The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 23 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 23 July Final Jon Olsen (49.94)Josh Davis (49.00)Brad Schumacher (49.02)Gary Hall, Jr. (47.45) 3:15.41

Results

Heats Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 1 3 4 David Fox (50.46)Scott Tucker (49.68)Brad Schumacher (49.19)Josh Davis (49.07) 3:18.40 Q 2 1 4 Mark Pinger (50.50)Alexander Lüderitz (50.06)Bengt Zikarsky (48.97)Björn Zikarsky (49.74) 3:19.27 Q 3 2 3 Pie Geelen (50.86)Mark Veens (49.94)Martin van der Spoel (50.72)Pieter van den Hoogenband (48.64) 3:20.16 Q, NR 4 2 5 Fernando Scherer (50.81)Alexandre Massura (50.20)André Cordeiro (50.27)Gustavo Borges (48.93) 3:20.21 Q, SA 5 3 5 Roman Yegorov (50.82)Denis Pimankov (50.09)Konstantin Ushkov (50.32)Vladimir Pyshnenko (49.16) 3:20.39 Q 6 1 5 Fredrik Letzler (50.81)Lars Frölander (49.34)Christer Wallin (50.13)Johan Wallberg (50.46) 3:20.74 Q 7 2 4 Michael Klim (50.09)Ian Vander-Wal (50.70)Scott Logan (50.38)Chris Fydler (49.71) 3:20.88 Q 8 1 3 Nicholas Shackell (50.44)Alan Rapley (50.18)Mark Stevens (49.97)Mike Fibbens (50.75) 3:21.34 Q 9 3 3 John Steel (50.60)Nicholas Tongue (50.89)Danyon Loader (51.02)Trent Bray (49.14) 3:21.65 10 2 6 Nicolae Ivan (51.06)Răzvan Petcu (50.88)Horaţiu Badiţă (50.31)Alexandru Ioanovici (49.41) 3:21.66 NR 11 3 6 Ludovic Dépickère (51.22)Nicolas Gruson (49.61)Peirrick Chavatte (50.15)Frédéric Lefevre (50.81) 3:21.79 12 2 2 Jani Sievinen (50.04)Antti Kasvio (50.42)Janne Blomqvist (51.52)Kalle Varonen (51.01) 3:22.99 13 3 2 Diego Henao (51.64)Carlos Santander (51.01)Alejandro Carrizo (51.20)Francisco Sánchez (49.19) 3:23.04 14 1 6 Miroslav Vučetić (51.10)Miloš Milošević (50.81)Alen Lončar (52.38)Marijan Kanjer (51.73) 3:26.02 15 2 7 Julio Santos (51.48)Felipe Delgado (50.59)Roberto Delgado (53.22)Javier Santos (52.48) 3:27.77 16 1 7 Eduardo González (52.37)José González (51.69)Arsenio López (52.55)Ricardo Busquets (51.66) 3:28.27 17 3 7 Ravil Nachaev (52.46)Oleg Tsvetkovskiy (52.13)Oleg Pukhnatiy (51.82)Vyacheslav Kabanov (51.92) 3:28.33 18 3 1 Sergey Ashihmin (50.85) NRAndrey Kvassov (52.08)Dmitry Lapin (53.67)Vitaly Vasilyev (54.02) 3:30.62 1 2 Aleksey Yegorov (50.86)Sergey Ushkalov (52.18)Sergey Borisenko (50.61)Aleksey Khovrin (51.49)

Final

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 4 Jon Olsen (49.94)Josh Davis (49.00)Brad Schumacher (49.02)Gary Hall, Jr. (47.45) 3:15.41 2 Roman Yegorov (49.95)Alexander Popov (47.88)Vladimir Predkin (49.51)Vladimir Pyshnenko (49.72) 3:17.06 ER 5 Christian Tröger (49.74)Bengt Zikarsky (49.01)Björn Zikarsky (48.81)Mark Pinger (49.64) 3:17.20 4 6 Fernando Scherer (49.69)Alexandre Massura (50.24)André Cordeiro (50.38)Gustavo Borges (47.99) 3:18.30 SA 5 3 Mark Veens (50.66)Pie Geelen (50.09)Martin van der Spoel (49.98)Pieter van den Hoogenband (48.29) 3:19.02 NR 6 1 Michael Klim (49.87)Matthew Dunn (50.50)Scott Logan (49.97)Chris Fydler (49.79) 3:20.13 7 7 Lars Frölander (50.01)Fredrik Letzler (50.13)Anders Holmertz (50.06)Christer Wallin (49.96) 3:20.16 8 8 Nicholas Shackell (50.50)Alan Rapley (49.76)Mark Stevens (50.50)Mike Fibbens (50.76) 3:21.52

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming