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4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men

Date	3 – 4 August 2024
Status	Olympic
Location	Paris La Défense Arena, Nanterre, France
Participants	74 from 16 countries

The men’s medley relay had been contested 16 times at the Olympic Games, and the United States had won it 15 times, failing only in 1980 when the USA did not send a team to the Moskva Olympics. But the streak would end in Paris.

The United States won the second heat of the preliminary round, but was only the third qualifier after France and China went 1-2 in the first heat.

The USA never led in the final as China took the early lead on the strength of Xu Jiayu’s opening backstroke leg. France took over them on the third leg, but the USA moved into second, as Caeleb Dressel recorded 49.41 in the butterfly leg. Then, Pan Zhanle, the 100 metre gold medalist in world record time, took over. Hunter Armstrong split 47.19 as the American anchor, but Pan went 1.27 seconds faster, splitting 45.92 and bringing China the gold medal, and ending the USA streak. Pan’s split was the fastest ever relay leg.

France held on for the bronze medal. Léon Marchand, who swam the breaststroke leg for them, won his fifth medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics, after four individual gold medals.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:31.58 (2 h1)	3:27.46 (1)	Gold
	Xu Jiayu • Qin Haiyang • Sun Jiajun • Pan Zhanle • Wang Changhao
2	United States	USA	3:31.62 (1 h2)	3:28.01 (2)	Silver
	Ryan Murphy • Nic Fink • Caeleb Dressel • Hunter Armstrong • Charlie Swanson • Thomas Heilman • Jack Alexy
3	France	FRA	3:31.36 (1 h1)	3:28.38 (3)	Bronze
	Yohann Ndoye-Brouard • Léon Marchand • Maxime Grousset • Florent Manaudou • Clément Secchi • Rafael Fente Damers
4	Great Britain	GBR	3:32.13 (2 h2)	3:29.60 (4)
	Oliver Morgan • Adam Peaty • Duncan Scott • Matt Richards • Joe Litchfield
5	Canada	CAN	3:32.33 (4 h2)	3:31.27 (5)
	Blake Tierney • Finlay Knox • Ilya Kharun • Josh Liendo • Javier Acevedo
6	Australia	AUS	3:32.24 (3 h2)	3:31.86 (6)
	Isaac Cooper • Joshua Yong • Matthew Temple • Kyle Chalmers • Ben Armbruster
7	Germany	GER	3:32.51 (4 h1)	3:32.46 (7)
	Ole Braunschweig • Melvin Imoudu • Luca Armbruster • Josha Salchow • Lucas Matzerath
8	Netherlands	NED	3:31.80 (3 h1)	3:32.52 (8)
	Kai van Westering • Caspar Corbeau • Nyls Korstanje • Stan Pijnenburg
9	Italy	ITA	3:32.71 (5 h2)	–
	Thomas Ceccon • Nicolò Martinenghi • Giacomo Carini • Alessandro Miressi
10	Poland	POL	3:33.70 (5 h1)	–
	Ksawery Masiuk • Jan Kałusowski • Jakub Majerski • Bartosz Piszczorowicz
11	Ireland	IRL	3:33.81 (6 h2)	–
	Conor Ferguson • Darragh Greene • Max McCusker • Shane Ryan
12	Austria	AUT	3:34.03 (6 h1)	–
	Bernhard Reitshammer • Valentin Bayer • Simon Bucher • Heiko Gigler
13	Republic of Korea	KOR	3:34.68 (7 h2)	–
	Lee Ju-Ho • Choi Dong-Yeol • Kim Ji-Hun • Hwang Seon-U
14	Japan	JPN	3:34.84 (7 h1)	–
	Riku Matsuyama • Taku Taniguchi • Naoki Mizunuma • Katsuhiro Matsumoto
15	Switzerland	SUI	3:38.74 (8 h1)	–
	Roman Mityukov • Jérémy Desplanches • Nils Liess • Antonio Djakovic
DQ	Spain	ESP	– (DQ h2)	–
	Hugo González • Carles Coll • Mario Mollà • Sergio de Celis

