Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 21. The heats and final took place on May 21.[1]
| Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 21, 2012 (heats and final) |
| Competitors | 46 from 10 nations |
| Winning time | 3:13.55 |
| Medalists | |
Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  United States |
3:08.24 | Beijing | August 11, 2008 |
| European record |  France |
3:08.32 | Beijing | August 11, 2008 |
| Championship record |  Russia |
3:12.46 | Budapest | August 9, 2010 |
Results edit
Heats edit
10 nations participate in 2 heats.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Dieter Dekoninck Pieter Timmers Emmanuel Vanluchene Yoris Grandjean |
 Belgium |
3:16.14 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Markus Deibler Steffen Deibler Dimitri Colupaev Marco di Carli |
 Germany |
3:16.82 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Alain Bernard Medhy Metella Lorys Bourelly Jérémy Stravius |
France |
3:16.90 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Gianluca Maglia Luca Leonardi Andrea Rolla Michele Santucci |
 Italy |
3:18.10 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Vitaly Syrnikov Oleg Tikhobaev Viacheslav Andrusenko Nikita Konovalov |
Russia |
3:18.20 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Dominik Kozma László Cseh Péter Bernek Krisztián Takács |
 Hungary |
3:18.40 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Stefan Nystrand Lars Frölander Petter Stymne Mattias Carlsson |
 Sweden |
3:18.95 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Flori Lang Dominik Meichtry Daniel Rast Aurelien Künzi |
 Switzerland |
3:20.23 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 4 | Radovan Siljevski Boris Stojanović Velimir Stjepanović Ivan Lenđer |
 Serbia |
3:21.93 | NR |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Gard Kvale Lavrans Solli Sverre Naess Ole Martin Ree |
 Norway |
3:25.50 | NR |
Final edit
The final was held at 18:18.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
3 | Amaury Leveaux Alain Bernard Frédérick Bousquet Jérémy Stravius |
France |
3:13.55 | |
 |
6 | Andrea Rolla Marco Orsi Michele Santucci Filippo Magnini |
Italy |
3:14.71 | |
 |
2 | Vitaly Syrnikov Oleg Tikhobaev Nikita Konovalov Viacheslav Andrusenko |
Russia |
3:15.13 | |
| 4 | 4 | Emmanuel Vanluchene Jasper Aerents Dieter Dekoninck Pieter Timmers |
Belgium |
3:15.34 | NR |
| 5 | 1 | Stefan Nystrand Petter Stymne Lars Frölander Mattias Carlsson |
Sweden |
3:17.12 | |
| 6 | 7 | Dominik Kozma László Cseh Péter Bernek Krisztián Takács |
Hungary |
3:17.23 | NR |
| 7 | 5 | Christoph Fildebrandt Markus Deibler Dimitri Colupaev Marco di Carli |
Germany |
3:17.55 | |
| 8 | 8 | Dominik Meichtry Flori Lang Daniel Rast Aurelien Künzi |
Switzerland |
3:20.00 |
References edit
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Heats results Archived 2012-05-26 at the Wayback Machine, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ^ 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.