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The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay took place on 17 August at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece.[1]
Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
Dates | August 17, 2004 (heats & final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 75 from 16 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 7:07.33 AM | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Team USA had a satisfactory triumph over the Australians with a gold medal for the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Klete Keller, Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, and Peter Vanderkaay of Team USA, upset the Australians, led by Ian Thorpe and unbeaten in six years, to a first-place finish by 0.13 of a second, in an American record time of 7:07.33. As the defending Olympic champions from Sydney, the Australian team of Thorpe, Michael Klim, Nicholas Sprenger, and Grant Hackett earned a silver medal in 7:07.46. The Italians got the bronze in 7:11.83, after a powerful second leg from former Olympic silver medalist Massimiliano Rosolino.[2][3]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() Grant Hackett (1:46.11) Michael Klim (1:46.49) Bill Kirby (1:47.92) Ian Thorpe (1:44.14) | 7:04.66 | Fukuoka, Japan | 27 July 2001 |
Olympic record | ![]() Ian Thorpe (1:46.03) Michael Klim (1:46.40) Todd Pearson (1:47.36) Bill Kirby (1:47.26) | 7:07.05 | Sydney, Australia | 19 September 2000 |
Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Time behind | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | ![]() | Michael Phelps (1:46.49) Ryan Lochte (1:47.52) Peter Vanderkaay (1:47.79) Klete Keller (1:45.53) | 7:07.33 | AM | |
![]() | 5 | ![]() | Grant Hackett (1:47.50) Michael Klim (1:47.62) Nicholas Sprenger (1:48.16) Ian Thorpe (1:44.18) | 7:07.46 | 0.13 | |
![]() | 7 | ![]() | Emiliano Brembilla (1:48.16) Massimiliano Rosolino (1:46.24) Simone Cercato (1:49.85) Filippo Magnini (1:47.58) | 7:11.83 | 4.50 | |
4 | 6 | ![]() | Simon Burnett (1:47.90) Gavin Meadows (1:48.46) David O'Brien (1:49.05) Ross Davenport (1:47.19) | 7:12.60 | 5.27 | |
5 | 2 | ![]() | Brent Hayden (1:49.08) Brian Johns (1:49.15) Andrew Hurd (1:48.09) Rick Say (1:47.01) | 7:13.33 | 6.00 | |
6 | 3 | ![]() | Jens Schreiber (1:49.08) Heiko Hell (1:49.15) Lars Conrad (1:48.23) Christian Keller (1:50.05) | 7:16.51 | 9.18 | |
7 | 8 | ![]() | Amaury Leveaux (1:48.57) Fabien Horth (1:48.67) Nicolas Kintz (1:50.01) Nicolas Rostoucher (1:50.18) | 7:17.43 | 10.10 | |
8 | 1 | ![]() | Apostolos Antonopoulos (1:50.34) Dimitrios Manganas (1:51.33) Andreas Zisimos (1:50.26) Nikolaos Xylouris (1:51.09) | 7:23.02 | 15.67 |
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