4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men

Competition 1986 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Madrid ESP
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 70
Countries 16
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 East Germany GDR 7:21.54
(1 h3)		 7:15.91
(1 F)
Lars Hinneburg 1:49.93 1:50.87
Thomas Flemming 1:49.21 1:48.47
Dirk Richter 1:50.69 1:49.23
Sven Lodziewski — 1:47.34
Steffen Zesner 1:51.71 — *
🥈 Germany GER 7:25.64
(2 h3)		 7:15.96
(2 F)
Rainer Henkel 1:50.67 1:51.13
Michael Groß — 1:46.73
Alexander Schowtka 1:50.15 1:49.62
Thomas Fahrner — 1:48.48
Dirk Korthals 1:53.13 — *
Stefan Pfeiffer 1:51.69 — *
🥉 United States USA 7:23.51
(1 h2)		 7:18.29
(3 F)
Eric Boyer 1:49.34 1:51.26
Mike Heath 1:49.63 1:49.52
Dan Jorgensen 1:50.76 1:49.41
Matt Biondi — 1:48.10
Mike O'Brien 1:53.78 — *
4 Australia AUS 7:26.23
(2 h2)		 7:22.57
(4 F)
Tom Stachewicz 1:51.41 1:50.65
Duncan Armstrong 1:51.14 1:49.62
Roberto Gleria 1:51.38 1:51.38
Peter Dale 1:52.30 1:50.95
5 Soviet Union URS 7:31.34
(1 h1)		 7:24.56
(5 F)
Nikolay Yevseyev 1:51.81 1:50.91
Veniamin Tayanovich 1:51.47 1:50.34
Aleksandr Chayev 1:54.59 1:51.40
Gennady Prigoda 1:53.47 1:51.91
6 France FRA 7:28.92
(3 h3)		 7:31.45
(6 F)
Laurent Neuville 1:52.57 1:52.30
Franck Iacono 1:52.34 1:51.51
Franck Horter — 1:54.53
Michel Pou 1:52.73 1:53.11
Stéphan Caron 1:51.28 — *
7 Netherlands NED 7:29.89
(3 h2)		 7:33.15
(7 F)
Hans Kroes 1:53.40 1:54.49
Edsard Schlingemann 1:52.16 1:53.06
Patrick Dybiona 1:52.27 1:53.09
Frank Drost 1:52.06 1:52.51
8 Italy ITA 7:29.92
(4 h2)		 7:33.44
(8 F)
Giorgio Lamberti 1:51.08 1:52.02
Massimo Trevisan 1:53.12 1:54.67
Giovanni Franceschi 1:53.14 1:52.75
Fabrizio Rampazzo — 1:54.00
Stefano Battistelli 1:52.58 — *
9 Sweden SWE 7:32.40
(2 h1)		 —
Anders Holmertz 1:51.57 —
Michael Söderlund 1:53.04 —
Ulf Eriksson 1:54.57 —
Thomas Lejdström 1:53.22 —
10 Great Britain GBR 7:32.86
(4 h3)		 —
Neil Cochran 1:53.53 —
John Davey 1:53.60 —
Kevin Boyd 1:52.41 —
Paul Howe 1:53.32 —
11 Spain ESP 7:34.61
(5 h2)		 —
Juan Carlos Vallejo 1:52.00 —
Javier Miralpeix 1:54.16 —
Daniel Serra 1:54.16 —
Juan Escalas 1:54.29 —
12 Canada CAN 7:35.74
(3 h1)		 —
Sandy Goss 1:55.82 —
Blair Hicken 1:52.61 —
Scott Flowers 1:52.96 —
Christopher Bowie 1:54.35 —
13 Brazil BRA 7:37.60
(4 h1)		 —
Luiz Anchieta 1:54.88 —
Júlio López 1:53.92 —
Marcus Mattioli 1:54.23 —
Jorge Fernandes 1:54.57 —
14 Denmark DEN 7:40.32
(5 h3)		 —
Peter Rohde 1:54.61 —
Franz Mortensen 1:52.93 —
Benny Nielsen 1:55.28 —
Claus Hansen 1:57.50 —
15 Cuba CUB 7:54.37
(5 h1)		 —
José Raúl López 1:56.52 —
Pedro Carrío 1:58.56 —
Pavel Bello 2:01.16 —
Onay Franki 1:58.13 —
16 Chinese Taipei TPE 8:35.39
(6 h2)		 —
Chen Cheng-I 2:03.91 —
Tsai Hsin-Yen 2:13.77 —
Lee Shih-Hung 2:09.89 —
Lee Ta-Lin 2:07.82 —
DNS Egypt EGY —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Mexico MEX —
(DNS h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Soviet Union URS 7:31.34
Nikolay Yevseyev 1:51.81
Veniamin Tayanovich 1:51.47
Aleksandr Chayev 1:54.59
Gennady Prigoda 1:53.47
2 Sweden SWE 7:32.40
Anders Holmertz 1:51.57
Michael Söderlund 1:53.04
Ulf Eriksson 1:54.57
Thomas Lejdström 1:53.22
3 Canada CAN 7:35.74
Sandy Goss 1:55.82
Blair Hicken 1:52.61
Scott Flowers 1:52.96
Christopher Bowie 1:54.35
4 Brazil BRA 7:37.60
Luiz Anchieta 1:54.88
Júlio López 1:53.92
Marcus Mattioli 1:54.23
Jorge Fernandes 1:54.57
5 Cuba CUB 7:54.37
José Raúl López 1:56.52
Pedro Carrío 1:58.56
Pavel Bello 2:01.16
Onay Franki 1:58.13
DNS Egypt EGY —
DNS Mexico MEX —

