# 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay at the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was swum on 16 December 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 16 nations swam in the Preliminary heats in the morning, from which the top-8 finishers advanced to the Final that evening.
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship records (CR) were:
| Record | Time | Nation | Swimmers | Location | Date |
| WR | 6:51.05 | Canada | Colin Russell (1:43.60) Stefan Hirniak (1:43.41) Brent Hayden (1:41.49) Joel Greenshields (1:42.55) | Leeds | 7 August 2009 |
| CR | 6:55.65 | Australia | Kirk Palmer (1:44.23) Grant Brits (1:44.89) Nicholas Sprenger (1:43.11) Kenrick Monk (1:43.42) | Manchester | 10 April 2008 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | WR | CR |
| 16 December 2010 | Final | Nikita Lobintsev (1:42.10) Danila Izotov (1:42.15) Evgeny Lagunov (1:42.32) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:42.47) | Russia | 6:49.04 | WR | CR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Name | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | United States | David Walters (1:44.70) Garrett Weber-Gale (1:43.38) Charlie Houchin (1:44.28) Ricky Berens (1:44.17) | 6:56.53 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Russia | Alexander Sukhorukov (1:45.18) Evgeny Lagunov (1:43.35) Mikhail Polishchuk (1:44.99) Danila Izotov (1:43.96) | 6:57.48 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | Germany | Paul Biedermann (1:43.60) Stefan Herbst (1:43.50) Benjamin Starke (1:44.70) Markus Deibler (1:46.03) | 6:59.83 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | France | Clément Lefert (1:44.69) Fabien Gilot (1:45.75) Antton Haramboure (1:47.43) Yannick Agnel (1:42.71) | 7:00.58 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Australia | Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:44.80) Patrick Murphy (1:43.71) Mitchell Dixon (1:45.77) Kyle Richardson (1:48.03) | 7:02.31 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | China | Jiang Haiqi (1:44.14) Dai Jun (1:46.53) Zhang Zhongchao (1:45.77) Jiang Yuhui (1:46.86) | 7:03.30 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Czech Republic | Květoslav Svoboda (1:47.32) Michal Rubáček (1:45.64) Martin Verner (1:46.80) Jan Šefl (1:45.39) | 7:05.15 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Brazil | Rodrigo Castro (1:45.72) Nicolas Oliveira (1:47.13) Lucas Kanieski (1:48.32) Fernando Santos (1:45.03) | 7:06.20 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Venezuela | Cristian Quintero (1:45.33) Daniele Tirabassi (1:46.18) Roberto Gómez (1:48.20) Alejandro Gómez (1:48.72) | 7:08.43 | |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Sweden | David Ernstsson (1:48.64) Robin Andréasson (1:48.41) Simon Sjödin (1:46.84) Mattias Carlsson (1:45.89) | 7:09.78 | |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Belgium | Pholien Systermans (1:47.80) Yoris Grandjean (1:47.93) Mathieu Fonteyn (1:49.06) Pierre-Yves Romanini (1:48.06) | 7:12.85 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Chinese Taipei | Hsu Chi-Chieh (1:49.49) Yuan Ping (1:49.96) Lin Yu-An (1:55.64) Lin Shih-Chieh (1:53.95) | 7:29.04 | |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Kuwait | Yousef Alaskari (1:54.77) Abdullah Altuwaini (1:50.73) Mohammed Madouh (1:55.98) Saoud Altayar (1:56.18) | 7:37.66 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Malta | Neil Agius (1:58.03) Edward Caruana Dingli (1:55.25) Andrea Agius (1:57.92) Mark Sammut (1:57.43) | 7:48.63 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Macau | Tong Antonio (1:56.20) Chou Kit (2:03.30) Lao Kuan Fong (1:59.72) Ngou Pok Man (1:58.68) | 7:57.90 | |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | United Arab Emirates | Obaid Aljasmi (1:57.74) Mubarak Al-Besher (2:01.00) Kaabi Ali Ai (2:00.70) Faisal Al Jasmi (2:03.58) | 8:03.02 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Name | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Russia | Nikita Lobintsev (1:42.10) Danila Izotov (1:42.15) Evgeny Lagunov (1:42.32) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:42.47) | 6:49.04 | WR |
| | 4 | United States | Peter Vanderkaay (1:43.83) Ryan Lochte (1:40.48) Garrett Weber-Gale (1:42.89) Ricky Berens (1:42.38) | 6:49.58 | |
| | 6 | France | Yannick Agnel (1:41.95) Fabien Gilot (1:42.55) Clément Lefert (1:45.01) Jérémy Stravius (1:43.54) | 6:53.05 | |
| 4 | 3 | Germany | Paul Biedermann (1:42.33) Markus Deibler (1:44.08) Stefan Herbst (1:43.70) Benjamin Starke (1:44.01) | 6:54.12 | |
| 5 | 2 | Australia | Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:43.88) Patrick Murphy (1:43.71) Mitchell Dixon (1:45.02) Kyle Richardson (1:44.80) | 6:57.41 | |
| 6 | 7 | China | Jiang Haiqi (1:44.54) Zhang Zhongchao (1:44.33) Jiang Yuhui (1:46.29) Dai Jun (1:46.98) | 7:02.14 | |
| 7 | 1 | Czech Republic | Jan Šefl (1:45.22) Michal Rubáček (1:46.12) Martin Verner (1:46.52) Květoslav Svoboda (1:46.56) | 7:04.42 | |
| 8 | 8 | Brazil | Rodrigo Castro (1:46.87) Fernando Santos (1:44.70) Nicolas Oliveira (1:46.70) Lucas Kanieski (1:47.92) | 7:06.19 | |