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4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date	27 July 2024
Status	Olympic
Location	Paris La Défense Arena, Nanterre, France
Participants	70 from 16 countries

As with most men’s relays, the United States was the favorite, followed by Australia. The USA had won the gold medal in 2016 and 2020, and 11 of the 14 times it had been contested at the Olympic Games. Australia had won the event three times at the World Championships, and had never failed to medal in it at the Pac Pacific Swimming Championships, something not even the USA had done.

China, surprisingly, led the qualifying, followed by Australia. The United States was the fourth qualifier, behind Great Britain, with somewhat of a B team swimming the heats.

The final was held on the first night of the Paris 2024 swimming programme. China put out their superstar sprinter, Pan Zhanle, on the first leg, and he gave them a ¾-second lead over Jack Alexy of the United States. On the second leg, Chris Guiliano put the Americans in front and they were never headed, winning the gold medal by over a second ahead of Australia. Caeleb Dressel, the USA anchor, won gold in the event for the third consecutive Olympics.

Australia was not in silver medal position until the anchor, and stood fourth and third at the first two exchanges, but Kyle Chalmers had the fastest split of the night (46.59) to bring them home in second. China went from first to last on the second leg by Ji Xinjie, but would come back, finally finishing fourth behind the surprising bronze medalist, Italy.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	3:12.61 (2 h2)	3:09.28 (1)	Gold
	Jack Alexy • Chris Guiliano • Hunter Armstrong • Caeleb Dressel • Ryan Held • Matt King
2	Australia	AUS	3:12.25 (1 h2)	3:10.35 (2)	Silver
	Jack Cartwright • Flynn Southam • Kai Taylor • Kyle Chalmers • William Yang
3	Italy	ITA	3:12.94 (3 h1)	3:10.70 (3)	Bronze
	Alessandro Miressi • Thomas Ceccon • Paolo Conte Bonin • Manuel Frigo • Lorenzo Zazzeri • Leonardo Deplano
4	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:11.62 (1 h1)	3:11.28 (4)
	Pan Zhanle • Ji Xinjie • Chen Juner • Wang Haoyu
5	Great Britain	GBR	3:12.49 (2 h1)	3:11.61 (5)
	Matt Richards • Jacob Whittle • Tom Dean • Duncan Scott • Alexander Cohoon
6	Canada	CAN	3:12.77 (3 h2)	3:12.18 (6)
	Josh Liendo • Yuri Kisil • Finlay Knox • Javier Acevedo
7	Germany	GER	3:13.15 (5 h1)	3:12.29 (7)
	Josha Salchow • Rafael Miroslaw • Luca Armbruster • Peter Varjasi
8	Hungary	HUN	3:12.96 (4 h1)	3:13.11 (8)
	Nándor Németh • Szebasztián Szabó • Ádám Jászó • Hubert Kós
9	Spain	ESP	3:13.19 (6 h1)	–
	Sergio de Celis • Luis Domínguez • César Castro • Mario Mollà
10	Brazil	BRA	3:14.22 (4 h2)	–
	Guilherme Santos • Marcelo Chierighini • Gabriel Santos • Breno Correia
11	Serbia	SRB	3:14.68 (5 h2)	–
	Velimir Stjepanović • Nikola Aćin • Justin Cvetkov • Andrej Barna
12	France	FRA	3:14.84 (7 h1)	–
	Hadrien Salvan • Rafael Fente Damers • Guillaume Guth • Wissam-Amazigh Yebba
13	Poland	POL	3:14.94 (8 h1)	–
	Mateusz Chowaniec • Dominik Dudys • Bartosz Piszczorowicz • Kamil Sieradzki
14	Israel	ISR	3:15.41 (6 h2)	–
	Tomer Frankel • Gal Cohen Groumi • Denis Loktev • Alexey Glivinskiy
15	Sweden	SWE	3:15.71 (7 h2)	–
	Robin Hanson • Björn Seeliger • Elias Persson • Isak Eliasson
16	Greece	GRE	3:17.47 (8 h2)	–
	Andreas Vazaios • Panagiotis Bolanos • Stergios Bilas • Odysseus Meladinis

Round One

Date	27 July 2024 — 12:26
Format	Top eight finishers advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time
1	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:11.62	Q
2	–	Australia	AUS	3:12.25	Q
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:12.49	Q
4	–	United States	USA	3:12.61	Q
5	–	Canada	CAN	3:12.77	Q
6	–	Italy	ITA	3:12.94	Q
7	–	Hungary	HUN	3:12.96	Q
8	–	Germany	GER	3:13.15	Q
9	–	Spain	ESP	3:13.19
10	–	Brazil	BRA	3:14.22
11	–	Serbia	SRB	3:14.68
12	–	France	FRA	3:14.84
13	–	Poland	POL	3:14.94
14	–	Israel	ISR	3:15.41
15	–	Sweden	SWE	3:15.71
16	–	Greece	GRE	3:17.47

