4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men

Competition	1981 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Split YUG
Held	9 September 1981
Status	Medal
Competitors	62
Countries	13

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	Soviet Union	URS	3:27.71 (2 h2)	3:21.48 (1 F)
	Sergey Krasyuk		51.71	50.93
	Sergey Koplyakov		—	50.72
	Aleksey Markovsky		—	49.88
	Sergey Smiryagin		50.86	49.95
	Yury Logvin		52.60	—	*
	Ivar Stukolkin		52.54	—	*
🥈	Sweden	SWE	3:25.99 (2 h1)	3:22.48 (2 F)
	Per Holmertz		—	51.51
	Per Wikström		51.91	50.41
	Lasse Lindqvist		50.90	50.69
	Per Johansson		—	49.87
	Bengt Baron		51.45	—	*
	Mikael Örn		51.73	—	*
🥉	Germany	GER	3:25.53 (1 h1)	3:22.67 (3 F)
	Peter Knust		51.55	51.78
	Willi Kühlem		51.46	50.94
	Michael Groß		—	50.33
	Andreas Schmidt		50.64	49.62
	Heiner Fuß		51.88	—	*
4	East Germany	GDR	3:28.83 (3 h2)	3:24.38 (4 F)
	Dirk Richter		51.37	51.49
	Jörg Woithe		—	49.58
	Jens Gregor		—	52.12
	Knut Bludau		51.58	51.19
	Andreas Reichel		52.63	—	*
	Detlev Grabs		53.25	—	*
5	Italy	ITA	3:27.28 (1 h2)	3:25.32 (5 F)
	Marcello Guarducci		—	51.65
	Raffaele Franceschi		51.19	51.38
	Fabrizio Rampazzo		—	50.86
	Paolo Revelli		—	51.43
	Cesare Fabbri		52.03	—	*
	Andrea Ceccarini		51.98	—	*
	Metello Savino		52.08	—	*
6	Spain	ESP	3:28.23 (3 h1)	3:28.38 (6 F)
	Ramón Lavín		52.32	52.85
	Gonzalo Jiménez		52.26	52.59
	Juan Barro		52.34	52.32
	David López-Zubero		51.31	50.62
7	Switzerland	SUI	3:30.34 (5 h2)	3:28.56 (7 F)
	Stéfan Voléry		52.58	52.21
	Dano Halsall		52.49	51.13
	François David		52.69	52.58
	Roger Birrer		52.58	52.64
8	Great Britain	GBR	3:29.27 (4 h2)	3:30.60 (8 F)
	Philip Osborn		51.67	53.06
	Stephen Harrison		52.62	52.53
	David Lowe		52.98	53.00
	Mark Taylor		52.00	52.01
9	France	FRA	3:31.71 (4 h1)	—
	Dominique Petit		53.16	—
	Pierre Andraca		52.52	—
	Jacques Favre		53.45	—
	Marc Lazzaro		52.58	—
10	Netherlands	NED	3:32.11 (5 h1)	—
	Hans Kroes		53.14	—
	Cees Jan Winkel		53.08	—
	Frank Drost		51.94	—
	Peter Drost		51.95	—
11	Denmark	DEN	3:33.55 (6 h2)	—
	Peter Rohde		53.71	—
	Ole Johansen		52.28	—
	Jasper Nordsted-Jørgensen		52.80	—
	Søren Østberg		54.76	—
12	Bulgaria	BUL	3:34.60 (6 h1)	—
	Tsvetan Golomeev		53.80	—
	Veselin Slavchev		53.93	—
	Nikolay Vakareev		53.91	—
	Yuliyan Vasilev		52.96	—
13	Yugoslavia	YUG	3:37.74 (7 h1)	—
	Darjan Petrič		54.84	—
	Milivoj Dopsaj		54.48	—
	Boris Novak		54.96	—
	Petar Popović		53.46	—
DNS	Turkey	TUR	— (DNS h2)	—
DNS	Austria	AUT	— (DNS h2)	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Germany	GER	3:25.53
	Peter Knust		51.55
	Willi Kühlem		51.46
	Michael Groß		—
	Andreas Schmidt		50.64
	Heiner Fuß		51.88
2	Sweden	SWE	3:25.99
	Per Holmertz		—
	Per Wikström		51.91
	Lasse Lindqvist		50.90
	Per Johansson		—
	Bengt Baron		51.45
	Mikael Örn		51.73
3	Spain	ESP	3:28.23
	Ramón Lavín		52.32
	Gonzalo Jiménez		52.26
	Juan Barro		52.34
	David López-Zubero		51.31
4	France	FRA	3:31.71
	Dominique Petit		53.16
	Pierre Andraca		52.52
	Jacques Favre		53.45
	Marc Lazzaro		52.58
5	Netherlands	NED	3:32.11
	Hans Kroes		53.14
	Cees Jan Winkel		53.08
	Frank Drost		51.94
	Peter Drost		51.95
6	Bulgaria	BUL	3:34.60
	Tsvetan Golomeev		53.80
	Veselin Slavchev		53.93
	Nikolay Vakareev		53.91
	Yuliyan Vasilev		52.96
7	Yugoslavia	YUG	3:37.74
	Darjan Petrič		54.84
	Milivoj Dopsaj		54.48
	Boris Novak		54.96
	Petar Popović		53.46

