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4 x 100 metres Medley Relay, Men

Date	26 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	112 from 25 countries

If there were doubts about the strength of the US teams for the men’s freestyle relays no such doubts existed about the medley relay as they would line up with three individual medalists amongst their quartet. The obvious challengers to the Americans were the Russian team who could count Olympic champions Denis Pankratov and Aleksandr Popov as key team members.

If the race had been run in reverse it might be have more interesting as the final two Russians made small gains into the American lead but the damage had been done by the US opening leg swimmer Jeff Rouse. His swim gave the US a margin of 1.6 seconds over Russia which increased to nearly three seconds before it stabilized on the next two legs. The US time of 3:34.84 took over two seconds of the existing world record.

Eighth place in the final went to the Israeli quartet – the first time the nation had participated in an Olympic relay final.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	3:39.93 (1 h4)	3:34.84 (1)	Gold
	Jeff Rouse • Jeremy Linn • Mark Henderson • Gary Hall, Jr. • Josh Davis • Kurt Grote • John Hargis • Tripp Schwenk
2	Russian Federation	RUS	3:41.49 (2 h3)	3:37.55 (2)	Silver
	Vladimir Selkov • Stanislav Lopukhov • Denis Pankratov • Aleksandr Popov • Roman Ivanovsky • Vladislav Kulikov • Roman Yegorov
3	Australia	AUS	3:41.30 (1 h2)	3:39.56 (3)	Bronze
	Steven Dewick • Phil Rogers • Scott Miller • Michael Klim • Toby Haenen
4	Germany	GER	3:41.10 (1 h3)	3:39.64 (4)
	Ralf Braun • Mark Warnecke • Christian Keller • Björn Zikarsky • Oliver Lampe • Stev Theloke • Bengt Zikarsky
5	Japan	JPN	3:41.78 (2 h2)	3:40.51 (5)
	Keitaro Konnai • Akira Hayashi • Takashi Yamamoto • Shunsuke Ito
6	Hungary	HUN	3:41.05 (2 h4)	3:40.84 (6)
	Tamás Deutsch • Károly Güttler • Péter Horváth • Attila Czene • Attila Zubor
7	Poland	POL	3:41.72 (3 h3)	3:41.94 (7)
	Mariusz Siembida • Marek Krawczyk • Rafał Szukała • Bartosz Kizierowski
8	Israel	ISR	3:42.24 (4 h3)	3:42.90 (8)
	Eithan Urbach • Vadim Alekseyev • Dan Kutler • Yoav Bruck
9	Ukraine	UKR	3:42.29 (1 h1)	–
	Oleksandr Dzhaburiya • Pavlo Khnykin • Volodymyr Nikolaichuk • Denys Sylantiev
10	Netherlands	NED	3:42.42 (3 h4)	–
	Stefan Aartsen • Benno Kuipers • Pieter van den Hoogenband • Martin van der Spoel
11	France	FRA	3:42.94 (3 h2)	–
	Franck Esposito • Nicolas Gruson • Vladimir Latocha • Franck Schott
12	Canada	CAN	3:42.95 (4 h4)	–
	Rob Braknis • Stephen Clarke • Jon Cleveland • Eddie Parenti
13	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:43.50 (5 h4)	–
	Jiang Chengji • Zeng Qiliang • Zhao Yi • Zhao Lifeng
14	New Zealand	NZL	3:45.80 (5 h3)	–
	Trent Bray • Paul Kent • Danyon Loader • Jonathan Winter
15	Kazakhstan	KAZ	3:49.51 (2 h1)	–
	Andrey Gavrilov • Aleksandr Savitsky • Sergey Ushkalov • Aleksey Yegorov
16	Croatia	CRO	3:50.09 (6 h3)	–
	Krešimir Čač • Tomislav Karlo • Miloš Milošević • Miroslav Vučetić
17	Republic of Korea	KOR	3:50.84 (7 h3)	–
	Jo Gwang-Je • Kim Min-Seok • Go Un-Ho • Yang Dae-Cheol
18	Lithuania	LTU	3:51.31 (4 h2)	–
	Nerijus Beiga • Mindaugas Bružas • Darius Grigalionis • Raimundas Mažuolis
19	Puerto Rico	PUR	3:52.04 (5 h2)	–
	Carlos Bodega • Ricardo Busquets • José González • Todd Torres
20	Malaysia	MAS	3:52.58 (3 h1)	–
	Wan Azlan Abdullah • Anthony Ang • Elvin Chia • Alex Lim
21	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	3:56.24 (6 h2)	–
	Konstantin Andryushin • Sergey Ashikhmin • Yevgeny Petrashov • Konstantin Pryakhin
22	Thailand	THA	3:56.80 (6 h4)	–
	Niti Intharapichai • Dulyarit Phuangthong • Torlarp Sethsothorn • Ratapong Sirisanont
23	Singapore	SGP	3:59.51 (8 h3)	–
	Gerald Koh • Desmond Koh • Sng Ju Wei • PJ Thum
DQ	Great Britain	GBR	– (DQ h4)	–
	James Hickman • Richard Maden • Nick Shackell • Neil Willey
DQ	Portugal	POR	– (DQ h4)	–
	Miguel Cabrita • José Couto • Nuno Laurentino • Miguel Machado
DNS	Belgium	BEL	– (DNS h2)	–		1

