The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 12 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Nation Swimmers Time Location DateWorld record Nathan Adrian (45.08)Matt Grevers (44.68)Garrett Weber-Gale (47.43)Michael Phelps (46.11) 3:03.30 Manchester 19 December 2009 Championship record Alain Bernard (46.78)Frédérick Bousquet (45.92)Fabien Gilot (45.75)Yannick Agnel (46.33) 3:04.78 Dubai 15 December 2010

The following records were established during the competition: Date EventRoundNationName TimeRecord 12 December 100 freestyle Final Vladimir Morozov 45.52 CR

Results Heats 19 teams participated in 3 heats. Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes1 1 1 Luca Dotto (47.04)Marco Orsi (46.89)Michele Santucci (47.50)Filippo Magnini (47.31) 3:08.74 Q2 2 4 Anthony Ervin (46.86)Garrett Weber-Gale (46.99)Tyler Reed (48.15)Jimmy Feigen (46.90)3:08.90 Q3 2 5 Vladimir Morozov (46.63)Yevgeny Lagunov (46.95)Artem Lobuzov (47.71)Dmitri Yermakov (47.73)3:09.02 Q4 1 4 Tommaso D'Orsogna (47.25)Kyle Richardson (47.67)Travis Mahoney (47.27)Kenneth To (47.04)3:09.23 Q5 2 3 Kenta Ito (47.91)Shinri Shioura (46.88)Kenji Kobase (47.22)Takuro Fujii (47.71) 3:09.72 Q, AS6 3 5 Guilherme Roth (48.13)Fernando Santos (47.60)Leonardo Alcover (47.47)Vinicius Waked (48.73) 3:11.93 Q7 2 7 Lü Zhiwu (48.16)Shi Yang (48.12)Hao Yun (47.94)Shi Tengfei (48.55) 3:12.77 Q8 3 3 Kemal Arda Gürdal (47.93)Iskender Baslakov (48.71)Kaan Türker Ayar (50.17)Doğa Çelik (47.59) 3:14.40 Q, NR9 1 7 Ivan Levaj (49.12)Dominik Straga (48.71)Mihael Vukić (49.62)Mislav Sever (49.23) 3:16.68 NR10 2 1 Ieuan Lloyd (49.46)Robert Renwick (49.62)Roberto Pavoni (49.21)Chris Walker-Hebborn (48.48) 3:16.77 11 1 5 Carlos Orihuela (52.42)José Lobo (51.75)Charles Hockin (49.25)Ben Hockin (47.48) 3:20.90 12 1 3 Joaquín Belza (49.66)Martín Naidich (51.66)Juan Pereyra (51.38)Matías Aguilera (48.25) 3:20.95 NR13 2 6 Lao Kuan Fong (51.32)Ngou Pok Man (52.48)Chao Man Hou (54.47)Sio Ka Kun (54.14) 3:32.41 14 1 6 Neil Himanshu Contractor (54.03)Sarma S. P. Nair (53.37)Agnishwar Jayaprakash (52.27)Jaywant Arcot Vijaykumar (55.33) 3:35.00 15 3 2 Andrew Chetcuti (49.96)Andrea Agius (53.49)Edward Caruana Dingli (53.19)Andrea M. Agius (58.75) 3:35.39 16 1 2 Omar Yousif (54.24)Farhan Farhan (57.93)Faraj Farhan (1:00.24)Khalid Ali Baba (57.60) 3:50.01 17 2 2 Omar Omar (57.83)Noah Al-Khulaifi (57.79)Walid Daloul (1:00.15)Abdulrahman Al-Kuwari (1:00.13) 3:55.90 3 4 Joseph Schooling (49.85)Pang Sheng JunQuah Zheng WenNg Kai Wee Rainer 3 7 Thomas Gossland (48.41)Jake TappColeman AllenLuke Peddie 3 1 3 6 3 8

Final The final was held at 20:26. Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 5 Anthony Ervin (47.28)Ryan Lochte (45.64)Jimmy Feigen (47.25)Matt Grevers (46.23)3:06.40 4 Luca Dotto (46.84)Marco Orsi (45.94)Michele Santucci (47.46)Filippo Magnini (46.83) 3:07.07 6 Tommaso D'Orsogna (46.68)Kyle Richardson (46.92)Travis Mahoney (47.32)Kenneth To (46.35)3:07.27 4 3 Vladimir Morozov (45.52) CRYevgeny Lagunov (46.58)Viatcheslav Andrusenko (47.65)Artem Lobuzov (48.26)3:08.01 5 2 Takuro Fujii (48.18)Shinri Shioura (46.88)Kenji Kobase (47.37)Kenta Ito (46.72) 3:09.15 AS 6 7 Leonardo Alcover (48.01)Fernando Santos (47.83)Guilherme Roth (46.79)Vinicius Waked (48.09) 3:10.72 7 1 Lü Zhiwu (48.20)Shi Yang (48.33)Hao Yun (47.81)Shi Tengfei (48.32) 3:12.66 8 8 Kemal Arda Gürdal (47.86)Iskender Baslakov (48.23)Doğa Çelik (47.96)Kaan Türker Ayar (49.68) 3:13.73 NR

References

External links 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com.