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4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date	9 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	73 from 16 countries

Great Britain had won the 800 relay at the 2015 World Championships, shocking the United States, which had not lost this event in over a decade at major internationals. Britain was expected to be formidable in Rio, but the USA had Michael Phelps back, and a rejuvenated Ryan Lochte, and was the favorite.

Conor Dwyer put the USA in the lead in the final, posting 1:45.23 to lead Japan’s Kosuke Hagino, with Great Britain in fifth place on the first leg. On the second leg, American Townley Haas swam 1:44.14 and effectively ended the gold medal battle, giving the USA almost a three-second lead, with Lochte and Phelps yet to swim. Those two swam effectively but were never pushed, and they never pushed it, the USA winning gold in 7:00.66, with Britain in second, 2½ seconds behind, and just edging out Japan for the silver medal.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	7:06.74 (1 h1)	7:00.66 (1)	Gold
	Michael Phelps • Ryan Lochte • Conor Dwyer • Clark Smith • Gunnar Bentz • Jack Conger • Townley Haas
2	Great Britain	GBR	7:06.31 (1 h2)	7:03.13 (2)	Silver
	Robbie Renwick • Dan Wallace • Duncan Scott • James Guy • Stephen Milne
3	Japan	JPN	7:07.68 (4 h2)	7:03.50 (3)	Bronze
	Kosuke Hagino • Naito Ehara • Yuki Kobori • Takeshi Matsuda
4	Australia	AUS	7:07.98 (5 h2)	7:04.18 (4)
	Thomas Fraser-Holmes • David McKeon • Dan Smith • Jacob Hansford • Mack Horton
5	Russian Federation	RUS	7:06.81 (2 h2)	7:05.70 (5)
	Dan Izotov • Aleksandr Krasnykh • Vyacheslav Andrusenko • Mikhail Dovgalyuk • Nikita Lobintsev
6	Germany	GER	7:07.66 (3 h2)	7:07.28 (6)
	Paul Biedermann • Clemens Rapp • Christoph Fildebrandt • Florian Vogel • Jacob Heidtmann
7	Netherlands	NED	7:09.16 (2 h1)	7:09.10 (7)
	Dion Dreesens • Sebastiaan Verschuren • Ben Schwietert • Kyle Stolk • Maarten Brzoskowski
8	Belgium	BEL	7:08.72 (6 h2)	7:11.64 (8)
	Glenn Surgeloose • Pieter Timmers • Emmanuel Vanluchene • Louis Croenen • Dieter Dekoninck
9	Italy	ITA	7:09.20 (3 h1)	–
	Andrea D'Arrigo • Alex Di Giorgio • Marco Belotti • Gabriele Detti
10	South Africa	RSA	7:12.61 (4 h1)	–
	Myles Brown • Sebastien Rousseau • Calvyn Justus • Dylan Bosch
11	Spain	ESP	7:12.62 (5 h1)	–
	Víctor Martín • Miguel Durán • Albert Puig • Marc Sánchez
12	Denmark	DEN	7:12.66 (7 h2)	–
	Anders Lie • Daniel Skaaning • Søren Dahl • Magnus Westermann
13	France	FRA	7:13.71 (6 h1)	–
	Jordan Pothain • Grégory Mallet • Lorys Bourelly • Damien Joly
14	Brazil	BRA	7:13.84 (7 h1)	–
	Luiz Altamir • João de Lucca • André Pereira • Nicolas Oliveira
DQ	Poland	POL	[7:11.11] (DQ h1)	–		1
	Jan Świtkowski • Paweł Korzeniowski • Kacper Klich • Kacper Majchrzak
DQ	Hungary	HUN	– (DQ h2)	–		2
	Péter Bernek • Gergő Kis • Benjámin Grátz • Dominik Kozma

Round One (9 August 2016 — 14:17)

