The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 14 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion is Brazil.
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 recordBruno Fratus (49.36)Nicholas Santos (48.92)César Cielo (47.07)Nicolas Oliveira (49.30)3:14.65Guadalajara, MexicoOctober 16, 2011 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Nation Time Record 14 July Final 3:13.66 GR
Schedule
All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4). Date Time Round July 14, 2015 11:10 Heats July 14, 2015 20:31 Final
Results
Heats The first round was held on July 14.Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Preliminaries As only seven teams had entered, the heats served as a ranking round with all seven teams advancing to the final.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 5 João de Lucca (49.04)Nicolas Oliveira (48.78)Thiago Pereira (50.25)Bruno Fratus (49.80) 3:17.87 Q 2 1 3 Markus Thormeyer (49.82)Karl Krug (49.37)Evan van Moerkerke (49.64)Stefan Milošević (49.94) 3:18.77 Q 3 1 4 Josh Schneider (49.82)Michael Klueh (49.67)Eugene Godsoe (50.12)Michael Weiss (49.33) 3:18.94 Q 4 1 6 Guido Buscaglia (50.96)Matias Aguilera (50.57)Lautaro Rodriguez (50.66)Federico Grabich (50.81) 3:23.00 Q 5 1 2 Jesus Lopez (50.93)Carlos Omaña (51.71)Robinson Molina (51.59)Andres Doria (50.58) 3:24.81 Q 6 1 1 Charles Hockin (52.11)Matías López (54.10)Max Abreu (55.72)Ben Hockin (54.59) 3:36.52 Q 7 1 7 Nicholas Magana (51.11)Gustavo Gutierrez (55.93)Gerardo Huidobro (54.72)Jean Pierre Monteagudo (55.21) 3:36.97 Q
Final The final was held on July 14.Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Matheus Santana (49.28) João de Lucca (48.06) Bruno Fratus (48.56) Marcelo Chierighini (47.76) 3:13.66 GR 5 Santo Condorelli (47.98) Karl Krug (49.14) Evan van Moerkerke (49.04) Yuri Kisil (48.16) 3:14.32 3 Josh Schneider (49.44) Darian Townsend (49.37) Cullen Jones (48.86) Michael Weiss (48.54) 3:16.21 4 6 Federico Grabich (48.11 NR) Matías Aguilera (49.79) Lautaro Rodríguez (49.72) Guido Buscaglia (49.79) 3:17.41 NR 5 2 Albert Subirats (49.39)Daniele Tirabassi (49.95)Jesus Lopez (50.55)Cristian Quintero (48.99) 3:18.88 6 7 Charles Hockin (50.67)Matías López (52.74)Max Abreu (52.40)Ben Hockin (51.79) 3:27.60 7 1 Nicholas Magana (51.31)Gerardo Huidobro (55.20)Jean Pierre Monteagudo (55.42)Gustavo Gutierrez (55.48) 3:37.41
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