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 metre Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:11.62	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	Wang Haoyu		–	0.58	23.53	48.61 (=3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Chen Juner		–	0.27	22.76	48.10 (4)	1:36.71 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Ji Xinjie		–	0.26	22.54	47.93 (3)	2:24.64 (3)
Anchor	–	Pan Zhanle		–	0.34	22.64	46.98 (1)	– (–)
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:12.49	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	Duncan Scott		–	0.65	23.45	48.61 (=3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Jacob Whittle		–	0.41	22.72	47.90 (2)	1:36.51 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Alexander Cohoon		–	0.23	22.54	47.91 (=1)	2:24.42 (1)
Anchor	–	Tom Dean		–	0.30	22.77	48.07 (3)	– (–)
3	–	Italy	ITA	3:12.94	1.32	–	– (1)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	Lorenzo Zazzeri		–	0.63	23.09	48.88 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Leonardo Deplano		–	0.36	22.46	48.23 (5)	1:37.11 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Paolo Conte Bonin		–	0.31	23.01	48.03 (4)	2:25.14 (4)
Anchor	–	Manuel Frigo		–	0.21	22.48	47.80 (2)	– (–)
4	–	Hungary	HUN	3:12.96	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	Nándor Németh		–	0.63	23.27	48.07 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Szebasztián Szabó		–	0.06	22.29	48.02 (3)	1:36.09 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Ádám Jászó		–	0.32	22.81	48.74 (8)	2:24.83 (8)
Anchor	–	Hubert Kós		–	0.32	23.26	48.13 (4)	– (–)
5	–	Germany	GER	3:13.15	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	Josha Salchow		–	0.73	23.37	48.56 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Rafael Miroslaw		–	0.20	22.50	47.87 (1)	1:36.43 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Luca Armbruster		–	0.19	22.70	48.29 (5)	2:24.72 (5)
Anchor	–	Peter Varjasi		–	0.26	23.33	48.43 (6)	– (–)
6	–	Spain	ESP	3:13.19	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Sergio de Celis		–	0.66	23.49	48.84 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Luis Domínguez		–	0.31	22.89	48.27 (6)	1:37.11 (6)
3rd Leg	–	César Castro		–	0.21	22.51	47.91 (=1)	2:25.02 (2)
Anchor	–	Mario Mollà		–	0.16	22.55	48.17 (5)	– (–)
7	–	France	FRA	3:14.84	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Hadrien Salvan		–	0.61	23.76	49.21 (8)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Rafael Fente Damers		–	0.17	22.56	48.34 (7)	1:37.55 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Guillaume Guth		–	0.21	23.20	48.66 (7)	2:26.21 (7)
Anchor	–	Wissam-Amazigh Yebba		–	0.22	23.20	48.63 (7)	– (–)
8	–	Poland	POL	3:14.94	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Mateusz Chowaniec		–	0.62	23.64	49.13 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Dominik Dudys		–	0.26	23.08	48.75 (8)	1:37.88 (8)
3rd Leg	–	Bartosz Piszczorowicz		–	0.17	22.85	48.39 (6)	2:26.27 (6)
Anchor	–	Kamil Sieradzki		–	0.32	23.17	48.67 (8)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 metre Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	Australia	AUS	3:12.25	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	Jack Cartwright		–	0.71	23.30	48.51 (1)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	William Yang		–	0.24	22.97	48.39 (4)	1:36.90 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Flynn Southam		–	0.28	23.47	47.91 (2)	2:24.81 (2)
Anchor	–	Kyle Chalmers		–	0.37	22.81	47.44 (2)	– (–)
2	–	United States	USA	3:12.61	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	Ryan Held		–	0.62	23.05	48.52 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Matt King		–	0.26	22.66	48.40 (5)	1:36.92 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Hunter Armstrong		–	0.37	22.90	47.50 (1)	2:24.42 (1)
Anchor	–	Caeleb Dressel		–	0.41	22.86	48.19 (4)	– (–)
3	–	Canada	CAN	3:12.77	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Lead-Off	–	Finlay Knox		–	0.68	23.76	49.03 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Yuri Kisil		–	0.30	22.83	48.34 (3)	1:37.37 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Javier Acevedo		–	0.28	22.97	48.15 (3)	2:25.52 (3)
Anchor	–	Josh Liendo		–	0.29	22.70	47.25 (1)	– (–)
4	–	Brazil	BRA	3:14.22	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Guilherme Santos		–	0.61	23.19	48.57 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Marcelo Chierighini		–	0.21	22.56	48.21 (1)	1:36.78 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Gabriel Santos		–	0.29	23.15	48.86 (6)	2:25.64 (6)
Anchor	–	Breno Correia		–	0.31	23.20	48.58 (5)	– (–)
5	–	Serbia	SRB	3:14.68	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Velimir Stjepanović		–	0.64	23.58	49.10 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Nikola Aćin		–	0.15	22.65	48.66 (7)	1:37.76 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Justin Cvetkov		–	0.41	23.15	49.44 (8)	2:27.20 (8)
Anchor	–	Andrej Barna		–	0.37	22.41	47.48 (3)	– (–)
6	–	Israel	ISR	3:15.41	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Tomer Frankel		–	0.61	23.22	48.60 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Gal Cohen Groumi		–	0.16	22.76	48.22 (2)	1:36.82 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Denis Loktev		–	0.29	23.11	48.87 (7)	2:25.69 (7)
Anchor	–	Alexey Glivinskiy		–	0.13	23.28	49.72 (8)	– (–)
7	–	Sweden	SWE	3:15.71	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Robin Hanson		–	0.65	23.43	49.09 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Björn Seeliger		–	0.30	22.73	48.61 (6)	1:37.70 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Elias Persson		–	0.21	22.75	48.71 (5)	2:26.41 (5)
Anchor	–	Isak Eliasson		–	0.24	22.97	49.30 (6)	– (–)
8	–	Greece	GRE	3:17.47	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Andreas Vazaios		–	0.60	23.71	49.50 (8)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Panagiotis Bolanos		–	0.04	23.05	49.68 (8)	1:39.18 (8)
3rd Leg	–	Stergios Bilas		–	0.21	22.82	48.70 (4)	2:27.88 (4)
Anchor	–	Odysseus Meladinis		–	0.19	22.73	49.59 (7)	– (–)

