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4 x 100 metres Medley Relay, Men

Date	12 – 13 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	74 from 16 countries

The Americans were heavy favorites to win gold in this event. Of the 14 previous times it had been held at the Olympics, the USA had won 13 gold medals, losing only in 1980, when the US boycotted the Moskva Olympics. Australia, Great Britain, and France were expected to battle for the other medals. The final was notable as it would be the last Olympic appearance of the greatest swimmer of all-time, Michael Phelps, swimming butterfly for the USA.

Ryan Murphy started it out for the USA with a world record of 51.85 on the opening backstroke leg. However, Great Britain’s Adam Peaty blasted the breaststroke leg in 56.69 to give Britain the lead after the second leg. Unfortunately for the field, Phelps was the third US swimmer, and his butterfly leg of 50.33 bade farewell to the Olympics, and to the other teams in the race. It was left for Nathan Adrian to bring it home for the Americans as they won gold by 1.29 seconds. Britain held on for silver in a national record 3:29.24, while Australia took bronze. For Phelps this was his 23rd gold medal and 28th Olympic medal, all records that could stand forever.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	3:31.83 (1 h2)	3:27.95 (1)	Gold
	Michael Phelps • Nathan Adrian • Caeleb Dressel • Cody Miller • David Plummer • Kevin Cordes • Ryan Murphy • Tom Shields
2	Great Britain	GBR	3:30.47 (1 h1)	3:29.24 (2)	Silver
	Chris Walker-Hebborn • Adam Peaty • James Guy • Duncan Scott
3	Australia	AUS	3:32.57 (2 h1)	3:29.93 (3)	Bronze
	Mitch Larkin • Cameron McEvoy • David Morgan • Jake Packard • Kyle Chalmers
4	Russian Federation	RUS	3:32.95 (3 h1)	3:31.30 (4)
	Aleksandr Sukhorukov • Vladimir Morozov • Aleksandr Sadovnikov • Anton Chupkov • Yevgeny Koptelov • Yevgeny Rylov • Grigory Tarasevich
5	Japan	JPN	3:32.33 (2 h2)	3:31.97 (5)
	Ryosuke Irie • Yasuhiro Koseki • Takuro Fujii • Katsumi Nakamura
6	Brazil	BRA	3:32.96 (4 h2)	3:32.84 (6)
	Felipe França • Guilherme Guido • Marcelo Chierighini • Henrique Martins • João Gomes Júnior
7	Germany	GER	3:33.67 (4 h1)	3:33.50 (7)
	Steffen Deibler • Jan-Philip Glania • Marco Koch • Christian vom Lehn • Damian Wierling
AC r2/2	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:32.57 (3 h2)	– (DQ)		DQ	1
	Xu Jiayu • Li Xiang • Li Zhuhao • Ning Zetao
9	Hungary	HUN	3:33.89 (5 h2)	–
	Gábor Balog • Dániel Gyurta • Bence Pulai • Richárd Bohus
10	France	FRA	3:34.47 (6 h2)	–
	Camille Lacourt • Théo Bussière • Jérémy Stravius • Clément Mignon
11	Italy	ITA	3:34.85 (5 h1)	–
	Simone Sabbioni • Andrea Toniato • Piero Codia • Luca Dotto
12	Poland	POL	3:35.18 (6 h1)	–
	Radosław Kawęcki • Marcin Stolarski • Konrad Czerniak • Kacper Majchrzak
13	South Africa	RSA	3:35.50 (7 h2)	–
	Chris Reid • Cameron van der Burgh • Dylan Bosch • Myles Brown
14	Lithuania	LTU	3:35.90 (7 h1)	–
	Danas Rapšys • Giedrius Titenis • Deividas Margevičius • Simonas Bilis
15	Greece	GRE	3:36.75 (8 h2)	–
	Apostolos Christou • Panagiotis Samilidis • Andreas Vazaios • Kristian Gkolomeev
16	Canada	CAN	3:36.92 (8 h1)	–
	Javier Acevedo • Jason Block • Mack Darragh • Yuri Kisil

Round One (12 August 2016 — 15:48)

