2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 16 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 16 nations swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning,[1] from which the top-8 finishers advanced to the Final that evening.[2]

Men's 4 × 200 m Free Relay
at the 2010 Short Course Worlds
Dates16 December 2010
Teams16
Winning time6:49.04 WR
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
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At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:

RecordTimeNationSwimmersLocationDate
WR6:51.05 CanadaColin Russell (1:43.60)
Stefan Hirniak (1:43.41)
Brent Hayden (1:41.49)
Joel Greenshields (1:42.55)
Leeds7 August 2009
CR6:55.65 AustraliaKirk Palmer (1:44.23)
Grant Brits (1:44.89)
Nicholas Sprenger (1:43.11)
Kenrick Monk (1:43.42)
Manchester10 April 2008

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeWRCR
16 December 2010FinalNikita Lobintsev (1:42.10)
Danila Izotov (1:42.15)
Evgeny Lagunov (1:42.32)
Alexander Sukhorukov (1:42.47)
 Russia6:49.04WRCR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNationNameTimeNotes
124  United StatesDavid Walters (1:44.70)
Garrett Weber-Gale (1:43.38)
Charlie Houchin (1:44.28)
Ricky Berens (1:44.17)
6:56.53Q
225  RussiaAlexander Sukhorukov (1:45.18)
Evgeny Lagunov (1:43.35)
Mikhail Polishchuk (1:44.99)
Danila Izotov (1:43.96)
6:57.48Q
328  GermanyPaul Biedermann (1:43.60)
Stefan Herbst (1:43.50)
Benjamin Starke (1:44.70)
Markus Deibler (1:46.03)
6:59.83Q
411  FranceClément Lefert (1:44.69)
Fabien Gilot (1:45.75)
Antton Haramboure (1:47.43)
Yannick Agnel (1:42.71)
7:00.58Q
514  AustraliaTommaso D'Orsogna (1:44.80)
Patrick Murphy (1:43.71)
Mitchell Dixon (1:45.77)
Kyle Richardson (1:48.03)
7:02.31Q
617  ChinaJiang Haiqi (1:44.14)
Dai Jun (1:46.53)
Zhang Zhongchao (1:45.77)
Jiang Yuhui (1:46.86)
7:03.30Q
721  Czech RepublicKvětoslav Svoboda (1:47.32)
Michal Rubáček (1:45.64)
Martin Verner (1:46.80)
Jan Šefl (1:45.39)
7:05.15Q
813  BrazilRodrigo Castro (1:45.72)
Nicolas Oliveira (1:47.13)
Lucas Kanieski (1:48.32)
Fernando Santos (1:45.03)
7:06.20Q
926  VenezuelaCristian Quintero (1:45.33)
Daniele Tirabassi (1:46.18)
Roberto Gómez (1:48.20)
Alejandro Gómez (1:48.72)
7:08.43
1015  SwedenDavid Ernstsson (1:48.64)
Robin Andréasson (1:48.41)
Simon Sjödin (1:46.84)
Mattias Carlsson (1:45.89)
7:09.78
1123  BelgiumPholien Systermans (1:47.80)
Yoris Grandjean (1:47.93)
Mathieu Fonteyn (1:49.06)
Pierre-Yves Romanini (1:48.06)
7:12.85
1216  Chinese TaipeiHsu Chi-Chieh (1:49.49)
Yuan Ping (1:49.96)
Lin Yu-An (1:55.64)
Lin Shih-Chieh (1:53.95)
7:29.04
1322  KuwaitYousef Alaskari (1:54.77)
Abdullah Altuwaini (1:50.73)
Mohammed Madouh (1:55.98)
Saoud Altayar (1:56.18)
7:37.66
1418  MaltaNeil Agius (1:58.03)
Edward Caruana Dingli (1:55.25)
Andrea Agius (1:57.92)
Mark Sammut (1:57.43)
7:48.63
1527  MacauTong Antonio (1:56.20)
Chou Kit (2:03.30)
Lao Kuan Fong (1:59.72)
Ngou Pok Man (1:58.68)
7:57.90
1612  United Arab EmiratesObaid Aljasmi (1:57.74)
Mubarak Al-Besher (2:01.00)
Kaabi Ali Ai (2:00.70)
Faisal Al Jasmi (2:03.58)
8:03.02

Final

RankLaneNationNameTimeNotes
5  RussiaNikita Lobintsev (1:42.10)
Danila Izotov (1:42.15)
Evgeny Lagunov (1:42.32)
Alexander Sukhorukov (1:42.47)
6:49.04WR
4  United StatesPeter Vanderkaay (1:43.83)
Ryan Lochte (1:40.48)
Garrett Weber-Gale (1:42.89)
Ricky Berens (1:42.38)
6:49.58
6  FranceYannick Agnel (1:41.95)
Fabien Gilot (1:42.55)
Clément Lefert (1:45.01)
Jérémy Stravius (1:43.54)
6:53.05
43  GermanyPaul Biedermann (1:42.33)
Markus Deibler (1:44.08)
Stefan Herbst (1:43.70)
Benjamin Starke (1:44.01)
6:54.12
52  AustraliaTommaso D'Orsogna (1:43.88)
Patrick Murphy (1:43.71)
Mitchell Dixon (1:45.02)
Kyle Richardson (1:44.80)
6:57.41
67  ChinaJiang Haiqi (1:44.54)
Zhang Zhongchao (1:44.33)
Jiang Yuhui (1:46.29)
Dai Jun (1:46.98)
7:02.14
71  Czech RepublicJan Šefl (1:45.22)
Michal Rubáček (1:46.12)
Martin Verner (1:46.52)
Květoslav Svoboda (1:46.56)
7:04.42
88  BrazilRodrigo Castro (1:46.87)
Fernando Santos (1:44.70)
Nicolas Oliveira (1:46.70)
Lucas Kanieski (1:47.92)
7:06.19

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