Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueLondon Aquatics Centre
DatesAugust 3, 2012 (heats)
August 4, 2012 (final)
Competitors84 from 16 nations
Winning time3:29.35
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States (USA)
Matt Grevers, Brendan Hansen, Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian, Nick Thoman*, Eric Shanteau*, Tyler McGill*, Cullen Jones*
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan (JPN)
Ryosuke Irie, Kosuke Kitajima, Takeshi Matsuda, Takuro Fujii
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

 Australia (AUS)
Hayden Stoeckel, Christian Sprenger, Matt Targett, James Magnussen, Brenton Rickard*, Tommaso D'Orsogna*


*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 3–4 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

In the final race of his unprecedented career before a temporary retirement, Michael Phelps topped off with his eighteenth gold and twenty-second overall to officially become the most decorated Olympian of all time, as the U.S. men's team posted a textile best to defend the Olympic medley relay title since the event's inception in 1960. Trading the lead with Japan throughout the race, the solid foursome of Matt Grevers (52.58), Brendan Hansen (59.19), Phelps (50.73), and Nathan Adrian (46.85) put together a historic ending with a blazing fast finish in 3:29.35, just a fingertip short of their 2008 Olympic record during the high-tech bodysuit era.[2][3][4]

Japan's Ryosuke Irie (52.92), Kosuke Kitajima (58.64), Takeshi Matsuda (51.20), and Takuro Fujii (48.50) held on an arduous challenge with the Americans throughout the race before Adrian pulled off a lead in the freestyle leg, leaving them with a silver in 3:31.26.[5][6] Meanwhile, James Magnussen produced a magnificent freestyle anchor of 47.22 to deliver the Aussie foursome of Hayden Stoeckel (53.71), Christian Sprenger (59.05), and Matt Targett (51.60) a bronze-medal time in 3:31.58.[7][8][9]

Great Britain's Liam Tancock (53.40), Michael Jamieson (59.27), Michael Rock (51.74), and Adam Brown (47.91) missed the podium by almost three quarters of a second (0.75) with a fourth-place effort in 3:32.32.[10] Meanwhile, Hungary's László Cseh (53.40, a national-record split), Dániel Gyurta (59.01), Bence Pulai (51.82), and Dominik Kozma (48.79) claimed a fifth spot in 3:33.02 to hold off the agile German foursome of Helge Meeuw (53.78), Christian vom Lehn (1:00.30), and Deibler brothers Steffen (50.91) and Markus (48.07) by four-hundredths of a second, a sixth-place time in 3:33.06.[9] Netherlands (3:33.46) and Canada (3:34.19), anchored by freestyle swimmer and bronze medalist Brent Hayden, rounded out a historic championship finale.[9]

Records

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

World record  United States (USA)
Aaron Peirsol (52.19)
Eric Shanteau (58.57)
Michael Phelps (49.72)
David Walters (46.80)
3:27.28 Rome, Italy 2 August 2009 [11][12]
Olympic record  United States (USA)
Aaron Peirsol (53.16)
Brendan Hansen (59.27)
Michael Phelps (50.15)
Jason Lezak (46.76)
3:29.34 Beijing, China 17 August 2008 [13]

