Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the 2009 FINA World Championships
Venue	Foro Italico
Date	2 August 2009
Teams	47
Winning time	3:27.28 WR
Medalists
United States Aaron Peirsol, Eric Shanteau, Michael Phelps, David Walters, Matt Grevers*, Mark Gangloff*, Tyler McGill*, Nathan Adrian*    Germany Helge Meeuw, Hendrik Feldwehr, Benjamin Starke, Paul Biedermann    Australia Ashley Delaney, Brenton Rickard, Andrew Lauterstein, Matt Targett, Christian Sprenger* * Swimmers who participated in the heats only

The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships took place on 2 August 2009 at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

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

World Record	United States (USA) Aaron Peirsol (53.16) Brendan Hansen (59.27) Michael Phelps (50.15) Jason Lezak (46.76)	3:29.34	Beijing, China	17 August 2008
Championship Record	United States (USA) Aaron Peirsol (53.71) Brendan Hansen (59.61) Ian Crocker (50.39) Jason Lezak (47.83)	3:31.54	Barcelona, Spain	27 July 2003

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
2 August	Heat 3	Helge Meeuw (52.46) Hendrik Feldwehr (58.22) Benjamin Starke (51.11) Paul Biedermann (47.69)	Germany (GER)	3:29.48	CR
2 August	Final	Aaron Peirsol (52.19) CR Eric Shanteau (58.57) Michael Phelps (49.72) David Walters (46.80)	United States (USA)	3:27.28	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	3	7	Germany	Helge Meeuw (52.46) NR Hendrik Feldwehr (58.22) Benjamin Starke (51.11) Paul Biedermann (47.69)	3:29.48	CR, ER
2	4	4	Australia	Ashley Delaney (53.29) Christian Sprenger (58.88) Andrew Lauterstein (50.16) Matt Targett (47.51)	3:29.84	OC
3	5	4	United States	Matt Grevers (53.20) Mark Gangloff (58.68) Tyler McGill (50.82) Nathan Adrian (47.24)	3:29.94
4	3	6	France	Jérémy Stravius (53.90) Hugues Duboscq (58.75) Clement Lefert (50.58) Alain Bernard (46.86)	3:30.09	NR
5	4	3	Brazil	Guilherme Guido (53.61) SA Henrique Barbosa (58.84) Gabriel Mangabeira (50.16) Nicolas Oliveira (47.64)	3:30.25	SA
6	5	5	Russia	Arkady Vyatchanin (53.27) Grigory Falko (59.64) Yevgeny Korotyshkin (50.45) Yevgeny Lagunov (47.19)	3:30.55	NR
7	3	5	United Kingdom	Liam Tancock (53.49) James Gibson (59.11) Michael Rock (50.71) Simon Burnett (47.37)	3:30.68	NR
8	3	4	Japan	Ryosuke Irie (52.50) Ryo Tateishi (59.26) Takuro Fujii (50.52) Rammaru Harada (48.46)	3:30.74	AS
9	5	2	Canada	Pascal Wollach (53.90) Mathieu Bois (58.86) Joe Bartoch (51.39) Brent Hayden (46.87)	3:31.02	NR
10	5	3	South Africa	George Du Rand (53.90) Cameron van der Burgh (58.32) Lyndon Ferns (52.06) Graeme Moore (47.25)	3:31.53	AF
11	4	5	New Zealand	Daniel Bell (53.85) NR Glenn Snyders (59.75) Corney Swanepoel (50.45) Cameron Gibson (47.53)	3:31.58	NR
12	3	3	Spain	Aschwin Wildeboer (52.70) Melquiades Alvarez (59.15) Rafael Muñoz (50.52) Jose Antonio Alonso (49.74)	3:32.11	NR
13	5	6	Italy	Enrico Catalano (54.76) Luca Pizzini (1:00.12) Mattia Nalesso (51.80) Christian Galenda (46.74)	3:33.42	NR
14	4	6	Greece	Aristeidis Grigoriadis (54.08) Romanos Alyfantis (1:00.87) Stefanos Dimitriadis (51.87) Ioannis Kalargaris (48.51)	3:35.33
15	4	0	Lithuania	Vytautas Janušaitis (54.77) Giedrius Titenis (59.26) Rimvydas Salcius (52.80) Paulius Viktoravicius (48.57)	3:35.40	NR
16	4	7	China	He Jianbin (55.05) Zhang Guoying (1:01.18) Zhou Jiawei (51.03) Chen Zuo (48.60)	3:35.86	NR
17	5	8	Israel	Guy Barnea (54.29) Tom Be'eri (1:01.75) Alon Mandel (51.60) Nimrod Shapira Bar Or (48.59)	3:36.23	NR
18	1	8	Slovenia	Robi Zbogar (56.41) Damir Dugonjič (1:00.17) Peter Mankoč (50.86) Jernej Godec (49.35)	3:36.79
19	1	7	Ukraine	Andriy Kovbasa (56.21) Igor Borysik (59.52) Denys Dubrov (51.87) Andrii Govorov (49.39)	3:36.99
20	1	4	Czech Republic	Tomas Fucik (55.88) Petr Bartunek (1:01.28) Michal Rubáček (51.26) Martin Verner (48.68)	3:37.10	NR
21	4	2	Romania	Răzvan Florea (54.45) Dragos Agache (1:01.51) Alexandru Felix Maestru (53.18) Norbert Trandafir (48.43)	3:37.57	NR
