4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men

Competition	1982 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Guayaquil ECU
Held	—
Status	Medal
Competitors	72
Countries	16

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	United States	USA	3:23.76 (1 h2)	3:19.26 (1 F)
	Chris Cavanaugh		—	50.13
	Robin Leamy		—	50.10
	David McCagg		—	49.89
	Rowdy Gaines		—	49.14
	Bill Barrett		50.90	—	*
	Tom Jager		51.36	—	*
	Rich Saeger		50.51	—	*
	Matt Gribble		50.99	—	*
🥈	Soviet Union	URS	3:25.77 (2 h2)	3:21.78 (2 F)
	Sergey Krasyuk		52.07	51.48
	Aleksey Filonov		51.41	51.32
	Sergey Smiryagin		50.95	50.15
	Aleksey Markovsky		51.34	48.83
🥉	Sweden	SWE	3:26.34 (1 h1)	3:22.15 (3 F)
	Per Johansson		50.57	50.19
	Bengt Baron		—	50.98
	Per Holmertz		—	50.54
	Per Wikström		52.25	50.44
	Michael Söderlund		51.89	—	*
	Per-Alvar Magnusson		51.63	—	*
4	Germany	GER	3:26.94 (2 h1)	3:23.77 (4 F)
	Michael Groß		50.95	51.07
	Peter Knust		51.74	51.18
	Willi Kühlem		52.24	51.05
	Andreas Schmidt		52.01	50.47
5	Italy	ITA	3:27.27 (3 h2)	3:24.10 (5 F)
	Andrea Cecchi		—	51.72
	Fabrizio Rampazzo		51.66	50.70
	Raffaele Franceschi		52.19	51.00
	Marcello Guarducci		—	50.68
	Metello Savino		51.52	—	*
	Andrea Ceccarini		51.90	—	*
6	Netherlands	NED	3:27.75 (3 h1)	3:26.74 (6 F)
	Hans Kroes		52.07	51.90
	Frank Drost		52.46	52.17
	Cees Vervoorn		52.21	51.84
	Edward Maasdijk		51.01	50.83
7	Canada	CAN	3:28.74 (5 h1)	3:28.80 (7 F)
	Graham Welbourn		52.21	52.92
	Blair Hicken		52.01	51.76
	Wayne Kelly		52.32	52.12
	Levente Mady		52.20	52.00
8	Switzerland	SUI	3:28.25 (4 h1)	3:30.00 (8 F)
	Stéfan Voléry		52.01	52.74
	Dano Halsall		51.50	51.54
	François David		53.05	53.37
	Thierry Jacot		51.69	52.35
9	Spain	ESP	3:29.76 (4 h2)	—
	David López-Zubero		52.80	—
	Ramón Lavín		52.32	—
	Gonzalo Jiménez		52.13	—
	Juan Barro		52.51	—
10	Australia	AUS	3:34.61 (5 h2)	—
	Paul Rowe		54.28	—
	Graeme Brewer		51.01	—
	Greg Fasala		52.52	—
	Tim Ford		56.80	—
11	Denmark	DEN	3:35.37 (6 h2)	—
	Peter Rohde		52.92	—
	Franz Mortensen		53.90	—
	Paul Thalund		55.12	—
	Poul Brinck		53.43	—
12	Japan	JPN	3:35.87 (6 h1)	—
	Taihei Saka		53.59	—
	Tenashita Ikuhiro		53.59	—
	Shigeo Ogata		55.22	—
	Satoshi Sumida		53.47	—
13	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	3:48.94 (7 h1)	—
	Chris Dunn		57.84	—
	Erik Rosskopf		56.17	—
	Brian Farlow		59.83	—
	Scott Newkirk		55.10	—
14	Peru	PER	3:50.21 (7 h2)	—
	Enrique Conterno		57.03	—
	Jean-Pierre Crousse		58.65	—
	José María Larrañaga		58.18	—
	Fernando Rodríguez		56.35	—
15	Kuwait	KUW	3:54.25 (8 h1)	—
	Edham Al-Seif		56.87	—
	Mohamed Abdul Wahab		59.75	—
	Khaled Al-Rayyes		1:00.41	—
	Khaled Al-Assaf		57.22	—
AC	Brazil	BRA	— (DQ h2)	—
	Cyro Delgado		—	—
	Ronald Menezes		—	—
	Marcelo Jucá		—	—
	Jorge Fernandes		—	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Sweden	SWE	3:26.34
	Per Johansson		50.57
	Bengt Baron		—
	Per Holmertz		—
	Per Wikström		52.25
	Michael Söderlund		51.89
	Per-Alvar Magnusson		51.63
2	Germany	GER	3:26.94
	Michael Groß		50.95
	Peter Knust		51.74
	Willi Kühlem		52.24
	Andreas Schmidt		52.01
3	Netherlands	NED	3:27.75
	Hans Kroes		52.07
	Frank Drost		52.46
	Cees Vervoorn		52.21
	Edward Maasdijk		51.01
4	Switzerland	SUI	3:28.25
	Stéfan Voléry		52.01
	Dano Halsall		51.50
	François David		53.05
	Thierry Jacot		51.69
5	Canada	CAN	3:28.74
	Graham Welbourn		52.21
	Blair Hicken		52.01
	Wayne Kelly		52.32
	Levente Mady		52.20
6	Japan	JPN	3:35.87
	Taihei Saka		53.59
	Tenashita Ikuhiro		53.59
	Shigeo Ogata		55.22
	Satoshi Sumida		53.47
7	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	3:48.94
	Chris Dunn		57.84
	Erik Rosskopf		56.17
	Brian Farlow		59.83
	Scott Newkirk		55.10
8	Kuwait	KUW	3:54.25
	Edham Al-Seif		56.87
	Mohamed Abdul Wahab		59.75
	Khaled Al-Rayyes		1:00.41
	Khaled Al-Assaf		57.22

