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4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date	27 July 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants	80 from 18 countries

The United States had won this event at every Olympics since 1960, save for 1980, when they did not compete. But they had finished second at the 1991 World Championships, behind West Germany, and on paper, the fastest foursome seemed to be the Unified Team. In the final the Unifieds were second after two legs, trailing Sweden, as Anders Holmertz moved them ahead with the second-fastest split ever, 1:46.16. The Unified Team, all Russians, moved marginally ahead at the last exchange, as Yevgeny Sadovy prepared to swim anchor for them. Sadovy came home over 3½ seconds ahead of Sweden, as the Unified Team set a world record of 7:11.95, better the USA mark of 7:12.51 from Seoul. Sweden hung on for silver. The USA had been fourth for most of the race, but caught Germany on the final leg to earn bronze.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Unified Team	EUN	7:17.65 (1 h2)	7:11.95 (1)	Gold
	Dmitry Lepikov • Vladimir Pyshnenko • Veniamin Tayanovich • Yevgeny Sadovy • Aleksey Kudryavtsev • Yury Mukhin
2	Sweden	SWE	7:20.03 (1 h3)	7:15.51 (2)	Silver
	Christer Wallin • Anders Holmertz • Tom Werner • Lars Frölander
3	United States	USA	7:23.70 (2 h3)	7:16.23 (3)	Bronze
	Joe Hudepohl • Mel Stewart • Jon Olsen • Doug Gjertsen • Scott Jaffe • Dan Jorgensen
4	Germany	GER	7:18.21 (2 h2)	7:16.58 (4)
	Peter Sitt • Steffen Zesner • Andreas Szigat • Stefan Pfeiffer • Christian Tröger
5	Italy	ITA	7:25.53 (3 h3)	7:18.10 (5)
	Roberto Gleria • Giorgio Lamberti • Massimo Trevisan • Stefano Battistelli • Emanuele Idini • Piermaria Siciliano
6	Great Britain	GBR	7:23.10 (2 h1)	7:22.57 (6)
	Paul Palmer • Steven Mellor • Stephen Akers • Paul Howe
7	Brazil	BRA	7:24.20 (3 h1)	7:24.03 (7)
	Gustavo Borges • Emanuel Fortes • Teófilo Ferreira • Cristiano Michelena
8	Australia	AUS	7:22.19 (1 h1)	– (DQ)
	Ian Brown • Deane Pieters • Kieren Perkins • Duncan Armstrong • Martin Roberts
9	Canada	CAN	7:25.61 (4 h3)	–
	Eddie Parenti • Darren Ward • Christopher Bowie • Turlough O'Hare
10	France	FRA	7:26.22 (3 h2)	–
	Christophe Bordeau • Lionel Poirot • Franck Horter • Yann de Fabrique
11	New Zealand	NZL	7:26.36 (4 h2)	–
	Trent Bray • Richard Tapper • John Steel • Danyon Loader
12	Finland	FIN	7:28.71 (4 h1)	–
	Jani Sievinen • Vesa Hanski • Petteri Lehtinen • Antti Kasvio
13	Poland	POL	7:29.59 (5 h1)	–
	Mariusz Podkościelny • Artur Wojdat • Piotr Albiński • Krzysztof Cwalina
14	Norway	NOR	7:31.35 (5 h2)	–
	Jarl Inge Melberg • Thomas Sopp • Trond Høines • Kjell Ivar Lundemoen
15	Puerto Rico	PUR	7:35.63 (5 h3)	–
	Jorge Herrera • Manuel Guzmán • Ricardo Busquets • David Monasterio
16	Hong Kong	HKG	7:54.30 (6 h2)	–
	Arthur Li • Michael Wright • Kelvin Li • Wu Tat Cheung
17	Guatemala	GUA	8:07.30 (6 h1)	–
	Andrés Sedano • Helder Torres • Roberto Bonilla • Gustavo Búcaro
18	United Arab Emirates	UAE	8:39.72 (6 h3)	–
	Mohamed Bin Abid • Obaid Al-Rumaithi • Abdullah Sultan • Ahmad Faraj

