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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date23 July 1996 (heats & final)
Competitors83 from 19 nations
Winning time3:15.41 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States (USA)
Jon Olsen, Josh Davis, Brad Schumacher, Gary Hall, Jr., David Fox*, Scott Tucker*
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia (RUS)
Roman Yegorov, Alexander Popov, Vladimir Predkin, Vladimir Pyshnenko, Denis Pimankov*, Konstantin Ushkov*
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany (GER)
Christian Tröger, Bengt Zikarsky, Björn Zikarsky, Mark Pinger, Alexander Lüderitz*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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Swimming at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 23 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Records

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

World record  United States (USA)
David Fox (49.32)
Joe Hudepohl (49.11)
Jon Olsen (48.17)
Gary Hall, Jr. (48.51)		 3:15.11 Atlanta, United States 12 August 1995
Olympic record  United States (USA)
Chris Jacobs (49.63)
Troy Dalbey (49.75)
Tom Jager (49.34)
Matt Biondi (47.81)		 3:16.53 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988

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

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
23 July Final Jon Olsen (49.94)
Josh Davis (49.00)
Brad Schumacher (49.02)
Gary Hall, Jr. (47.45)		  United States 3:15.41 OR

Results

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Heats

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Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 3 4  United States David Fox (50.46)
Scott Tucker (49.68)
Brad Schumacher (49.19)
Josh Davis (49.07)		 3:18.40 Q
2 1 4  Germany Mark Pinger (50.50)
Alexander Lüderitz (50.06)
Bengt Zikarsky (48.97)
Björn Zikarsky (49.74)		 3:19.27 Q
3 2 3  Netherlands Pie Geelen (50.86)
Mark Veens (49.94)
Martin van der Spoel (50.72)
Pieter van den Hoogenband (48.64)		 3:20.16 Q, NR
4 2 5  Brazil Fernando Scherer (50.81)
Alexandre Massura (50.20)
André Cordeiro (50.27)
Gustavo Borges (48.93)		 3:20.21 Q, SA
5 3 5  Russia Roman Yegorov (50.82)
Denis Pimankov (50.09)
Konstantin Ushkov (50.32)
Vladimir Pyshnenko (49.16)		 3:20.39 Q
6 1 5  Sweden Fredrik Letzler (50.81)
Lars Frölander (49.34)
Christer Wallin (50.13)
Johan Wallberg (50.46)		 3:20.74 Q
7 2 4  Australia Michael Klim (50.09)
Ian Vander-Wal (50.70)
Scott Logan (50.38)
Chris Fydler (49.71)		 3:20.88 Q
8 1 3  Great Britain Nicholas Shackell (50.44)
Alan Rapley (50.18)
Mark Stevens (49.97)
Mike Fibbens (50.75)		 3:21.34 Q
9 3 3  New Zealand John Steel (50.60)
Nicholas Tongue (50.89)
Danyon Loader (51.02)
Trent Bray (49.14)		 3:21.65
10 2 6  Romania Nicolae Ivan (51.06)
Răzvan Petcu (50.88)
Horaţiu Badiţă (50.31)
Alexandru Ioanovici (49.41)		 3:21.66 NR
11 3 6  France Ludovic Dépickère (51.22)
Nicolas Gruson (49.61)
Peirrick Chavatte (50.15)
Frédéric Lefevre (50.81)		 3:21.79
12 2 2  Finland Jani Sievinen (50.04)
Antti Kasvio (50.42)
Janne Blomqvist (51.52)
Kalle Varonen (51.01)		 3:22.99
13 3 2  Venezuela Diego Henao (51.64)
Carlos Santander (51.01)
Alejandro Carrizo (51.20)
Francisco Sánchez (49.19)		 3:23.04
14 1 6  Croatia Miroslav Vučetić (51.10)
Miloš Milošević (50.81)
Alen Lončar (52.38)
Marijan Kanjer (51.73)		 3:26.02
15 2 7  Ecuador Julio Santos (51.48)
Felipe Delgado (50.59)
Roberto Delgado (53.22)
Javier Santos (52.48)		 3:27.77
16 1 7  Puerto Rico Eduardo González (52.37)
José González (51.69)
Arsenio López (52.55)
Ricardo Busquets (51.66)		 3:28.27
17 3 7  Uzbekistan Ravil Nachaev (52.46)
Oleg Tsvetkovskiy (52.13)
Oleg Pukhnatiy (51.82)
Vyacheslav Kabanov (51.92) 		3:28.33
18 3 1  Kyrgyzstan Sergey Ashihmin (50.85) NR
Andrey Kvassov (52.08)
Dmitry Lapin (53.67)
Vitaly Vasilyev (54.02)		 3:30.62
1 2  Kazakhstan Aleksey Yegorov (50.86)
Sergey Ushkalov (52.18)
Sergey Borisenko (50.61)
Aleksey Khovrin (51.49)		 DSQ

Final

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Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  United States Jon Olsen (49.94)
Josh Davis (49.00)
Brad Schumacher (49.02)
Gary Hall, Jr. (47.45)		 3:15.41 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2  Russia Roman Yegorov (49.95)
Alexander Popov (47.88)
Vladimir Predkin (49.51)
Vladimir Pyshnenko (49.72)		 3:17.06 ER
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5  Germany Christian Tröger (49.74)
Bengt Zikarsky (49.01)
Björn Zikarsky (48.81)
Mark Pinger (49.64)		 3:17.20
4 6  Brazil Fernando Scherer (49.69)
Alexandre Massura (50.24)
André Cordeiro (50.38)
Gustavo Borges (47.99)		 3:18.30 SA
5 3  Netherlands Mark Veens (50.66)
Pie Geelen (50.09)
Martin van der Spoel (49.98)
Pieter van den Hoogenband (48.29)		 3:19.02 NR
6 1  Australia Michael Klim (49.87)
Matthew Dunn (50.50)
Scott Logan (49.97)
Chris Fydler (49.79)		 3:20.13
7 7  Sweden Lars Frölander (50.01)
Fredrik Letzler (50.13)
Anders Holmertz (50.06)
Christer Wallin (49.96)		 3:20.16
8 8  Great Britain Nicholas Shackell (50.50)
Alan Rapley (49.76)
Mark Stevens (50.50)
Mike Fibbens (50.76)		 3:21.52

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. pp. 50–51. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Final" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 51. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  4. ^ "1996 Olympic Games: Men – Meet Results". Atlanta 1996. Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
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