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	United States	USA	3:23.76
	Chris Cavanaugh		—
	Robin Leamy		—
	David McCagg		—
	Rowdy Gaines		—
	Bill Barrett		50.90
	Tom Jager		51.36
	Rich Saeger		50.51
	Matt Gribble		50.99
2	Soviet Union	URS	3:25.77
	Sergey Krasyuk		52.07
	Aleksey Filonov		51.41
	Sergey Smiryagin		50.95
	Aleksey Markovsky		51.34
3	Italy	ITA	3:27.27
	Andrea Cecchi		—
	Fabrizio Rampazzo		51.66
	Raffaele Franceschi		52.19
	Marcello Guarducci		—
	Metello Savino		51.52
	Andrea Ceccarini		51.90
4	Spain	ESP	3:29.76
	David López-Zubero		52.80
	Ramón Lavín		52.32
	Gonzalo Jiménez		52.13
	Juan Barro		52.51
5	Australia	AUS	3:34.61
	Paul Rowe		54.28
	Graeme Brewer		51.01
	Greg Fasala		52.52
	Tim Ford		56.80
6	Denmark	DEN	3:35.37
	Peter Rohde		52.92
	Franz Mortensen		53.90
	Paul Thalund		55.12
	Poul Brinck		53.43
7	Peru	PER	3:50.21
	Enrique Conterno		57.03
	Jean-Pierre Crousse		58.65
	José María Larrañaga		58.18
	Fernando Rodríguez		56.35
DQ	Brazil	BRA	—
	Cyro Delgado		—
	Ronald Menezes		—
	Marcelo Jucá		—
	Jorge Fernandes		—

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	United States	USA	3:19.26
	Chris Cavanaugh		50.13
	Robin Leamy		50.10
	David McCagg		49.89
	Rowdy Gaines		49.14
	Bill Barrett		—
	Tom Jager		—
	Rich Saeger		—
	Matt Gribble		—
2	Soviet Union	URS	3:21.78
	Sergey Krasyuk		51.48
	Aleksey Filonov		51.32
	Sergey Smiryagin		50.15
	Aleksey Markovsky		48.83
3	Sweden	SWE	3:22.15
	Per Johansson		50.19
	Bengt Baron		50.98
	Per Holmertz		50.54
	Per Wikström		50.44
	Michael Söderlund		—
	Per-Alvar Magnusson		—
4	Germany	GER	3:23.77
	Michael Groß		51.07
	Peter Knust		51.18
	Willi Kühlem		51.05
	Andreas Schmidt		50.47
5	Italy	ITA	3:24.10
	Andrea Cecchi		51.72
	Fabrizio Rampazzo		50.70
	Raffaele Franceschi		51.00
	Marcello Guarducci		50.68
	Metello Savino		—
	Andrea Ceccarini		—
6	Netherlands	NED	3:26.74
	Hans Kroes		51.90
	Frank Drost		52.17
	Cees Vervoorn		51.84
	Edward Maasdijk		50.83
7	Canada	CAN	3:28.80
	Graham Welbourn		52.92
	Blair Hicken		51.76
	Wayne Kelly		52.12
	Levente Mady		52.00
8	Switzerland	SUI	3:30.00
	Stéfan Voléry		52.74
	Dano Halsall		51.54
	François David		53.37
	Thierry Jacot		52.35