Fastest eight teams advanced to final

Heat One (15:48)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	Great Britain	GBR		3:30.47			Q
		Chris Walker-Hebborn		25.98	53.68	0.51	53.68 (1)
		Adam Peaty		26.55	57.49	0.20	1:51.17 (1)
		James Guy		24.17	51.48	0.46	2:42.65 (1)
		Duncan Scott		23.05	47.82	0.42	3:30.47 (1)
2	4	Australia	AUS		3:32.57			Q
		Mitch Larkin		26.05	53.53	0.64	53.53 (2)
		Jake Packard		27.87	59.80	0.27	1:53.33 (2)
		David Morgan		24.15	51.25	0.19	2:44.58 (2)
		Cameron McEvoy		23.36	47.99	0.37	3:32.57 (2)
3	2	Russian Federation	RUS		3:32.95			Q
		Grigory Tarasevich		25.63	53.54	0.57	53.54 (3)
		Anton Chupkov		27.51	59.39	0.26	1:52.93 (3)
		Yevgeny Koptelov		23.91	51.98	0.37	2:44.91 (3)
		Aleksandr Sukhorukov		22.93	48.04	0.07	3:32.95 (3)
4	3	Germany	GER		3:33.67			Q
		Jan-Philip Glania		25.99	53.86	0.79	53.86 (4)
		Christian vom Lehn		28.08	0.00	0.05	1:54.03 (4)
		Steffen Deibler		23.99	51.51	0.18	2:45.54 (4)
		Damian Wierling		22.50	48.13	0.02	3:33.67 (4)
5	1	Italy	ITA		3:34.85
		Simone Sabbioni		26.07	54.71	0.68	54.71 (5)
		Andrea Toniato		27.62	0.00	0.02	1:55.33 (5)
		Piero Codia		23.74	51.78	0.13	2:47.11 (5)
		Luca Dotto		22.39	47.74	0.19	3:34.85 (5)
6	6	Poland	POL		3:35.18
		Radosław Kawęcki		26.23	54.68	0.66	54.68 (6)
		Marcin Stolarski		28.36	0.00	0.02	1:55.00 (6)
		Konrad Czerniak		24.03	51.82	0.30	2:46.82 (6)
		Kacper Majchrzak		23.21	48.36	0.16	3:35.18 (6)
7	8	Lithuania	LTU		3:35.90
		Danas Rapšys		26.58	54.85	0.65	54.85 (7)
		Giedrius Titenis		27.35	59.68	0.33	1:54.53 (7)
		Deividas Margevičius		24.34	53.08	0.27	2:47.61 (7)
		Simonas Bilis		22.74	48.29	0.43	3:35.90 (7)
8	7	Canada	CAN		3:36.92
		Javier Acevedo		26.81	54.70	0.59	54.70 (8)
		Jason Block		28.15	0.00	0.37	1:55.50 (8)
		Mack Darragh		24.83	53.53	0.26	2:49.03 (8)
		Yuri Kisil		22.69	47.89	0.16	3:36.92 (8)

Heat Two (15:58)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	United States	USA		3:31.83			Q
		David Plummer		25.36	52.70	0.66	52.70 (1)
		Kevin Cordes		27.44	59.51	0.28	1:52.21 (1)
		Tom Shields		24.22	51.88	0.45	2:44.09 (1)
		Caeleb Dressel		22.62	47.74	0.49	3:31.83 (1)
2	3	Japan	JPN		3:32.33			Q
		Ryosuke Irie		25.94	53.57	0.56	53.57 (2)
		Yasuhiro Koseki		27.37	59.02	0.25	1:52.59 (2)
		Takuro Fujii		24.08	51.73	0.28	2:44.32 (2)
		Katsumi Nakamura		22.90	48.01	0.39	3:32.33 (2)
3	8	People's Republic of China	CHN		3:32.57			Q
		Xu Jiayu		25.89	53.45	0.57	53.45 (3)
		Li Xiang		27.63	59.17	0.16	1:52.62 (3)
		Li Zhuhao		24.04	51.81	0.21	2:44.43 (3)
		Ning Zetao		23.27	48.14	0.48	3:32.57 (3)
4	6	Brazil	BRA		3:32.96			Q
		Guilherme Guido		26.03	53.96	0.62	53.96 (4)
		Felipe França		27.62	59.64	0.01	1:53.60 (4)
		Henrique Martins		23.92	51.64	0.25	2:45.24 (4)
		Marcelo Chierighini		22.36	47.72	0.14	3:32.96 (4)
5	7	Hungary	HUN		3:33.89
		Gábor Balog		26.18	54.08	0.61	54.08 (5)
		Dániel Gyurta		27.62	59.91	0.18	1:53.99 (5)
		Bence Pulai		24.30	51.82	0.21	2:45.81 (5)
		Richárd Bohus		22.67	48.08	0.32	3:33.89 (5)
6	5	France	FRA		3:34.47
		Camille Lacourt		25.90	53.68	0.68	53.68 (6)
		Théo Bussière		28.24	0.00	0.02	1:54.90 (6)
		Jérémy Stravius		24.10	51.70	0.13	2:46.60 (6)
		Clément Mignon		22.86	47.87	0.19	3:34.47 (6)
7	2	South Africa	RSA		3:35.50
		Chris Reid		25.84	54.26	0.67	54.26 (7)
		Cameron van der Burgh		27.11	59.87	0.29	1:54.13 (7)
		Dylan Bosch		24.21	52.94	0.32	2:47.07 (7)
		Myles Brown		23.08	48.43	0.29	3:35.50 (7)
8	1	Greece	GRE		3:36.75
		Apostolos Christou		25.62	54.68	0.65	54.68 (8)
		Panagiotis Samilidis		27.97	0.00	0.35	1:55.55 (8)
		Andreas Vazaios		24.23	53.27	0.31	2:48.82 (8)
		Kristian Gkolomeev		22.25	47.93	0.20	3:36.75 (8)

