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4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men

Date26 July 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants112 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.

PosCompetitorsNOCR1Final
1United StatesUSA3:39.93 (1 h4)3:34.84 (1)Gold
BackstrokeJeff Rouse
BreaststrokeJeremy Linn
ButterflyMark Henderson
FreestyleGary Hall, Jr.
FreestyleJosh Davis
BreaststrokeKurt Grote
ButterflyJohn Hargis
BackstrokeTripp Schwenk
2Russian FederationRUS3:41.49 (2 h3)3:37.55 (2)Silver
BackstrokeVladimir Selkov
BreaststrokeStanislav Lopukhov
ButterflyDenis Pankratov
FreestyleAleksandr Popov
BreaststrokeRoman Ivanovsky
ButterflyVladislav Kulikov
FreestyleRoman Yegorov
3AustraliaAUS3:41.30 (1 h2)3:39.56 (3)Bronze
BackstrokeSteven Dewick
BreaststrokePhil Rogers
ButterflyScott Miller
FreestyleMichael Klim
BackstrokeToby Haenen
4GermanyGER3:41.10 (1 h3)3:39.64 (4)
BackstrokeRalf Braun
BreaststrokeMark Warnecke
ButterflyChristian Keller
FreestyleBjörn Zikarsky
ButterflyOliver Lampe
BackstrokeStev Theloke
FreestyleBengt Zikarsky
5JapanJPN3:41.78 (2 h2)3:40.51 (5)
BackstrokeKeitaro Konnai
BreaststrokeAkira Hayashi
ButterflyTakashi Yamamoto
FreestyleShunsuke Ito
6HungaryHUN3:41.05 (2 h4)3:40.84 (6)
BackstrokeTamás Deutsch
BreaststrokeKároly Güttler
ButterflyPéter Horváth
FreestyleAttila Czene
FreestyleAttila Zubor
7PolandPOL3:41.72 (3 h3)3:41.94 (7)
BackstrokeMariusz Siembida
BreaststrokeMarek Krawczyk
ButterflyRafał Szukała
FreestyleBartosz Kizierowski
8IsraelISR3:42.24 (4 h3)3:42.90 (8)
BackstrokeEithan Urbach
BreaststrokeVadim Alekseyev
ButterflyDan Kutler
FreestyleYoav Bruck
9UkraineUKR3:42.29 (1 h1)
BreaststrokeOleksandr Dzhaburiya
FreestylePavlo Khnykin
BackstrokeVolodymyr Nikolaichuk
ButterflyDenys Sylantiev
10NetherlandsNED3:42.42 (3 h4)
ButterflyStefan Aartsen
BreaststrokeBenno Kuipers
FreestylePieter van den Hoogenband
BackstrokeMartin van der Spoel
11FranceFRA3:42.94 (3 h2)
ButterflyFranck Esposito
FreestyleNicolas Gruson
BreaststrokeVladimir Latocha
BackstrokeFranck Schott
12CanadaCAN3:42.95 (4 h4)
BackstrokeRob Braknis
FreestyleStephen Clarke
BreaststrokeJon Cleveland
ButterflyEddie Parenti
13People's Republic of ChinaCHN3:43.50 (5 h4)
ButterflyJiang Chengji
BreaststrokeZeng Qiliang
BackstrokeZhao Yi
FreestyleZhao Lifeng
14New ZealandNZL3:45.80 (5 h3)
FreestyleTrent Bray
BreaststrokePaul Kent
ButterflyDanyon Loader
BackstrokeJonathan Winter
15KazakhstanKAZ3:49.51 (2 h1)
ButterflyAndrey Gavrilov
BreaststrokeAleksandr Savitsky
BackstrokeSergey Ushkalov
FreestyleAleksey Yegorov
16CroatiaCRO3:50.09 (6 h3)
BreaststrokeKrešimir Čač
BackstrokeTomislav Karlo
ButterflyMiloš Milošević
FreestyleMiroslav Vučetić
17Republic of KoreaKOR3:50.84 (7 h3)
BreaststrokeJo Gwang-Je
BackstrokeKim Min-Seok
FreestyleGo Un-Ho
ButterflyYang Dae-Cheol
18LithuaniaLTU3:51.31 (4 h2)
BreaststrokeNerijus Beiga
ButterflyMindaugas Bružas
BackstrokeDarius Grigalionis
FreestyleRaimundas Mažuolis
19Puerto RicoPUR3:52.04 (5 h2)
BackstrokeCarlos Bodega
ButterflyRicardo Busquets
FreestyleJosé González
BreaststrokeTodd Torres
20MalaysiaMAS3:52.58 (3 h1)
FreestyleWan Azlan Abdullah
ButterflyAnthony Ang
BreaststrokeElvin Chia
BackstrokeAlex Lim
21KyrgyzstanKGZ3:56.24 (6 h2)
ButterflyKonstantin Andryushin
FreestyleSergey Ashikhmin
BreaststrokeYevgeny Petrashov
BackstrokeKonstantin Pryakhin
22ThailandTHA3:56.80 (6 h4)
ButterflyNiti Intharapichai
BackstrokeDulyarit Phuangthong
FreestyleTorlarp Sethsothorn
BreaststrokeRatapong Sirisanont
23SingaporeSGP3:59.51 (8 h3)
BackstrokeGerald Koh
BreaststrokeDesmond Koh
FreestyleSng Ju Wei
ButterflyPJ Thum
DQGreat BritainGBR– (DQ h4)
ButterflyJames Hickman
BreaststrokeRichard Maden
FreestyleNick Shackell
BackstrokeNeil Willey
DQPortugalPOR– (DQ h4)
ButterflyMiguel Cabrita
BreaststrokeJosé Couto
BackstrokeNuno Laurentino
FreestyleMiguel Machado
DNSBelgiumBEL– (DNS h2)1
DNSSpainESP– (DNS h2)2