21	5	7	Belarus	Pavel Sankovich (54.57) Viktor Vabishchevich (1:01.32) Evgeny Lazuka (51.74) Andrei Radzionau (49.94)	3:37.57
23	4	1	Kazakhstan	Stanislav Osinsky (56.73) Vladislav Polyakov (59.59) Rustam Khudiyev (53.51) Stanislav Kuzmin (48.82)	3:38.65	NR
24	2	4	Ireland	Karl Burdis (54.44) NR Barry Murphy (1:00.92) Conor Leaney (54.93) Ryan Harrison (49.58)	3:39.87	NR
25	1	6	Switzerland	Flori Lang (55.41) Benjamin Le Maguet (1:03.12) Damien Courtois (53.92) Gregory Widmer (48.65)	3:41.10	NR
26	5	0	Estonia	Andres Olvik (56.80) Martti Aljand (1:00.89) Sten Indrikson (54.81) Vladimir Sidorkin (50.62)	3:43.12
27	5	9	Uzbekistan	Danil Bugakov (56.93) Ivan Demyanenko (1:02.73) Sergey Pankov (55.38) Daniil Tulupov (50.19)	3:45.23
28	3	1	Colombia	Omar Pinzón (55.29) Jorge Murillo (1:03.82) Carlos Viveros Madariaga (55.89) Julio Galofre Montes (51.45)	3:46.45	NR
29	4	8	Singapore	Ng Kai Wee Rainer (57.33) Tan Jinwen Mark (1:04.84) Tan Xue Wei Nicholas (55.07) Lim Clement (51.50)	3:48.74	NR
30	2	6	India	Ashwin Menon (1:00.83) Sandeep Sejwal (1:02.28) Rehan Poncha (55.52) Virdhawal Khade (50.22)	3:48.85
31	3	8	Philippines	Charles William Walker (58.92) Miguel Molina (1:03.87) James Walsh (55.63) Daniel Coakley (51.23)	3:49.65
32	4	9	Peru	Sebastian Jahnsen Madico (1:00.98) Pedro Luna Llamosas (1:06.88) Emmanuel Crescimbeni (55.29) Sebastian Arispe Silva (52.20)	3:55.35	NR
33	3	9	Macau	Tong Antonio (1:01.00) Ma Chan Wai (1:07.84) Wong Wing Cheung Victor (55.56) Lao Kuan Fong (53.04)	3:57.44
34	2	2	Senegal	Matar Samb (1:04.43) Malick Fall (1:00.48) Papa Madiop Ndong (1:01.19) Abdoul Khadre Mbaye Niane (52.60)	3:58.70
35	2	3	United Arab Emirates	Mohammed Al Ghaferi (1:02.12) Mubarak Al-Besher (1:07.18) Obaid Al-Jasmi (56.91) Saeed Al Jasmi (54.16)	4:00.37
36	2	5	Armenia	Khachik Plavchyan (1:01.08) Andranik Harutyunyan (1:10.46) Mikayel Koloyan (57.82) Harutyun Harutyunyan (55.53)	4:04.89	NR
37	2	7	Papua New Guinea	Ryan Pini (55.80) Ian Bond Wolongkatop Nakmai (1:10.99) Peter Popahun Pokawin (1:03.53) Daniel Kevin Pryke (55.30)	4:05.62
38	1	5	Malta	Mark Sammut (1:04.59) Andrea Agius (1:08.51) Neil Agius (59.42) Edward Caruana Dingli (55.97)	4:08.49
39	1	2	Tahiti	Vincent Perry (1:06.05) Rainui Teriipaia (1:06.79) Heimanu Sichan (1:00.93) Anthony Clark (55.01)	4:08.78
40	2	8	Albania	Sidni Hoxha (1:05.41) Jurgen Fici (1:16.19) Endi Babi (58.20) Jon Pepaj (56.33)	4:16.13
41	1	3	Mozambique	Leonel Matonse (1:06.20) Ivo Chilaule (1:13.45) Gerusio Matonse (1:05.38) Patricio Vera (56.78)	4:21.81
42	2	0	Northern Mariana Islands	Kailan Staal (1:09.11) Eli Ebenezer Wong (1:08.28) Cooper Graf (1:10.20) Shin Kimura (1:02.18)	4:29.77
-	2	9	Croatia		DNS
-	3	0	Kuwait		DNS
-	5	1	Uruguay		DNS
-	2	1	Mauritius	Ronny Vencatachellum Kevin Cheung Jean Marie Froget Jean Hugues Gregoire	DQ
-	3	2	Netherlands	Nick Driebergen Lennart Stekelenburg Joeri Verlinden Sebastiaan Verschuren	DQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Note
	3	United States	Aaron Peirsol (52.19) CR Eric Shanteau (58.57) Michael Phelps (49.72) David Walters (46.80)	3:27.28	WR
	4	Germany	Helge Meeuw (52.27) ER Hendrik Feldwehr (58.51) Benjamin Starke (50.91) Paul Biedermann (46.89)	3:28.58	ER
	5	Australia	Ashley Delaney (53.10) Brenton Rickard (57.80) Andrew Lauterstein (50.58) Matt Targett (47.16)	3:28.64	OC
4	2	Brazil	Guilherme Guido (53.78) Henrique Barbosa (58.68) Gabriel Mangabeira (50.48) César Cielo Filho (46.22)	3:29.16	SA
5	6	France	Jérémy Stravius (53.96) Hugues Duboscq (58.54) Clement Lefert (50.97) Alain Bernard (46.26)	3:29.73	NR
6	7	Russia	Arkady Vyatchanin (52.57) NR Grigory Falko (1:00.00) Yevgeny Korotyshkin (50.57) Andrey Grechin (47.46)	3:30.60
7	8	Japan	Junya Koga (52.90) Ryo Tateishi (58.90) Takuro Fujii (50.68) Rammaru Harada (48.43)	3:30.91
-	1	United Kingdom	Liam Tancock (53.71) James Gibson (59.46) Michael Rock Simon Burnett	DSQ

External links

• Heats Results
• Final Results