The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 13 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 recordChampionship record Nikita Lobintsev (1:42.10)Danila Izotov (1:42.15)Evgeny Lagunov (1:42.32)Alexander Sukhorukov (1:42.47) 6:49.04 Dubai 16 December 2010
No new records were set during this competition.
Results Heats 16 teams participated in 2 heats. Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes1 1 4 Dimitri Colupaev (1:45.23)Christoph Fildebrandt (1:45.69)Yannick Lebherz (1:43.02)Paul Biedermann (1:44.73) 6:58.67 Q2 1 5 Artem Lobuzov (1:45.29)Yevgeny Lagunov (1:43.81)Dmitri Yermakov (1:45.29)Viatcheslav Andrusenko (1:45.34) 6:59.73 Q3 2 4 Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:44.65)Jarrod Killey (1:46.52)Travis Mahoney (1:46.81)Robert Hurley (1:43.79) 7:01.77 Q4 2 5 Garrett Weber-Gale (1:46.62)Michael Klueh (1:44.37)Matt McLean (1:45.45)Michael Weiss (1:45.34) 7:01.78 Q5 1 3 Yuki Kobori (1:45.46)Fumiya Hidaka (1:45.46)Takuro Fujii (1:46.53)Kenta Hirai (1:46.26) 7:03.43 Q6 1 8 Gianluca Maglia (1:46.09)Michele Santucci (1:47.05)Gabriele Detti (1:46.27)Alex di Giorgio (1:45.55) 7:04.96 Q7 2 8 Ieuan Lloyd (1:45.26)Chris Walker-Hebborn (1:46.67)Roberto Pavoni (1:48.39)Robert Renwick (1:46.18) 7:06.50 Q8 2 3 Thiago Simon (1:48.07)Fernando Santos (1:44.41)Vinicius Waked (1:46.86)Samuel Acioli (1:48.06) 7:07.40 Q9 1 1 Hao Yun (1:45.64)Pu Wenjie (1:46.79)Shi Tengfei (1:49.88)Lü Zhiwu (1:49.59) 7:11.90 10 2 1 Coleman Allen (1:46.63)Zackariah Chetrat (1:48.23)Thomas Gossland (1:48.51)Luke Peddie (1:49.94) 7:13.31 11 2 6 Martín Naidich (1:49.68)Juan Pereyra (1:49.14)Esteban Paz (1:51.26)Matías Aguilera (1:49.80) 7:19.88 NR12 1 6 Quah Zheng Wen (1:50.29) Pang Sheng Jun (1:51.24)Ng Kai Wee Rainer (1:51.54)Joseph Schooling (1:50.43) 7:23.50 NR13 1 2 Jesús Monge (1:54.93)Emmanuel Crescimbeni (1:51.76)Enrique Duran (1:54.92)Jusuf Nikola Ustavdich (1:54.37) 7:35.98 NR14 1 7 Ngou Pok Man (1:56.68)Chao Man Hou (1:58.58)Sio Ka Kun (2:05.14)Lao Kuan Fong (1:59.40) 7:59.80 15 2 2 Sarma S. P. Nair (1:59.39)Rahul Monal Chokshi (2:04.74)Agnishwar Jayaprakash (1:57.92)Neil Himanshu Contractor (2:00.59) 8:02.64 16 2 7 Colin Bensadon (1:55.48)James Sanderson (1:59.86)Oliver Quick (2:07.03)Michael Hitchcock (2:02.55) 8:04.92 2 0
Final The final was held at 21:04. Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 6 Ryan Lochte (1:41.17)Conor Dwyer (1:43.04)Michael Klueh (1:43.20)Matt McLean (1:43.99) 6:51.40 3 Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:42.49)Jarrod Killey (1:42.82)Kyle Richardson (1:44.59)Robert Hurley (1:42.39) 6:52.29 OC 4 Paul Biedermann (1:41.93)Dimitri Colupaev (1:42.96)Christoph Fildebrandt (1:45.40)Yannick Lebherz (1:42.93) 6:53.22 NR 4 5 Artem Lobuzov (1:44.75)Yevgeny Lagunov (1:43.14)Dmitri Yermakov (1:45.14)Viatcheslav Andrusenko (1:43.94) 6:56.97 5 7 Andrea D'Arrigo (1:44.90)Alex di Giorgio (1:45.78)Gianluca Maglia (1:44.01)Filippo Magnini (1:44.53) 6:59.22 6 2 Yuki Kobori (1:45.57)Fumiya Hidaka (1:45.29)Kosuke Hagino (1:44.41)Daiya Seto (1:45.52) 7:00.79 AS 7 1 Ieuan Lloyd (1:45.24)Chris Walker-Hebborn (1:46.81)Roberto Pavoni (1:48.04)Robert Renwick (1:45.64) 7:05.73 – 8 Fernando Santos (1:44.75)Vinicius Waked (1:47.22)Thiago SimonSamuel Acioli
References
External links 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com.