| Event: | Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay |
| Games: | 1992 Summer |
| Venue: | Piscines Bernat Picornell |
| Date: | 31 July 1992 (heats & final) |
| Competitors: | 103 |
| Nations: | 23 |
| Gold: | Jeff Rouse, Nelson Diebel, Pablo Morales, Jon Olsen, David Berkoff*, Hans Dersch*, Melvin Stewart*, Matt Biondi* |
| Silver: | Vladimir Selkov, Vasily Ivanov, Pavlo Khnykin, Alexander Popov, Vladimir Pyshnenko*, Vladislav Kulikov*, Dmitry Volkov* |
| Bronze: | Mark Tewksbury, Jonathan Cleveland, Marcel Gery, Stephen Clarke, Tom Ponting* *Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats. |
| Win Value: | 3:36.93 |
| Prev: | 1988 |
| Next: | 1996 |
The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July | Final | 53.86 | BK | ||||
| 31 July | Final | Jeff Rouse (53.86) Nelson Diebel (1:01.45) Pablo Morales (52.83) Jon Olsen (48.79) | align=left | 3:36.93 |
BK – Backstroke lead-off leg
Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | David Berkoff (55.05) Hans Dersch (1:01.79) Melvin Stewart (54.34) Matt Biondi (48.66) | 3:39.84 | Q | ||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Vladimir Selkov (56.29) Dmitry Volkov (1:01.87) Vladislav Kulikov (54.43) Vladimir Pyshnenko (49.63) | 3:42.22 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Mark Tewksbury (55.64) Jonathan Cleveland (1:02.16) Marcel Gery (54.14) Tom Ponting (50.53) | 3:42.47 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Tino Weber (56.13) Mark Warnecke (1:02.75) Christian Keller (54.11) Bengt Zikarsky (50.01) | 3:43.00 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Franck Schott (56.63) Stéphane Vossart (1:02.50) Franck Esposito (54.58) Christophe Kalfayan (49.42) | 3:43.13 | Q | ||
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Tamás Deutsch (56.88) Norbert Rózsa (1:01.18) Péter Horváth (54.95) Béla Szabados (50.60) | 3:43.61 | Q, NR | ||
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Tom Stachewicz (57.17) Phil Rogers (1:01.89) Jon Sieben (54.73) Chris Fydler (49.99) | 3:43.78 | Q | ||
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Hajime Itoi (56.70) Akira Hayashi (1:01.47) Keiichi Kawanaka (54.56) Tsutomu Nakano (51.15) | 3:43.88 | Q, NR | ||
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Martin Harris (57.45) Nick Gillingham (1:01.63) Richard Leishman (54.88) Roland Lee (50.00) | 3:43.96 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Martín López-Zubero (55.72) Ramón Camallonga (1:03.02) Jaime Fernández (54.60) Carlos Ventosa (50.78) | 3:44.12 | |||
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Emanuele Merisi (57.25) Gianni Minervini (1:02.96) Leonardo Michelotti (54.66) Massimo Trevisan (49.43) | 3:44.30 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Manuel Guzmán (57.50) Todd Torres (1:02.49) David Monasterio (56.48) Ricardo Busquets (50.05) | 3:46.52 | NR | ||
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Lin Laijiu (57.54) Chen Jianhong (1:02.46) Shen Jianqiang (55.06) Xie Jun (51.79) | 3:46.85 | |||
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Seddon Keyter (58.44) Kenneth Cawood (1:03.49) Peter Williams (54.13) Darryl Cronjé (50.80) | 3:46.86 | AF | ||
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Ilmar Ojase (57.24) Marko Pachel (1:03.32) Aldo Suurväli (55.57) Indrek Sei (50.74) | 3:46.87 | |||
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Yasuhiro Vandewalle (56.65) Frédérik Deburghgraeve (1:02.89) Stefaan Maene (55.46) Marc Verbeeck (52.64) | 3:47.64 | |||
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Thomas Sopp (58.54) Børge Mørk (1:05.08) Trond Høines (57.27) Jarl Inge Melberg (51.53) | 3:52.42 | |||
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Raymond Papa (57.86) Patrick Concepcion (1:04.85) Joseph Eric Buhain (55.95) Leo Najera (54.98) | 3:53.64 | NR | ||
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Arthur Li Kai Yien (1:01.59) Andrew Rutherfurd (1:04.87) Duncan Todd (57.99) Michael Wright (52.01) | 3:56.46 | |||
| 20 | 2 | 7 | Jani Sievinen (1:13.02) Petri Suominen (1:04.89) Vesa Hanski (57.37) Antti Kasvio (50.90) | 4:06.18 | |||
| 21 | 2 | 8 | Mohamed Bin Abid (1:08.88) Obaid Al-Rumaithi (1:13.20) Mohamed Khamis (1:02.51) Ahmad Faraj (56.44) | 4:21.03 | |||
| 22 | 1 | 7 | Patrick Sagisi (1:01.65) Glenn Diaz (1:10.03) Ray Flores (1:01.62) Adrian Romero (54.68) | 4:07.98 | NR | ||
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Roberto Bonilla (1:04.65) Helder Torres (1:12.87) Gustavo Bucaro (1:00.12) Andrés Sedano (55.01) | 4:12.65 |
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Jeff Rouse (53.86) Nelson Diebel (1:01.45) Pablo Morales (52.83) Jon Olsen (48.79) | 3:36.93 | ||||
| 5 | Vladimir Selkov (55.50) Vasily Ivanov (1:01.59) Pavlo Khnykin (53.56) Alexander Popov (47.91) | 3:38.56 | EU | |||
| 3 | Mark Tewksbury (54.09) Jonathan Cleveland (1:01.93) Marcel Gery (53.72) Stephen Clarke (49.92) | 3:39.66 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | Tino Weber (55.75) Mark Warnecke (1:01.89) Christian Keller (53.93) Mark Pinger (48.62) | 3:40.19 | NR | ||
| 5 | 2 | Franck Schott (55.46) Stéphane Vossart (1:02.22) Bruno Gutzeit (53.87) Stéphan Caron (48.96) | 3:40.51 | NR | ||
| 6 | 7 | Tamás Deutsch (56.18) Norbert Rózsa (1:00.84) Péter Horváth (54.85) Béla Szabados (50.16) | 3:42.03 | NR | ||
| 7 | 1 | Tom Stachewicz (56.84) Phil Rogers (1:01.31) Jon Sieben (54.78) Chris Fydler (49.72) | 3:42.65 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Hajime Itoi (56.53) Akira Hayashi (1:00.98) Keiichi Kawanaka (54.32) Tsutomu Nakano (51.42) | 3:43.25 | NR |