4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men

Competition	1985 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Sofia BUL
Held	9 August 1985
Status	Medal
Competitors	50
Countries	11

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	Germany	GER	3:26.59 (4 h2)	3:22.18 (1 F)
	Alexander Schowtka		51.61	51.25
	Michael Groß		—	49.67
	André Schadt		51.50	50.96
	Thomas Fahrner		52.08	50.30
	Stephan Güsgen		51.40	—	*
🥈	East Germany	GDR	3:25.63 (1 h2)	3:22.32 (2 F)
	Dirk Richter		51.11	51.12
	Sven Lodziewski		—	50.20
	Lars Hinneburg		51.30	51.24
	Jörg Woithe		—	49.76
	René Wanzlik		51.80	—	*
	Steffen Zesner		51.42	—	*
🥉	Sweden	SWE	3:24.68 (2 h1)	3:22.41 (3 F)
	Tom Werner		—	50.79
	Michael Söderlund		50.36	50.07
	Bengt Baron		51.22	51.18
	Per Johansson		—	50.37
	Thomas Lejdström		51.82	—	*
	Rikard Milton		51.28	—	*
4	Soviet Union	URS	3:24.40 (1 h1)	3:23.49 (4 F)
	Sergey Kurbatov		50.94	51.64
	Vladimir Tkachenko		50.42	50.26
	Nikolay Yevseyev		50.99	50.94
	Aleksey Markovsky		—	50.65
	Aleksandr Prigoda		52.05	—	*
5	Czechoslovakia	TCH	3:25.92 (3 h1)	3:24.91 (5 F)
	Zdeněk Kolář		53.16	52.94
	Josef Hladký		51.54	51.06
	Petr Kladiva		51.10	50.90
	Marcel Géry		50.12	50.01
6	Switzerland	SUI	3:26.52 (3 h2)	3:26.45 (6 F)
	Dano Halsall		51.03	51.48
	Thierry Jacot		52.18	51.53
	Stéfan Voléry		50.58	50.01
	Marcel Krist		52.73	53.43
7	France	FRA	3:26.46 (2 h2)	3:26.58 (7 F)
	Stéphan Caron		50.13	50.93
	Laurent Viquerat		52.57	52.31
	Laurent Neuville		51.07	51.15
	Dominique Bataille		52.69	52.19
8	Netherlands	NED	3:26.59 (4 h1)	3:26.70 (8 F)
	Hans Kroes		52.12	52.17
	Patrick Dybiona		51.00	51.19
	Frank Drost		51.54	51.70
	Edsard Schlingemann		51.93	51.64
9	Italy	ITA	3:27.18 (5 h2)	—
	Andrea Ceccarini		52.32	—
	Raffaele Franceschi		52.46	—
	Metello Savino		51.54	—
	Fabrizio Rampazzo		50.86	—
10	Bulgaria	BUL	3:29.31 (5 h1)	—
	Valentin Kochanov		52.88	—
	Tsvetan Golomeev		51.84	—
	Petar Kochanov		52.23	—
	Kamen Atov		52.36	—
11	Spain	ESP	3:30.78 (6 h2)	—
	Luis Martín		52.38	—
	Javier Miralpeix		53.19	—
	Joaquín Herrero		52.79	—
	José María Martín		52.42	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Soviet Union	URS	3:24.40
	Sergey Kurbatov		50.94
	Vladimir Tkachenko		50.42
	Nikolay Yevseyev		50.99
	Aleksey Markovsky		—
	Aleksandr Prigoda		52.05
2	Sweden	SWE	3:24.68
	Tom Werner		—
	Michael Söderlund		50.36
	Bengt Baron		51.22
	Per Johansson		—
	Thomas Lejdström		51.82
	Rikard Milton		51.28
3	Czechoslovakia	TCH	3:25.92
	Zdeněk Kolář		53.16
	Josef Hladký		51.54
	Petr Kladiva		51.10
	Marcel Géry		50.12
4	Netherlands	NED	3:26.59
	Hans Kroes		52.12
	Patrick Dybiona		51.00
	Frank Drost		51.54
	Edsard Schlingemann		51.93
5	Bulgaria	BUL	3:29.31
	Valentin Kochanov		52.88
	Tsvetan Golomeev		51.84
	Petar Kochanov		52.23
	Kamen Atov		52.36

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	East Germany	GDR	3:25.63
	Dirk Richter		51.11
	Sven Lodziewski		—
	Lars Hinneburg		51.30
	Jörg Woithe		—
	René Wanzlik		51.80
	Steffen Zesner		51.42
2	France	FRA	3:26.46
	Stéphan Caron		50.13
	Laurent Viquerat		52.57
	Laurent Neuville		51.07
	Dominique Bataille		52.69
3	Switzerland	SUI	3:26.52
	Dano Halsall		51.03
	Thierry Jacot		52.18
	Stéfan Voléry		50.58
	Marcel Krist		52.73
4	Germany	GER	3:26.59
	Alexander Schowtka		51.61
	Michael Groß		—
	André Schadt		51.50
	Thomas Fahrner		52.08
	Stephan Güsgen		51.40
5	Italy	ITA	3:27.18
	Andrea Ceccarini		52.32
	Raffaele Franceschi		52.46
	Metello Savino		51.54
	Fabrizio Rampazzo		50.86
6	Spain	ESP	3:30.78
	Luis Martín		52.38
	Javier Miralpeix		53.19
	Joaquín Herrero		52.79
	José María Martín		52.42

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Germany	GER	3:22.18
	Alexander Schowtka		51.25
	Michael Groß		49.67
	André Schadt		50.96
	Thomas Fahrner		50.30
	Stephan Güsgen		—
2	East Germany	GDR	3:22.32
	Dirk Richter		51.12
	Sven Lodziewski		50.20
	Lars Hinneburg		51.24
	Jörg Woithe		49.76
	René Wanzlik		—
	Steffen Zesner		—
3	Sweden	SWE	3:22.41
	Tom Werner		50.79
	Michael Söderlund		50.07
	Bengt Baron		51.18
	Per Johansson		50.37
	Thomas Lejdström		—
	Rikard Milton		—
4	Soviet Union	URS	3:23.49
	Sergey Kurbatov		51.64
	Vladimir Tkachenko		50.26
	Nikolay Yevseyev		50.94
	Aleksey Markovsky		50.65
	Aleksandr Prigoda		—
5	Czechoslovakia	TCH	3:24.91
	Zdeněk Kolář		52.94
	Josef Hladký		51.06
	Petr Kladiva		50.90
	Marcel Géry		50.01
6	Switzerland	SUI	3:26.45
	Dano Halsall		51.48
	Thierry Jacot		51.53
	Stéfan Voléry		50.01
	Marcel Krist		53.43
7	France	FRA	3:26.58
	Stéphan Caron		50.93
	Laurent Viquerat		52.31
	Laurent Neuville		51.15
	Dominique Bataille		52.19
8	Netherlands	NED	3:26.70
	Hans Kroes		52.17
	Patrick Dybiona		51.19
	Frank Drost		51.70
	Edsard Schlingemann		51.64