2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay ; at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates	14 December (heats and final)
Nations	13
Winning time	6:46.81 WR
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The Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 14 December 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record Championship record	Nikita Lobintsev (1:42.10) Danila Izotov (1:42.15) Yevgeny Lagunov (1:42.32) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:42.47)	Russia	6:49.04	Dubai, UAE	16 December 2010

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
14 December	Final	Luiz Altamir Melo (1:42.03) Fernando Scheffer (1:40.99) Leonardo Coelho Santos (1:42.81) Breno Correia (1:40.87)	Brazil	6:46.81	WR, CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 14 December at 11:10.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Russia	Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:43.58) Ivan Girev (1:42.31) Vladislav Grinev (1:43.02) Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:42.26)	6:51.17	Q
2	1	5	United States	Kieran Smith (1:43.30) Jack Conger (1:43.33) Jacob Pebley (1:43.50) Zach Harting (1:42.68)	6:52.81	Q
3	1	3	Italy	Filippo Megli (1:43.31) Matteo Ciampi (1:43.40) Alessio Proietti Colonna (1:44.75) Mattia Zuin (1:44.51)	6:55.97	Q
4	1	4	China	Ji Xinjie (1:43.04) Sun Yang (1:43.01) Shang Keyuan (1:45.34) Qian Zhiyong (1:44.69)	6:56.08	Q
5	2	4	Australia	Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:44.20) Jack Gerrard (1:42.94) Louis Townsend (1:46.32) Alexander Graham (1:44.28)	6:57.74	Q
6	2	1	Brazil	Fernando Scheffer (1:43.40) Luiz Altamir Melo (1:43.64) Leonardo de Deus (1:46.29) Breno Correia (1:44.93)	6:58.26	Q
7	2	6	Sweden	Gustaf Dahlman (1:45.23) Simon Sjödin (1:44.74) Adam Paulsson (1:46.03) Christoffer Carlsen (1:43.91)	6:59.91	Q
8	2	2	Portugal	Miguel Nascimento (1:44.92) Alexis Santos (1:44.48) Gabriel Lópes (1:47.44) Diogo Carvalho (1:45.35)	7:02.19	Q
9	1	2	Lithuania	Danas Rapšys (1:40.95) Deividas Margevičius (1:45.75) Andrius Šidlauskas (1:49.36) Tadas Duškinas (1:47.33)	7:03.39	R, NR
10	1	7	New Zealand	Bradlee Ashby (1:46.27) Daniel Hunter (1:46.08) Matthew Hyde (1:48.60) Wilrich Coetzee (1:47.20)	7:08.15	R
11	1	6	Chinese Taipei	Wang Hsing-hao (1:45.96) Wang Kuan-hung (1:46.95) Huang Yen-hsin (1:48.94) An Ting-yao (1:48.17)	7:10.02
12	2	7	Bulgaria	Antani Ivanov (1:45.87) Yordan Yanchev (1:49.61) Kaloyan Bratanov (1:50.86) Svetlozar Nikolov (1:49.51)	7:15.85	NR
–	2	3	Japan	Fuyu Yoshida (1:46.15) Tomoya Takeuchi (1:45.62) Daiya Seto (1:44.56) Hiromasa Fujimori (1:46.32)	DSQ

Final

The final was held on 14 December at 20:52.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	7	Brazil	Luiz Altamir Melo (1:42.03) Fernando Scheffer (1:40.99) Leonardo Coelho Santos (1:42.81) Breno Correia (1:40.98)	6:46.81	WR
	4	Russia	Martin Malyutin (1:42.34) Mikhail Vekovishchev (1:41.57) Ivan Girev (1:41.85) Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:41.08)	6:46.84	ER
	6	China	Ji Xinjie (1:42.67) Xu Jiayu (1:41.68) Sun Yang (1:41.25) Wang Shun (1:41.93)	6:47.53	AS
4	5	United States	Blake Pieroni (1:41.85) Ryan Held (1:43.05) Zach Harting (1:42.92) Zane Grothe (1:42.02)	6:49.84
5	2	Australia	Alexander Graham (1:42.24) Jack Gerrard (1:44.18) Cameron McEvoy (1:43.74) Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:42.89)	6:53.05
6	3	Italy	Filippo Megli (1:42.62) Matteo Ciampi (1:43.59) Alessio Colonna (1:44.39) Mattia Zuin (1:45.07)	6:55.67
7	8	Portugal	Miguel Nascimento (1:43.16) Alexis Santos (1:43.43) Gabriel Lópes (1:46.06) Diogo Carvalho (1:46.63)	6:59.28	NR
8	1	Sweden	Gustaf Dahlman (1:46.79) Christoffer Carlsen (1:42.53) Simon Sjödin (1:44.18) Adam Paulsson (1:45.85)	6:59.35	NR