4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men

Competition	1998 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Perth AUS
Held	—
Status	Medal
Competitors	65
Countries	14

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	United States	USA	3:20.76 (2 h1)	3:16.69 (1 F)
	Scott Tucker		—	49.80
	Neil Walker		—	48.75
	Jon Olsen		49.73	49.48
	Gary Hall, Jr.		—	48.66
	Bryan Jones		50.99	—	*
	Brad Schumacher		50.04	—	*
	Gary Hall, Jr.		50.00	—	*
🥈	Australia	AUS	3:21.36 (4 h2)	3:16.97 (2 F)
	Michael Klim		—	49.27
	Adam Pine		50.48	49.47
	Richard Upton		49.82	49.64
	Chris Fydler		—	48.59
	Nathan Rickard		50.11	—	*
	Anthony Rogis		50.95	—	*
🥉	Russia	RUS	3:21.58 (6 h2)	3:18.45 (3 F)
	Aleksandr Popov		—	48.74
	Roman Yegorov		—	49.67
	Vladislav Kulikov		50.83	51.28
	Denis Pimankov		48.94	48.76
	Roman Yegorov		50.94	—	*
	Maksim Korshunov		50.87	—	*
4	Germany	GER	3:20.55 (1 h1)	3:18.83 (4 F)
	Christian Keller		—	50.78
	Christian Tröger		—	49.37
	Stefan Herbst		50.47	49.57
	Torsten Spanneberg		49.58	49.11
	Steffen Zesner		50.51	—	*
	Lars Conrad		49.99	—	*
5	Netherlands	NED	3:21.46 (5 h1)	3:19.47 (5 F)
	Mark Veens		50.06	50.83
	Martijn Zuijdweg		50.08	50.17
	Johan Kenkhuis		49.91	50.14
	Pieter van den Hoogenband		—	48.33
	Bram van Haandel		51.41	—	*
6	Brazil	BRA	3:21.08 (3 h2)	3:20.36 (6 F)
	Xuxa Scherer		50.34	50.63
	Edvaldo Valério		51.06	50.83
	André Cordeiro		50.41	50.19
	Gustavo Borges		49.27	48.71
7	Great Britain	GBR	3:22.03 (8 h2)	3:21.45 (7 F)
	Gavin Meadows		49.89	50.32
	Mike Fibbens		50.56	50.28
	Jamie Salter		50.70	50.49
	Nick Shackell		50.88	50.36
8	Italy	ITA	3:21.60 (7 h1)	3:22.12 (8 F)
	Lorenzo Vismara		—	50.16
	Mauro Gallo		51.28	51.01
	Simone Cercato		49.61	50.25
	Massi Rosolino		50.09	50.70
	Alessandro Bacchi		50.62	—	*
9	New Zealand	NZL	3:23.38 (9 h2)	—
	Nick Tongue		52.24	—
	John Steel		50.75	—
	Danyon Loader		50.50	—
	Trent Bray		49.89	—
10	Spain	ESP	3:24.50 (10 h2)	—
	Juan Benavides		51.58	—
	Josep Rojano		50.96	—
	Juan José Torrado		51.44	—
	Javier Botello		50.52	—
11	Uzbekistan	UZB	3:32.63 (11 h1)	—
	Ravil Nachayev		52.46	—
	Oleg Pukhnaty		52.41	—
	Sergey Erilin		54.19	—
	Aleksey Makhantsev		53.57	—
12	Chinese Taipei	TPE	3:39.43 (12 h2)	—
	Huang Chih-Yung		53.18	—
	Hung Chien-Chih		54.93	—
	Li Yun-Lin		55.23	—
	Wu Nien-Pin		56.09	—
13	Iran	IRI	3:49.26 (13 h1)	—
	Hamid Reza Mobarez		56.89	—
	Amir Saleh Namin		58.59	—
	Behzad Khabazian		57.45	—
	Pirouz Eftekhar		56.33	—
AC	Sweden	SWE	3:21.97 (DQ h1)	—
	Johan Wallberg		50.88	—
	Lars Frölander		49.12	—
	Fredrik Letzler		50.40	—
	Jonas Åkesson		51.57	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Germany	GER	3:20.55
	Christian Keller		—
	Christian Tröger		—
	Stefan Herbst		50.47
	Torsten Spanneberg		49.58
	Steffen Zesner		50.51
	Lars Conrad		49.99
2	United States	USA	3:20.76
	Scott Tucker		—
	Neil Walker		—
	Jon Olsen		49.73
	Gary Hall, Jr.		—
	Bryan Jones		50.99
	Brad Schumacher		50.04
	Gary Hall, Jr.		50.00
5	Netherlands	NED	3:21.46
	Mark Veens		50.06
	Martijn Zuijdweg		50.08
	Johan Kenkhuis		49.91
	Pieter van den Hoogenband		—
	Bram van Haandel		51.41
7	Italy	ITA	3:21.60
	Lorenzo Vismara		—
	Mauro Gallo		51.28
	Simone Cercato		49.61
	Massi Rosolino		50.09
	Alessandro Bacchi		50.62
11	Uzbekistan	UZB	3:32.63
	Ravil Nachayev		52.46
	Oleg Pukhnaty		52.41
	Sergey Erilin		54.19
	Aleksey Makhantsev		53.57
13	Iran	IRI	3:49.26
	Hamid Reza Mobarez		56.89
	Amir Saleh Namin		58.59
	Behzad Khabazian		57.45
	Pirouz Eftekhar		56.33
DQ	Sweden	SWE	3:21.97
	Johan Wallberg		50.88
	Lars Frölander		49.12
	Fredrik Letzler		50.40
	Jonas Åkesson		51.57

