4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men

Competition 1997 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Göteborg SWE
Held 18 April 1997
Status Medal
Competitors 67
Countries 15
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Australia AUS 7:12.33
(1 h2)
7:02.74
(1 F)
Michael Klim 1:45.81 1:45.21
Grant Hackett 1:45.61
Bill Kirby 1:46.41
Matt Dunn 1:46.30 1:45.51
Jeff English 1:51.09 *
Richard Upton 1:49.13 *
🥈 Sweden SWE 7:13.79
(2 h2)
7:05.61
(2 F)
Anders Lyrbring 1:47.11
Anders Holmertz 1:46.33 1:46.44
Lars Frölander 1:44.09
Fredrik Letzler 1:47.97
Anders Forsberg 1:49.71 *
Petter Lindh 1:48.75 *
Tobias Marklund 1:49.00 *
🥉 Great Britain GBR 7:11.13
(2 h1)
7:05.81
(3 F)
Paul Palmer 1:46.77
Andrew Clayton 1:48.46 1:46.65
Mark Stevens 1:47.94 1:47.48
Jamie Salter 1:46.56 1:44.91
Gavin Meadows 1:48.17 *
4 Germany GER 7:10.53
(1 h1)
7:05.90
(4 F)
Aimo Heilmann 1:47.65 1:46.71
Christian Keller 1:47.72 1:46.67
Christian Tröger 1:46.94 1:46.76
Lars Conrad 1:45.76
Konstantin Dubrovin 1:48.22 *
5 Denmark DEN 7:20.21
(3 h2)
7:15.57
(5 F)
Jacob Rasmussen 1:50.46 1:49.62
Jakob Andersen 1:50.19 1:50.35
Anders Jensen 1:49.72 1:48.60
Jacob Carstensen 1:49.84 1:47.00
6 United States USA 7:16.88
(3 h1)
7:16.59
(6 F)
Chad Carvin 1:47.61 1:49.44
Ron Karnaugh 1:50.73 1:49.43
Clayton Jones 1:50.07 1:49.61
Nate Dusing 1:48.47 1:48.11
7 Brazil BRA 7:17.23
(4 h1)
7:18.42
(7 F)
André Cordeiro 1:47.88 1:50.09
Rodrigo Castro 1:48.99 1:48.56
Fernando Saez 1:49.63 1:49.13
Cassiano Leal 1:50.73 1:50.64
8 New Zealand NZL 7:21.56
(4 h2)
7:19.81
(8 F)
Trent Bray 1:46.88 1:46.63
Scott Cameron 1:51.24 1:50.80
Nick Tongue 1:51.25 1:51.29
John Steel 1:52.19 1:51.09
9 Canada CAN 7:22.29
(5 h1)
Ron Voordouw 1:49.71
Mark Johnston 1:49.43
Yannick Lupien 1:52.02
Eddie Parenti 1:51.13
10 Switzerland SUI 7:25.61
(6 h1)
Adrian Andermatt 1:49.47
Philippe Meyer 1:50.02
Alex Miescher 1:53.22
Fausto Mauri 1:52.90
11 Venezuela VEN 7:28.64
(5 h2)
Francisco Sánchez 1:49.18
Rafael Manzano 1:52.24
Ricardo Monasterio 1:53.76
Luis Rojas 1:53.46
12 Uzbekistan UZB 7:33.44
(6 h2)
Vyacheslav Kabanov 1:52.42
Aleksandr Agafonov 1:53.71
Oleg Pukhnaty 1:54.01
Oleg Tsvetkovsky 1:53.30
13 Chile CHI 7:45.71
(7 h2)
Sebastián Rodoni 1:56.89
Pablo Banfi 1:58.02
Rodrigo Olivares 1:54.59
Nicolás Rajcevich 1:56.21
14 South Africa RSA 7:51.27
(7 h1)
Andrew Turner 1:54.75
Ryno Markgraaff 1:54.26
Greg Main-Baillie 1:59.29
Nick Folker 2:02.97
15 Chinese Taipei TPE 8:19.14
(8 h2)
Liang Ching-Yu 2:06.78
Wu Chin-Chan 2:07.57
Chiu Chi-Fan 2:05.09
Mai Chih-Chieh 1:59.70