Fastest eight teams advanced to final

Heat One (14:17)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	United States	USA				7:06.74			Q
		Clark Smith		25.08	52.16	1:20.05	1:47.20	0.68	1:47.20 (3)
		Jack Conger		24.13	51.08	1:18.51	1:45.73	0.28	3:32.93 (1)
		Gunnar Bentz		25.16	53.13	1:21.00	1:48.01	0.51	5:20.94 (1)
		Ryan Lochte		23.82	50.51	1:17.44	1:45.80	0.49	7:06.74 (1)
2	5	Netherlands	NED				7:09.16			Q
		Dion Dreesens		25.39	52.29	1:20.05	1:47.86	0.77	1:47.86 (5)
		Kyle Stolk		24.69	51.96	1:19.44	1:47.13	0.17	3:34.99 (4)
		Ben Schwietert		24.91	52.34	1:20.14	1:47.92	0.28	5:22.91 (4)
		Maarten Brzoskowski		24.60	51.49	1:19.02	1:46.25	0.22	7:09.16 (2)
3	8	Italy	ITA				7:09.20
		Andrea D'Arrigo		25.78	52.95	1:20.29	1:47.65	0.71	1:47.65 (4)
		Alex Di Giorgio		25.30	52.51	1:20.37	1:47.74	0.23	3:35.39 (5)
		Marco Belotti		24.46	51.61	1:19.60	1:47.01	0.33	5:22.40 (2)
		Gabriele Detti		25.01	52.01	1:19.55	1:46.80	0.34	7:09.20 (3)
4	7	South Africa	RSA				7:12.61
		Myles Brown		24.90	51.28	1:18.61	1:46.47	0.68	1:46.47 (1)
		Sebastien Rousseau		25.07	52.26	1:20.17	1:48.35	0.38	3:34.82 (3)
		Calvyn Justus		24.33	51.21	1:19.38	1:49.04	0.29	5:23.86 (5)
		Dylan Bosch		24.80	51.94	1:19.98	1:48.75	0.22	7:12.61 (5)
5	2	Spain	ESP				7:12.62
		Víctor Martín		25.13	52.73	1:20.56	1:48.74	0.64	1:48.74 (8)
		Miguel Durán		24.27	51.86	1:19.44	1:48.10	0.31	3:36.84 (8)
		Albert Puig		24.71	52.09	1:19.85	1:48.13	0.35	5:24.97 (6)
		Marc Sánchez		24.70	52.30	1:20.10	1:47.65	0.24	7:12.62 (6)
6	6	France	FRA				7:13.71
		Jordan Pothain		25.05	51.73	1:19.02	1:46.56	0.70	1:46.56 (2)
		Grégory Mallet		24.80	52.38	1:20.48	1:47.60	0.23	3:34.16 (2)
		Lorys Bourelly		25.49	52.96	1:21.25	1:48.62	0.24	5:22.78 (3)
		Damien Joly		25.48	53.26	1:22.13	1:50.93	0.24	7:13.71 (7)
7	1	Brazil	BRA				7:13.84
		Luiz Altamir		25.09	52.48	1:20.23	1:48.19	0.66	1:48.19 (7)
		João de Lucca		24.32	51.99	1:19.91	1:47.77	0.26	3:35.96 (6)
		André Pereira		24.45	52.31	1:20.75	1:49.19	0.25	5:25.15 (7)
		Nicolas Oliveira		24.22	52.16	1:20.56	1:48.69	0.07	7:13.84 (8)
DQ	3	Poland	POL				[7:11.11]				3
		Jan Świtkowski		25.53	53.10	1:20.35	1:47.95	0.67	1:47.95 (6)
		Paweł Korzeniowski		24.57	52.07	1:19.76	1:48.14	0.25	3:36.09 (7)
		Kacper Klich		25.26	52.99	1:21.16	1:49.52	0.28	5:25.61 (8)
		Kacper Majchrzak		24.41	50.81	1:17.82	1:45.50	0.19	7:11.11 (4)