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Italy	ITA	3:27.28
	Marcello Guarducci		—
	Raffaele Franceschi		51.19
	Fabrizio Rampazzo		—
	Paolo Revelli		—
	Cesare Fabbri		52.03
	Andrea Ceccarini		51.98
	Metello Savino		52.08
2	Soviet Union	URS	3:27.71
	Sergey Krasyuk		51.71
	Sergey Koplyakov		—
	Aleksey Markovsky		—
	Sergey Smiryagin		50.86
	Yury Logvin		52.60
	Ivar Stukolkin		52.54
3	East Germany	GDR	3:28.83
	Dirk Richter		51.37
	Jörg Woithe		—
	Jens Gregor		—
	Knut Bludau		51.58
	Andreas Reichel		52.63
	Detlev Grabs		53.25
4	Great Britain	GBR	3:29.27
	Philip Osborn		51.67
	Stephen Harrison		52.62
	David Lowe		52.98
	Mark Taylor		52.00
5	Switzerland	SUI	3:30.34
	Stéfan Voléry		52.58
	Dano Halsall		52.49
	François David		52.69
	Roger Birrer		52.58
6	Denmark	DEN	3:33.55
	Peter Rohde		53.71
	Ole Johansen		52.28
	Jasper Nordsted-Jørgensen		52.80
	Søren Østberg		54.76
DNS	Turkey	TUR	—
DNS	Austria	AUT	—

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Soviet Union	URS	3:21.48
	Sergey Krasyuk		50.93
	Sergey Koplyakov		50.72
	Aleksey Markovsky		49.88
	Sergey Smiryagin		49.95
	Yury Logvin		—
	Ivar Stukolkin		—
2	Sweden	SWE	3:22.48
	Per Holmertz		51.51
	Per Wikström		50.41
	Lasse Lindqvist		50.69
	Per Johansson		49.87
	Bengt Baron		—
	Mikael Örn		—
3	Germany	GER	3:22.67
	Peter Knust		51.78
	Willi Kühlem		50.94
	Michael Groß		50.33
	Andreas Schmidt		49.62
	Heiner Fuß		—
4	East Germany	GDR	3:24.38
	Dirk Richter		51.49
	Jörg Woithe		49.58
	Jens Gregor		52.12
	Knut Bludau		51.19
	Andreas Reichel		—
	Detlev Grabs		—
5	Italy	ITA	3:25.32
	Marcello Guarducci		51.65
	Raffaele Franceschi		51.38
	Fabrizio Rampazzo		50.86
	Paolo Revelli		51.43
	Cesare Fabbri		—
	Andrea Ceccarini		—
	Metello Savino		—
6	Spain	ESP	3:28.38
	Ramón Lavín		52.85
	Gonzalo Jiménez		52.59
	Juan Barro		52.32
	David López-Zubero		50.62
7	Switzerland	SUI	3:28.56
	Stéfan Voléry		52.21
	Dano Halsall		51.13
	François David		52.58
	Roger Birrer		52.64
8	Great Britain	GBR	3:30.60
	Philip Osborn		53.06
	Stephen Harrison		52.53
	David Lowe		53.00
	Mark Taylor		52.01