The U.S. men's team smashed the seven-minute barrier in textile to defend the Olympic title in the event, and most importantly, to keep Michael Phelps' all-time record alive. The American foursome of Ryan Lochte (1:45.15), Conor Dwyer (1:45.23), Ricky Berens (1:45.27), and Phelps (1:44.05) dominated the race from the start to put together a blazing fast finish in 6:59.70.[2][3] As the Americans defended their Olympic title, Phelps also surpassed Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina to become the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time with a remarkable career tally of nineteen medals (15 golds, 2 silver, and 2 bronze).[4][5]
France's Amaury Leveaux (1:46.70), Grégory Mallet (1:46.83), Clément Lefert (1:46.00), and Yannick Agnel (1:43.24, the fastest split in the field) trailed behind their newest rivals in the pool by a couple of seconds to take home the silver in 7:02.77.[6] Meanwhile, China's Hao Yun (1:47.12), Li Yunqi (1:46.46), and Jiang Haiqi (1:47.17) struggled to keep their momentum throughout the race before Sun Yang dove into the pool at the final exchange. Sun then produced an astonishing anchor of 1:45.55 to deliver the Chinese team a historic relay bronze medal in 7:06.30, holding off the aggressive German foursome of Paul Biedermann (1:46.15), Dimitri Colupaev (1:46.36), Tim Wallburger (1:47.48), and Clemens Rapp (1:46.60) by 29-hundredths of a second with a fourth-place finish (7:06.59).[7][8]
Australia's Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:46.13), Kenrick Monk (1:46.67), Ned McKendry (1:47.60), and Ryan Napoleon (1:46.60) finished fifth in 7:07.00, while Great Britain (7:09.33), South Africa (7:09.65), and Hungary (7:13.66) also vied for an Olympic medal to round out a historic finish.[8][9]
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The men s 4 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London United Kingdom 1 Men s 4 200 metre freestyle relayat the Games of the XXX OlympiadAquatics centre during the British Championships in March 2012 VenueLondon Aquatics CentreDatesJuly 31 2012 heats amp final Competitors84 from 16 nationsWinning time6 59 70Medalists United States USA Ryan Lochte Conor Dwyer Ricky Berens Michael Phelps Charlie Houchin Matt McLean Davis Tarwater France FRA Amaury Leveaux Gregory Mallet Clement Lefert Yannick Agnel Jeremy Stravius China CHN Hao Yun Li Yunqi Jiang Haiqi Sun Yang Lu Zhiwu Dai Jun Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats 20082016 The U S men s team smashed the seven minute barrier in textile to defend the Olympic title in the event and most importantly to keep Michael Phelps all time record alive The American foursome of Ryan Lochte 1 45 15 Conor Dwyer 1 45 23 Ricky Berens 1 45 27 and Phelps 1 44 05 dominated the race from the start to put together a blazing fast finish in 6 59 70 2 3 As the Americans defended their Olympic title Phelps also surpassed Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina to become the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time with a remarkable career tally of nineteen medals 15 golds 2 silver and 2 bronze 4 5 France s Amaury Leveaux 1 46 70 Gregory