The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships took place on 2 August 2009 at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:
World Record Aaron Peirsol (53.16)Brendan Hansen (59.27)Michael Phelps (50.15)Jason Lezak (46.76) 3:29.34 Beijing, China 17 August 2008 Championship Record Aaron Peirsol (53.71)Brendan Hansen (59.61)Ian Crocker (50.39)Jason Lezak (47.83) 3:31.54 Barcelona, Spain 27 July 2003 The following records were established during the competition: Date Round Nation Time Record 2 August Heat 3 Helge Meeuw (52.46) Hendrik Feldwehr (58.22) Benjamin Starke (51.11) Paul Biedermann (47.69) 3:29.48 CR 2 August Final Aaron Peirsol (52.19) CR Eric Shanteau (58.57) Michael Phelps (49.72) David Walters (46.80) 3:27.28 WR
Results
Heats Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 1 3 7 Helge Meeuw (52.46) NR Hendrik Feldwehr (58.22) Benjamin Starke (51.11) Paul Biedermann (47.69) 3:29.48 CR, ER 2 4 4 Ashley Delaney (53.29) Christian Sprenger (58.88) Andrew Lauterstein (50.16) Matt Targett (47.51) 3:29.84OC 3 5 4 Matt Grevers (53.20) Mark Gangloff (58.68) Tyler McGill (50.82) Nathan Adrian (47.24) 3:29.94 4 3 6 Jérémy Stravius (53.90) Hugues Duboscq (58.75) Clement Lefert (50.58) Alain Bernard (46.86) 3:30.09NR 5 4 3 Guilherme Guido (53.61) SA Henrique Barbosa (58.84) Gabriel Mangabeira (50.16) Nicolas Oliveira (47.64) 3:30.25SA 6 5 5 Arkady Vyatchanin (53.27) Grigory Falko (59.64) Yevgeny Korotyshkin (50.45) Yevgeny Lagunov (47.19) 3:30.55 NR 7 3 5 Liam Tancock (53.49) James Gibson (59.11) Michael Rock (50.71) Simon Burnett (47.37) 3:30.68NR 8 3 4 Ryosuke Irie (52.50) Ryo Tateishi (59.26) Takuro Fujii (50.52) Rammaru Harada (48.46) 3:30.74 AS 9 5 2 Pascal Wollach (53.90) Mathieu Bois (58.86) Joe Bartoch (51.39) Brent Hayden (46.87) 3:31.02 NR 10 5 3 George Du Rand (53.90) Cameron van der Burgh (58.32) Lyndon Ferns (52.06) Graeme Moore (47.25) 3:31.53AF 11 4 5 Daniel Bell (53.85) NR Glenn Snyders (59.75) Corney Swanepoel (50.45) Cameron Gibson (47.53) 3:31.58NR 12 3 3 Aschwin Wildeboer (52.70) Melquiades Alvarez (59.15) Rafael Muñoz (50.52) Jose Antonio Alonso (49.74) 3:32.11NR 13 5 6 Enrico Catalano (54.76) Luca Pizzini (1:00.12) Mattia Nalesso (51.80) Christian Galenda (46.74) 3:33.42NR 14 4 6 Aristeidis Grigoriadis (54.08) Romanos Alyfantis (1:00.87) Stefanos Dimitriadis (51.87) Ioannis Kalargaris (48.51) 3:35.33 15 4 0 Vytautas Janušaitis (54.77) Giedrius Titenis (59.26) Rimvydas Salcius (52.80) Paulius Viktoravicius (48.57) 3:35.40 NR 16 4 7 He Jianbin (55.05) Zhang Guoying (1:01.18) Zhou Jiawei (51.03) Chen Zuo (48.60) 3:35.86NR 17 5 8 Guy Barnea (54.29) Tom Be'eri (1:01.75) Alon Mandel (51.60) Nimrod Shapira Bar Or (48.59) 3:36.23NR 18 1 8 Robi Zbogar (56.41) Damir Dugonjič (1:00.17) Peter Mankoč (50.86) Jernej Godec (49.35) 3:36.79 19 1 7 Andriy Kovbasa (56.21) Igor Borysik (59.52) Denys Dubrov (51.87) Andrii Govorov (49.39) 3:36.99 20 1 4 Tomas Fucik (55.88) Petr Bartunek (1:01.28) Michal Rubáček (51.26) Martin Verner (48.68) 3:37.10NR 21 4 2 Răzvan Florea (54.45) Dragos Agache (1:01.51) Alexandru Felix Maestru (53.18) Norbert Trandafir (48.43) 3:37.57 NR 21 5 7 Pavel Sankovich (54.57) Viktor Vabishchevich (1:01.32) Evgeny Lazuka (51.74) Andrei Radzionau (49.94) 3:37.57 23 4 1 Stanislav Osinsky (56.73) Vladislav Polyakov (59.59) Rustam Khudiyev (53.51) Stanislav