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Swimming at the 1992 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 XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date29 July 1992 (heats & final)
Competitors82 from 18 nations
Winning time3:16.74
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States (USA)
Joe Hudepohl, Matt Biondi, Tom Jager, Jon Olsen, Shaun Jordan*, Joel Thomas*
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Unified Team (EUN)
Pavlo Khnykin, Gennadiy Prigoda, Iurie Başcatov, Alexander Popov, Vladimir Pyshnenko* Veniamin Tayanovich*
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany (GER)
Dirk Richter, Christian Tröger, Steffen Zesner, Mark Pinger, Andreas Szigat*, Bengt Zikarsky*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Records

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

World 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
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

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  Unified Team Pavlo Khnykin (49.82)
Vladimir Pyshnenko (49.31)
Veniamin Tayanovich (49.52)
Iurie Başcatov (48.83)
3:17.48 Q
2 1 4  United States Joe Hudepohl (49.78)
Shaun Jordan (49.94)
Joel Thomas (50.04)
Jon Olsen (48.74)
3:18.50 Q
3 2 5  Sweden Håkan Karlsson (50.20)
Göran Titus (50.54)
Fredrik Letzler (49.18)
Tommy Werner (49.00)
3:18.92 Q, NR
4 2 4  Germany Mark Pinger (49.75)
Andreas Szigat (50.27)
Dirk Richter (49.73)
Bengt Zikarsky (49.86)
3:19.61 Q
5 1 3  Brazil José Carlos Souza (51.24)
Gustavo Borges (49.07)
Emanuel Nascimento (49.72)
Cristiano Michelena (50.47)
3:20.50 Q, NR
6 2 3  Great Britain Mike Fibbens (51.23)
Mark Foster (49.93)
Paul Howe (50.31)
Roland Lee (49.94)
3:21.41 Q
7 3 3  France Stéphan Caron (50.33)
Frédéric Lefèvre (50.29)
Ludovic Dépickère (51.02)
Bruno Gutzeit (50.37)
3:22.01 Q
8 3 5  Australia Chris Fydler (50.67)
Andrew Baildon (50.68)
Tom Stachewicz (50.56)
Darren Lange (50.33)
3:22.24 Q
9 2 6  New Zealand John Steel (50.76)
Nicholas Sanders (50.50)
Trent Bray (51.31)
Mark Weldon (50.52)
3:23.09 NR
10 1 5  Italy Giorgio Lamberti (51.12)
Emanuele Idini (51.43)
Roberto Gleria (50.82)
Massimo Trevisan (50.06)
3:23.43
11 3 2  South Africa Darryl Cronjé (51.07)
Peter Williams (50.06)
Seddon Keyter (51.12)
Craig Jackson (51.28)
3:23.53 AF
12 2 2  Finland Jani Sievinen (51.53)
Janne Vermasheinä (51.76)
Janne Blomqvist (51.39)
Vesa Hanski (50.79)
3:25.47
13 1 2  Puerto Rico Manuel Guzmán (51.90)
Jorge Herrera (54.62)
David Monasterio (52.77)
Ricardo Busquets (51.19)
3:30.48
14 2 7  Hong Kong Arthur Li Kai Yien (51.93)
Wu Tat Cheung (53.28)
Kelvin Li Kar Wai (53.38)
Michael Wright (52.02)
3:30.61
15 3 7  Bermuda Ian Steed Raynor (53.07)
Michael Cash (52.35)
Craig Morbey (53.51)
Geribryan Mewett (52.24)
3:31.17
16 1 7  Guam Adrian Romero (55.37)
Ray Flores (57.61)
Frank Flores (55.69)
Patrick Sagisi (53.64)
3:42.31
17 3 1  Guatemala Andrés Sedano (55.51)
Roberto Bonilla (55.68)
Helder Torres (56.95)
Gustavo Bucaro (54.39)
3:42.53
18 2 1  United Arab Emirates Ahmad Faraj (56.03)
Obaid Al-Rumaithi (59.79)
Abdullah Sultan (58.64)
Mohamed Bin Abid (57.14)
3:51.60

Final

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Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5  United States Joe Hudepohl (50.05)
Matt Biondi (48.69)
Tom Jager (49.72)
Jon Olsen (48.28)
3:16.74
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4  Unified Team Pavlo Khnykin (49.92)
Gennadiy Prigoda (50.05)
Iurie Başcatov (49.76)
Alexander Popov (47.83)
3:17.56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6  Germany Christian Tröger (49.97)
Dirk Richter (49.35)
Steffen Zesner (49.78)
Mark Pinger (48.80)
3:17.90
4 1  France Christophe Kalfayan (50.21)
Franck Schott (49.83)
Frédéric Lefèvre (50.47)
Stéphan Caron (48.65)
3:19.16 NR
5 3  Sweden Tommy Werner (49.93)
Håkan Karlsson (49.88)
Fredrik Letzler (50.60)
Anders Holmertz (49.69)
3:20.10
6 2  Brazil José Carlos Souza (51.15)
Gustavo Borges (48.90)
Emanuel Nascimento (50.01)
Cristiano Michelena (50.93)
3:20.99
7 7  Great Britain Roland Lee (50.97)
Mark Foster (50.00)
Mike Fibbens (50.45)
Paul Howe (50.33)
3:21.75
8 8  Australia Chris Fydler (50.38)
Andrew Baildon (50.70)
Tom Stachewicz (50.65)
Darren Lange (50.31)
3:22.04

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 4x100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 369. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Final" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 369. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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