Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates25 July 2021 (heats)
26 July 2021 (final)
Competitors70 from 16 nations
Teams16
Winning time3:08.97
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Bowe Becker, Zach Apple, Brooks Curry*  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alessandro Miressi, Thomas Ceccon, Lorenzo Zazzeri, Manuel Frigo, Santo Condorelli*  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matthew Temple, Zac Incerti, Alexander Graham, Kyle Chalmers, Cameron McEvoy*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.		  Australia

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 25 and 26 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the thirteenth appearance of the event, which has been held from 1964 to 1972 and then at every Games since 1984.

Records

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

World record
3:08.24 Beijing, China11 August 2008[2][3]
Olympic record
3:08.24 Beijing, China11 August 2008[2][3]

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The top 12 teams in this event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships qualified for the Olympics. An additional 4 teams will qualify through having the fastest times at approved qualifying events during the qualifying period (1 March 2019 to 30 May 2020).[4]

Competition format

The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The relay teams with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[5]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]

Date Time Round
Sunday, 25 July 202120:30Heats
Monday, 26 July 202112:05Final

Results

Heats

The relay teams with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[6]

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
115 ItalyAlessandro Miressi (47.46)
Santo Condorelli (47.90)
Lorenzo Zazzeri (47.29)
Manuel Frigo (47.64)		3:10.29Q, NR
224 United StatesBrooks Curry (48.84)
Blake Pieroni (47.71)
Bowen Becker (47.59)
Zach Apple (47.19)		3:11.33Q
325 AustraliaCameron McEvoy (49.18)
Zac Incerti (47.64)
Alexander Graham (48.44)
Kyle Chalmers (46.63)		3:11.89Q
416 FranceClément Mignon (48.58)
Maxime Grousset (47.41)
Charles Rihoux (48.27)
Mehdy Metella (48.09)		3:12.35Q
513 BrazilBreno Correia (48.67)
Pedro Spajari (48.15)
Gabriel Santos (48.43)
Marcelo Chierighini (47.34)		3:12.59Q
626 HungaryKristóf Milák (48.56)
Szebasztián Szabó (48.44)
Richárd Bohus (48.27)
Nándor Németh (47.46)		3:12.73Q
722 CanadaBrent Hayden (48.51)
Joshua Liendo (47.67)
Ruslan Gaziev (49.04)
Yuri Kisil (47.78)		3:13.00Q
814 ROCVladislav Grinev (48.39)
Andrey Minakov (47.48)
Vladimir Morozov (48.13)
Aleksandr Shchegolev (49.13)		3:13.13Q
923 Great BritainMatthew Richards (48.23)
James Guy (48.03)
Joe Litchfield (49.41)
Jacob Whittle (47.50)		3:13.17
1017 SerbiaVelimir Stjepanović (48.74)
Andrej Barna (47.50)
Uroš Nikolić (48.94)
Nikola Aćin (48.53)		3:13.71NR
1118 PolandKarol Ostrowski (48.67)
Kacper Majchrzak (49.02)
Konrad Czerniak (48.51)
Jakub Kraska (47.68)		3:13.88NR
1221 NetherlandsNyls Korstanje (49.15)
Stan Pijnenburg (47.35)
Thom de Boer (49.39)
Jesse Puts (48.18)		3:14.07
1311 JapanKatsumi Nakamura (48.56)
Shinri Shioura (48.63)
Akira Namba (48.66)
Kaiya Seki (48.59)		3:14.44
1427 SwitzerlandRoman Mityukov (48.46)
Nils Liess (49.17)
Noè Ponti (48.62)
Antonio Djakovic (48.40)		3:14.65
1512 GreeceAndreas Vazaios (48.65)
Kristian Gkolomeev (47.95)
Odysseus Meladinis (49.69)
Apostolos Christou (49.00)		3:15.29
1628 GermanyDamian Wierling (48.96)
Marius Kusch (48.71)
Christoph Fildebrandt (48.72)
Jan Eric Friese (48.95)		3:15.34

Final

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RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)5 United StatesCaeleb Dressel (47.26)
Blake Pieroni (47.58)
Bowe Becker (47.44)
Zach Apple (46.69)		3:08.97
2nd place, silver medalist(s)4 ItalyAlessandro Miressi (47.72)
Thomas Ceccon (47.45)
Lorenzo Zazzeri (47.31)
Manuel Frigo (47.63)		3:10.11NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3 AustraliaMatthew Temple (48.07)
Zac Incerti (47.55)
Alexander Graham (48.16)
Kyle Chalmers (46.44)		3:10.22
41 CanadaBrent Hayden (47.99)
Joshua Liendo (47.51)
Yuri Kisil (47.15)
Markus Thormeyer (48.17)		3:10.82NR
57 HungaryKristóf Milák (48.24)
Szebasztián Szabó (47.44)
Richárd Bohus (47.81)
Nándor Németh (47.57)		3:11.06NR
66 FranceMaxime Grousset (47.52)
Florent Manaudou (47.62)
Clément Mignon (48.01)
Mehdy Metella (47.94)		3:11.09
78 ROCAndrei Minakov (47.71)
Vladislav Grinev (47.94)
Vladimir Morozov (48.15)
Kliment Kolesnikov (48.40)		3:12.20
82 BrazilBreno Correia (48.69)
Pedro Spajari (48.24)
Gabriel Santos (48.76)
Marcelo Chierighini (47.72)		3:13.41

References

  1. 1 2 "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 Abrahamson, Alan (11 August 2008). "Lezak's classic finish delivers gold". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  3. 1 2 Longman, Jere (11 August 2008). "As Swimming Records Fall, Technology Muddies the Water". New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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