Round One

Date26 July 1996
FormatFastest eight advanced to the final.
PosLaneTeamNOCTime
1United StatesUSA3:39.93Q
2HungaryHUN3:41.05Q
3GermanyGER3:41.10Q
4AustraliaAUS3:41.30Q
5Russian FederationRUS3:41.49Q
6PolandPOL3:41.72Q
7JapanJPN3:41.78Q
8IsraelISR3:42.24Q
9UkraineUKR3:42.29
10NetherlandsNED3:42.42
11FranceFRA3:42.94
12CanadaCAN3:42.95
13People's Republic of ChinaCHN3:43.50
14New ZealandNZL3:45.80
15KazakhstanKAZ3:49.51
16CroatiaCRO3:50.09
17Republic of KoreaKOR3:50.84
18LithuaniaLTU3:51.31
19Puerto RicoPUR3:52.04
20MalaysiaMAS3:52.58
21KyrgyzstanKGZ3:56.24
22ThailandTHA3:56.80
23SingaporeSGP3:59.51
DQGreat BritainGBR3
DQPortugalPOR4
DNSBelgiumBEL5
DNSSpainESP6

Heat #1

Time11:30
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeReaction Time50 metre TimeSplitExchange
1UkraineUKR3:42.29– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeVolodymyr Nikolaichuk 27.7456.96 (1)– (–)
BreaststrokeOleksandr Dzhaburiya 0.2328.291:02.74 (1)1:59.70 (1)
ButterflyDenys Sylantiev 0.5225.0053.29 (1)2:52.99 (1)
FreestylePavlo Khnykin 0.0423.2149.30 (1)– (–)
2KazakhstanKAZ3:49.51– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeSergey Ushkalov 28.1458.41 (2)– (–)
BreaststrokeAleksandr Savitsky 0.2530.331:06.45 (3)2:04.86 (3)
ButterflyAndrey Gavrilov 0.4024.9354.05 (2)2:58.91 (3)
FreestyleAleksey Yegorov 0.3824.3050.60 (2)– (–)
3MalaysiaMAS3:52.58– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeAlex Lim 28.5358.48 (3)– (–)
BreaststrokeElvin Chia 0.4830.681:04.42 (2)2:02.90 (2)
ButterflyAnthony Ang 0.2725.3755.23 (3)2:58.13 (2)
FreestyleWan Azlan Abdullah 0.3425.9054.45 (3)– (–)

