The mixed 4 × 1500 metre relay event at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 26 June 2022 in Lake Lupa, Hungary.
Four teams were disqualified for going off course during the first leg. During the final leg, the leading pack consisted of Hungary, Italy, Germany and France. Germany's Florian Wellbrock overtook the rest of the teams to win for Germany with a time of 1:04:40.5, while Italy and Hungary both finished in 1:04:43.0. After photo analysis, Hungary was awarded the silver and Italy the bronze.
Event description Each athlete swam three 500 m loops to make a total distance of 1500 m per swimmer. The teams consisted of two men and two women, meaning each team completed 6 km in total. The men and women could swim in any order.
Background It was the first time an open water relay of this distance was held at the World Aquatics Championships. The previous edition of the World Championships included the mixed 5 km team relay, in which four swimmers swam 1250 m to make up a total team distance of 5 km. Eight swimmers from the 1500 m pool event also competed in the 4 × 1500 metre relay.
Race The race took place at 13:00 on 26 June in Lake Lupa, Hungary. During the race, the water temperature was and the air temperature was .
Before the first changover, the leading four teams (South Africa, Greece, Spain and South Korea) were disqualified for deviating off the assigned course. Chinese Taipei's Cho Cheng-chi led at the first changeover. Germany led at the second changeover, before Hungary overtook them to enter the final changeover with a 4.6-second advantage. 300 metres after the final changeover, Hungary's Kristóf Rasovszky was caught up by the swimmers behind him, which formed a small group of lead swimmers including Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri, France's Marc-Antoine Olivier, and Germany's Florian Wellbrock. Paltrinieri overtook Rasovszky and led the race going into the final 500 m lap, before Wellbrock overtook them both near the finish to win for Germany with a time of 1:04:40.5. Italy and Hungary both finished in 1:04:43.0, and photo analysis was needed to determine which team finished first. In the end, Hungary was awarded the silver and Italy the bronze.
+Results Rank Nation Swimmer Time Lea BoyOliver KlemetLeonie BeckFlorian Wellbrock 1:04:40.5 Réka RohácsAnna OlaszDávid BetlehemKristóf Rasovszky 1:04:43.0 Ginevra TaddeucciGiulia GabbrielleschiDomenico AcerenzaGregorio Paltrinieri 4 Caroline JouisseAurélie MullerSacha VellyMarc-Antoine Olivier 1:04:56.4 5 Cibelle JungblutViviane JungblutBruce AlmeidaGuilherme Costa 1:05:29.1 6 Chelsea GubeckaMoesha JohnsonBailey ArmstrongNicholas Sloman 1:05:30.8 7 Mariah DeniganBella SimsBrennan GravleyCharlie Clark 1:05:50.5 8 Sun JiakeXin XinTang HaoyangZhang Ziyang 1:06:21.8 9 Airi EbinaKaiki FuruhataYukimi MoriyamaTaishin Minamide 1:06:32.9 10 Angélica AndréMafalda RosaTiago CamposDiogo Cardoso 1:07:08.0 11 Katrina BellioAlexander AxonEmma FinlinEric Brown 1:07:34.7 12 Burcu Naz NarinSevim Eylül SüpürgeciBurhanettin HacısağırEmir Batur Albayrak 1:07:36.2 13 Martha SandovalPaulo StrehlkePaulina AlanísArturo Pérez 1:09:02.4 14 Cho Cheng-chiCho Pei-chiTeng Yu-wenWang Yi-chen 1:10:53.2 15 William Yan ThorleyNip Tsz YinNikita LamKeith Sin 1:11:08.4 16 Lev CherepanovXeniya RomanchukDiana TaszhanovaVitaliy Khudyakov 1:11:09.9 17 Juan AlcívarIsabella BabbittJocelyn BermeoJahir López 1:11:32.2 18 Ritchie OhChantal LiewSamantha YeoArtyom Lukasevits 1:12:16.8 19 Diego OrtizAlondra QuilesLeandra DíazJamarr Bruno 1:17:11.9 Connor BuckAmica de JagerRuan BreytenbachCatherine van Rensburg Disqualified Dimitrios MarkosIlektra LeblAfroditi KatsiaraAthanasios Kynigakis María de ValdésÁngela MartínezAlberto MartínezCarlos Garach Park Jae-hunLee Chang-minLee Hae-rimLee Jeong-min
Further information
– Highlights from the event – Further information on the United States performance and quotes from their team – Further information on the Hungarian performance
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