| Event: | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay |
| Games: | 1992 Summer |
| Venue: | Piscines Bernat Picornell |
| Date: | 29 July 1992 (heats & final) |
| Competitors: | 82 |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Gold: | Joe Hudepohl, Matt Biondi, Tom Jager, Jon Olsen, Shaun Jordan*, Joel Thomas* |
| Silver: | Pavlo Khnykin, Gennadiy Prigoda, Iurie Başcatov, Alexander Popov, Vladimir Pyshnenko* Veniamin Tayanovich* |
| Bronze: | Dirk Richter, Christian Tröger, Steffen Zesner, Mark Pinger, Andreas Szigat*, Bengt Zikarsky* *Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats. |
| Win Value: | 3:16.74 |
| Prev: | 1988 |
| Next: | 1996 |
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Pavlo Khnykin (49.82) Vladimir Pyshnenko (49.31) Veniamin Tayanovich (49.52) Iurie Başcatov (48.83) | 3:17.48 | Q | ||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Joe Hudepohl (49.78) Shaun Jordan (49.94) Joel Thomas (50.04) Jon Olsen (48.74) | 3:18.50 | Q | ||
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Håkan Karlsson (50.20) Göran Titus (50.54) Fredrik Letzler (49.18) Tommy Werner (49.00) | 3:18.92 | Q, NR | ||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Mark Pinger (49.75) Andreas Szigat (50.27) Dirk Richter (49.73) Bengt Zikarsky (49.86) | 3:19.61 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | 3 | José Carlos Souza (51.24) Gustavo Borges (49.07) Emanuel Nascimento (49.72) Cristiano Michelena (50.47) | 3:20.50 | Q, NR | ||
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Mike Fibbens (51.23) Mark Foster (49.93) Paul Howe (50.31) Roland Lee (49.94) | 3:21.41 | Q | ||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Stéphan Caron (50.33) Frédéric Lefèvre (50.29) Ludovic Dépickère (51.02) Bruno Gutzeit (50.37) | 3:22.01 | Q | ||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Chris Fydler (50.67) Andrew Baildon (50.68) Tom Stachewicz (50.56) Darren Lange (50.33) | 3:22.24 | Q | ||
| 9 | 2 | 6 | John Steel (50.76) Nicholas Sanders (50.50) Trent Bray (51.31) Mark Weldon (50.52) | 3:23.09 | NR | ||
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Giorgio Lamberti (51.12) Emanuele Idini (51.43) Roberto Gleria (50.82) Massimo Trevisan (50.06) | 3:23.43 | |||
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Darryl Cronjé (51.07) Peter Williams (50.06) Seddon Keyter (51.12) Craig Jackson (51.28) | 3:23.53 | AF | ||
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Jani Sievinen (51.53) Janne Vermasheinä (51.76) Janne Blomqvist (51.39) Vesa Hanski (50.79) | 3:25.47 | |||
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Manuel Guzmán (51.90) Jorge Herrera (54.62) David Monasterio (52.77) Ricardo Busquets (51.19) | 3:30.48 | |||
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Arthur Li Kai Yien (51.93) Wu Tat Cheung (53.28) Kelvin Li Kar Wai (53.38) Michael Wright (52.02) | 3:30.61 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Ian Steed Raynor (53.07) Michael Cash (52.35) Craig Morbey (53.51) Geribryan Mewett (52.24) | 3:31.17 | |||
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Adrian Romero (55.37) Ray Flores (57.61) Frank Flores (55.69) Patrick Sagisi (53.64) | 3:42.31 | |||
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Andrés Sedano (55.51) Roberto Bonilla (55.68) Helder Torres (56.95) Gustavo Bucaro (54.39) | 3:42.53 | |||
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Ahmad Faraj (56.03) Obaid Al-Rumaithi (59.79) Abdullah Sultan (58.64) Mohamed Bin Abid (57.14) | 3:51.60 |
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Joe Hudepohl (50.05) Matt Biondi (48.69) Tom Jager (49.72) Jon Olsen (48.28) | 3:16.74 | ||||
| 4 | Pavlo Khnykin (49.92) Gennadiy Prigoda (50.05) Iurie Başcatov (49.76) Alexander Popov (47.83) | 3:17.56 | ||||
| 6 | Christian Tröger (49.97) Dirk Richter (49.35) Steffen Zesner (49.78) Mark Pinger (48.80) | 3:17.90 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | Christophe Kalfayan (50.21) Franck Schott (49.83) Frédéric Lefèvre (50.47) Stéphan Caron (48.65) | 3:19.16 | NR | ||
| 5 | 3 | Tommy Werner (49.93) Håkan Karlsson (49.88) Fredrik Letzler (50.60) Anders Holmertz (49.69) | 3:20.10 | |||
| 6 | 2 | José Carlos Souza (51.15) Gustavo Borges (48.90) Emanuel Nascimento (50.01) Cristiano Michelena (50.93) | 3:20.99 | |||
| 7 | 7 | Roland Lee (50.97) Mark Foster (50.00) Mike Fibbens (50.45) Paul Howe (50.33) | 3:21.75 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Chris Fydler (50.38) Andrew Baildon (50.70) Tom Stachewicz (50.65) Darren Lange (50.31) | 3:22.04 |