Heat #2

Time11:40
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeReaction Time50 metre TimeSplitExchange
1AustraliaAUS3:41.30– (–)– (–)Q
BackstrokeToby Haenen 27.6156.92 (4)– (–)
BreaststrokePhil Rogers 0.2328.811:02.21 (2)1:59.13 (3)
ButterflyScott Miller 0.1724.2252.30 (1)2:51.43 (2)
FreestyleMichael Klim 0.3323.9349.87 (1)– (–)
2JapanJPN3:41.78– (–)– (–)Q
BackstrokeKeitaro Konnai 26.8355.64 (1)– (–)
BreaststrokeAkira Hayashi 0.1828.551:01.71 (1)1:57.35 (1)
ButterflyTakashi Yamamoto 0.1425.1953.82 (3)2:51.17 (1)
FreestyleShunsuke Ito 0.2523.9250.61 (3)– (–)
3FranceFRA3:42.94– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeFranck Schott 27.6456.08 (2)– (–)
BreaststrokeVladimir Latocha 0.2329.271:02.92 (3)1:59.00 (2)
ButterflyFranck Esposito 0.3925.0653.75 (2)2:52.75 (3)
FreestyleNicolas Gruson 0.2623.4150.19 (2)– (–)
4LithuaniaLTU3:51.31– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeDarius Grigalionis 27.6156.66 (3)– (–)
BreaststrokeNerijus Beiga 0.2429.801:04.55 (5)2:01.21 (4)
ButterflyMindaugas Bružas 0.5126.9057.48 (5)2:58.69 (4)
FreestyleRaimundas Mažuolis 0.4425.4252.62 (6)– (–)
5Puerto RicoPUR3:52.04– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeCarlos Bodega 30.111:02.33 (6)– (–)
BreaststrokeTodd Torres 0.1629.751:03.50 (4)2:05.83 (5)
ButterflyRicardo Busquets 0.2025.0254.45 (4)3:00.28 (5)
FreestyleJosé González 0.0524.9151.76 (5)– (–)
6KyrgyzstanKGZ3:56.24– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeKonstantin Pryakhin 28.801:00.25 (5)– (–)
BreaststrokeYevgeny Petrashov 0.4330.791:07.43 (6)2:07.68 (6)
ButterflyKonstantin Andryushin 0.5927.1957.63 (6)3:05.31 (6)
FreestyleSergey Ashikhmin 0.4324.5150.93 (4)– (–)
DNSBelgiumBEL– (–)– (–)7
DNSSpainESP– (–)– (–)8