Round One

Date	3 August 2024 — 12:40
Format	Top eight finishers advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	–	France	FRA	3:31.36	Q
2	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:31.58	Q
3	–	United States	USA	3:31.62	Q
4	–	Netherlands	NED	3:31.80	Q
5	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:32.13	Q
6	–	Australia	AUS	3:32.24	Q
7	–	Canada	CAN	3:32.33	Q
8	–	Germany	GER	3:32.51	Q
9	–	Italy	ITA	3:32.71
10	–	Poland	POL	3:33.70
11	–	Ireland	IRL	3:33.81
12	–	Austria	AUT	3:34.03
13	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	3:34.68
14	–	Japan	JPN	3:34.84
15	–	Switzerland	SUI	3:38.74
DQ	–	Spain	ESP	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 metre Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	France	FRA	3:31.36	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Yohann Ndoye-Brouard		–	0.56	25.98	52.99 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Léon Marchand		–	0.30	27.70	59.03 (3)	1:52.02 (1)
Butterfly	–	Clément Secchi		–	0.44	23.60	51.39 (5)	2:43.41 (1)
Freestyle	–	Rafael Fente Damers		–	0.12	22.80	47.95 (5)	– (–)
2	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:31.58	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Xu Jiayu		–	0.55	25.61	53.58 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Qin Haiyang		–	0.35	26.80	58.51 (1)	1:52.09 (2)
Butterfly	–	Wang Changhao		–	0.24	23.74	51.75 (7)	2:43.84 (3)
Freestyle	–	Pan Zhanle		–	0.32	22.87	47.74 (1)	– (–)
3	–	Netherlands	NED	3:31.80	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Kai van Westering		–	0.62	26.30	54.49 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Caspar Corbeau		–	0.28	27.38	58.94 (2)	1:53.43 (3)
Butterfly	–	Nyls Korstanje		–	0.31	22.97	50.27 (1)	2:43.70 (2)
Freestyle	–	Stan Pijnenburg		–	0.30	22.97	48.10 (6)	– (–)
4	–	Germany	GER	3:32.51	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Ole Braunschweig		–	0.60	25.99	54.05 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Lucas Matzerath		–	0.28	27.56	59.54 (4)	1:53.59 (4)
Butterfly	–	Luca Armbruster		–	-0.02	23.04	51.01 (2)	2:44.60 (4)
Freestyle	–	Josha Salchow		–	0.28	22.85	47.91 (4)	– (–)
5	–	Poland	POL	3:33.70	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Ksawery Masiuk		–	0.60	25.64	53.76 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Jan Kałusowski		–	0.16	27.93	59.94 (5)	1:53.70 (5)
Butterfly	–	Jakub Majerski		–	0.24	23.90	51.18 (4)	2:44.88 (5)
Freestyle	–	Bartosz Piszczorowicz		–	0.23	22.88	48.82 (7)	– (–)
6	–	Austria	AUT	3:34.03	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Bernhard Reitshammer		–	0.61	26.22	54.97 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Valentin Bayer		–	0.20	27.71	1:00.02 (6)	1:54.99 (6)
Butterfly	–	Simon Bucher		–	0.11	23.84	51.16 (3)	2:46.15 (6)
Freestyle	–	Heiko Gigler		–	0.26	22.32	47.88 (=2)	– (–)
7	–	Japan	JPN	3:34.84	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Riku Matsuyama		–	0.54	26.27	55.11 (8)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Taku Taniguchi		–	0.16	27.99	1:00.22 (7)	1:55.33 (8)
Butterfly	–	Naoki Mizunuma		–	0.20	23.97	51.63 (6)	2:46.96 (7)
Freestyle	–	Katsuhiro Matsumoto		–	0.31	22.67	47.88 (=2)	– (–)
8	–	Switzerland	SUI	3:38.74	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Roman Mityukov		–	0.54	26.02	54.27 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Jérémy Desplanches		–	0.24	28.06	1:00.73 (8)	1:55.00 (7)
Butterfly	–	Nils Liess		–	0.23	24.64	54.64 (8)	2:49.64 (8)
Freestyle	–	Antonio Djakovic		–	0.25	23.54	49.10 (8)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 metre Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	United States	USA	3:31.62	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Hunter Armstrong		–	0.64	25.85	53.26 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Charlie Swanson		–	0.46	27.62	59.73 (6)	1:52.99 (4)
Butterfly	–	Thomas Heilman		–	0.39	23.83	51.15 (2)	2:44.14 (2)
Freestyle	–	Jack Alexy		–	0.37	22.68	47.48 (2)	– (–)
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:32.13	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Oliver Morgan		–	0.61	25.59	53.21 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Adam Peaty		–	0.14	26.83	59.16 (2)	1:52.37 (1)
Butterfly	–	Joe Litchfield		–	0.23	23.80	51.76 (6)	2:44.13 (1)
Freestyle	–	Matt Richards		–	0.20	22.97	48.00 (6)	– (–)
3	–	Australia	AUS	3:32.24	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Isaac Cooper		–	0.52	25.77	53.85 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Joshua Yong		–	0.19	27.39	58.99 (1)	1:52.84 (3)
Butterfly	–	Ben Armbruster		–	0.43	23.93	51.61 (4)	2:44.45 (3)
Freestyle	–	Kyle Chalmers		–	0.13	22.71	47.79 (4)	– (–)
4	–	Canada	CAN	3:32.33	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Blake Tierney		–	0.56	25.93	53.83 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Finlay Knox		–	0.21	27.98	1:00.34 (8)	1:54.17 (7)
Butterfly	–	Ilya Kharun		–	0.13	23.53	50.40 (1)	2:44.57 (5)
Freestyle	–	Javier Acevedo		–	0.05	22.77	47.76 (3)	– (–)
5	–	Italy	ITA	3:32.71	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Thomas Ceccon		–	0.64	26.11	53.56 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Nicolò Martinenghi		–	0.26	27.09	59.23 (3)	1:52.79 (2)
Butterfly	–	Giacomo Carini		–	0.30	24.20	51.75 (5)	2:44.54 (4)
Freestyle	–	Alessandro Miressi		–	0.28	22.67	48.17 (7)	– (–)
6	–	Ireland	IRL	3:33.81	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Conor Ferguson		–	0.65	26.65	54.88 (8)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Darragh Greene		–	0.39	27.27	59.68 (5)	1:54.56 (8)
Butterfly	–	Max McCusker		–	0.28	23.81	52.04 (7)	2:46.60 (7)
Freestyle	–	Shane Ryan		–	0.23	22.24	47.21 (1)	– (–)
7	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	3:34.68	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Lee Ju-Ho		–	0.57	25.92	54.49 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Choi Dong-Yeol		–	0.29	27.89	59.59 (4)	1:54.08 (6)
Butterfly	–	Kim Ji-Hun		–	0.58	24.37	52.62 (8)	2:46.70 (8)
Freestyle	–	Hwang Seon-U		–	0.25	22.80	47.98 (5)	– (–)
DQ	–	Spain	ESP	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Hugo González		–	[0.58]	[26.22]	[53.73] ([4])	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Carles Coll		–	[0.18]	[27.74]	[1:00.06] ([7])	[1:53.79] ([5])
Butterfly	–	Mario Mollà		–	[0.21]	[23.33]	[51.52] ([3])	[2:45.31] ([6])
Freestyle	–	Sergio de Celis		–	[-0.06]	–	– (–)	– (–)