Heat Two (14:29)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	Great Britain	GBR				7:06.31			Q
		Stephen Milne		25.27	52.34	1:19.38	1:46.70	0.75	1:46.70 (2)
		Robbie Renwick		24.58	52.07	1:19.98	1:48.17	0.43	3:34.87 (6)
		Dan Wallace		24.66	51.52	1:18.84	1:46.39	-0.01	5:21.26 (3)
		Duncan Scott		23.89	50.61	1:17.54	1:45.05	0.39	7:06.31 (1)
2	2	Russian Federation	RUS				7:06.81			Q
		Mikhail Dovgalyuk		25.56	52.85	1:19.64	1:46.91	0.84	1:46.91 (3)
		Vyacheslav Andrusenko		24.60	52.16	1:19.93	1:47.50	0.35	3:34.41 (5)
		Nikita Lobintsev		24.83	52.25	1:19.15	1:46.42	0.26	5:20.83 (1)
		Aleksandr Krasnykh		24.47	51.09	1:18.21	1:45.98	0.32	7:06.81 (2)
3	6	Germany	GER				7:07.66			Q
		Florian Vogel		25.13	51.98	1:19.58	1:47.16	0.66	1:47.16 (4)
		Jacob Heidtmann		25.36	52.27	1:19.91	1:47.17	0.25	3:34.33 (3)
		Clemens Rapp		24.78	51.79	1:19.42	1:46.61	0.21	5:20.94 (2)
		Paul Biedermann		24.85	51.97	1:19.80	1:46.72	0.32	7:07.66 (3)
4	7	Japan	JPN				7:07.68			Q
		Kosuke Hagino		24.76	51.97	1:20.01	1:46.60	0.65	1:46.60 (1)
		Naito Ehara		24.44	51.41	1:19.32	1:47.12	0.41	3:33.72 (1)
		Yuki Kobori		25.02	52.30	1:20.40	1:47.60	0.34	5:21.32 (4)
		Takeshi Matsuda		24.90	51.84	1:19.36	1:46.36	0.20	7:07.68 (4)
5	5	Australia	AUS				7:07.98			Q
		Dan Smith		24.76	51.68	1:19.41	1:47.55	0.71	1:47.55 (5)
		Mack Horton		24.48	51.42	1:19.18	1:46.32	0.25	3:33.87 (2)
		Jacob Hansford		24.75	51.93	1:20.01	1:47.70	0.40	5:21.57 (5)
		Thomas Fraser-Holmes		24.43	51.29	1:19.08	1:46.41	0.42	7:07.98 (5)
6	3	Belgium	BEL				7:08.72			Q
		Louis Croenen		25.52	53.15	1:20.55	1:48.35	0.71	1:48.35 (8)
		Dieter Dekoninck		23.84	50.97	1:18.49	1:46.57	0.15	3:34.92 (7)
		Emmanuel Vanluchene		24.64	52.36	1:20.39	1:47.79	0.07	5:22.71 (7)
		Glenn Surgeloose		24.53	51.35	1:18.45	1:46.01	0.29	7:08.72 (6)
7	1	Denmark	DEN				7:12.66
		Anders Lie		25.49	53.26	1:20.27	1:47.62	0.73	1:47.62 (6)
		Daniel Skaaning		24.39	51.60	1:19.44	1:46.78	0.24	3:34.40 (4)
		Søren Dahl		24.01	51.44	1:18.51	1:47.43	0.27	5:21.83 (6)
		Magnus Westermann		25.28	53.04	1:21.62	1:50.83	0.07	7:12.66 (7)
DQ	8	Hungary	HUN				–				4
		Péter Bernek		25.50	53.11	1:20.31	1:47.69	0.74	1:47.69 (7)
		Gergő Kis		25.32	53.47	1:22.54	1:51.02	0.28	3:38.71 (8)
		Benjámin Grátz		24.90	52.27	1:20.18	1:48.71	0.20	5:27.42 (8)
		Dominik Kozma		24.06	51.89	1:21.33	–	0.21	– (–)