Mallet 1 46 83 Clement Lefert 1 46 00 and Yannick Agnel 1 43 24 the fastest split in the field trailed behind their newest rivals in the pool by a couple of seconds to take home the silver in 7 02 77 6 Meanwhile China s Hao Yun 1 47 12 Li Yunqi 1 46 46 and Jiang Haiqi 1 47 17 struggled to keep their momentum throughout the race before Sun Yang dove into the pool at the final exchange Sun then produced an astonishing anchor of 1 45 55 to deliver the Chinese team a historic relay bronze medal in 7 06 30 holding off the aggressive German foursome of Paul Biedermann 1 46 15 Dimitri Colupaev 1 46 36 Tim Wallburger 1 47 48 and Clemens Rapp 1 46 60 by 29 hundredths of a second with a fourth place finish 7 06 59 7 8 Australia s Thomas Fraser Holmes 1 46 13 Kenrick Monk 1 46 67 Ned McKendry 1 47 60 and Ryan Napoleon 1 46 60 finished fifth in 7 07 00 while Great Britain 7 09 33 South Africa 7 09 65 and Hungary 7 13 66 also vied for an Olympic medal to round out a historic finish 8 9 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Final 3 References 4 External linksRecords editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp 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 10 11 Olympic record nbsp 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 12 Results editHeats edit 13 Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 1 2 4 nbsp United States Charlie Houchin 1 48 22 Matt McLean 1 46 68 Davis Tarwater 1 46 33 Conor Dwyer 1 45 52 7 06 75 Q 2 1 4 nbsp France Jeremy Stravius 1 47 42 Gregory Mallet 1 47 56 Amaury Leveaux 1 47 87 Clement Lefert 1 46 33 7 09 18 Q 3 1 5 nbsp Germany Tim Wallburger 1 48 10 Dimitri Colupaev 1 47 47 Clemens Rapp 1 48 04 Paul Biedermann 1 45 62 7 09 23 Q 4 2 3 nbsp Australia David McKeon 1 48 25 Cameron McEvoy 1 47 89 Ned McKendry 1 47 55 Ryan Napoleon 1 46 81 7 10 50 Q 5 2 6 nbsp Great Britain David Carry 1 48 82 Ross Davenport 1 47 59 Rob Bale 1 47 85 Robbie Renwick 1 46 44 7 10 70 Q 6 2 5 nbsp China Lu Zhiwu 1 48 83 Li Yunqi 1 47 27 Jiang Haiqi 1 47 56 Dai Jun 1 47 69 7 11 35 Q 7 1 8 nbsp South Africa Darian Townsend 1 48 09 Jean Basson 1 48 12 Sebastien Rousseau 1 47 67 Chad le Clos 1 47 63 7 11 51 Q 8 1 2 nbsp Hungary Dominik Kozma 1 47 24 Peter Bernek 1 48 94 Laszlo Cseh 1 48 19 Gergo Kis 1 47 27 7 11 64 Q 9 1 3 nbsp Japan Yuki Kobori 1 48 00 Sho Sotodate 1 47 30 Chiaki Ishibashi 1 48 38 Yuya Horihata 1 48 06 7 11 74 10 2 1 nbsp Russia Artem Lobuzov 1 48 30 Yevgeny Lagunov 1 47 40 Mikhail Polishchuk 1 48 82 Alexander Sukhorukov 1 47 34 7 11 86 11 1 6 nbsp Italy Gianluca Maglia 1 48 39 Alex Di Giorgio 1 47 83 Riccardo Maestri 1 47 94 Marco Belotti 1 48 53 7 12 69 12 2 8 nbsp Belgium Dieter Dekoninck 1 48 62 Glenn Surgeloose 1 48 22 Louis Croenen 1 49 32 Pieter Timmers 1 48 28 7 14 44 NR 13 1 1 nbsp Denmark Daniel Skaaning 1 48 98 Pal Joensen 1 49 40 Anders Lie 1 47 59 Mads Glaesner 1 49 07 7 15 04 NR 14 2 7 nbsp Canada Blake Worsley 1 48 23 Colin Russell 1 48 54 Tobias Oriwol 1 49 24 Alec Page 1 49 21 7 15 22 15 1 7 nbsp New Zealand Matthew Stanley 1 47 88 Steven Kent 1 49 92 Dylan Dunlop Barrett 1 49 51 Andrew McMillan 1 49 87 7 17 18 16 2 2 nbsp Austria David Brandl 1 49 80 Christian Scherubl 