# Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 May 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | United States | 6:58.55 | Rome | 31 July 2009 |
| European record | Russia | 6:59.15 | Rome | 31 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Russia | 7:06.71 | Budapest | 14 August 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 09:47.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Hungary | Ádám Telegdy (1:49.31) Gergő Kis (1:48.50) Péter Bernek (1:47.40) Dominik Kozma (1:47.25) | 7:12.46 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Great Britain | Stephen Milne (1:48.45) Ieuan Lloyd (1:48.57) Daniel Wallace (1:49.14) Duncan Scott (1:47.52) | 7:13.68 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | France | Jérémy Stravius (1:48.22) Jordan Pothain (1:48.70) Yannick Agnel (1:48.28) Lorys Bourelly (1:48.63) | 7:13.83 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 8 | Belgium | Dieter Dekoninck (1:49.19) Lorenz Weiremans (1:49.06) Louis Croenen (1:48.64) Glenn Surgeloose (1:47.08) | 7:13.97 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Netherlands | Dion Dreesens (1:46.93) Ben Schwietert (1:49.05) Joost Reijns (1:49.95) Kyle Stolk (1:48.14) | 7:14.07 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Italy | Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo (1:48.19) Filippo Megli (1:49.50) Jonathan Boffa (1:49.14) Filippo Magnini (1:47.51) | 7:14.34 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Poland | Jan Świtkowski (1:48.48) Kacper Klich (1:48.98) Kacper Majchrzak (1:47.84) Wojciech Wojdak (1:50.61) | 7:15.91 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Israel | Tom Kremer (1:48.85) Alexi Konovalov (1:49.64) Ido Haber (1:48.97) David Gamburg (1:48.79) | 7:16.25 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 4 | Sweden | Adam Paulsson (1:49.75) Isak Eliasson (1:48.30) Christoffer Carlsen (1:48.41) Victor Johansson (1:49.86) | 7:16.32 | |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Spain | Marc Sanchez Torrens (1:49.35) Víctor Martín (1:48.41) Albert Puig (1:48.23) Eduardo Solaeche (1:51.18) | 7:17.17 | |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Serbia | Velimir Stjepanović (1:46.74) Uroš Nikolić (1:50.20) Stefan Šorak (1:49.82) Andrej Barna (1:50.60) | 7:17.36 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Switzerland | Alexandre Haldemann (1:49.55) Nils Liess (1:49.44) Jérémy Desplanches (1:49.96) Aleksi Schmid (1:51.52) | 7:20.47 | |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Austria | Felix Auboeck (1:49.45) David Brandl (1:49.16) Sebastian Steffan (1:52.18) Heiko Gigler (1:52.10) | 7:22.89 | |
| 14 | 1 | 3 | Turkey | Nezir Karap (1:51.04) Doğa Çelik (1:50.39) Kaan Özcan (1:51.10) Ergecan Gezmiş (1:51.05) | 7:23.58 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Slovenia | Anže Tavčar (1:50.36) Martin Bau (1:50.96) Robert Žbogar (1:51.25) Grega Popović (1:52.02) | 7:24.59 | |
| 16 | 1 | 4 | Norway | Henrik Christiansen (1:50.25) Markus Lie (1:51.29) Truls Wigdel (1:52.21) Sindri Jakobsson (1:53.97) | 7:27.72 | |
| 17 | 1 | 2 | Estonia | Kregor Zirk (1:51.27) Andri Aedma (1:54.43) Karl Luht (1:54.55) Martin Liivamägi (1:52.93) | 7:33.18 | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:03.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 2 | Netherlands | Dion Dreesens (1:47.92) Maarten Brzoskowski (1:46.55) Kyle Stolk (1:47.88) Sebastiaan Verschuren (1:45.47) | 7:07.82 | |
| | 6 | Belgium | Louis Croenen (1:48.47) Glenn Surgeloose (1:46.12) Dieter Dekoninck (1:47.70) Pieter Timmers (1:45.99) | 7:08.28 | |
| | 7 | Italy | Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo (1:47.57) Filippo Magnini (1:47.82) Luca Dotto (1:47.52) Gabriele Detti (1:45.39) | 7:08.30 | |
| 4 | 1 | Poland | Jan Świtkowski (1:47.43) Paweł Korzeniowski (1:47.46) Kacper Klich (1:47.82) Kacper Majchrzak (1:45.60) | 7:08.31 | NR |
| 5 | 3 | France | Lorys Bourelly (1:49.38) Yannick Agnel (1:46.25) Jordan Pothain (1:47.15) Jérémy Stravius (1:46.40) | 7:09.18 | |
| 6 | 5 | Great Britain | Robert Renwick (1:48.72) James Guy (1:45.64) Stephen Milne (1:48.57) Duncan Scott (1:47.80) | 7:10.73 | |
| 7 | 4 | Hungary | Dominik Kozma (1:48.30) Gergő Kis (1:49.06) Ádám Telegdy (1:48.71) Péter Bernek (1:46.92) | 7:12.99 | |
| 8 | 8 | Israel | Tom Kremer (1:48.66) Alexi Konovalov (1:49.03) Ido Haber (1:49.98) David Gamburg (1:49.15) | 7:16.82 | |