The Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on July 20, 2003. PreliminaryWorlds 2003 results: Men's 400 Free Relay -- prelims published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-20. Retrieved 2013-06-24. heats swam in the morning session that day, with the top eight teams advancing to swim again in the FinalWorlds 2003 results: Men's 400 Free Relay -- final published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-20. Retrieved 2013-06-24. that evening.

At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were: WR: 3:13.67 swum by Australia on September 16, 2000 in Sydney, Australia CR: 3:14.10 swum by Australia on July 22, 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan

Results Final Rank Nation Swimmers Time Notes 1 Andrei Kapralov (49.21), Ivan Usov (48.69), Denis Pimankov (48.45), Alexander Popov (47.71) 3:14.06 CR 2 Scott Tucker (49.57), Neil Walker (48.22), Ryan Wochomurka (49.12), Jason Lezak (47.89) 3:14.80 3 Romain Barnier (49.75), Julien Sicot (49.41), Fabien Gilot (49.47), Frederick Bousquet (47.03) 3:15.66 4 Ashley Callus (49.19), Todd Pearson (49.05), Adam Pine (49.45), Ian Thorpe (47.98) 3:15.67 5 Jens Thiele (50.01), Torsten Spanneberg (48.14), Lars Conrad (49.12), Stefan Herbst (48.71) 3:15.98 6 Lorenzo Vismara (49.46), Christian Galenda (49.08), Michele Scarica (49.32), Filippo Magnini (48.13) 3:15.99 7 Yannick Lupien (50.16), Riley Janes (49.01), Mike Mintenko (48.78), Brent Hayden (48.88) 3:16.83 8 Darian Townsend (50.37), Roland Schoeman (49.24), Lyndon Ferns (50.26), Ryk Neethling (48.92) 3:18.79

Preliminaries Rank Heat/Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 1 H2 L7 Andrei Kapralov, Dmitri Talepov Ivan Usov, Denis Pimankov 3:16.17 q 2 H4 L4 Randall Bal, Nate Dusing Ryan Wochomurka, Neil Walker 3:16.98 q 3 H3 L3 Romain Barnier, Julien Sicot Fabien Gilot, Frédérick Bousquet 3:17.51 q 4 H2 L4 Lars Conrad, Torsten Spanneberg Jens Thiele, Stefan Herbst 3:17.53 q 5 H2 L5 Filippo Magnini, Michele Scarica Klaus Lanzarini, Christian Galenda 3:17.66 q 6 H4 L5 Yannick Lupien, Mike Mintenko Riley Janes, Brent Hayden 3:18.51 q 7 H2 L3 Darian Townsend, Roland Schoeman Lyndon Ferns, Ryk Neethling 3:18.73 q 8 H3 L4 Todd Pearson, Casey Flouch Antony Matkovich, Adam Pine 3:18.79 q 9 H3 L5 Eric la Fleur, Stefan Nystrand Lars Frölander, Mattias Ohlin 3:19.22 10 H4 L3 Johan Kenkhuis, Klaas Erik Zwering Gijs Damen, Ewout Holst 3:19.36 11 H4 L6 Chris Cozens, Alexander Scotcher Ross Davenport, Simon Burnett 3:20.46 12 H3 L2 Gustavo Borges, Jader Souza Fernando Scherer, Carlos Jayme 3:20.49 13 H2 L1 Vyacheslav Shyrshov, Oleksandr Volynets Denys Syzonenko, Artem Ivanov 3:21.16 14 H3 L7 Rolandas Gimbutis, Saulius Binevičius Paulius Viktoravičius, Vytautas Janušaitis 3:21.81 15 H2 L6 Mario Delač, Duje Draganja Ivan Mladina, Igor Čerenšek 3:22.42 16 H3 L6 Shaohua Huang, Yu Liu Hao Jin, Zuo Chen 3:22.95 17 H4 L2 Philipp Gilgen, Karel Novy Dominik Meichtry, Christoph Bühler 3:22.97 18 H4 L1 Alexandros Tsoltos, Spyridon Bitsakis Apostolos Tsagkarakis, Dimitros Manganas 3:23.03 19 H2 L2 Min Sung, Min Suk Kim Yun Ho Koh, Kyu Chul Han 3:24.38 20 H4 L8 Luis Rojas, Oswaldo Quevedo Albert Subirats, Raymond Rosal 3:25.92 21 H2 L8 Danil Haustov, Sven Schneider Ken Tomson, Martin Viilep 3:27.42 22 H3 L8 Ravil Nachaev, Alexander Agafonov Oleg Pukhnaty, Petr Vasilev 3:29.04 23 H4 L7 Nuno Laurentino, Luis Monteiro Simão Morgado, Pedro Silva 3:29.09 24 H3 L1 Peter Mankoč, Blaž Medvešek Bojan Zdešar, Matjaž Markič 3:29.51 25 H1 L4 Sean Dehere, Terrence Haynes Cliff Gittens, Martyn Forde 3:35.46 26 H1 L5 Shui Ki Szeto, Wing Fu Kin Lun Doo, Kwok Leung Chung 3:35.82 27 H1 L7 Afolabi Adeleke-Adedoyin, Musa Bakare Eric Williams, Gentle Offoin 3:42.78 28 H1 L2 Bertrand Bristol, Barnsley Albert Jean Paul Adam, Kenny Roberts 3:46.76 29 H1 L3 Wing Cheung Victor Wong, Kuan Fong Lao Chan Wai Ma, Chi Lon Lei 3:48.65 - - DNS

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