Round One (27 July 1992 — 12:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	Australia	AUS				7:22.19		Q
		Duncan Armstrong		26.63	54.93	–	1:51.53	1:51.53 (3)
		Martin Roberts		25.07	53.76	–	1:51.45	3:42.98 (4)
		Deane Pieters		25.51	53.69	–	1:50.03	5:33.01 (1)
		Ian Brown		25.48	53.26	–	1:49.18	7:22.19 (1)
2	5	Great Britain	GBR				7:23.10		Q
		Paul Palmer		26.36	54.30	–	1:50.12	1:50.12 (1)
		Steven Mellor		26.17	55.21	–	1:52.03	3:42.15 (2)
		Stephen Akers		26.43	55.02	–	1:51.66	5:33.81 (2)
		Paul Howe		25.00	52.74	–	1:49.29	7:23.10 (2)
3	6	Brazil	BRA				7:24.20		Q
		Gustavo Borges		26.27	54.65	–	1:50.79	1:50.79 (2)
		Emanuel Fortes		25.94	54.55	–	1:51.69	3:42.48 (3)
		Teófilo Ferreira		25.91	54.49	–	1:51.33	5:33.81 (2)
		Cristiano Michelena		25.28	52.88	–	1:50.39	7:24.20 (3)
4	2	Finland	FIN				7:28.71
		Jani Sievinen		26.36	55.97	–	1:52.10	1:52.10 (5)
		Vesa Hanski		26.61	55.96	–	1:53.54	3:45.64 (5)
		Petteri Lehtinen		26.17	55.09	–	1:54.10	5:39.74 (5)
		Antti Kasvio		25.17	52.90	–	1:48.97	7:28.71 (4)
5	3	Poland	POL				7:29.59
		Mariusz Podkościelny		26.70	54.74	–	1:51.71	1:51.71 (4)
		Artur Wojdat		25.09	53.33	–	1:49.88	3:41.59 (1)
		Piotr Albiński		25.82	54.17	–	1:52.83	5:34.42 (4)
		Krzysztof Cwalina		26.07	55.12	–	1:55.17	7:29.59 (5)
6	7	Guatemala	GUA				8:07.30
		Andrés Sedano		27.65	58.23	–	2:02.73	2:02.73 (6)
		Helder Torres		27.51	58.73	–	2:02.32	4:05.05 (6)
		Roberto Bonilla		28.16	59.37	–	2:03.66	6:08.71 (6)
		Gustavo Búcaro		26.89	56.96	–	1:58.59	8:07.30 (6)

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	Unified Team	EUN				7:17.65		Q
		Dmitry Lepikov		25.70	53.54	–	1:49.80	1:49.80 (1)
		Aleksey Kudryavtsev		25.46	53.44	–	1:49.65	3:39.45 (1)
		Yury Mukhin		24.25	51.54	–	1:49.28	5:28.73 (1)
		Veniamin Tayanovich		24.37	51.88	–	1:48.92	7:17.65 (1)
2	5	Germany	GER				7:18.21		Q
		Peter Sitt		25.56	53.48	–	1:50.02	1:50.02 (2)
		Christian Tröger		24.89	53.05	–	1:49.81	3:39.83 (2)
		Andreas Szigat		25.43	53.25	–	1:49.40	5:29.23 (2)
		Stefan Pfeiffer		24.61	52.07	–	1:48.98	7:18.21 (2)
3	3	France	FRA				7:26.22
		Christophe Bordeau		26.34	54.37	–	1:51.22	1:51.22 (4)
		Lionel Poirot		25.80	54.61	–	1:53.18	3:44.40 (4)
		Franck Horter		26.48	55.01	–	1:50.84	5:35.24 (3)
		Yann de Fabrique		25.76	54.12	–	1:50.98	7:26.22 (3)
4	2	New Zealand	NZL				7:26.36
		Trent Bray		26.97	55.10	–	1:51.38	1:51.38 (5)
		Richard Tapper		25.77	54.25	–	1:54.35	3:45.73 (5)
		John Steel		25.79	54.25	–	1:50.94	5:36.67 (5)
		Danyon Loader		25.87	53.99	–	1:49.69	7:26.36 (4)
5	6	Norway	NOR				7:31.35
		Jarl Inge Melberg		25.90	53.75	–	1:50.78	1:50.78 (3)
		Thomas Sopp		25.84	54.13	–	1:51.01	3:41.79 (3)
		Trond Høines		25.79	54.12	–	1:54.00	5:35.79 (4)
		Kjell Ivar Lundemoen		26.05	54.44	–	1:55.56	7:31.35 (5)
6	7	Hong Kong	HKG				7:54.30
		Arthur Li		26.77	56.06	–	1:55.91	1:55.91 (6)
		Michael Wright		26.37	56.46	–	1:58.77	3:54.68 (6)
		Kelvin Li		27.79	58.21	–	2:00.78	5:55.46 (6)
		Wu Tat Cheung		26.87	56.84	–	1:58.84	7:54.30 (6)

