# 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 4 December.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record Championship record | Russia | 6:49.04 | Dubai | 16 December 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 11:54.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | Italy | Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo (1:43.45) Marco Belotti (1:43.97) Nicolangelo Di Fabio (1:43.84) Filippo Magnini (1:43.44) | 6:54.70 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | United States | Matt McLean (1:43.65) Michael Klueh (1:43.94) Michael Weiss (1:44.19) Darian Townsend (1:43.25) | 6:55.03 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | Brazil | João de Lucca (1:42.02) Gustavo Godoy (1:44.22) Fernando Santos (1:44.24) Gabriel Ogawa (1:45.02) | 6:55.50 | Q, SA |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Russia | Artem Lobuzov (1:43.85) Dmitrii Ermakov (1:44.39) Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:44.41) Viacheslav Andrusenko (1:44.07) | 6:56.72 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Belgium | Emmanuel Vanluchene (1:44.74) Glenn Surgeloose (1:43.57) Louis Croenen (1:44.61) Pieter Timmers (1:43.98) | 6:56.90 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | South Africa | Myles Brown (1:43.41) Leith Shankland (1:44.54) Calvyn Justus (1:45.89) Sebastien Rousseau (1:44.19) | 6:58.03 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Denmark | Daniel Skaaning (1:45.47) Frederik Pedersen (1:45.62) Frans Johannessen (1:44.43) Anders Nielsen (1:43.13) | 6:58.65 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Germany | Markus Deibler (1:44.60) Clemens Rapp (1:44.14) Florian Vogel (1:44.99) Tim Wallburger (1:45.67) | 6:59.40 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Japan | Yuki Kobori (1:45.43) Reo Sakata (1:44.28) Tsubasa Amai (1:45.66) Katsumi Nakamura (1:44.06) | 6:59.43 | AS |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Austria | David Brandl (1:45.42) Felix Auboeck (1:43.90) Sebastian Steffan (1:46.03) Jakub Maly (1:47.35) | 7:02.70 | |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Czech Republic | Jan Šefl (1:45.41) David Kunčar (1:46.55) Pavel Janeček (1:45.81) Jan Micka (1:47.72) | 7:05.49 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | China | Hou Mingda (1:48.18) Jiang Yuhui (1:47.40) Jiang Tiansheng (1:51.86) Lin Yongqing (1:45.20) | 7:12.64 | |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Argentina | Guido Buscaglia (1:49.69) Martín Naidich (1:50.04) Matías Aguilera (1:47.19) Federico Grabich (1:46.61) | 7:13.53 | |
| 14 | 2 | 0 | Paraguay | Ben Hockin (1:44.44) Charles Hockin (1:49.38) Matías López (1:50.94) Max Abreu (1:51.20) | 7:15.96 | |
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Philippines | Fahad Alkhaldi (1:48.86) Axel Ngui (1:52.90) Jethro Chua (1:53.31) Jessie Lacuna (1:50.39) | 7:25.46 | |
| — | 1 | 8 | Serbia | | DNS | |
| — | 2 | 8 | Australia | | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 20:00.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | United States | Conor Dwyer (1:43.20) Ryan Lochte (1:42.42) Matt McLean (1:43.20) Tyler Clary (1:42.86) | 6:51.68 | |
| | 4 | Italy | Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo (1:42.77) Marco Belotti (1:43.98) Nicolangelo Di Fabio (1:42.98) Filippo Magnini (1:42.07) | 6:51.80 | |
| | 7 | South Africa | Myles Brown (1:43.25) Sebastien Rousseau (1:43.96) Chad le Clos (1:40.61) Leith Shankland (1:44.31) | 6:52.13 | |
| 4 | 2 | Belgium | Louis Croenen (1:44.91) Glenn Surgeloose (1:43.29) Emmanuel Vanluchene (1:42.33) Pieter Timmers (1:42.13) | 6:52.66 | |
| 5 | 3 | Brazil | João de Lucca (1:41.85 SA) Gustavo Godoy (1:44.82) Fernando Santos (1:43.89) Gabriel Ogawa (1:43.97) | 6:54.53 | SA |
| 6 | 8 | Germany | Markus Deibler (1:43.68) Florian Vogel (1:44.24) Tim Wallburger (1:45.81) Clemens Rapp (1:43.67) | 6:57.40 | |
| 7 | 1 | Denmark | Anders Nielsen (1:44.49) Frans Johannessen (1:45.34) Frederik Pedersen (1:45.60) Daniel Skaaning (1:45.35) | 7:00.78 | |
| DSQ | 6 | Russia | Mikhail Polischuk (1:43.62) Danila Izotov (1:40.65) Artem Lobuzov (1:42.87) Viacheslav Andrusenko (1:44.82) | 6:51.96 | |