1 48 64 Markus Rogan 1 48 13 Florian Janistyn 1 51 37 7 17 94 Final edit 14 Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Time behind Notes nbsp 4 nbsp United States Ryan Lochte 1 45 15 Conor Dwyer 1 45 23 Ricky Berens 1 45 27 Michael Phelps 1 44 05 6 59 70 nbsp 5 nbsp France Amaury Leveaux 1 46 70 Gregory Mallet 1 46 83 Clement Lefert 1 46 00 Yannick Agnel 1 43 24 7 02 77 3 07 NR nbsp 7 nbsp China Hao Yun 1 47 12 Li Yunqi 1 46 46 Jiang Haiqi 1 47 17 Sun Yang 1 45 55 7 06 30 6 60 4 3 nbsp Germany Paul Biedermann 1 46 15 Dimitri Colupaev 1 46 36 Tim Wallburger 1 47 48 Clemens Rapp 1 46 60 7 06 59 6 89 5 6 nbsp Australia Thomas Fraser Holmes 1 46 13 Kenrick Monk 1 46 67 Ned McKendry 1 47 60 Ryan Napoleon 1 46 60 7 07 00 7 30 6 2 nbsp Great Britain Robbie Renwick 1 46 93 Ieuan Lloyd 1 47 40 Rob Bale 1 47 45 Ross Davenport 1 47 55 7 09 33 9 63 7 1 nbsp South Africa Darian Townsend 1 47 25 Sebastien Rousseau 1 47 36 Chad le Clos 1 47 15 Jean Basson 1 47 89 7 09 65 9 95 8 8 nbsp Hungary Dominik Kozma 1 46 94 Laszlo Cseh 1 48 06 Peter Bernek 1 48 74 Gergo Kis 1 49 92 7 13 66 13 96References edit Swimming Results amp Schedules London 2012 NBC Olympics 31 July 2012 Archived from the original on 3 July 2013 Retrieved 7 July 2013 Phelps breaks Olympic medal record Fox News 31 July 2012 Retrieved 10 July 2013 Michael Phelps makes history with 19th Olympic medal London 2012 NBC Olympics 31 July 2012 Archived from the original on 10 July 2013 Retrieved 10 July 2013 Rossingh Danielle 31 July 2012 Phelps Becomes Most Decorated Olympian With 19th Career Medal Bloomberg Retrieved 10 July 2013 Almasy Steve 31 July 2012 Fab Five brings home gymnastics gold CNN Retrieved 10 July 2013 Brooks Matt Shipley Amy 31 July 2012 Michael Phelps s gold rush continues 4 200 freestyle relay medal is record 19th The Washington Post Archived from the original on 19 April 2013 Retrieved 10 July 2013 Sun Yang leads team China to bronze in swimming relay Xinhua China Times 1 August 2012 Archived from the original on 2013 07 10 Retrieved 10 July 2013 a b 2012 London Olympics Michael Phelps Becomes Most Decorated Olympian of All Time With 19th Medal Anchors Team USA to Victory in 800 Free Relay Swimming World Magazine 31 July 2012 Archived from the original on 2013 11 05 Retrieved 10 July 2013 Phelps claims ultimate Olympic record ABC News Australia 1 August 2012 Retrieved 10 July 2013 Dillman Lisa 1 August 2009 Michael Phelps world records not wearing well Los Angeles Times Retrieved 10 July 2013 Michaelis Vicky 31 July 2009 Phelps earns relay gold medal Peirsol sets 200m backstroke mark USA Today Retrieved 10 July 2013 Stallman Jason 13 August 2008 Phelps Adds 2 More Gold Medals New York Times Retrieved 3 July 2013 Men s 4 200m Freestyle Relay Heats London2012 com LOCOG Archived from the original on 8 December 2012 Retrieved 27 July 2012 Men s 4 200m Freestyle Relay Final London2012 com LOCOG Archived from the original on 5 December 2012 Retrieved 31 July 2012 External links editNBC Olympics Coverage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics Men 27s 4 200 metre freestyle relay amp oldid 1175607544, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
