# Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 23 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | United States (USA) David Fox (49.32) Joe Hudepohl (49.11) Jon Olsen (48.17) Gary Hall, Jr. (48.51) | 3:15.11 | Atlanta, United States | 12 August 1995 |
| Olympic record | United States (USA) Chris Jacobs (49.63) Troy Dalbey (49.75) Tom Jager (49.34) Matt Biondi (47.81) | 3:16.53 | Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 23 July | Final | Jon Olsen (49.94) Josh Davis (49.00) Brad Schumacher (49.02) Gary Hall, Jr. (47.45) | United States | 3:15.41 | OR |

## Results
### Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | United States | David Fox (50.46) Scott Tucker (49.68) Brad Schumacher (49.19) Josh Davis (49.07) | 3:18.40 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Germany | Mark Pinger (50.50) Alexander Lüderitz (50.06) Bengt Zikarsky (48.97) Björn Zikarsky (49.74) | 3:19.27 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Netherlands | Pie Geelen (50.86) Mark Veens (49.94) Martin van der Spoel (50.72) Pieter van den Hoogenband (48.64) | 3:20.16 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Brazil | Fernando Scherer (50.81) Alexandre Massura (50.20) André Cordeiro (50.27) Gustavo Borges (48.93) | 3:20.21 | Q, SA |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Russia | Roman Yegorov (50.82) Denis Pimankov (50.09) Konstantin Ushkov (50.32) Vladimir Pyshnenko (49.16) | 3:20.39 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Sweden | Fredrik Letzler (50.81) Lars Frölander (49.34) Christer Wallin (50.13) Johan Wallberg (50.46) | 3:20.74 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Australia | Michael Klim (50.09) Ian Vander-Wal (50.70) Scott Logan (50.38) Chris Fydler (49.71) | 3:20.88 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Great Britain | Nicholas Shackell (50.44) Alan Rapley (50.18) Mark Stevens (49.97) Mike Fibbens (50.75) | 3:21.34 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | New Zealand | John Steel (50.60) Nicholas Tongue (50.89) Danyon Loader (51.02) Trent Bray (49.14) | 3:21.65 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Romania | Nicolae Ivan (51.06) Răzvan Petcu (50.88) Horaţiu Badiţă (50.31) Alexandru Ioanovici (49.41) | 3:21.66 | NR |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | France | Ludovic Dépickère (51.22) Nicolas Gruson (49.61) Peirrick Chavatte (50.15) Frédéric Lefevre (50.81) | 3:21.79 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Finland | Jani Sievinen (50.04) Antti Kasvio (50.42) Janne Blomqvist (51.52) Kalle Varonen (51.01) | 3:22.99 | |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Venezuela | Diego Henao (51.64) Carlos Santander (51.01) Alejandro Carrizo (51.20) Francisco Sánchez (49.19) | 3:23.04 | |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | Croatia | Miroslav Vučetić (51.10) Miloš Milošević (50.81) Alen Lončar (52.38) Marijan Kanjer (51.73) | 3:26.02 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Ecuador | Julio Santos (51.48) Felipe Delgado (50.59) Roberto Delgado (53.22) Javier Santos (52.48) | 3:27.77 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Puerto Rico | Eduardo González (52.37) José González (51.69) Arsenio López (52.55) Ricardo Busquets (51.66) | 3:28.27 | |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Uzbekistan | Ravil Nachaev (52.46) Oleg Tsvetkovskiy (52.13) Oleg Pukhnatiy (51.82) Vyacheslav Kabanov (51.92) | 3:28.33 | |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Kyrgyzstan | Sergey Ashihmin (50.85) NR Andrey Kvassov (52.08) Dmitry Lapin (53.67) Vitaly Vasilyev (54.02) | 3:30.62 | |
| | 1 | 2 | Kazakhstan | Aleksey Yegorov (50.86) Sergey Ushkalov (52.18) Sergey Borisenko (50.61) Aleksey Khovrin (51.49) | DSQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | United States | Jon Olsen (49.94) Josh Davis (49.00) Brad Schumacher (49.02) Gary Hall, Jr. (47.45) | 3:15.41 | OR |
| | 2 | Russia | Roman Yegorov (49.95) Alexander Popov (47.88) Vladimir Predkin (49.51) Vladimir Pyshnenko (49.72) | 3:17.06 | ER |
| | 5 | Germany | Christian Tröger (49.74) Bengt Zikarsky (49.01) Björn Zikarsky (48.81) Mark Pinger (49.64) | 3:17.20 | |
| 4 | 6 | Brazil | Fernando Scherer (49.69) Alexandre Massura (50.24) André Cordeiro (50.38) Gustavo Borges (47.99) | 3:18.30 | SA |
| 5 | 3 | Netherlands | Mark Veens (50.66) Pie Geelen (50.09) Martin van der Spoel (49.98) Pieter van den Hoogenband (48.29) | 3:19.02 | NR |
| 6 | 1 | Australia | Michael Klim (49.87) Matthew Dunn (50.50) Scott Logan (49.97) Chris Fydler (49.79) | 3:20.13 | |
| 7 | 7 | Sweden | Lars Frölander (50.01) Fredrik Letzler (50.13) Anders Holmertz (50.06) Christer Wallin (49.96) | 3:20.16 | |
| 8 | 8 | Great Britain | Nicholas Shackell (50.50) Alan Rapley (49.76) Mark Stevens (50.50) Mike Fibbens (50.76) | 3:21.52 | |