Final Round

Date	27 July 2024 — 21:44

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	50 metre Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	United States	USA	3:09.28	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Jack Alexy		–	0.69	22.70	47.67 (2)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Chris Guiliano		–	0.11	21.70	47.33 (1)	1:35.00 (1)
3rd Leg	–	Hunter Armstrong		–	0.37	22.35	46.75 (1)	2:21.75 (1)
Anchor	–	Caeleb Dressel		–	0.27	22.39	47.53 (4)	– (–)
2	–	Australia	AUS	3:10.35	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Jack Cartwright		–	0.68	23.12	48.03 (6)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Flynn Southam		–	0.27	22.87	48.00 (4)	1:36.03 (4)
3rd Leg	–	Kai Taylor		–	0.26	22.79	47.73 (3)	2:23.76 (3)
Anchor	–	Kyle Chalmers		–	0.26	22.13	46.59 (1)	– (–)
3	–	Italy	ITA	3:10.70	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Alessandro Miressi		–	0.69	23.18	48.04 (7)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Thomas Ceccon		–	0.32	22.51	47.44 (2)	1:35.48 (2)
3rd Leg	–	Paolo Conte Bonin		–	0.16	22.68	48.16 (5)	2:23.64 (5)
Anchor	–	Manuel Frigo		–	0.15	22.11	47.06 (2)	– (–)
4	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	3:11.28	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Pan Zhanle		–	0.64	22.56	46.92 (1)	– (–)	1
2nd Leg	–	Ji Xinjie		–	0.27	22.97	48.58 (8)	1:35.50 (8)
3rd Leg	–	Chen Juner		–	0.27	22.77	48.10 (4)	2:23.60 (4)
Anchor	–	Wang Haoyu		–	0.14	22.98	47.68 (5)	– (–)
5	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:11.61	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Matt Richards		–	0.60	22.85	47.83 (4)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Jacob Whittle		–	0.15	22.91	48.54 (7)	1:36.37 (7)
3rd Leg	–	Tom Dean		–	0.28	22.90	47.72 (2)	2:24.09 (2)
Anchor	–	Duncan Scott		–	0.40	22.81	47.52 (3)	– (–)
6	–	Canada	CAN	3:12.18	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Josh Liendo		–	0.62	22.95	47.93 (5)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Yuri Kisil		–	0.18	22.72	48.18 (5)	1:36.11 (5)
3rd Leg	–	Finlay Knox		–	0.30	22.87	48.26 (6)	2:24.37 (6)
Anchor	–	Javier Acevedo		–	0.26	22.88	47.81 (6)	– (–)
7	–	Germany	GER	3:12.29	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Josha Salchow		–	0.70	23.30	48.28 (8)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Rafael Miroslaw		–	0.12	22.74	47.66 (3)	1:35.94 (3)
3rd Leg	–	Luca Armbruster		–	0.14	22.79	48.43 (8)	2:24.37 (8)
Anchor	–	Peter Varjasi		–	0.13	22.42	47.92 (7)	– (–)
8	–	Hungary	HUN	3:13.11	–	–	– (–)	– (–)
Lead-Off	–	Nándor Németh		–	0.63	22.91	47.76 (3)	– (–)
2nd Leg	–	Szebasztián Szabó		–	0.38	22.88	48.46 (6)	1:36.22 (6)
3rd Leg	–	Ádám Jászó		–	0.37	23.05	48.38 (7)	2:24.60 (7)
Anchor	–	Hubert Kós		–	0.21	23.09	48.51 (8)	– (–)