Final (13 August 2016 — 23:04)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	United States	USA		3:27.95			OR
		Ryan Murphy		25.13	51.85	0.55	51.85 (1)
		Cody Miller		27.05	59.03	0.30	1:50.88 (1)
		Michael Phelps		23.69	50.33	0.36	2:41.21 (1)
		Nathan Adrian		22.30	46.74	0.21	3:27.95 (1)
2	4	Great Britain	GBR		3:29.24
		Chris Walker-Hebborn		25.86	53.68	0.53	53.68 (2)
		Adam Peaty		26.09	56.59	0.23	1:50.27 (2)
		James Guy		23.98	51.35	0.40	2:41.62 (2)
		Duncan Scott		22.90	47.62	0.40	3:29.24 (2)
3	6	Australia	AUS		3:29.93
		Mitch Larkin		25.82	53.19	0.63	53.19 (3)
		Jake Packard		27.53	58.84	0.31	1:52.03 (3)
		David Morgan		24.00	51.18	0.23	2:43.21 (3)
		Kyle Chalmers		22.37	46.72	0.31	3:29.93 (3)
4	7	Russian Federation	RUS		3:31.30
		Yevgeny Rylov		25.87	52.90	0.53	52.90 (4)
		Anton Chupkov		27.85	59.10	0.11	1:52.00 (4)
		Aleksandr Sadovnikov		23.50	52.08	0.32	2:44.08 (4)
		Vladimir Morozov		21.68	47.22	0.15	3:31.30 (4)
5	3	Japan	JPN		3:31.97
		Ryosuke Irie		25.90	53.46	0.54	53.46 (5)
		Yasuhiro Koseki		26.89	58.65	0.11	1:52.11 (5)
		Takuro Fujii		23.87	51.56	0.25	2:43.67 (5)
		Katsumi Nakamura		22.70	48.30	0.23	3:31.97 (5)
6	1	Brazil	BRA		3:32.84
		Guilherme Guido		25.71	54.23	0.67	54.23 (6)
		João Gomes Júnior		26.65	58.59	0.18	1:52.82 (6)
		Henrique Martins		23.63	51.52	0.08	2:44.34 (6)
		Marcelo Chierighini		22.35	48.50	0.30	3:32.84 (6)
7	8	Germany	GER		3:33.50
		Jan-Philip Glania		26.27	54.14	0.69	54.14 (7)
		Marco Koch		27.73	59.63	0.19	1:53.77 (7)
		Steffen Deibler		23.92	51.69	0.17	2:45.46 (7)
		Damian Wierling		22.93	48.04	0.43	3:33.50 (7)
DQ	2	People's Republic of China	CHN		–				2
		Xu Jiayu		25.53	53.21	0.55	53.21 (8)
		Li Xiang		27.32	58.59	0.19	1:51.80 (8)
		Li Zhuhao		–	–	-0.05	– (–)
		Ning Zetao		–	–	–	– (–)