Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
| Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Paris Aquatics Centre, |
| Dates | 30 July 2024 (heats and final) |
| Competitors | from 16 nations |
| Teams | 16 teams |
| Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |||
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| Qualification | |||
| Freestyle | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| 800 m | men | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women | |
| Backstroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Breaststroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Butterfly | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Individual medley | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| Freestyle relay | |||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women | |
| Medley relay | |||
| 4 × 100 m | men | mixed | women |
| Marathon | |||
| 10 km | men | women | |
The men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics will be held on 30 July 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record |
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6:58.55 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 | [1][2] |
| Olympic record |
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6:58.56 | Beijing, China | 13 August 2008 | [3] |
Qualification
For the relays, a maximum of 16 qualifying teams in each event must be permitted to accumulate a total of 112 relay teams; each NOC may enter only one team. The top three teams in each relay race at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan will directly book a slot for their corresponding event at the Olympics, while the remaining thirteen vying for qualification per relay race must attain their best time from the heats and finals at the combined 2023 and 2024 meet in Doha.[4][5]
Competition format
The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The teams with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round (final).
Schedule
All times are Central European time (UTC+1)[6]
| Date | Time | Round |
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| July 30, 2024 | 10:00 | Heats |
| 20:30 | Final |
Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Time | Notes |
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| 4 | 2 | 3 |  Australia (AUS) |
7:05.63 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 |  Brazil (BRA) |
7:10.26 | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 |  Canada (CAN) |
7:12.07 | |
| 6 | 2 | 5 |  China (CHN) |
7:07.72 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 |  Spain (ESP) |
7:11.62 | |
| 3 | 1 | 3 |  France (FRA) |
7:05.61 | |
| 1 | 2 | 4 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
7:05.11 | |
| 5 | 1 | 6 |  Germany (GER) |
7:06.20 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 |  Greece (GRE) |
7:09.60 | |
| 8 | 1 | 7 |  Israel (ISR) |
7:08.43 | |
| 9 | 2 | 6 |  Italy (ITA) |
7:08.63 | |
| 8 | 1 | 2 |  Japan (JPN) |
7:08.43 | |
| 7 | 1 | 5 |  South Korea (KOR) |
7:07.96 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 |  Lithuania (LTU) |
7:16.61 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
7:18.06 | |
| 2 | 1 | 4 |  United States (USA) |
7:05.57 |
Final
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References
- ^ Dillman, Lisa (1 August 2009). "Michael Phelps' world records not wearing well". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Michaelis, Vicky (31 July 2009). "Phelps earns relay gold medal, Peirsol sets 200m backstroke mark". USA Today. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Stallman, Jason (13 August 2008). "Phelps Adds 2 More Gold Medals". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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