Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay
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| Swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics  |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 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 | women | ||
The men's 4×100 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on August 15, 2004.
75 swimmers from 16 nations competed.
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[edit] Medalists
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
[edit] Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 3:13.67 |  Michael Klim Chris Fydler Ashley Callus Ian Thorpe |
Sydney (AUS) | September 16, 2000 |
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| Olympic Record | 3:13.67 | Michael Klim Chris Fydler Ashley Callus Ian Thorpe |
Sydney (AUS) | September 16, 2000 |
South Africa set a new world record in the final, while Pieter van den Hoogenband swam 100m split faster than the world record.
[edit] Results
All times are shown in minutes. The following abbreviations are used:
- Q denotes qualification
- DSQ denotes disqualified
- WR denotes world record
[edit] Heats
Heat 1
| Place | Team | Athletes | Split | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Africa (RSA) |
Roland Schoeman Lyndon Ferns Darian Townsend Ryk Neethling |
48.38 48.34 49.13 47.99 |
3:13.84 | Q |
| 2 |  United States (USA) |
Gabe Woodward Nate Dusing Neil Walker Gary Hall, Jr. |
49.93 49.01 48.16 48.73 |
3:15.83 | Q |
| 3 |  Italy (ITA) |
Lorenzo Vismara Michele Scarica Alessandro Calvi Christian Galenda |
49.67 48.92 49.35 48.24 |
3:16.18 | Q |
| 4 |  Netherlands (NED) |
Mark Veens Johan Kenkhuis Mitja Zastrow Klaas-Erik Zwering |
49.73 48.80 48.90 48.99 |
3:16.42 | Q |
| 5 |  Germany (GER) |
Stephan Kunzelmann Christian Keller Torsten Spanneberg Lars Conrad |
50.09 50.16 49.36 48.36 |
3:17.97 | Q |
| 6 |  Lithuania (LTU) |
Rolandas Gimbutis Saulius Binevičius Paulius Viktoravičius Vytautas Janušaitis |
49.11 50.35 50.20 49.62 |
3:19.28 | |
| 7 |  Croatia (CRO) |
Duje Draganja Mario Delač Ivan Mladina Igor Čerenšek |
50.38 49.75 50.16 50.72 |
3:21.01 | |
| 8 |  China (CHN) |
Chen Zuo Liu Weijia Zheng Kunliang Huang Shaohua |
50.75 51.15 51.34 51.07 |
3:24.31 |
Heat 2
| Place | Team | Athletes | Split | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) |
Andrey Kapralov Evgeny Lagunov Ivan Usov Denis Pimankov |
49.12 49.68 49.86 48.80 |
3:17.46 | Q |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) |
Ashley Callus Eamon Sullivan Jono van Hazel Todd Pearson |
50.04 49.13 49.65 48.82 |
3:17.64 | Q |
| 3 |  France (FRA) |
Romain Barnier Julien Sicot Fabien Gilot Amaury Leveaux |
49.73 49.29 49.21 49.41 |
3:17.64 | Q |
| 4 |  Canada (CAN) |
Yannick Lupien Riley Janes Mike Mintenko Brent Hayden |
50.16 49.49 49.60 49.10 |
3:18.35 | |
| 5 |  Ukraine (UKR) |
Denys Syzonenko Andriy Serdinov Pavel Khnykin Yuriy Yegoshin |
50.05 49.94 49.47 49.49 |
3:18.95 | |
| 6 |  Brazil (BRA) |
Jader Souza Gustavo Borges Carlos Jayme Rodrigo Castro |
50.89 49.59 49.67 50.05 |
3:20.20 | |
| 7 |  Greece (GRE) |
Aristeidis Grigoriadis Alexandros Tsoltos Spyridon Bitsakis Andreas Zisimos |
50.15 51.03 52.25 50.83 |
3:24.26 | |
| — |  Sweden (SWE) |
Eric la Fleur Stefan Nystrand Mattias Ohlin Lars Frölander |
DSQ |
[edit] Final
| Place | Team | Athletes | Split | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa (RSA) |
Roland Mark Schoeman Lyndon Ferns Darian Townsend Ryk Neethling |
48.17 48.13 48.96 47.91 |
3:13.17 WR |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) |
Johan Kenkhuis Mitja Zastrow Klaas-Erik Zwering Pieter van den Hoogenband |
49.81 49.25 48.51 46.79 |
3:14.36 |
| 3 | United States (USA) |
Ian Crocker Michael Phelps Neil Walker Jason Lezak |
50.05 48.74 47.97 47.86 |
3:14.62 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) |
Andrey Kapralov Evgeny Lagunov Denis Pimankov Alexander Popov |
49.27 49.17 49.25 48.06 |
3:15.75 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) |
Lorenzo Vismara Filippo Magnini Michele Scarica Christian Galenda |
49.16 48.30 49.21 49.08 |
3:15.75 |
| 6 | Australia (AUS) |
Michael Klim Todd Pearson Eamon Sullivan Ian Thorpe |
49.37 49.07 49.19 48.14 |
3:15.77 |
| 7 | France (FRA) |
Romain Barnier Julien Sicot Fabien Gilot Frédérick Bousquet |
49.65 49.31 48.95 48.32 |
3:16.23 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) |
Jens Schreiber Lars Conrad Torsten Spanneberg Stefan Herbst |
49.88 48.72 49.24 49.34 |
3:17.18 |
[edit] References
- "XXVIII Olympic Games—Men, 4x100 m freestyle". Swim Rankings. http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=1095137&gender=1&styleId=27. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- "Men's 4x100 m freestyle results". BBC Sport. 2004-08-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3531344.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
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