The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29, 2011 with the heats and final.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordChampionship recordMichael Phelps (1:44.49)Ricky Berens (1:44.13)David Walters (1:45.47)Ryan Lochte (1:44.46) 6:58.55 Rome July 31, 2009
Results Heats 16 nations participated in 3 heats. Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes1 3 4 David Walters (1:48.01)Conor Dwyer (1:47.31)Ricky Berens (1:46.99)Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.53) 7:08.84 Q2 3 3 Takeshi Matsuda (1:47.57)Yoshihiro Okumura (1:47.64)Sho Uchida (1:48.57)Shogo Hihara (1:46.68) 7:10.46 Q3 2 5 Jérémy Stravius (1:47.49)Grégory Mallet (1:47.98)Sébastien Rouault (1:49.61)Yannick Agnel (1:46.52) 7:11.60 Q 4 1 5 Kenrick Monk (1:48.77)Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:48.14)Jarrod Killey (1:47.19)Ryan Napoleon (1:47.70) 7:11.80 Q 5 2 6 Gianluca Maglia (1:49.00)Filippo Magnini (1:46.97)Marco Belotti (1:48.17)Samuel Pizzetti (1:48.04) 7:12.18 Q 6 1 4 Wang Shun (1:48.04)Zhang Lin (1:46.98)Jiang Yuhui (1:49.90)Li Yunqi (1:47.27) 7:12.19 Q7 2 3 David Carry (1:47.96)Ross Davenport (1:48.08)Jak Scott (1:49.26)Robert Renwick (1:47.85) 7:13.15 Q 8 3 5 Tim Wallburger (1:48.05)Yannick Lebherz (1:49.46)Clemens Rapp (1:49.34)Paul Biedermann (1:46.46) 7:13.31 Q9 2 7 David Brandl (1:48.95)Christian Scherübl (1:48.35)Markus Rogan (1:48.04)Dinko Jukić (1:48.00) 7:13.34 10 1 3 Blake Worsley (1:48.69)Colin Russell (1:49.20)Chad Bobrosky (1:48.05)Stefan Hirniak (1:47.79) 7:13.73 11 2 4 Danila Izotov (1:48.04)Yevgeny Lagunov (1:48.60)Artem Lobuzov (1:48.76)Alexander Sukhorukov (1:48.72)7:14.12 12 3 6 Darian Townsend (1:47.98)Jean Basson (1:48.67)Jan Venter (1:49.85)Sebastien Rousseau (1:49.15) 7:15.65 13 1 6 Dieter Dekoninck (1:49.77)Glenn Surgeloose (1:49.07)Mathieu Fonteyn (1:50.77)Pieter Timmers (1:47.78) 7:17.39 NR14 1 2 Nicolas Oliveira (1:49.47)André Schultz (1:50.32)Rodrigo Castro (1:49.72)João de Lucca (1:48.93) 7:18.44 15 3 2 Daniele Tirabassi (1:49.48)Crox Acuña (1:49.80)Ricardo Monasterio (1:54.13)Cristian Quintero (1:48.34) 7:21.75 16 3 7 Jan Šefl (1:51.64)Michal Rubáček (1:51.79)Martin Verner (1:49.82)Květoslav Svoboda (1:51.21) 7:24.46 NR– 2 2 DNS
Final The final was held at 19:41. Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 4 Michael Phelps (1:45.53)Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.07)Ricky Berens (1:46.51)Ryan Lochte (1:44.56) 7:02.67 3 Yannick Agnel (1:45.25)Grégory Mallet (1:46.81)Jérémy Stravius (1:45.40)Fabien Gilot (1:47.35) 7:04.81 NR 7 Wang Shun (1:47.09)Zhang Lin (1:46.14)Li Yunqi (1:47.30)Sun Yang (1:45.14) 7:05.67 NR 4 8 Paul Biedermann (1:45.20) Tim Wallburger (1:47.70)Christoph Fildebrandt (1:48.16)Benjamin Starke (1:47.26) 7:08.32 5 6 Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:48.35)Kenrick Monk (1:45.84)Jarrod Killey (1:48.01)Ryan Napoleon (1:46.28) 7:08.48 6 1 Ross Davenport (1:47.31) David Carry (1:47.47) Jak Scott (1:48.78)Robert Renwick (1:47.28) 7:10.84 7 5 Takeshi Matsuda (1:47.37) Shogo Hihara (1:46.87)Yuki Kobori (1:47.74)Yoshihiro Okumura (1:48.94) 7:10.92 8 2 Gianluca Maglia (1:48.57)Filippo Magnini (1:47.54)Marco Belotti (1:47.97)Samuel Pizzetti (1:48.18) 7:12.26
References
External links 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay entry list , from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23. FINA World Championships, Swimming: Ryan Lochte's Monster Anchor Leg Secures United States Victory in 800 Free Relay, Swimming World Magazine (2011-07-29); retrieved 2011-08-09.