Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29, 2011 with the heats and final.

Men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 29, 2011 (heats and final)
Competitors72 from 16 nations
Winning time7:02.67
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    France
bronze medal    China
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Records edit

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record
Championship record
Michael Phelps (1:44.49)
Ricky Berens (1:44.13)
David Walters (1:45.47)
Ryan Lochte (1:44.46)
  United States 6:58.55 Rome July 31, 2009

Results edit

Heats edit

16 nations participated in 3 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 3 4   United States David Walters (1:48.01)
Conor Dwyer (1:47.31)
Ricky Berens (1:46.99)
Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.53)
7:08.84 Q
2 3 3   Japan Takeshi Matsuda (1:47.57)
Yoshihiro Okumura (1:47.64)
Sho Uchida (1:48.57)
Shogo Hihara (1:46.68)
7:10.46 Q
3 2 5   France Jérémy Stravius (1:47.49)
Grégory Mallet (1:47.98)
Sébastien Rouault (1:49.61)
Yannick Agnel (1:46.52)
7:11.60 Q
4 1 5   Australia Kenrick Monk (1:48.77)
Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:48.14)
Jarrod Killey (1:47.19)
Ryan Napoleon (1:47.70)
7:11.80 Q
5 2 6   Italy Gianluca Maglia (1:49.00)
Filippo Magnini (1:46.97)
Marco Belotti (1:48.17)
Samuel Pizzetti (1:48.04)
7:12.18 Q
6 1 4   China Wang Shun (1:48.04)
Zhang Lin (1:46.98)
Jiang Yuhui (1:49.90)
Li Yunqi (1:47.27)
7:12.19 Q
7 2 3   Great Britain David Carry (1:47.96)
Ross Davenport (1:48.08)
Jak Scott (1:49.26)
Robert Renwick (1:47.85)
7:13.15 Q
8 3 5   Germany Tim Wallburger (1:48.05)
Yannick Lebherz (1:49.46)
Clemens Rapp (1:49.34)
Paul Biedermann (1:46.46)
7:13.31 Q
9 2 7   Austria David Brandl (1:48.95)
Christian Scherübl (1:48.35)
Markus Rogan (1:48.04)
Dinko Jukić (1:48.00)
7:13.34
10 1 3   Canada Blake Worsley (1:48.69)
Colin Russell (1:49.20)
Chad Bobrosky (1:48.05)
Stefan Hirniak (1:47.79)
7:13.73
11 2 4   Russia Danila Izotov (1:48.04)
Yevgeny Lagunov (1:48.60)
Artem Lobuzov (1:48.76)
Alexander Sukhorukov (1:48.72)
7:14.12
12 3 6   South Africa Darian Townsend (1:47.98)
Jean Basson (1:48.67)
Jan Venter (1:49.85)
Sebastien Rousseau (1:49.15)
7:15.65
13 1 6   Belgium Dieter Dekoninck (1:49.77)
Glenn Surgeloose (1:49.07)
Mathieu Fonteyn (1:50.77)
Pieter Timmers (1:47.78)
7:17.39 NR
14 1 2   Brazil Nicolas Oliveira (1:49.47)
André Schultz (1:50.32)
Rodrigo Castro (1:49.72)
João de Lucca (1:48.93)
7:18.44
15 3 2   Venezuela Daniele Tirabassi (1:49.48)
Crox Acuña (1:49.80)
Ricardo Monasterio (1:54.13)
Cristian Quintero (1:48.34)
7:21.75
16 3 7   Czech Republic Jan Šefl (1:51.64)
Michal Rubáček (1:51.79)
Martin Verner (1:49.82)
Květoslav Svoboda (1:51.21)
7:24.46 NR
2 2   South Korea DNS

Final edit

The final was held at 19:41.[2]

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
  4   United States Michael Phelps (1:45.53)
Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.07)
Ricky Berens (1:46.51)
Ryan Lochte (1:44.56)
7:02.67
  3   France Yannick Agnel (1:45.25)
Grégory Mallet (1:46.81)
Jérémy Stravius (1:45.40)
Fabien Gilot (1:47.35)
7:04.81 NR
  7   China Wang Shun (1:47.09)
Zhang Lin (1:46.14)
Li Yunqi (1:47.30)
Sun Yang (1:45.14)
7:05.67 NR
4 8   Germany Paul Biedermann (1:45.20)
Tim Wallburger (1:47.70)
Christoph Fildebrandt (1:48.16)
Benjamin Starke (1:47.26)
7:08.32
5 6   Australia Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:48.35)
Kenrick Monk (1:45.84)
Jarrod Killey (1:48.01)
Ryan Napoleon (1:46.28)
7:08.48
6 1   Great Britain Ross Davenport (1:47.31)
David Carry (1:47.47)
Jak Scott (1:48.78)
Robert Renwick (1:47.28)
7:10.84
7 5   Japan Takeshi Matsuda (1:47.37)
Shogo Hihara (1:46.87)
Yuki Kobori (1:47.74)
Yoshihiro Okumura (1:48.94)
7:10.92
8 2   Italy Gianluca Maglia (1:48.57)
Filippo Magnini (1:47.54)
Marco Belotti (1:47.97)
Samuel Pizzetti (1:48.18)
7:12.26

References edit

  1. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-29.

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