DNS	Spain	ESP	– (DNS h2)	–		2

Round One (26 July 1996)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (11:30)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	Ukraine	UKR		3:42.29
		Volodymyr Nikolaichuk		27.74	56.96	–	56.96 (1)
		Oleksandr Dzhaburiya		28.29	1:02.74	0.23	1:59.70 (1)
		Denys Sylantiev		25.00	53.29	0.52	2:52.99 (1)
		Pavlo Khnykin		23.21	49.30	0.04	3:42.29 (1)
2	4	Kazakhstan	KAZ		3:49.51
		Sergey Ushkalov		28.14	58.41	–	58.41 (2)
		Aleksandr Savitsky		30.33	1:06.45	0.25	2:04.86 (3)
		Andrey Gavrilov		24.93	54.05	0.40	2:58.91 (3)
		Aleksey Yegorov		24.30	50.60	0.38	3:49.51 (2)
3	3	Malaysia	MAS		3:52.58
		Alex Lim		28.53	58.48	–	58.48 (3)
		Elvin Chia		30.68	1:04.42	0.48	2:02.90 (2)
		Anthony Ang		25.37	55.23	0.27	2:58.13 (2)
		Wan Azlan Abdullah		25.90	54.45	0.34	3:52.58 (3)

Heat Two (11:40)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	Australia	AUS		3:41.30			Q
		Toby Haenen		27.61	56.92	–	56.92 (6)
		Phil Rogers		28.81	1:02.21	0.23	1:59.13 (3)
		Scott Miller		24.22	52.30	0.17	2:51.43 (2)
		Michael Klim		23.93	49.87	0.33	3:41.30 (1)
2	5	Japan	JPN		3:41.78			Q
		Keitaro Konnai		26.83	55.64	–	55.64 (3)
		Akira Hayashi		28.55	1:01.71	0.18	1:57.35 (1)
		Takashi Yamamoto		25.19	53.82	0.14	2:51.17 (1)
		Shunsuke Ito		23.92	50.61	0.25	3:41.78 (2)
3	3	France	FRA		3:42.94
		Franck Schott		27.64	56.08	–	56.08 (4)
		Vladimir Latocha		29.27	1:02.92	0.23	1:59.00 (2)
		Franck Esposito		25.06	53.75	0.39	2:52.75 (3)
		Nicolas Gruson		23.41	50.19	0.26	3:42.94 (3)
4	7	Lithuania	LTU		3:51.31
		Darius Grigalionis		27.61	56.66	–	56.66 (5)
		Nerijus Beiga		29.80	1:04.55	0.24	2:01.21 (4)
		Mindaugas Bružas		26.90	57.48	0.51	2:58.69 (4)
		Raimundas Mažuolis		25.42	52.62	0.44	3:51.31 (4)
5	1	Puerto Rico	PUR		3:52.04
		Carlos Bodega		30.11	1:02.33	–	1:02.33 (2)
		Todd Torres		29.75	1:03.50	0.16	2:05.83 (5)
		Ricardo Busquets		25.02	54.45	0.20	3:00.28 (5)
		José González		24.91	51.76	0.05	3:52.04 (5)
6	8	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ		3:56.24
		Konstantin Pryakhin		28.80	1:00.25	–	1:00.25 (1)
		Yevgeny Petrashov		30.79	1:07.43	0.43	2:07.68 (6)
		Konstantin Andryushin		27.19	57.63	0.59	3:05.31 (6)
		Sergey Ashikhmin		24.51	50.93	0.43	3:56.24 (6)
DNS	6	Belgium	BEL		–				3
DNS	2	Spain	ESP		–				4