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	3	Sweden	SWE				7:20.03		Q
		Christer Wallin		26.36	54.35	–	1:50.52	1:50.52 (2)
		Lars Frölander		25.46	53.73	–	1:50.13	3:40.65 (1)
		Tom Werner		25.97	53.58	–	1:49.23	5:29.88 (1)
		Anders Holmertz		24.94	52.70	–	1:50.15	7:20.03 (1)
2	4	United States	USA				7:23.70		Q
		Scott Jaffe		26.26	54.46	–	1:50.14	1:50.14 (1)
		Dan Jorgensen		25.47	53.34	–	1:50.56	3:40.70 (2)
		Jon Olsen		25.60	53.25	–	1:50.03	5:30.73 (2)
		Doug Gjertsen		25.95	54.48	–	1:52.97	7:23.70 (2)
3	5	Italy	ITA				7:25.53		Q
		Roberto Gleria		26.44	55.01	–	1:51.21	1:51.21 (3)
		Emanuele Idini		25.56	53.66	–	1:51.53	3:42.74 (4)
		Piermaria Siciliano		25.80	53.97	–	1:52.25	5:34.99 (3)
		Stefano Battistelli		26.03	54.48	–	1:50.54	7:25.53 (3)
4	6	Canada	CAN				7:25.61
		Eddie Parenti		26.69	55.15	–	1:51.56	1:51.56 (4)
		Darren Ward		25.66	53.56	–	1:51.14	3:42.70 (3)
		Christopher Bowie		26.61	54.99	–	1:52.70	5:35.40 (4)
		Turlough O'Hare		25.33	52.98	–	1:50.21	7:25.61 (4)
5	2	Puerto Rico	PUR				7:35.63
		Jorge Herrera		27.08	56.01	–	1:54.30	1:54.30 (5)
		Manuel Guzmán		25.51	53.33	–	1:52.37	3:46.67 (5)
		Ricardo Busquets		26.05	54.98	–	1:54.19	5:40.86 (5)
		David Monasterio		26.55	56.04	–	1:54.77	7:35.63 (5)
6	1	United Arab Emirates	UAE				8:39.72
		Mohamed Bin Abid		30.31	1:02.85	–	2:07.49	2:07.49 (6)
		Obaid Al-Rumaithi		29.51	1:03.61	–	2:15.98	4:23.47 (6)
		Abdullah Sultan		29.96	1:03.48	–	2:09.56	6:33.03 (6)
		Ahmad Faraj		29.01	1:00.90	–	2:06.69	8:39.72 (6)

Final (27 July 1992 — 19:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	Unified Team	EUN				7:11.95		WR
		Dmitry Lepikov		25.71	53.15	–	1:49.55	1:49.55 (4)
		Vladimir Pyshnenko		24.12	50.71	–	1:46.58	3:36.13 (2)
		Veniamin Tayanovich		24.90	52.65	–	1:48.99	5:25.12 (1)
		Yevgeny Sadovy		24.44	51.81	–	1:46.83	7:11.95 (1)
2	3	Sweden	SWE				7:15.51
		Christer Wallin		26.06	53.44	–	1:49.69	1:49.69 (5)
		Anders Holmertz		24.47	51.04	–	1:46.16	3:35.85 (1)
		Tom Werner		25.29	53.01	–	1:49.35	5:25.20 (2)
		Lars Frölander		25.27	53.99	–	1:50.31	7:15.51 (2)
3	7	United States	USA				7:16.23
		Joe Hudepohl		25.92	53.52	–	1:49.52	1:49.52 (3)
		Mel Stewart		24.80	51.84	–	1:48.41	3:37.93 (4)
		Jon Olsen		25.22	53.05	–	1:49.19	5:27.12 (4)
		Doug Gjertsen		25.13	52.84	–	1:49.11	7:16.23 (3)
4	5	Germany	GER				7:16.58
		Peter Sitt		25.99	53.80	–	1:50.06	1:50.06 (6)
		Steffen Zesner		24.46	51.41	–	1:47.78	3:37.84 (3)
		Andreas Szigat		26.01	54.23	–	1:49.61	5:27.45 (5)
		Stefan Pfeiffer		25.29	52.89	–	1:49.13	7:16.58 (4)
5	8	Italy	ITA				7:18.10
		Roberto Gleria		26.27	54.23	–	1:49.29	1:49.29 (2)
		Giorgio Lamberti		24.99	52.48	–	1:49.80	3:39.09 (5)
		Massimo Trevisan		25.07	52.24	–	1:47.97	5:27.06 (3)
		Stefano Battistelli		25.71	54.40	–	1:51.04	7:18.10 (5)
6	2	Great Britain	GBR				7:22.57
		Paul Palmer		26.11	53.78	–	1:49.21	1:49.21 (1)
		Steven Mellor		25.63	54.02	–	1:51.77	3:40.98 (6)
		Stephen Akers		26.14	54.76	–	1:51.61	5:32.59 (6)
		Paul Howe		24.89	52.90	–	1:49.98	7:22.57 (6)
7	1	Brazil	BRA				7:24.03
		Gustavo Borges		25.84	54.00	–	1:50.45	1:50.45 (7)
		Emanuel Fortes		25.32	54.13	–	1:52.63	3:43.08 (7)
		Teófilo Ferreira		25.61	53.92	–	1:50.28	5:33.36 (7)
		Cristiano Michelena		26.01	53.89	–	1:50.67	7:24.03 (7)
DQ	6	Australia	AUS				–
		Ian Brown		26.27	53.99	–	1:49.45	1:49.45 (AC)
		Deane Pieters		–	–	–	–	– (AC)
		Kieren Perkins		–	–	–	–	– (AC)
		Duncan Armstrong		–	–	–	–	– (AC)