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4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date	31 July 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	73 from 16 countries

With Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte leading the US team, this event was virtually conceded to the Americans. That was accurate. Lochte opened the final for the US and led by a full second at 200 metres as Conor Dwyer took over. Dwyer and Ricky Berens extended the US lead, and with Phelps on anchor the race was over. He came home in the fastest split of the night with 1:44.05 to bring the USA a gold medal in 6:59.70, the first ever sub-7 minute mark in textile suits. Behind the US the race for the medals went to France in second, over three seconds back, anchored by Yannick Agnel, who had won the 200 freestyle in London, with China third, led by Sun Yang, second to Agnel in the 200 free.

For Phelps this was a historic 19th Olympic medal, giving him the record for the most Olympic medals won all-time, breaking the mark he had tied in London, set by Soviet gymnast Larysa Latynina with 18 from 1956-64. He and Lochte also won their third gold medals in this event, the first time that had occurred in the 800 relay.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	7:06.75 (1 h2)	6:59.70 (1)	Gold
	Ryan Lochte • Conor Dwyer • Ricky Berens • Michael Phelps • Charlie Houchin • Matt McLean • Davis Tarwater
2	France	FRA	7:09.18 (1 h1)	7:02.77 (2)	Silver
	Amaury Leveaux • Grégory Mallet • Clément Lefert • Yannick Agnel • Jérémy Stravius
3	People's Republic of China	CHN	7:11.35 (4 h2)	7:06.30 (3)	Bronze
	Hao Yun • Li Yunqi • Jiang Haiqi • Sun Yang • Lu Zhiwu • Dai Jun
4	Germany	GER	7:09.23 (2 h1)	7:06.59 (4)
	Paul Biedermann • Dimitri Colupaev • Tim Wallburger • Clemens Rapp
5	Australia	AUS	7:10.50 (2 h2)	7:07.00 (5)
	Thomas Fraser-Holmes • Kenrick Monk • Ned McKendry • Ryan Napoleon • David McKeon • Cameron McEvoy
6	Great Britain	GBR	7:10.70 (3 h2)	7:09.33 (6)
	Robbie Renwick • Ieuan Lloyd • Rob Bale • Ross Davenport • David Carry
7	South Africa	RSA	7:11.51 (3 h1)	7:09.65 (7)
	Darian Townsend • Sebastien Rousseau • Chad le Clos • Jean Basson
8	Hungary	HUN	7:11.64 (4 h1)	7:13.66 (8)
	Dominik Kozma • László Cseh, Jr. • Péter Bernek • Gergő Kis
9	Japan	JPN	7:11.74 (5 h1)	–
	Yuki Kobori • Sho Sotodate • Chiaki Ishibashi • Yuya Horihata
10	Russian Federation	RUS	7:11.86 (5 h2)	–
	Artyom Lobuzov • Yevgeny Lagunov • Mikhail Polishchuk • Aleksandr Sukhorukov
11	Italy	ITA	7:12.69 (6 h1)	–
	Gianluca Maglia • Alex Di Giorgio • Riccardo Maestri • Marco Belotti
12	Belgium	BEL	7:14.44 (6 h2)	–
	Dieter Dekoninck • Glenn Surgeloose • Louis Croenen • Pieter Timmers
13	Denmark	DEN	7:15.04 (7 h1)	–
	Daniel Skaaning • Pál Joensen • Anders Lie • Mads Glæsner
14	Canada	CAN	7:15.22 (7 h2)	–
	Blake Worsley • Colin Russell • Tobias Oriwol • Alec Page
15	New Zealand	NZL	7:17.18 (8 h1)	–
	Matt Stanley • Steve Kent • Dylan Dunlop-Barrett • Andy McMillan
16	Austria	AUT	7:17.94 (8 h2)	–
	David Brandl • Christian Scherübl • Markus Rogan • Florian Janistyn

Round One (31 July 2012 — 11:02)