Heat Three (11:50)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	Germany	GER		3:41.10			Q
		Stev Theloke		27.36	56.23	–	56.23 (4)
		Mark Warnecke		28.60	1:01.89	0.28	1:58.12 (2)
		Oliver Lampe		24.62	53.67	0.22	2:51.79 (2)
		Bengt Zikarsky		23.57	49.31	0.55	3:41.10 (1)
2	4	Russian Federation	RUS		3:41.49			Q
		Aleksandr Popov		26.45	55.71	–	55.71 (2)
		Roman Ivanovsky		29.03	1:02.19	0.33	1:57.90 (1)
		Vladislav Kulikov		24.69	53.72	0.48	2:51.62 (1)
		Roman Yegorov		23.54	49.87	0.32	3:41.49 (2)
3	3	Poland	POL		3:41.72			Q
		Mariusz Siembida		27.29	55.83	–	55.83 (3)
		Marek Krawczyk		29.44	1:02.55	0.41	1:58.38 (3)
		Rafał Szukała		24.62	53.54	0.08	2:51.92 (3)
		Bartosz Kizierowski		23.49	49.80	0.23	3:41.72 (3)
4	2	Israel	ISR		3:42.24			Q
		Eithan Urbach		27.69	56.82	–	56.82 (5)
		Vadim Alekseyev		28.64	1:02.15	0.12	1:58.97 (4)
		Dan Kutler		25.23	54.28	0.08	2:53.25 (4)
		Yoav Bruck		22.91	48.99	0.16	3:42.24 (4)
5	6	New Zealand	NZL		3:45.80
		Jonathan Winter		27.58	57.05	–	57.05 (6)
		Paul Kent		28.90	1:03.10	0.21	2:00.15 (5)
		Danyon Loader		25.74	55.20	0.11	2:55.35 (5)
		Trent Bray		23.33	50.45	0.11	3:45.80 (5)
6	7	Croatia	CRO		3:50.09
		Tomislav Karlo		27.70	57.32	–	57.32 (7)
		Krešimir Čač		30.62	1:06.02	0.23	2:03.34 (7)
		Miloš Milošević		24.63	54.66	0.08	2:58.00 (6)
		Miroslav Vučetić		24.77	52.09	0.45	3:50.09 (6)
7	1	Republic of Korea	KOR		3:50.84
		Kim Min-Seok		28.70	58.75	–	58.75 (8)
		Jo Gwang-Je		29.10	1:02.19	0.15	2:00.94 (6)
		Yang Dae-Cheol		26.77	57.73	0.26	2:58.67 (7)
		Go Un-Ho		25.08	52.17	0.24	3:50.84 (7)
8	8	Singapore	SGP		3:59.51
		Gerald Koh		29.66	1:00.99	–	1:00.99 (1)
		Desmond Koh		31.16	1:07.07	0.28	2:08.06 (8)
		PJ Thum		27.35	57.83	0.22	3:05.89 (8)
		Sng Ju Wei		25.60	53.62	0.58	3:59.51 (8)

