Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue
Beijing National Aquatics Center
DateAugust 12, 2008 (heats)
August 13, 2008 (final)
Competitors73 from 16 nations
Winning time6:58.56 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States (USA)
Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens, Peter Vanderkaay, David Walters*, Erik Vendt*, Klete Keller*
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  
Mikhail Polishchuk
*
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

 

Nic Ffrost, Kirk Palmer*, Leith Brodie
*


*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 12–13 August at the

Beijing, China.[1]

The U.S. men's team smashed both the seven-minute barrier and the world record to keep Michael Phelps' gold-medal streak alive and most importantly, to defend their Olympic title in the event. The American foursome of Phelps (1:43.31, the second fastest split in history), Ryan Lochte (1:44.28), Ricky Berens (1:46.29), and Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.68) blistered the field, and prevailed in a sterling time of 6:58.56 to shave off their standard by almost five seconds from the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne.[2][3] Earlier in the prelims, Berens (1:45.47) and his teammates David Walters (1:46.57), Erik Vendt (1:47.11), and Klete Keller (1:45.51) registered a top-seeded time of 7:04.66 from heat two to demolish Australia's 2000 Olympic record by 2.39 seconds.[4][5]

Russia's

Nic Ffrost (1:46.03) picked up a bronze in 7:04.98 to hold off the agile Italian quartet of Marco Belotti (1:47.37), Emiliano Brembilla (1:47.33), Massimiliano Rosolino (1:46.53), and Filippo Magnini (1:44.12) by 37-hundredths of a second, a national record of 7:05.35.[6][7]

Canada's Brent Hayden (1:44.42) helped his teammates Colin Russell (1:46.89), Brian Johns (1:47.61), Brent Hayden (1:44.42), and Andrew Hurd (1:46.85) claim a fifth spot in a national record of 7:05.77.[8] Great Britain (7:05.92), Japan (7:10.31), and South Africa (7:13.02), led by fourth-place finalist Jean Basson, rounded out the field.[7]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  United States (USA)
Michael Phelps (1:45.36)
Ryan Lochte (1:45.86)
Klete Keller (1:46.31)
Peter Vanderkaay (1:45.71)		 7:03.24 Melbourne, Australia 30 March 2007 [9]
Olympic record  Australia (AUS)
Ian Thorpe (1:46.03)
Michael Klim (1:46.40)
Todd Pearson (1:47.36)
Bill Kirby (1:47.26)		 7:07.05 Sydney, Australia 19 September 2000 -