Fastest eight teams advanced to final

Heat One (11:02)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	France	FRA				7:09.18			Q
		Jérémy Stravius		24.61	51.68	1:20.36	1:47.42	0.74	1:47.42 (2)
		Grégory Mallet		25.08	52.59	1:20.21	1:47.56	0.38	3:34.98 (1)
		Amaury Leveaux		25.00	52.93	1:21.29	1:47.87	0.36	5:22.85 (1)
		Clément Lefert		24.44	51.62	1:19.20	1:46.33	0.18	7:09.18 (1)
2	5	Germany	GER				7:09.23			Q
		Tim Wallburger		25.20	52.04	1:20.10	1:48.10	0.75	1:48.10 (6)
		Dimitri Colupaev		24.52	52.32	1:19.95	1:47.47	0.28	3:35.57 (3)
		Clemens Rapp		24.70	52.34	1:20.46	1:48.04	0.38	5:23.61 (2)
		Paul Biedermann		24.58	51.31	1:18.55	1:45.62	0.35	7:09.23 (2)
3	8	South Africa	RSA				7:11.51			Q
		Darian Townsend		25.04	52.32	1:19.91	1:48.09	0.68	1:48.09 (5)
		Jean Basson		25.23	52.46	1:20.00	1:48.12	0.04	3:36.21 (5)
		Sebastien Rousseau		24.54	51.68	1:19.00	1:47.67	0.27	5:23.88 (4)
		Chad le Clos		24.64	52.20	1:19.69	1:47.63	0.14	7:11.51 (3)
4	2	Hungary	HUN				7:11.64			Q
		Dominik Kozma		25.47	53.02	1:20.53	1:47.24	0.64	1:47.24 (1)
		Péter Bernek		25.00	52.26	1:20.46	1:48.94	0.49	3:36.18 (4)
		László Cseh, Jr.		24.23	51.94	1:19.86	1:48.19	0.36	5:24.37 (6)
		Gergő Kis		25.23	52.81	1:20.51	1:47.27	0.21	7:11.64 (4)
5	3	Japan	JPN				7:11.74
		Yuki Kobori		25.10	52.00	1:19.84	1:48.00	0.67	1:48.00 (4)
		Sho Sotodate		24.59	51.75	1:19.71	1:47.30	-0.01	3:35.30 (2)
		Chiaki Ishibashi		25.26	52.77	1:20.82	1:48.38	0.25	5:23.68 (3)
		Yuya Horihata		25.36	52.69	1:20.44	1:48.06	0.23	7:11.74 (5)
6	6	Italy	ITA				7:12.69
		Gianluca Maglia		25.61	52.48	1:20.17	1:48.39	0.77	1:48.39 (7)
		Alex Di Giorgio		24.66	52.13	1:19.94	1:47.83	0.10	3:36.22 (6)
		Riccardo Maestri		24.50	51.72	1:19.41	1:47.94	0.20	5:24.16 (5)
		Marco Belotti		24.64	51.83	1:19.62	1:48.53	0.32	7:12.69 (6)
7	1	Denmark	DEN				7:15.04
		Daniel Skaaning		25.64	53.26	1:20.71	1:48.98	0.60	1:48.98 (8)
		Pál Joensen		25.55	53.13	1:20.96	1:49.40	0.18	3:38.38 (8)
		Anders Lie		24.03	51.14	1:19.07	1:47.59	0.10	5:25.97 (7)
		Mads Glæsner		25.24	52.87	1:20.99	1:49.07	0.32	7:15.04 (7)
8	7	New Zealand	NZL				7:17.18
		Matt Stanley		25.45	52.30	1:19.64	1:47.88	0.72	1:47.88 (3)
		Steve Kent		25.79	53.30	1:21.31	1:49.92	0.42	3:37.80 (7)
		Dylan Dunlop-Barrett		24.95	51.97	1:20.34	1:49.51	0.32	5:27.31 (8)
		Andy McMillan		25.19	52.93	1:21.32	1:49.87	0.24	7:17.18 (8)