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
3	Brazil	BRA	3:21.08
	Xuxa Scherer		50.34
	Edvaldo Valério		51.06
	André Cordeiro		50.41
	Gustavo Borges		49.27
4	Australia	AUS	3:21.36
	Michael Klim		—
	Adam Pine		50.48
	Richard Upton		49.82
	Chris Fydler		—
	Nathan Rickard		50.11
	Anthony Rogis		50.95
6	Russia	RUS	3:21.58
	Aleksandr Popov		—
	Roman Yegorov		—
	Vladislav Kulikov		50.83
	Denis Pimankov		48.94
	Roman Yegorov		50.94
	Maksim Korshunov		50.87
8	Great Britain	GBR	3:22.03
	Gavin Meadows		49.89
	Mike Fibbens		50.56
	Jamie Salter		50.70
	Nick Shackell		50.88
9	New Zealand	NZL	3:23.38
	Nick Tongue		52.24
	John Steel		50.75
	Danyon Loader		50.50
	Trent Bray		49.89
10	Spain	ESP	3:24.50
	Juan Benavides		51.58
	Josep Rojano		50.96
	Juan José Torrado		51.44
	Javier Botello		50.52
12	Chinese Taipei	TPE	3:39.43
	Huang Chih-Yung		53.18
	Hung Chien-Chih		54.93
	Li Yun-Lin		55.23
	Wu Nien-Pin		56.09

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	United States	USA	3:16.69
	Scott Tucker		49.80
	Neil Walker		48.75
	Jon Olsen		49.48
	Gary Hall, Jr.		48.66
	Bryan Jones		—
	Brad Schumacher		—
	Gary Hall, Jr.		—
2	Australia	AUS	3:16.97
	Michael Klim		49.27
	Adam Pine		49.47
	Richard Upton		49.64
	Chris Fydler		48.59
	Nathan Rickard		—
	Anthony Rogis		—
3	Russia	RUS	3:18.45
	Aleksandr Popov		48.74
	Roman Yegorov		49.67
	Vladislav Kulikov		51.28
	Denis Pimankov		48.76
	Roman Yegorov		—
	Maksim Korshunov		—
4	Germany	GER	3:18.83
	Christian Keller		50.78
	Christian Tröger		49.37
	Stefan Herbst		49.57
	Torsten Spanneberg		49.11
	Steffen Zesner		—
	Lars Conrad		—
5	Netherlands	NED	3:19.47
	Mark Veens		50.83
	Martijn Zuijdweg		50.17
	Johan Kenkhuis		50.14
	Pieter van den Hoogenband		48.33
	Bram van Haandel		—
6	Brazil	BRA	3:20.36
	Xuxa Scherer		50.63
	Edvaldo Valério		50.83
	André Cordeiro		50.19
	Gustavo Borges		48.71
7	Great Britain	GBR	3:21.45
	Gavin Meadows		50.32
	Mike Fibbens		50.28
	Jamie Salter		50.49
	Nick Shackell		50.36
8	Italy	ITA	3:22.12
	Lorenzo Vismara		50.16
	Mauro Gallo		51.01
	Simone Cercato		50.25
	Massi Rosolino		50.70
	Alessandro Bacchi		—