1:56.60) Javier Santos (1:59.79) Andrés Vasconcellos (2:00.12)	7:54.37
17	2	2	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

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Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	4	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
	5	Sweden	Christer Wallin (1:50.47) Anders Holmertz (1:47.03) Lars Frölander (1:48.98) Anders Lyrbring (1:51.08)	7:17.56
	6	Germany	Aimo Heilmann (1:49.31) Christian Keller (1:49.50) Christian Tröger (1:49.80) Steffen Zesner (1:49.10)	7:17.71
4	1	Australia	Daniel Kowalski (1:49.42) Michael Klim (1:48.04) Malcolm Allen (1:50.77) Matthew Dunn (1:50.24)	7:18.47
5	3	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
6	2	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
7	8	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
8	7	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

References

1. . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 51. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Final" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 51. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
4. "1996 Olympic Games: Men – Meet Results". Atlanta 1996. Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

External links

• Official Report