Heat Two (11:11)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	United States	USA				7:06.75			Q
		Charlie Houchin		25.45	52.29	1:19.71	1:48.22	0.75	1:48.22 (1)
		Matt McLean		25.01	52.08	1:19.09	1:46.68	0.53	3:34.90 (1)
		Davis Tarwater		24.36	51.49	1:18.81	1:46.33	0.40	5:21.23 (1)
		Conor Dwyer		24.34	50.97	1:18.06	1:45.52	0.38	7:06.75 (1)
2	3	Australia	AUS				7:10.50			Q
		David McKeon		25.65	53.02	1:20.76	1:48.25	0.76	1:48.25 (3)
		Cameron McEvoy		24.77	52.38	1:19.69	1:47.89	0.38	3:36.14 (4)
		Ned McKendry		24.91	52.16	1:19.65	1:47.55	0.36	5:23.69 (3)
		Ryan Napoleon		24.78	51.76	1:19.25	1:46.81	0.22	7:10.50 (2)
3	6	Great Britain	GBR				7:10.70			Q
		David Carry		25.41	52.59	1:20.73	1:48.82	0.71	1:48.82 (6)
		Ross Davenport		25.36	52.60	1:20.19	1:47.59	0.34	3:36.41 (5)
		Rob Bale		24.72	52.17	1:20.40	1:47.85	0.20	5:24.26 (4)
		Robbie Renwick		24.41	51.65	1:19.11	1:46.44	0.14	7:10.70 (3)
4	5	People's Republic of China	CHN				7:11.35			Q
		Lu Zhiwu		25.65	53.02	1:21.12	1:48.83	0.71	1:48.83 (7)
		Li Yunqi		25.08	52.26	1:19.61	1:47.27	0.09	3:36.10 (3)
		Jiang Haiqi		24.69	52.01	1:19.86	1:47.56	0.28	5:23.66 (2)
		Dai Jun		25.30	52.72	1:20.73	1:47.69	0.27	7:11.35 (4)
5	1	Russian Federation	RUS				7:11.86
		Artyom Lobuzov		25.28	53.02	1:20.49	1:48.30	0.70	1:48.30 (4)
		Yevgeny Lagunov		24.11	51.89	1:20.19	1:47.40	0.32	3:35.70 (2)
		Mikhail Polishchuk		24.17	51.83	1:20.29	1:48.82	0.22	5:24.52 (5)
		Aleksandr Sukhorukov		24.60	51.66	1:19.33	1:47.34	0.44	7:11.86 (5)
6	8	Belgium	BEL				7:14.44
		Dieter Dekoninck		25.77	53.81	1:21.16	1:48.62	0.66	1:48.62 (5)
		Glenn Surgeloose		25.17	52.83	1:20.56	1:48.22	0.29	3:36.84 (7)
		Louis Croenen		25.28	52.78	1:20.90	1:49.32	0.16	5:26.16 (7)
		Pieter Timmers		25.08	53.25	1:21.18	1:48.28	0.14	7:14.44 (6)
7	7	Canada	CAN				7:15.22
		Blake Worsley		25.55	53.08	1:20.76	1:48.23	0.70	1:48.23 (2)
		Colin Russell		24.78	52.64	1:20.74	1:48.54	0.10	3:36.77 (6)
		Tobias Oriwol		25.02	52.79	1:20.78	1:49.24	0.31	5:26.01 (6)
		Alec Page		25.77	53.66	1:21.48	1:49.21	0.32	7:15.22 (7)
8	2	Austria	AUT				7:17.94
		David Brandl		25.83	53.69	1:21.50	1:49.80	0.71	1:49.80 (8)
		Christian Scherübl		24.84	52.76	1:20.61	1:48.64	0.13	3:38.44 (8)
		Markus Rogan		25.08	53.02	1:20.23	1:48.13	0.05	5:26.57 (8)
		Florian Janistyn		25.79	53.97	1:22.37	1:51.37	0.32	7:17.94 (8)