Kuzmin (48.82) 3:38.65 NR 24 2 4 Karl Burdis (54.44) NR Barry Murphy (1:00.92) Conor Leaney (54.93) Ryan Harrison (49.58) 3:39.87NR 25 1 6 Flori Lang (55.41) Benjamin Le Maguet (1:03.12) Damien Courtois (53.92) Gregory Widmer (48.65) 3:41.10 NR 26 5 0 Andres Olvik (56.80) Martti Aljand (1:00.89) Sten Indrikson (54.81) Vladimir Sidorkin (50.62) 3:43.12 27 5 9 Danil Bugakov (56.93) Ivan Demyanenko (1:02.73) Sergey Pankov (55.38) Daniil Tulupov (50.19) 3:45.23 28 3 1 Omar Pinzón (55.29) Jorge Murillo (1:03.82) Carlos Vivero (55.89) Julio Galofre (51.45) 3:46.45NR 29 4 8 Ng Kai Wee Rainer (57.33) Tan Jinwen Mark (1:04.84) Tan Xue Wei Nicholas (55.07) Lim Clement (51.50) 3:48.74NR 30 2 6 Ashwin Menon (1:00.83) Sandeep Sejwal (1:02.28) Rehan Poncha (55.52) Virdhawal Khade (50.22) 3:48.85 31 3 8 Charles William Walker (58.92) Miguel Molina (1:03.87) James Walsh (55.63) Daniel Coakley (51.23) 3:49.65 32 4 9 Sebastian Jahnsen Madico (1:00.98) Pedro Luna Llamosas (1:06.88) Emmanuel Crescimbeni (55.29) Sebastian Arispe Silva (52.20) 3:55.35 NR 33 3 9 Tong Antonio (1:01.00) Ma Chan Wai (1:07.84) Wong Wing Cheung Victor (55.56) Lao Kuan Fong (53.04) 3:57.44 34 2 2 Matar Samb (1:04.43) Malick Fall (1:00.48) Papa Madiop Ndong (1:01.19) Abdoul Khadre Mbaye Niane (52.60) 3:58.70 35 2 3 Mohammed Al Ghaferi (1:02.12) Mubarak Al-Besher (1:07.18) Obaid Al-Jasmi (56.91) Saeed Al Jasmi (54.16) 4:00.37 36 2 5 Khachik Plavchyan (1:01.08) Andranik Harutyunyan (1:10.46) Mikayel Koloyan (57.82) Harutyun Harutyunyan (55.53) 4:04.89NR 37 2 7 Ryan Pini (55.80) Ian Bond Wolongkatop Nakmai (1:10.99) Peter Popahun Pokawin (1:03.53) Daniel Kevin Pryke (55.30) 4:05.62 38 1 5 Mark Sammut (1:04.59) Andrea Agius (1:08.51) Neil Agius (59.42) Edward Caruana Dingli (55.97) 4:08.49 39 1 2 Vincent Perry (1:06.05) Rainui Teriipaia (1:06.79) Heimanu Sichan (1:00.93) Anthony Clark (55.01) 4:08.78 40 2 8 Sidni Hoxha (1:05.41) Jurgen Fici (1:16.19) Endi Babi (58.20) Jon Pepaj (56.33) 4:16.13 41 1 3 Leonel Matonse (1:06.20) Ivo Chilaule (1:13.45) Gerusio Matonse (1:05.38) Patricio Vera (56.78) 4:21.81 42 2 0 Kailan Staal (1:09.11) Eli Ebenezer Wong (1:08.28) Cooper Graf (1:10.20) Shin Kimura (1:02.18) 4:29.77 - 2 9 DNS - 3 0 DNS - 5 1 DNS - 2 1 Ronny Vencatachellum Kevin Cheung Jean Marie Froget Jean Hugues Gregoire DQ - 3 2 Nick Driebergen Lennart Stekelenburg Joeri Verlinden Sebastiaan Verschuren DQ
Final Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Note 3 Aaron Peirsol (52.19) CR Eric Shanteau (58.57) Michael Phelps (49.72) David Walters (46.80) 3:27.28 WR 4 Helge Meeuw (52.27) ER Hendrik Feldwehr (58.51) Benjamin Starke (50.91) Paul Biedermann (46.89) 3:28.58 ER 5 Ashley Delaney (53.10) Brenton Rickard (57.80) Andrew Lauterstein (50.58) Matt Targett (47.16) 3:28.64 OC 4 2 Guilherme Guido (53.78) Henrique Barbosa (58.68) Gabriel Mangabeira (50.48) César Cielo Filho (46.22) 3:29.16 SA 5 6 Jérémy Stravius (53.96) Hugues Duboscq (58.54) Clement Lefert (50.97) Alain Bernard (46.26) 3:29.73 NR 6 7 Arkady Vyatchanin (52.57) NR Grigory Falko (1:00.00) Yevgeny Korotyshkin (50.57) Andrey Grechin (47.46) 3:30.60 7 8 Junya Koga (52.90) Ryo Tateishi (58.90) Takuro Fujii (50.68) Rammaru Harada (48.43) 3:30.91 - 1 Liam Tancock (53.71) James Gibson (59.46) Michael Rock Simon Burnett DSQ
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