Heat #3

Time11:50
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeReaction Time50 metre TimeSplitExchange
1GermanyGER3:41.10– (–)– (–)Q
BackstrokeStev Theloke 27.3656.23 (3)– (–)
BreaststrokeMark Warnecke 0.2828.601:01.89 (1)1:58.12 (2)
ButterflyOliver Lampe 0.2224.6253.67 (2)2:51.79 (2)
FreestyleBengt Zikarsky 0.5523.5749.31 (2)– (–)
2Russian FederationRUS3:41.49– (–)– (–)Q
BackstrokeAleksandr Popov 26.4555.71 (1)– (–)
BreaststrokeRoman Ivanovsky 0.3329.031:02.19 (=3)1:57.90 (1)
ButterflyVladislav Kulikov 0.4824.6953.72 (3)2:51.62 (1)
FreestyleRoman Yegorov 0.3223.5449.87 (4)– (–)
3PolandPOL3:41.72– (–)– (–)Q
BackstrokeMariusz Siembida 27.2955.83 (2)– (–)
BreaststrokeMarek Krawczyk 0.4129.441:02.55 (5)1:58.38 (3)
ButterflyRafał Szukała 0.0824.6253.54 (1)2:51.92 (3)
FreestyleBartosz Kizierowski 0.2323.4949.80 (3)– (–)
4IsraelISR3:42.24– (–)– (–)Q
BackstrokeEithan Urbach 27.6956.82 (4)– (–)
BreaststrokeVadim Alekseyev 0.1228.641:02.15 (2)1:58.97 (4)
ButterflyDan Kutler 0.0825.2354.28 (4)2:53.25 (4)
FreestyleYoav Bruck 0.1622.9148.99 (1)– (–)
5New ZealandNZL3:45.80– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeJonathan Winter 27.5857.05 (5)– (–)
BreaststrokePaul Kent 0.2128.901:03.10 (6)2:00.15 (5)
ButterflyDanyon Loader 0.1125.7455.20 (6)2:55.35 (5)
FreestyleTrent Bray 0.1123.3350.45 (5)– (–)
6CroatiaCRO3:50.09– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeTomislav Karlo 27.7057.32 (6)– (–)
BreaststrokeKrešimir Čač 0.2330.621:06.02 (7)2:03.34 (7)
ButterflyMiloš Milošević 0.0824.6354.66 (5)2:58.00 (6)
FreestyleMiroslav Vučetić 0.4524.7752.09 (6)– (–)
7Republic of KoreaKOR3:50.84– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeKim Min-Seok 28.7058.75 (7)– (–)
BreaststrokeJo Gwang-Je 0.1529.101:02.19 (=3)2:00.94 (6)
ButterflyYang Dae-Cheol 0.2626.7757.73 (7)2:58.67 (7)
FreestyleGo Un-Ho 0.2425.0852.17 (7)– (–)
8SingaporeSGP3:59.51– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeGerald Koh 29.661:00.99 (8)– (–)
BreaststrokeDesmond Koh 0.2831.161:07.07 (8)2:08.06 (8)
ButterflyPJ Thum 0.2227.3557.83 (8)3:05.89 (8)
FreestyleSng Ju Wei 0.5825.6053.62 (8)– (–)

Heat #4

Time12:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeReaction Time50 metre TimeSplitExchange
1United StatesUSA3:39.93– (–)– (–)Q
BackstrokeTripp Schwenk 27.1455.54 (1)– (–)
BreaststrokeKurt Grote 0.2028.221:01.65 (2)1:57.19 (1)
ButterflyJohn Hargis 0.2724.1053.34 (4)2:50.53 (1)
FreestyleJosh Davis 0.1923.1449.40 (2)– (–)
2HungaryHUN3:41.05– (–)– (–)Q
BackstrokeTamás Deutsch 27.5056.51 (3)– (–)
BreaststrokeKároly Güttler 0.4128.521:01.55 (1)1:58.06 (2)
ButterflyPéter Horváth 0.3424.4753.03 (2)2:51.09 (2)
FreestyleAttila Zubor 0.2523.7649.96 (4)– (–)
3NetherlandsNED3:42.42– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeMartin van der Spoel 27.6357.15 (5)– (–)
BreaststrokeBenno Kuipers 0.3729.171:02.29 (5)1:59.44 (3)
ButterflyStefan Aartsen 0.2125.0654.00 (6)2:53.44 (5)
FreestylePieter van den Hoogenband 0.1822.7648.98 (1)– (–)
4CanadaCAN3:42.95– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeRob Braknis 27.0456.82 (4)– (–)
BreaststrokeJon Cleveland 0.2328.961:02.66 (6)1:59.48 (4)
ButterflyEddie Parenti 0.2824.9053.83 (5)2:53.31 (4)
FreestyleStephen Clarke 0.2523.1149.64 (3)– (–)
5People's Republic of ChinaCHN3:43.50– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeZhao Yi 27.9857.84 (6)– (–)
BreaststrokeZeng Qiliang 0.1828.591:01.75 (3)1:59.59 (5)
ButterflyJiang Chengji 0.0624.5453.22 (3)2:52.81 (3)
FreestyleZhao Lifeng 0.2123.8250.69 (6)– (–)
6ThailandTHA3:56.80– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeDulyarit Phuangthong 28.6359.13 (8)– (–)
BreaststrokeRatapong Sirisanont 0.1930.311:04.60 (8)2:03.73 (6)
ButterflyNiti Intharapichai 0.1427.2158.32 (8)3:02.05 (6)
FreestyleTorlarp Sethsothorn 0.4526.1354.75 (8)– (–)
DQGreat BritainGBR– (–)– (–)9
BackstrokeNeil Willey [26.94][55.99] ([2])– (–)
BreaststrokeRichard Maden [0.05][28.40][1:01.92] ([4])[1:57.91] ([−])
ButterflyJames Hickman [0.31][24.13][52.69] ([1])[2:50.60] ([−])
FreestyleNick Shackell [0.07][23.50][50.14] ([5])– (–)
DQPortugalPOR– (–)– (–)10
BackstrokeNuno Laurentino [27.86][58.02] ([7])– (–)
BreaststrokeJosé Couto [-0.13][28.90][1:03.53] ([7])[2:01.55] ([−])
ButterflyMiguel Cabrita [0.25][26.05][56.53] ([7])[2:58.08] ([−])
FreestyleMiguel Machado [0.00][24.55][52.37] ([7])– (–)

