Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay; at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Paris Aquatics Centre, ;
Dates	30 July 2024 (heats and final)
Competitors	from 16 nations
Teams	16 teams
	← 2020 2028 →

The men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics will be held on 30July 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows^[1].

World Record	6:58.55	United States	31 Jul 2009	Rome
Olympic Record	6:58.56	United States	13 Aug 2008	Beijing

Qualification

For the relays, a maximum of 16 qualifying teams in each event must be permitted to accumulate a total of 112 relay teams; each NOC may enter only one team. The top three teams in each relay race at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan will directly book a slot for their corresponding event at the Olympics, while the remaining thirteen vying for qualification per relay race must attain their best time from the heats and finals at the combined 2023 and 2024 meet in Doha.^[2]^[3]

Competition format

The competition consists of three rounds: heats, semifinals, and a final. The swimmers with the best 16 times in the heats advance to the semifinals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Schedule

All times are Central European time (UTC+1)^[4]

Date	Time	Round
July 30, 2024	10:00	Heats
July 30, 2024	20:30	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Time	Notes
			Australia (AUS)
			Brazil (BRA)
			Canada (CAN)
			China (CHN)
			Spain (ESP)
			France (FRA)
			Great Britain (GBR)
			Germany (GER)
			Greece (GRE)
			Israel (ISR)
			Italy (ITA)
			Japan (JPN)
			South Korea (KOR)
			Lithuania (LTU)
			Switzerland (SUI)
			United States (USA)