4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men

Competition	1997 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Sevilla ESP
Held	20 August 1997
Status	Medal
Competitors	45
Countries	9

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	Great Britain	GBR	7:22.17 (1 h1)	7:17.56 (1 F)
	Paul Palmer		—	1:49.13
	Andrew Clayton		1:49.01	1:49.38
	Gavin Meadows		1:50.81	1:50.60
	Jamie Salter		1:50.50	1:48.45
	Mark Stevens		1:51.85	—	*
🥈	Netherlands	NED	7:31.94 (1 h2)	7:17.84 (2 F)
	Pieter van den Hoogenband		—	1:48.59
	Mark van der Zijden		1:50.17	1:49.81
	Martijn Zuijdweg		1:52.84	1:50.48
	Marcel Wouda		—	1:48.96
	Dennis Rijnbeek		1:55.46	—	*
	Bas-Ido Wennekes		1:53.47	—	*
🥉	Germany	GER	7:23.71 (2 h1)	7:18.86 (3 F)
	Lars Conrad		1:50.77	1:50.30
	Christian Keller		—	1:49.33
	Stefan Pohl		—	1:50.19
	Steffen Zesner		1:50.39	1:49.04
	Oliver Lampe		1:51.77	—	*
	Christian Tröger		1:50.78	—	*
4	Italy	ITA	7:25.19 (3 h1)	7:19.27 (4 F)
	Massi Rosolino		—	1:49.13
	Emanuele Idini		1:51.74	1:51.38
	Emiliano Brembilla		1:49.86	1:47.86
	Paolo Ghiglione		1:51.54	1:50.90
	Davide Bicchierini		1:52.05	—	*
5	Poland	POL	7:33.94 (3 h2)	7:31.45 (5 F)
	Dominik Matuzewicz		1:54.40	1:53.62
	Bartosz Sikora		—	1:52.88
	Maciej Kajak		1:54.48	1:52.58
	Piotr Florczyk		1:51.71	1:52.37
	Bartosz Kizierowski		1:53.35	—	*
6	Switzerland	SUI	7:42.51 (5 h2)	7:38.77 (6 F)
	Adrian Andermatt		1:54.22	1:53.81
	Philippe Meyer		1:53.96	1:53.06
	Fausto Mauri		1:56.81	1:56.41
	Alex Miescher		—	1:55.49
	Christoph Bühler		1:57.52	—	*
7	Sweden	SWE	7:32.10 (2 h2)	— (DQ F)
	Anders Lyrbring		1:52.73	[1:50.16]
	Max Von Bodungen		1:53.13	[1:51.50]
	Lars Frölander		—	—
	Jonas Lundström		1:52.78	[1:52.43]
	Johan Wallberg		1:53.46	—	*
8	Russia	RUS	7:34.59 (4 h2)	— (DNS F)
	Roman Shchegolev		1:54.12	—
	Roman Yegorov		1:57.06	—
	Dmitry Kuzmin		1:51.94	—
	Vladimir Pyshnenko		1:51.47	—
DQ	Denmark	DEN	— (DQ h1)	—
	Jacob Rasmussen		[1:52.89]	—
	Jeppe Bøje Nielsen		[1:51.91]	—
	Anders Jensen		[1:53.46]	—
	Jacob Carstensen		—	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Great Britain	GBR	7:22.17
	Paul Palmer		—
	Andrew Clayton		1:49.01
	Gavin Meadows		1:50.81
	Jamie Salter		1:50.50
	Mark Stevens		1:51.85
2	Germany	GER	7:23.71
	Lars Conrad		1:50.77
	Christian Keller		—
	Stefan Pohl		—
	Steffen Zesner		1:50.39
	Oliver Lampe		1:51.77
	Christian Tröger		1:50.78
3	Italy	ITA	7:25.19
	Massi Rosolino		—
	Emanuele Idini		1:51.74
	Emiliano Brembilla		1:49.86
	Paolo Ghiglione		1:51.54
	Davide Bicchierini		1:52.05
DQ	Denmark	DEN	—
	Jacob Rasmussen		[1:52.89]
	Jeppe Bøje Nielsen		[1:51.91]
	Anders Jensen		[1:53.46]
	Jacob Carstensen		—

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Netherlands	NED	7:31.94
	Pieter van den Hoogenband		—
	Mark van der Zijden		1:50.17
	Martijn Zuijdweg		1:52.84
	Marcel Wouda		—
	Dennis Rijnbeek		1:55.46
	Bas-Ido Wennekes		1:53.47
2	Sweden	SWE	7:32.10
	Anders Lyrbring		1:52.73
	Max Von Bodungen		1:53.13
	Lars Frölander		—
	Jonas Lundström		1:52.78
	Johan Wallberg		1:53.46
3	Poland	POL	7:33.94
	Dominik Matuzewicz		1:54.40
	Bartosz Sikora		—
	Maciej Kajak		1:54.48
	Piotr Florczyk		1:51.71
	Bartosz Kizierowski		1:53.35
4	Russia	RUS	7:34.59
	Roman Shchegolev		1:54.12
	Roman Yegorov		1:57.06
	Dmitry Kuzmin		1:51.94
	Vladimir Pyshnenko		1:51.47
5	Switzerland	SUI	7:42.51
	Adrian Andermatt		1:54.22
	Philippe Meyer		1:53.96
	Fausto Mauri		1:56.81
	Alex Miescher		—
	Christoph Bühler		1:57.52

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Great Britain	GBR	7:17.56
	Paul Palmer		1:49.13
	Andrew Clayton		1:49.38
	Gavin Meadows		1:50.60
	Jamie Salter		1:48.45
	Mark Stevens		—
2	Netherlands	NED	7:17.84
	Pieter van den Hoogenband		1:48.59
	Mark van der Zijden		1:49.81
	Martijn Zuijdweg		1:50.48
	Marcel Wouda		1:48.96
	Dennis Rijnbeek		—
	Bas-Ido Wennekes		—
3	Germany	GER	7:18.86
	Lars Conrad		1:50.30
	Christian Keller		1:49.33
	Stefan Pohl		1:50.19
	Steffen Zesner		1:49.04
	Oliver Lampe		—
	Christian Tröger		—
4	Italy	ITA	7:19.27
	Massi Rosolino		1:49.13
	Emanuele Idini		1:51.38
	Emiliano Brembilla		1:47.86
	Paolo Ghiglione		1:50.90
	Davide Bicchierini		—
5	Poland	POL	7:31.45
	Dominik Matuzewicz		1:53.62
	Bartosz Sikora		1:52.88
	Maciej Kajak		1:52.58
	Piotr Florczyk		1:52.37
	Bartosz Kizierowski		—
6	Switzerland	SUI	7:38.77
	Adrian Andermatt		1:53.81
	Philippe Meyer		1:53.06
	Fausto Mauri		1:56.41
	Alex Miescher		1:55.49
	Christoph Bühler		—
DQ	Sweden	SWE	—
	Anders Lyrbring		[1:50.16]
	Max Von Bodungen		[1:51.50]
	Lars Frölander		—
	Jonas Lundström		[1:52.43]
	Johan Wallberg		—
DNS	Russia	RUS	—
	Roman Shchegolev		—
	Roman Yegorov		—
	Dmitry Kuzmin		—
	Vladimir Pyshnenko		—