Heat Four (12:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	United States	USA		3:39.93			Q
		Tripp Schwenk		27.14	55.54	–	55.54 (1)
		Kurt Grote		28.22	1:01.65	0.20	1:57.19 (1)
		John Hargis		24.10	53.34	0.27	2:50.53 (1)
		Josh Davis		23.14	49.40	0.19	3:39.93 (1)
2	5	Hungary	HUN		3:41.05			Q
		Tamás Deutsch		27.50	56.51	–	56.51 (2)
		Károly Güttler		28.52	1:01.55	0.41	1:58.06 (2)
		Péter Horváth		24.47	53.03	0.34	2:51.09 (2)
		Attila Zubor		23.76	49.96	0.25	3:41.05 (2)
3	7	Netherlands	NED		3:42.42
		Martin van der Spoel		27.63	57.15	–	57.15 (4)
		Benno Kuipers		29.17	1:02.29	0.37	1:59.44 (3)
		Stefan Aartsen		25.06	54.00	0.21	2:53.44 (5)
		Pieter van den Hoogenband		22.76	48.98	0.18	3:42.42 (3)
4	6	Canada	CAN		3:42.95
		Rob Braknis		27.04	56.82	–	56.82 (3)
		Jon Cleveland		28.96	1:02.66	0.23	1:59.48 (4)
		Eddie Parenti		24.90	53.83	0.28	2:53.31 (4)
		Stephen Clarke		23.11	49.64	0.25	3:42.95 (4)
5	2	People's Republic of China	CHN		3:43.50
		Zhao Yi		27.98	57.84	–	57.84 (5)
		Zeng Qiliang		28.59	1:01.75	0.18	1:59.59 (5)
		Jiang Chengji		24.54	53.22	0.06	2:52.81 (3)
		Zhao Lifeng		23.82	50.69	0.21	3:43.50 (5)
6	1	Thailand	THA		3:56.80
		Dulyarit Phuangthong		28.63	59.13	–	59.13 (6)
		Ratapong Sirisanont		30.31	1:04.60	0.19	2:03.73 (6)
		Niti Intharapichai		27.21	58.32	0.14	3:02.05 (6)
		Torlarp Sethsothorn		26.13	54.75	0.45	3:56.80 (6)
DQ	3	Great Britain	GBR		–				5
		Neil Willey		26.94	55.99	–	55.99 (AC)
		Richard Maden		28.40	1:01.92	0.05	1:57.91 (AC)
		James Hickman		24.13	52.69	0.31	2:50.60 (AC)
		Nick Shackell		23.50	50.14	0.07	3:40.74 (AC)
DQ	8	Portugal	POR		–				6
		Nuno Laurentino		27.86	58.02	–	58.02 (AC)
		José Couto		28.90	1:03.53	-0.13	2:01.55 (AC)
		Miguel Cabrita		26.05	56.53	0.25	2:58.08 (AC)
		Miguel Machado		24.55	52.37	0.00	3:50.45 (AC)

Final (26 July 1996 — 21:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Reaction	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	United States	USA		3:34.84			WR
		Jeff Rouse		26.31	53.95	–	53.95 (1)
		Jeremy Linn		27.43	1:00.32	0.13	1:54.27 (1)
		Mark Henderson		24.19	52.39	0.39	2:46.66 (1)
		Gary Hall, Jr.		22.16	48.18	0.23	3:34.84 (1)
2	2	Russian Federation	RUS		3:37.55
		Vladimir Selkov		26.86	55.53	–	55.53 (2)
		Stanislav Lopukhov		28.45	1:01.66	0.35	1:57.19 (4)
		Denis Pankratov		23.34	51.55	0.33	2:48.74 (2)
		Aleksandr Popov		23.13	48.81	0.19	3:37.55 (2)
3	6	Australia	AUS		3:39.56
		Steven Dewick		27.36	56.65	–	56.65 (7)
		Phil Rogers		28.73	1:01.71	0.20	1:58.36 (6)
		Scott Miller		24.21	52.04	0.17	2:50.40 (4)
		Michael Klim		23.37	49.16	0.36	3:39.56 (3)
4	3	Germany	GER		3:39.64
		Ralf Braun		26.79	55.76	–	55.76 (4)
		Mark Warnecke		28.34	1:01.40	0.19	1:57.16 (=2)
		Christian Keller		24.59	53.15	0.12	2:50.31 (3)
		Björn Zikarsky		22.96	49.33	0.31	3:39.64 (4)
5	1	Japan	JPN		3:40.51
		Keitaro Konnai		27.19	55.70	–	55.70 (3)
		Akira Hayashi		28.78	1:01.46	0.11	1:57.16 (=2)
		Takashi Yamamoto		24.85	53.28	0.18	2:50.44 (5)
		Shunsuke Ito		23.63	50.07	0.14	3:40.51 (5)
6	5	Hungary	HUN		3:40.84
		Tamás Deutsch		27.60	56.54	–	56.54 (6)
		Károly Güttler		28.52	1:01.41	0.44	1:57.95 (5)
		Péter Horváth		24.62	53.25	0.40	2:51.20 (6)
		Attila Czene		23.80	49.64	0.14	3:40.84 (6)
7	7	Poland	POL		3:41.94
		Mariusz Siembida		26.89	55.82	–	55.82 (5)
		Marek Krawczyk		29.37	1:02.71	0.34	1:58.53 (7)
		Rafał Szukała		24.55	53.29	0.25	2:51.82 (7)
		Bartosz Kizierowski		23.66	50.12	0.15	3:41.94 (7)
8	8	Israel	ISR		3:42.90
		Eithan Urbach		27.50	56.79	–	56.79 (8)
		Vadim Alekseyev		28.76	1:02.18	0.23	1:58.97 (8)
		Dan Kutler		24.84	54.32	0.10	2:53.29 (8)
		Yoav Bruck		23.43	49.61	0.17	3:42.90 (8)