Swimming — 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Times held 13
Total participants 789
Total countries 63

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1964 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Olympic 56 13
1968 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Olympic 69 16
1972 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Olympic 63 14
1984 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Olympic 99 23
1988 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Olympic 95 22
1992 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Olympic 81 18
1996 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Olympic 83 19
2000 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Olympic 100 23
2004 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Olympic 75 16
2008 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Olympic 72 16
2012 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Olympic 71 15
2016 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Olympic 73 16
2020 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Olympic 70 16

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1964 United StatesUSA Unified Team of GermanyGER AustraliaAUS
1968 United StatesUSA Soviet UnionURS AustraliaAUS
1972 United StatesUSA Soviet UnionURS East GermanyGDR
1984 United StatesUSA AustraliaAUS SwedenSWE
1988 United StatesUSA Soviet UnionURS East GermanyGDR
1992 United StatesUSA Unified TeamEUN GermanyGER
1996 United StatesUSA Russian FederationRUS GermanyGER
2000 AustraliaAUS United StatesUSA BrazilBRA
2004 South AfricaRSA NetherlandsNED United StatesUSA
2008 United StatesUSA FranceFRA AustraliaAUS
2012 FranceFRA United StatesUSA Russian FederationRUS
2016 United StatesUSA FranceFRA AustraliaAUS
2020 United StatesUSA ItalyITA AustraliaAUS

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 10 2 1 13
France FRA 1 2 0 3
Australia AUS 1 1 5 7
South Africa RSA 1 0 0 1
Soviet Union URS 0 3 0 3
Germany GER 0 1 2 3
Russian Federation RUS 0 1 1 2
Italy ITA 0 1 0 1
Netherlands NED 0 1 0 1
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
East Germany GDR 0 0 2 2
Brazil BRA 0 0 1 1
Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Matt Biondi USA 3 0 0 3
Tom Jager USA 3 0 0 3
Michael Phelps USA 2 1 1 4
Nathan Adrian USA 2 1 0 3
Shaun Jordan USA 2 0 0 2
Jon Olsen USA 2 0 0 2
Mark Spitz USA 2 0 0 2
Blake Pieroni USA 2 0 0 2
Caeleb Dressel USA 2 0 0 2

Participation by year

Country # 1964 1968 1972 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Australia AUS 12 Bronze Bronze 10 Silver 8 6 Gold 6 Bronze 4 Bronze Bronze
Austria AUT 1 DQ
Belarus BLR 1 10
Belgium BEL 2 8 6
Bermuda BER 1 16
Brazil BRA 11 4 10 12 6 4 Bronze 12 DQ 9 5 8
Canada CAN 11 11 7 5 7 9 13 9 6 10 7 4
Colombia COL 1 15
Croatia CRO 3 14 19 13
Denmark DEN 2 10 18
East Germany GDR 3 5 Bronze Bronze
Ecuador ECU 1 15
Egypt EGY 2 DQ DQ
El Salvador ESA 2 16 14
Finland FIN 2 14 12
France FRA 12 AC r2/2 7 6 4 4 11 7 7 Silver Gold Silver 6
Germany GER 9 Silver Bronze Bronze 4 8 15 6 11 16
Great Britain GBR 10 7 4 5 7 7 8 9 8 12 9
Greece GRE 3 14 10 15
Guam GUM 1 13
Guatemala GUA 2 21 17
Honduras HON 1 22
Hong Kong, China HKG 2 16 15
Hungary HUN 5 9 9 14 DQ 5
Israel ISR 1 14
Italy ITA 10 9 8 8 10 5 =4 4 7 9 Silver
Jamaica JAM 1 18
Japan JPN 6 4 8 13 14 8 13
Kazakhstan KAZ 2 DQ 21
Kuwait KUW 0 DNS
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2 18 20
Lithuania LTU 2 16 11
Mexico MEX 5 12 12 12 16 13
Netherlands NED 9 10 11 11 11 5 DQ Silver 10 12
New Zealand NZL 3 9 9 11
People's Republic of China CHN 6 15 DQ 15 12 11 DQ
Peru PER 1 13
Philippines PHI 2 14 13
Poland POL 2 12 11
Portugal POR 1 14
Puerto Rico PUR 4 13 14 12 16
ROC ROC 1 7
Republic of Korea KOR 1 17
Romania ROU 2 10 14
Russian Federation RUS 6 Silver 8 =4 9 Bronze 4
Serbia SRB 2 13 10
Singapore SGP 2 17 15 DNS
South Africa RSA 5 11 11 Gold 7 5
Soviet Union URS 4 6 Silver Silver Silver
Spain ESP 4 10 8 15 13
Sweden SWE 9 5 11 Bronze 5 5 7 6 DQ 5
Switzerland SUI 3 9 13 14
Türkiye TUR 1 19
Ukraine UKR 2 12 10
Unified Team EUN 1 Silver
United Arab Emirates UAE 2 19 18
United States USA 13 Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Gold Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 2 20 18
Uzbekistan UZB 2 17 DQ
Venezuela VEN 4 12 13 17 15
West Germany FRG 4 6 6 4 6