Final Round

Date	4 August 2024 — 19:10

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 metre Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:27.46	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Xu Jiayu		–	0.53	25.30	52.37 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Qin Haiyang		–	0.20	26.89	57.98 (1)	1:50.35 (1)
Butterfly	–	Sun Jiajun		–	0.20	23.14	51.19 (7)	2:41.54 (3)
Freestyle	–	Pan Zhanle		–	0.20	21.57	45.92 (1)	– (–)
2	–	United States	USA	3:28.01	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Ryan Murphy		–	0.54	25.18	52.44 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Nic Fink		–	0.21	27.32	58.97 (4)	1:51.41 (4)
Butterfly	–	Caeleb Dressel		–	0.19	22.83	49.41 (1)	2:40.82 (2)
Freestyle	–	Hunter Armstrong		–	0.28	22.32	47.19 (2)	– (–)
3	–	France	FRA	3:28.38	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Yohann Ndoye-Brouard		–	0.53	25.89	52.60 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Léon Marchand		–	0.20	27.48	58.62 (3)	1:51.22 (3)
Butterfly	–	Maxime Grousset		–	0.16	22.36	49.57 (2)	2:40.79 (1)
Freestyle	–	Florent Manaudou		–	0.23	22.05	47.59 (6)	– (–)
4	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:29.60	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Oliver Morgan		–	0.58	25.39	52.83 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Adam Peaty		–	0.16	26.35	58.16 (2)	1:50.99 (2)
Butterfly	–	Duncan Scott		–	0.29	23.79	51.30 (8)	2:42.29 (4)
Freestyle	–	Matt Richards		–	0.18	22.42	47.31 (=3)	– (–)
5	–	Canada	CAN	3:31.27	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Blake Tierney		–	0.55	25.70	53.75 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Finlay Knox		–	0.10	27.68	59.75 (8)	1:53.50 (5)
Butterfly	–	Ilya Kharun		–	0.06	22.93	50.46 (3)	2:43.96 (5)
Freestyle	–	Josh Liendo		–	0.14	22.34	47.31 (=3)	– (–)
6	–	Australia	AUS	3:31.86	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Isaac Cooper		–	0.52	26.00	54.28 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Joshua Yong		–	0.22	27.79	59.26 (6)	1:53.54 (6)
Butterfly	–	Matthew Temple		–	0.15	23.56	50.89 (5)	2:44.43 (7)
Freestyle	–	Kyle Chalmers		–	0.24	22.63	47.43 (5)	– (–)
7	–	Germany	GER	3:32.46	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Ole Braunschweig		–	0.58	25.87	54.38 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Melvin Imoudu		–	0.17	27.53	59.37 (7)	1:53.75 (7)
Butterfly	–	Luca Armbruster		–	0.14	23.20	50.96 (6)	2:44.71 (8)
Freestyle	–	Josha Salchow		–	0.42	22.74	47.75 (7)	– (–)
8	–	Netherlands	NED	3:32.52	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Kai van Westering		–	0.60	26.46	54.60 (8)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Caspar Corbeau		–	0.33	28.08	59.19 (5)	1:53.79 (8)
Butterfly	–	Nyls Korstanje		–	0.25	22.81	50.60 (4)	2:44.39 (6)
Freestyle	–	Stan Pijnenburg		–	0.29	22.84	48.13 (8)	– (–)