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Germany GER 7:10.53
Aimo Heilmann 1:47.65
Christian Keller 1:47.72
Christian Tröger 1:46.94
Lars Conrad
Konstantin Dubrovin 1:48.22
2 Great Britain GBR 7:11.13
Paul Palmer
Andrew Clayton 1:48.46
Mark Stevens 1:47.94
Jamie Salter 1:46.56
Gavin Meadows 1:48.17
3 United States USA 7:16.88
Chad Carvin 1:47.61
Ron Karnaugh 1:50.73
Clayton Jones 1:50.07
Nate Dusing 1:48.47
4 Brazil BRA 7:17.23
André Cordeiro 1:47.88
Rodrigo Castro 1:48.99
Fernando Saez 1:49.63
Cassiano Leal 1:50.73
5 Canada CAN 7:22.29
Ron Voordouw 1:49.71
Mark Johnston 1:49.43
Yannick Lupien 1:52.02
Eddie Parenti 1:51.13
6 Switzerland SUI 7:25.61
Adrian Andermatt 1:49.47
Philippe Meyer 1:50.02
Alex Miescher 1:53.22
Fausto Mauri 1:52.90
7 South Africa RSA 7:51.27
Andrew Turner 1:54.75
Ryno Markgraaff 1:54.26
Greg Main-Baillie 1:59.29
Nick Folker 2:02.97

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Australia AUS 7:12.33
Michael Klim 1:45.81
Grant Hackett
Bill Kirby
Matt Dunn 1:46.30
Jeff English 1:51.09
Richard Upton 1:49.13
2 Sweden SWE 7:13.79
Anders Lyrbring
Anders Holmertz 1:46.33
Lars Frölander
Fredrik Letzler
Anders Forsberg 1:49.71
Petter Lindh 1:48.75
Tobias Marklund 1:49.00
3 Denmark DEN 7:20.21
Jacob Rasmussen 1:50.46
Jakob Andersen 1:50.19
Anders Jensen 1:49.72
Jacob Carstensen 1:49.84
4 New Zealand NZL 7:21.56
Trent Bray 1:46.88
Scott Cameron 1:51.24
Nick Tongue 1:51.25
John Steel 1:52.19
5 Venezuela VEN 7:28.64
Francisco Sánchez 1:49.18
Rafael Manzano 1:52.24
Ricardo Monasterio 1:53.76
Luis Rojas 1:53.46
6 Uzbekistan UZB 7:33.44
Vyacheslav Kabanov 1:52.42
Aleksandr Agafonov 1:53.71
Oleg Pukhnaty 1:54.01
Oleg Tsvetkovsky 1:53.30
7 Chile CHI 7:45.71
Sebastián Rodoni 1:56.89
Pablo Banfi 1:58.02
Rodrigo Olivares 1:54.59
Nicolás Rajcevich 1:56.21
8 Chinese Taipei TPE 8:19.14
Liang Ching-Yu 2:06.78
Wu Chin-Chan 2:07.57
Chiu Chi-Fan 2:05.09
Mai Chih-Chieh 1:59.70

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Australia AUS 7:02.74
Michael Klim 1:45.21
Grant Hackett 1:45.61
Bill Kirby 1:46.41
Matt Dunn 1:45.51
Jeff English
Richard Upton
2 Sweden SWE 7:05.61
Anders Lyrbring 1:47.11
Anders Holmertz 1:46.44
Lars Frölander 1:44.09
Fredrik Letzler 1:47.97
Anders Forsberg
Petter Lindh
Tobias Marklund
3 Great Britain GBR 7:05.81
Paul Palmer 1:46.77
Andrew Clayton 1:46.65
Mark Stevens 1:47.48
Jamie Salter 1:44.91
Gavin Meadows
4 Germany GER 7:05.90
Aimo Heilmann 1:46.71
Christian Keller 1:46.67
Christian Tröger 1:46.76
Lars Conrad 1:45.76
Konstantin Dubrovin
5 Denmark DEN 7:15.57
Jacob Rasmussen 1:49.62
Jakob Andersen 1:50.35
Anders Jensen 1:48.60
Jacob Carstensen 1:47.00
6 United States USA 7:16.59
Chad Carvin 1:49.44
Ron Karnaugh 1:49.43
Clayton Jones 1:49.61
Nate Dusing 1:48.11
7 Brazil BRA 7:18.42
André Cordeiro 1:50.09
Rodrigo Castro 1:48.56
Fernando Saez 1:49.13
Cassiano Leal 1:50.64
8 New Zealand NZL 7:19.81
Trent Bray 1:46.63
Scott Cameron 1:50.80
Nick Tongue 1:51.29
John Steel 1:51.09