Final (9 August 2016 — 23:38)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	United States	USA				7:00.66
		Conor Dwyer		24.57	51.11	1:18.01	1:45.23	0.66	1:45.23 (1)
		Townley Haas		23.59	49.76	1:16.68	1:44.14	0.35	3:29.37 (1)
		Ryan Lochte		23.97	50.59	1:17.94	1:46.03	0.31	5:15.40 (1)
		Michael Phelps		24.24	50.71	1:18.31	1:45.26	0.27	7:00.66 (1)
2	4	Great Britain	GBR				7:03.13
		Stephen Milne		25.24	52.28	1:19.80	1:46.97	0.74	1:46.97 (5)
		Duncan Scott		23.90	50.36	1:17.51	1:45.05	0.38	3:32.02 (4)
		Dan Wallace		24.57	51.72	1:18.92	1:46.26	0.22	5:18.28 (3)
		James Guy		23.81	50.26	1:17.54	1:44.85	0.32	7:03.13 (2)
3	2	Japan	JPN				7:03.50
		Kosuke Hagino		24.40	51.66	1:18.97	1:45.34	0.65	1:45.34 (2)
		Naito Ehara		23.76	50.56	1:17.96	1:46.11	0.18	3:31.45 (3)
		Yuki Kobori		24.00	51.01	1:18.20	1:45.71	0.42	5:17.16 (2)
		Takeshi Matsuda		24.21	51.01	1:18.51	1:46.34	0.24	7:03.50 (3)
4	7	Australia	AUS				7:04.18
		Thomas Fraser-Holmes		24.39	50.86	1:17.96	1:45.81	0.66	1:45.81 (3)
		David McKeon		24.22	50.54	1:17.88	1:45.63	0.39	3:31.44 (2)
		Dan Smith		24.49	51.37	1:19.23	1:47.37	0.23	5:18.81 (5)
		Mack Horton		24.34	51.18	1:19.06	1:45.37	0.24	7:04.18 (4)
5	3	Russian Federation	RUS				7:05.70
		Dan Izotov		24.96	51.72	1:18.51	1:46.72	0.75	1:46.72 (4)
		Aleksandr Krasnykh		24.44	51.09	1:18.11	1:45.67	0.34	3:32.39 (5)
		Nikita Lobintsev		24.49	51.90	1:19.21	1:46.31	0.20	5:18.70 (4)
		Mikhail Dovgalyuk		24.13	51.01	1:18.85	1:47.00	0.28	7:05.70 (5)
6	6	Germany	GER				7:07.28
		Florian Vogel		25.14	51.80	1:19.32	1:47.16	0.66	1:47.16 (6)
		Christoph Fildebrandt		24.23	51.06	1:19.44	1:47.91	0.24	3:35.07 (7)
		Clemens Rapp		24.90	51.78	1:19.10	1:46.12	0.25	5:21.19 (6)
		Paul Biedermann		24.67	51.76	1:19.57	1:46.09	0.43	7:07.28 (6)
7	8	Netherlands	NED				7:09.10
		Dion Dreesens		25.03	52.09	1:19.71	1:47.58	0.76	1:47.58 (7)
		Maarten Brzoskowski		24.29	51.08	1:19.20	1:46.87	0.26	3:34.45 (6)
		Kyle Stolk		24.72	52.04	1:19.77	1:47.59	0.36	5:22.04 (7)
		Sebastiaan Verschuren		24.75	51.78	1:19.54	1:47.06	0.36	7:09.10 (7)
8	1	Belgium	BEL				7:11.64
		Louis Croenen		25.46	53.40	1:21.20	1:48.95	0.69	1:48.95 (8)
		Dieter Dekoninck		24.12	51.39	1:19.19	1:47.50	-0.02	3:36.45 (8)
		Glenn Surgeloose		24.20	51.48	1:19.04	1:46.91	0.31	5:23.36 (8)
		Pieter Timmers		24.77	52.16	1:20.08	1:48.28	0.22	7:11.64 (8)