Final Round

Date26 July 1996 — 21:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTimeReaction Time50 metre TimeSplitExchange
1United StatesUSA3:34.84– (–)– (–)WR
BackstrokeJeff Rouse 26.3153.95 (1)– (–)
BreaststrokeJeremy Linn 0.1327.431:00.32 (1)1:54.27 (1)
ButterflyMark Henderson 0.3924.1952.39 (3)2:46.66 (1)
FreestyleGary Hall, Jr. 0.2322.1648.18 (1)– (–)
2Russian FederationRUS3:37.55– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeVladimir Selkov 26.8655.53 (2)– (–)
BreaststrokeStanislav Lopukhov 0.3528.451:01.66 (5)1:57.19 (4)
ButterflyDenis Pankratov 0.3323.3451.55 (1)2:48.74 (2)
FreestyleAleksandr Popov 0.1923.1348.81 (2)– (–)
3AustraliaAUS3:39.56– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeSteven Dewick 27.3656.65 (7)– (–)
BreaststrokePhil Rogers 0.2028.731:01.71 (6)1:58.36 (6)
ButterflyScott Miller 0.1724.2152.04 (2)2:50.40 (4)
FreestyleMichael Klim 0.3623.3749.16 (3)– (–)
4GermanyGER3:39.64– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeRalf Braun 26.7955.76 (4)– (–)
BreaststrokeMark Warnecke 0.1928.341:01.40 (2)1:57.16 (=2)
ButterflyChristian Keller 0.1224.5953.15 (4)2:50.31 (3)
FreestyleBjörn Zikarsky 0.3122.9649.33 (4)– (–)
5JapanJPN3:40.51– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeKeitaro Konnai 27.1955.70 (3)– (–)
BreaststrokeAkira Hayashi 0.1128.781:01.46 (4)1:57.16 (=2)
ButterflyTakashi Yamamoto 0.1824.8553.28 (6)2:50.44 (5)
FreestyleShunsuke Ito 0.1423.6350.07 (7)– (–)
6HungaryHUN3:40.84– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeTamás Deutsch 27.6056.54 (6)– (–)
BreaststrokeKároly Güttler 0.4428.521:01.41 (3)1:57.95 (5)
ButterflyPéter Horváth 0.4024.6253.25 (5)2:51.20 (6)
FreestyleAttila Czene 0.1423.8049.64 (6)– (–)
7PolandPOL3:41.94– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeMariusz Siembida 26.8955.82 (5)– (–)
BreaststrokeMarek Krawczyk 0.3429.371:02.71 (8)1:58.53 (7)
ButterflyRafał Szukała 0.2524.5553.29 (7)2:51.82 (7)
FreestyleBartosz Kizierowski 0.1523.6650.12 (8)– (–)
8IsraelISR3:42.90– (–)– (–)
BackstrokeEithan Urbach 27.5056.79 (8)– (–)
BreaststrokeVadim Alekseyev 0.2328.761:02.18 (7)1:58.97 (8)
ButterflyDan Kutler 0.1024.8454.32 (8)2:53.29 (8)
FreestyleYoav Bruck 0.1723.4349.61 (5)– (–)