# 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 December 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Brazil (BRA) | 6:46.81 | Hangzhou, China | 14 December 2018 |
| Competition record | Brazil (BRA) | 6:46.81 | Hangzhou, China | 14 December 2018 |
The following new records were set during this competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 16 December | Final | Kieran Smith (1:41.04) Carson Foster (1:40.48) Trenton Julian (1:41.44) Drew Kibler (1:41.16) | United States | 6:44.12 | WR, CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started at 12:36.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | United States | Trenton Julian (1:43.13) Jake Magahey (1:43.24) Jake Foster (1:45.29) Drew Kibler (1:41.97) | 6:53.63 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Japan | Temma Watanabe (1:43.45) Hidenari Mano (1:43.59) Shuya Matsumoto (1:44.59) Katsuhiro Matsumoto (1:42.63) | 6:54.26 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Italy | Matteo Ciampi (1:43.50) Manuel Frigo (1:44.06) Paolo Conte Bonin (1:43.28) Alberto Razzetti (1:43.70) | 6:54.54 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Australia | Clyde Lewis (1:44.33) Flynn Southam (1:42.20) Stuart Swinburn (1:44.37) Brendon Smith (1:43.93) | 6:54.83 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | South Korea | Hwang Sun-woo (1:41.97) Kim Woo-min (1:42.95) Lee Ho-joon (1:43.57) Yang Jae-hoon (1:46.75) | 6:55.24 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Bulgaria | Petar Mitsin (1:43.76) Kaloyan Bratanov (1:43.68) Antani Ivanov (1:43.55) Yordan Yanchev (1:45.43) | 6:56.42 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Spain | Sergio de Celis (1:45.16) Mario Mollà (1:43.51) Luis Dominguez (1:43.57) Hugo González (1:44.55) | 6:56.79 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Canada | Ruslan Gaziev (1:44.73) Ilya Kharun (1:45.43) Yuri Kisil (1:46.02) Finlay Knox (1:44.67) | 7:00.85 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Brazil | Lucas Peixoto (1:45.45) Breno Correia (1:43.52) Leonardo Coelho Santos (1:44.88) Pedro Spajari (1:48.47) | 7:02.32 | |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | New Zealand | Ben Littlejohn (1:44.60) Carter Swift (1:45.68) Cameron Gray (1:46.07) Louis Clark (1:46.76) | 7:03.11 | NR |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | China | Pan Zhanle (1:44.85) Tao Guannan (1:46.04) Chen Juner (1:45.33) Chen Ende (1:50.04) | 7:06.26 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Hong Kong | Cheuk Ming Ho (1:47.15) Hayden Kwan (1:49.02) Adam Chillingworth (1:51.81) Ng Yan Kin (1:53.63) | 7:21.61 | NR |

### Final

The final was held at 21:45.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | United States | Kieran Smith (1:41.04) Carson Foster (1:40.48) Trenton Julian (1:41.44) Drew Kibler (1:41.16) | 6:44.12 | WR |
| | 6 | Australia | Thomas Neill (1:41.50) Kyle Chalmers (1:40.35) Flynn Southam (1:41.50) Mack Horton (1:43.19) | 6:46.54 | OC |
| | 3 | Italy | Matteo Ciampi (1:42.68) Thomas Ceccon (1:42.61) Alberto Razzetti (1:42.76) Paolo Conte Bonin (1:41.58) | 6:49.63 | NR |
| 4 | 2 | South Korea | Hwang Sun-woo (1:40.99) Kim Woo-min (1:42.03) Lee Ho-joon (1:42.92) Yang Jae-hoon (1:43.73) | 6:49.67 | NR |
| 5 | 5 | Japan | Temma Watanabe (1:43.78) Katsuhiro Matsumoto (1:40.66) Hidenari Mano (1:43.18) Shuya Matsumoto (1:44.42) | 6:52.04 | NR |
| 6 | 1 | Spain | Luis Dominguez (1:43.02) NR Mario Mollà (1:42.69) Hugo González (1:44.30) Sergio de Celis (1:43.12) | 6:53.13 | NR |
| 7 | 8 | Canada | Finlay Knox (1:43.96) Ruslan Gaziev (1:44.32) Ilya Kharun (1:45.51) Javier Acevedo (1:42.23) | 6:56.02 | |
| 8 | 7 | Bulgaria | Petar Mitsin (1:44.31) Kaloyan Bratanov (1:43.93) Antani Ivanov (1:44.45) Yordan Yanchev (1:46.43) | 6:59.12 | |