The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on 16 October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.Guadalajara 2011 sessions The defending Pan American Games champion is the Brazil (Fernando Silva, Eduardo Deboni, Nicolas Oliveira and Cesar Cielo).
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World recordMichael Phelps (47.51)Garrett Weber-Gale (47.02)Cullen Jones (47.65)Jason Lezak (46.06)3:08.24Beijing, ChinaAugust 11, 2008Pan American Games recordFernando Silva (49.72)Eduardo Deboni (49.15)Nicolas Oliveira (48.85)César Cielo (48.18)3:15.90Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 20, 2007
Results All times shown are in minutes.
KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best PR Pan American Games record
Heats The first round was held on October 16.Heats – Day 2 As only eight teams had entered, the heats served as a ranking round with all eight teams advancing to the final. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 William Copeland (49.53)Christopher Brady (49.04)Eugene Godsoe (49.90)Conor Dwyer (49.10) 3:17.57 Q 2 4 Gabriel Mangabeira (50.96)Henrique Rodrigues (49.75)Thiago Pereira (52.02)Nicholas Santos (50.91) 3:23.64 Q 3 3 Luis Rojas (52.24)Roberto Gomez (50.24)Daniele Tirabassi (50.64)Octavio Alesi (54.08) 3:27.20 Q 4 7 Gustavo Berretta (52.41)Gerardo Bañuelos (52.04)Alejandro Escudero (52.26)Antonio Cisernos 3:29.34 Q 5 8 Rodrigo Caceres (52.98)Gabriel Melconian (52.51)Joel Romeu (55.41)Martin Kutscher (51.18) 3:32.08 Q 6 2 Lyam Dias (53.19)Francis Despond (52.86)Ashton Baumann (52.93)Rory Biskupski (53.13) 3:32.11 Q 7 1 Sebastian Jahnsen (52.86)Mauricio Fiol (51.94)Jesus Monge (55.45)Gerardo Huidobro (58.92) 3:39.17 Q 8 6 Charles Hockin (51.86)Renato Prono (56.95)Jose Lobo (51.80)Benjamin Hockin (1:04.37) 3:44.98 Q
Final The final was held on October 16.Finals – Day 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Bruno Fratus (49.36) Nicholas Santos (48.92) Cesar Cielo (47.07) Nicolas Oliveira (49.30) 3:14.65 GR 4 William Copeland (49.71) Christopher Brady (49.03) Robert Savulich (48.33) Douglas Robison (48.55) 3:15.62 3 Octavio Alesi (50.87) Crox Acuña (49.88) Cristian Quintero (49.86) Albert Subirats (49.31) 3:19.92 4 8 Charles Hockin (51.74) Renato Prono (52.91) Jose Lobo (51.94) Benjamin Hockin (49.60) 3:26.19 5 6 Gerardo Bañuelos (52.57) Alejandro Escudero (51.11) Antonio Cisneros (51.67) Gustavo Berretta (51.28) 3:26.63 6 2 Rodrigo Caceres (52.31) Gabriel Melconian (50.42) Joel Romeu (54.86) Martin Kutscher (50.68) 3:28.27 7 7 Lyam Dias (52.37) Rory Biskupski (51.36) Francis Despond (52.78) Ashton Baumann (52.91) 3:29.42 8 1 Jesus Monge (55.90) Sebastian Jahnsen (54.67) Mauricio Fiol (54.20) Gerardo Huidobro (1:02.78) 3:47.55
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