Final (31 July 2012 — 20:51)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	United States	USA				6:59.70
		Ryan Lochte		24.64	51.17	1:17.52	1:45.15	0.67	1:45.15 (1)
		Conor Dwyer		24.33	50.90	1:17.93	1:45.23	0.34	3:30.38 (1)
		Ricky Berens		24.40	51.43	1:18.83	1:45.27	0.17	5:15.65 (1)
		Michael Phelps		24.28	50.84	1:17.85	1:44.05	0.33	6:59.70 (1)
2	5	France	FRA				7:02.77
		Amaury Leveaux		24.69	52.06	1:19.48	1:46.70	0.77	1:46.70 (4)
		Grégory Mallet		23.91	51.00	1:18.81	1:46.83	0.30	3:33.53 (4)
		Clément Lefert		24.27	51.25	1:18.42	1:46.00	0.18	5:19.53 (2)
		Yannick Agnel		23.80	49.80	1:16.44	1:43.24	0.19	7:02.77 (2)
3	7	People's Republic of China	CHN				7:06.30
		Hao Yun		25.02	52.12	1:19.48	1:47.12	0.67	1:47.12 (7)
		Li Yunqi		24.75	51.69	1:18.95	1:46.46	0.22	3:33.58 (5)
		Jiang Haiqi		24.34	51.49	1:19.20	1:47.17	0.48	5:20.75 (5)
		Sun Yang		23.99	50.29	1:17.64	1:45.55	0.22	7:06.30 (3)
4	3	Germany	GER				7:06.59
		Paul Biedermann		25.38	52.15	1:19.51	1:46.15	0.80	1:46.15 (3)
		Dimitri Colupaev		23.93	51.02	1:18.88	1:46.36	0.27	3:32.51 (2)
		Tim Wallburger		24.76	52.05	1:19.61	1:47.48	0.32	5:19.99 (3)
		Clemens Rapp		24.69	51.39	1:18.96	1:46.60	0.25	7:06.59 (4)
5	6	Australia	AUS				7:07.00
		Thomas Fraser-Holmes		24.80	51.61	1:18.91	1:46.13	0.69	1:46.13 (2)
		Kenrick Monk		24.65	51.81	1:19.37	1:46.67	0.39	3:32.80 (3)
		Ned McKendry		24.50	51.83	1:19.75	1:47.60	0.30	5:20.40 (4)
		Ryan Napoleon		23.89	50.78	1:18.70	1:46.60	0.20	7:07.00 (5)
6	2	Great Britain	GBR				7:09.33
		Robbie Renwick		24.95	52.15	1:19.49	1:46.93	0.67	1:46.93 (5)
		Ieuan Lloyd		24.39	51.82	1:19.59	1:47.40	0.29	3:34.33 (6)
		Rob Bale		24.53	51.86	1:20.06	1:47.45	0.27	5:21.78 (7)
		Ross Davenport		24.89	52.29	1:20.21	1:47.55	0.31	7:09.33 (6)
7	1	South Africa	RSA				7:09.65
		Darian Townsend		24.56	51.84	1:19.12	1:47.25	0.67	1:47.25 (8)
		Sebastien Rousseau		24.48	52.02	1:19.60	1:47.36	0.22	3:34.61 (7)
		Chad le Clos		24.44	51.70	1:19.81	1:47.15	0.25	5:21.76 (6)
		Jean Basson		24.99	52.38	1:20.01	1:47.89	0.13	7:09.65 (7)
8	4	Hungary	HUN				7:13.66
		Dominik Kozma		25.55	53.01	1:20.59	1:46.94	0.64	1:46.94 (6)
		László Cseh, Jr.		25.33	53.62	1:21.64	1:48.06	0.40	3:35.00 (8)
		Péter Bernek		24.71	52.37	1:20.38	1:48.74	0.32	5:23.74 (8)
		Gergő Kis		25.00	53.06	1:21.87	1:49.92	0.30	7:13.66 (8)