Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	26 July 1996 (heats & final)
Competitors:	112
Nations:	25
Gold:	Jeff Rouse, Jeremy Linn, Mark Henderson, Gary Hall, Jr., Josh Davis, Kurt Grote, John Hargis, Tripp Schwenk
Silver:	Vladimir Selkov, Stanislav Lopukhov, Denis Pankratov, Alexander Popov, Roman Ivanovsky, Vladislav Kulikov, Roman Yegorov*
Bronze:	Steven Dewick, Phil Rogers, Scott Miller, Michael Klim, Toby Haenen* *Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
Win Value:	3:34.84
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.^[1]

Records

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.

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Tripp Schwenk (55.54) Kurt Grote (1:01.65) John Hargis (53.34) Josh Davis (49.40)	3:39.93	Q
2	4	5	Tamás Deutsch (56.51) Károly Güttler (1:01.55) Péter Horváth (53.03) Attila Zubor (49.96)	3:41.05	Q, NR
3	3	5	Stev Theloke (56.23) Mark Warnecke (1:01.89) Oliver Lampe (53.67) Bengt Zikarsky (49.31)	3:41.10	Q
4	2	4	Toby Haenen (56.92) Phil Rogers (1:02.21) Scott Miller (52.30) Michael Klim (49.87)	3:41.30	Q
5	3	4	Alexander Popov (55.71) Roman Ivanovsky (1:02.19) Vladislav Kulikov (53.72) Roman Yegorov (49.87)	3:41.49	Q
6	3	3	Mariusz Siembida (55.83) NR Marek Krawczyk (1:02.55) Rafał Szukała (53.54) Bartosz Kizierowski (49.80)	3:41.72	Q, NR
7	2	5	Keitaro Konnai (55.64) Akira Hayashi (1:01.71) Takashi Yamamoto (53.82) Shunsuke Ito (50.61)	3:41.78	Q
8	3	2	Eithan Urbach (56.82) Vadim Alexeev (1:02.15) Dan Kutler (54.28) Yoav Bruck (48.99)	3:42.24	Q, NR
9	1	5	Volodymyr Nikolaychuk (56.96) Oleksandr Dzhaburiya (1:02.74) Denys Sylantyev (53.29) Pavlo Khnykin (49.30)	3:42.29	NR
10	4	7	Martin van der Spoel (57.15) Benno Kuipers (1:02.29) Stefan Aartsen (54.00) Pieter van den Hoogenband (48.98)	3:42.42
11	2	3	Franck Schott (56.08) Vladimir Latocha (1:02.92) Franck Esposito (53.75) Nicolas Gruson (50.19)	3:42.94
12	4	6	Robert Braknis (56.82) Jonathan Cleveland (1:02.66) Edward Parenti (53.83) Stephan Clarke (49.64)	3:42.95
13	4	2	Zhao Yi (57.84) Zeng Qiliang (1:01.75) Jiang Chengji (53.22) Zhao Lifeng (50.69)	3:43.50
14	3	6	Jonathan Winter (57.05) Paul Kent (1:03.10) Danyon Loader (55.20) Trent Bray (50.45)	3:45.80
15	1	4	Sergey Ushkalov (58.41) Aleksandr Savitsky (1:06.45) Andrey Gavrilov (54.05) Aleksey Yegorov (50.60)	3:49.51
16	3	7	Tomislav Karlo (57.32) Krešimir Čač (1:06.02) Miloš Milošević (54.66) Miroslav Vučetić (52.09)	3:50.09
17	3	1	Kim Min-suk (58.75) Cho Kwang-jea (1:02.19) Yang Dae-chul (57.73) Koh Yun-ho (52.17)	3:50.84
18	2	7	Darius Grigalionis (56.66) Nerijus Beiga (1:04.55) Mindaugas Bružas (57.48) Raimundas Mažuolis (52.62)	3:51.31
19	2	1	Carlos Bodega (1:02.33) Todd Torres (1:03.50) Ricardo Busquets (54.45) José González (51.76)	3:52.04
20	1	3	Alex Lim (58.48) Elvin Chia (1:04.42) Anthony Ang (55.23) Wan Azlan Abdullah (54.45)	3:52.58
21	2	8	Konstantin Priahin (1:00.25) Yevgeny Petrashov (1:07.43) Konstantin Andriushin (57.63) Sergey Ashihmin (50.93)	3:56.24
22	4	1	Dulyarit Phuangthong (59.13) Ratapong Sirisanont (1:04.60) Niti Intharapichai (58.32) Torlarp Sethsothorn (54.75)	3:56.80
23	3	8	Gerald Koh (1:00.99) Desmond Koh (1:07.07) Thum Ping Tjin (57.83) Sng Ju Wei (53.62)	3:59.51
	4	8	Nuno Laurentino (58.02) José Couto (1:03.53) Miguel Cabrita (56.53) Miguel Machado (52.37)
	4	3	Neil Willey (55.99) Richard Maden (1:01.92) James Hickman (52.69) Nicholas Shackell

Final

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Rank	Lane	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	4	Jeff Rouse (53.95) Jeremy Linn (1:00.32) Mark Henderson (52.39) Gary Hall, Jr. (48.18)	3:34.84
	2	Vladimir Selkov (55.53) Stanislav Lopukhov (1:01.66) Denis Pankratov (51.55) Alexander Popov (48.81)	3:37.55	EU
	6	Steven Dewick (56.65) Phil Rogers (1:01.71) Scott Miller (52.04) Michael Klim (49.16)	3:39.56	OC
4	3	Ralf Braun (55.76) Mark Warnecke (1:01.40) Christian Keller (53.15) Björn Zikarsky (49.33)	3:39.64
5	1	Keitaro Konnai (55.70) Akira Hayashi (1:01.46) Takashi Yamamoto (53.28) Shunsuke Ito (50.07)	3:40.51	AS
6	5	Tamás Deutsch (56.54) Károly Güttler (1:01.41) Péter Horváth (53.25) Attila Czene (49.64)	3:40.84	NR
7	7	Mariusz Siembida (55.82) Marek Krawczyk (1:02.71) Rafał Szukała (53.29) Bartosz Kizierowski (50.12)	3:41.94
8	8	Eithan Urbach (56.79) Vadim Alexeev (1:02.18) Dan Kutler (54.32) Yoav Bruck (49.61)	3:42.90

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 4 x 100 metres Medley Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164015/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/mens-4-x-100-metres-medley-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heats. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 52. 17 September 2017.
Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Final. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 52. 17 September 2017.
Web site: 1996 Olympic Games: Men – Meet Results. Atlanta 1996. Swimming World Magazine. 16 September 2017.