Results

Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 2 4  United States Nick Thoman (53.31)
Eric Shanteau (59.69)
Tyler McGill (51.53)
Cullen Jones (48.12)
3:32.65 Q
2 1 1  Great Britain Liam Tancock (53.98)
Craig Benson (59.68)
Michael Rock (51.56)
Adam Brown (48.22)
3:33.44 Q
3 2 3  Japan Ryosuke Irie (53.08)
Kosuke Kitajima (59.47)
Takeshi Matsuda (52.09)
Takuro Fujii (49.00)
3:33.64 Q
4 1 4  Australia Hayden Stoeckel (53.89)
Brenton Rickard (59.95)
Matt Targett (51.30)
Tommaso D'Orsogna (48.59)
3:33.73 Q
5 1 3  Netherlands Nick Driebergen (53.98)
Lennart Stekelenburg (1:00.52)
Joeri Verlinden (51.46)
Sebastiaan Verschuren (47.82)
3:33.78 Q, NR
6 2 5  Germany Helge Meeuw (53.82)
Christian vom Lehn (1:01.13)
Steffen Deibler (51.18)
Marco di Carli (48.15)
3:34.28 Q
7 2 6  Hungary László Cseh (53.78) NR
Dániel Gyurta (59.63)
Bence Pulai (52.47)
Dominik Kozma (48.56)
3:34.44 Q, NR
8 1 2  Canada Charles Francis (53.91)
Scott Dickens (1:00.60)
Joe Bartoch (52.43)
Brent Hayden (47.52)
3:34.46 Q
9 2 2  New Zealand Gareth Kean (54.01)
Glenn Snyders (59.00)
Andrew McMillan (52.77)
Carl O'Donnell (48.74)
3:34.52
10 2 7  France Camille Lacourt (53.63)
Giacomo Perez d'Ortona (1:00.03)
Romain Sassot (52.17)
Yannick Agnel (48.77)
3:34.60
11 1 8  China Cheng Feiyi (53.70)
Li Xiayan (1:00.96)
Zhou Jiawei (51.44)
Lü Zhiwu (48.55)
3:34.65
12 1 7  Russia Vladimir Morozov (53.99)
Vyacheslav Sinkevich (1:00.80)
Nikolay Skvortsov (51.83)
Andrey Grechin (48.32)
3:34.94
13 2 8  South Africa Charl Crous (55.23)
Cameron van der Burgh (58.96)
Chad le Clos (51.83)
Leith Shankland (49.21)
3:35.23
14 1 5  Italy Mirco di Tora (54.67)
Fabio Scozzoli (1:00.28)
Matteo Rivolta (53.10)
Luca Dotto (48.83)
3:36.88
15 1 6  Brazil Thiago Pereira (54.45)
Felipe França Silva (1:00.77)
Kaio de Almeida (53.61)
Marcelo Chierighini (48.17)
3:37.00
16 2 1  Poland Radosław Kawęcki (54.65)
Dawid Szulich (1:01.39)
Paweł Korzeniowski (52.40)
Kacper Majchrzak (49.72)
3:38.16

Final

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Time Behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  United States Matt Grevers (52.58)
Brendan Hansen (59.19)
Michael Phelps (50.73)
Nathan Adrian (46.85)
3:29.35
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3  Japan Ryosuke Irie (52.92)
Kosuke Kitajima (58.64)
Takeshi Matsuda (51.20)
Takuro Fujii (48.50)
3:31.26 1.91
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6  Australia Hayden Stoeckel (53.71)
Christian Sprenger (59.05)
Matt Targett (51.60)
James Magnussen (47.22)
3:31.58 2.23
4 5  Great Britain Liam Tancock (53.40)
Michael Jamieson (59.27)
Michael Rock (51.74)
Adam Brown (47.91)
3:32.32 2.97
5 1  Hungary László Cseh (53.40) NR
Dániel Gyurta (59.01)
Bence Pulai (51.82)
Dominik Kozma (48.79)
3:33.02 3.67 NR
6 7  Germany Helge Meeuw (53.78)
Christian vom Lehn (1:00.30)
Steffen Deibler (50.91)
Markus Deibler (48.07)
3:33.06 3.71
7 2  Netherlands Nick Driebergen (53.79)
Lennart Stekelenburg (1:00.24)
Joeri Verlinden (51.86)
Sebastiaan Verschuren (47.57)
3:33.46 4.11 NR
8 8  Canada Charles Francis (54.16)
Scott Dickens (1:00.29)
Joe Bartoch (52.32)
Brent Hayden (47.42)
3:34.19 4.84

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