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 United States USA 7:23.51
Eric Boyer 1:49.34
Mike Heath 1:49.63
Dan Jorgensen 1:50.76
Matt Biondi —
Mike O'Brien 1:53.78
2 Australia AUS 7:26.23
Tom Stachewicz 1:51.41
Duncan Armstrong 1:51.14
Roberto Gleria 1:51.38
Peter Dale 1:52.30
3 Netherlands NED 7:29.89
Hans Kroes 1:53.40
Edsard Schlingemann 1:52.16
Patrick Dybiona 1:52.27
Frank Drost 1:52.06
4 Italy ITA 7:29.92
Giorgio Lamberti 1:51.08
Massimo Trevisan 1:53.12
Giovanni Franceschi 1:53.14
Fabrizio Rampazzo —
Stefano Battistelli 1:52.58
5 Spain ESP 7:34.61
Juan Carlos Vallejo 1:52.00
Javier Miralpeix 1:54.16
Daniel Serra 1:54.16
Juan Escalas 1:54.29
6 Chinese Taipei TPE 8:35.39
Chen Cheng-I 2:03.91
Tsai Hsin-Yen 2:13.77
Lee Shih-Hung 2:09.89
Lee Ta-Lin 2:07.82

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 East Germany GDR 7:21.54
Lars Hinneburg 1:49.93
Thomas Flemming 1:49.21
Dirk Richter 1:50.69
Sven Lodziewski —
Steffen Zesner 1:51.71
2 Germany GER 7:25.64
Rainer Henkel 1:50.67
Michael Groß —
Alexander Schowtka 1:50.15
Thomas Fahrner —
Dirk Korthals 1:53.13
Stefan Pfeiffer 1:51.69
3 France FRA 7:28.92
Laurent Neuville 1:52.57
Franck Iacono 1:52.34
Franck Horter —
Michel Pou 1:52.73
Stéphan Caron 1:51.28
4 Great Britain GBR 7:32.86
Neil Cochran 1:53.53
John Davey 1:53.60
Kevin Boyd 1:52.41
Paul Howe 1:53.32
5 Denmark DEN 7:40.32
Peter Rohde 1:54.61
Franz Mortensen 1:52.93
Benny Nielsen 1:55.28
Claus Hansen 1:57.50

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 East Germany GDR 7:15.91
Lars Hinneburg 1:50.87
Thomas Flemming 1:48.47
Dirk Richter 1:49.23
Sven Lodziewski 1:47.34
Steffen Zesner —
2 Germany GER 7:15.96
Rainer Henkel 1:51.13
Michael Groß 1:46.73
Alexander Schowtka 1:49.62
Thomas Fahrner 1:48.48
Dirk Korthals —
Stefan Pfeiffer —
3 United States USA 7:18.29
Eric Boyer 1:51.26
Mike Heath 1:49.52
Dan Jorgensen 1:49.41
Matt Biondi 1:48.10
Mike O'Brien —
4 Australia AUS 7:22.57
Tom Stachewicz 1:50.65
Duncan Armstrong 1:49.62
Roberto Gleria 1:51.38
Peter Dale 1:50.95
5 Soviet Union URS 7:24.56
Nikolay Yevseyev 1:50.91
Veniamin Tayanovich 1:50.34
Aleksandr Chayev 1:51.40
Gennady Prigoda 1:51.91
6 France FRA 7:31.45
Laurent Neuville 1:52.30
Franck Iacono 1:51.51
Franck Horter 1:54.53
Michel Pou 1:53.11
Stéphan Caron —
7 Netherlands NED 7:33.15
Hans Kroes 1:54.49
Edsard Schlingemann 1:53.06
Patrick Dybiona 1:53.09
Frank Drost 1:52.51
8 Italy ITA 7:33.44
Giorgio Lamberti 1:52.02
Massimo Trevisan 1:54.67
Giovanni Franceschi 1:52.75
Fabrizio Rampazzo 1:54.00
Stefano Battistelli —