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 12 Heat 2 David Walters (1:46.57)
Ricky Berens (1:45.47)
Erik Vendt (1:47.11)
Klete Keller (1:45.51)		  United States 7:04.66 OR
August 13 Final Michael Phelps (1:43.31)
Ryan Lochte (1:44.28)
Ricky Berens (1:46.29)
Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.68)		  United States 6:58.56 WR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Nationality Name Time Notes
1 2 4  United States David Walters (1:46.57)
Ricky Berens (1:45.47)
Erik Vendt (1:47.11)
Klete Keller (1:45.51)		 7:04.66 Q, OR
2 1 4  Italy Nicola Cassio (1:48.76)
Marco Belotti (1:45.82)
Emiliano Brembilla (1:46.46)
Massimiliano Rosolino (1:46.80)		 7:07.84 Q, EU
3 1 6  Russia
Alexander Sukhorukov
(1:45.24)		 7:07.86 Q
4 2 3  Great Britain David Carry (1:46.47) NR
Andrew Hunter (1:46.88)
Ross Davenport (1:47.15)
Robert Renwick (1:47.39)		 7:07.89 Q, NR
5 1 5  Canada Brian Johns (1:47.44)
Rick Say (1:47.24)
Adam Sioui (1:47.05)
Andrew Hurd (1:46.31)		 7:08.04 Q
6 2 5  Australia
Nic Ffrost (1:47.47)
Grant Brits (1:46.84)
Kirk Palmer (1:47.02)
Leith Brodie
(1:47.08)		 7:08.41 Q
7 1 7  Japan Yoshihiro Okumura (1:47.19)
Sho Uchida (1:46.59)
Yasunori Mononobe (1:47.29)
Hisato Matsumoto (1:48.05)		 7:09.12 Q, AS
8 2 2  South Africa Jean Basson (1:45.99)
Darian Townsend (1:46.14)
Jan Venter (1:48.32)
Sebastien Rousseau (1:50.46)		 7:10.91 Q, AF
9 2 6  Austria Dominik Koll (1:47.72) NR
David Brandl (1:46.45)
Florian Janistyn (1:50.48)
Markus Rogan (1:46.80)		 7:11.45
10 1 2  China Zhang Lin (1:46.13)
Zhang Enjian (1:49.31)
Sun Yang (1:48.73)
Shi Haoran (1:49.40)		 7:13.57
10 1 8  France
Clement Lefert (1:48.34)
Sébastien Bodet (1:49.47)
Matthieu Madelaine (1:49.87)
Amaury Leveaux
(1:45.89)		 7:13.57
12 1 1  Germany Paul Biedermann (1:47.48)
Benjamin Starke (1:48.51)
Christian Kubusch (1:49.28)
Stefan Herbst (1:48.65)		 7:13.92
13 2 1  Hungary Gergő Kis (1:47.39)
Tamás Kerékjártó (1:49.09)
Dominik Kozma (1:49.26)
Norbert Kovács (1:48.40)		 7:14.14
14 2 7  Poland Łukasz Gąsior (1:49.43)
Łukasz Wójt (1:48.54)
Michał Rokicki (1:51.14)
Przemysław Stańczyk (1:48.98)		 7:18.09
15 2 8  Greece Andreas Zisimos (1:49.05)
Nikos Xylouris (1:49.53)
Ioannis Giannoulis (1:48.96)
Vasileios Demetis (1:50.72)		 7:18.26
16 1 3  Brazil Nicolas Oliveira (1:49.49)
Rodrigo Castro (1:48.31)
Phillip Morrison (1:49.35)
Lucas Salatta (1:52.39)		 7:19.54

Final

Rank Lane Nationality Name Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  United States Michael Phelps (1:43.31)
Ryan Lochte (1:44.28)
Ricky Berens (1:46.29)
Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.68)		 6:58.56 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3  Russia
Alexander Sukhorukov
(1:44.65)		 7:03.70 5.14 EU
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7  Australia
Nic Ffrost
(1:46.03)		 7:04.98 6.42
4 5  Italy Marco Belotti (1:47.37)
Emiliano Brembilla (1:47.33)
Massimiliano Rosolino (1:46.53)
Filippo Magnini (1:44.12)		 7:05.35 6.79 NR
5 2  Canada Colin Russell (1:46.89)
Brian Johns (1:47.61)
Brent Hayden (1:44.42)
Andrew Hurd (1:46.85)		 7:05.77 7.21 NR
6 6  Great Britain
Robbie Renwick (1:46.16)
Ross Davenport
(1:46.25)		 7:05.92 7.36 NR
7 1  Japan Yoshihiro Okumura (1:46.61)
Sho Uchida (1:47.36)
Yasunori Mononobe (1:47.72)
Hisato Matsumoto (1:48.62)		 7:10.31 11.75
8 8  South Africa Jean Basson (1:46.67)
Darian Townsend (1:47.24)
Jan Venter (1:49.56)
Sebastien Rousseau (1:49.55)		 7:13.02 14.46

References

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  5. ^ "Day 4: U.S. swimmers sail through to semifinals". USA Today. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  6. ^ Jeffery, Nicole (13 August 2008). "Michael Phelps wins butterfly, relay gold medals to swim into history at Beijing Olympics". Fox Sports (Australia). Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  7. ^
    Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original
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  9. ^ Clarey, Christopher (31 March 2007). "American sets a record, but, no, it's not Phelps". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 August 2008.

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