# 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 13 December 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | United States (USA) | 3:03.03 | Hangzhou, China | 11 December 2018 |
| Competition record | United States (USA) | 3:03.03 | Hangzhou, China | 11 December 2018 |
The following new records were set during this competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 13 December | Final | Alessandro Miressi (46.15) Paolo Conte Bonin (45.93) Leonardo Deplano (45.54) Thomas Ceccon (45.13) | Italy | 3:02.75 | WR, CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were started at 13:26.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Italy | Alessandro Miressi (46.08) Leonardo Deplano (46.19) Manuel Frigo (46.51) Paolo Conte Bonin (45.68) | 3:04.46 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Brazil | Gabriel Santos (47.31) Breno Correia (45.96) Lucas Peixoto (46.76) Pedro Spajari (46.79) | 3:06.82 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | United States | David Curtiss (48.07) Drew Kibler (45.91) Trenton Julian (46.77) Kieran Smith (46.08) | 3:06.83 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Australia | Thomas Neill (47.00) Flynn Southam (46.55) Shaun Champion (47.49) Matthew Temple (45.98) | 3:07.02 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Spain | Sergio de Celis (46.71) Luis Domínguez (46.37) Mario Mollà (46.69) Carles Coll (47.98) | 3:07.75 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Netherlands | Stan Pijnenburg (47.24) Kenzo Simons (47.31) Caspar Corbeau (46.52) Luc Kroon (47.51) | 3:08.58 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Canada | Ruslan Gaziev (47.32) Ilya Kharun (47.34) Yuri Kisil (46.57) Finlay Knox (47.57) | 3:08.80 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Japan | Katsuhiro Matsumoto (47.90) Katsumi Nakamura (46.77) Masahiro Kawane (46.95) Hidenari Mano (47.63) | 3:09.25 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | New Zealand | Cameron Gray (47.93) Carter Swift (46.92) Zac Dell (47.59) George Williams (48.53) | 3:10.97 | NR |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Bulgaria | Deniel Nankov (47.81) Josif Miladinov (48.16) Antani Ivanov (48.14) Kaloyan Bratanov (48.04) | 3:12.15 | NR |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Hong Kong | Cheuk Ming Ho (48.71) Ian Ho (47.95) Ng Yan Kin (50.17) Ng Cheuk Yin (47.84) | 3:14.67 | NR |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Chinese Taipei | Wang Kuan-hung (48.33) NR Chuang Mu-lun (48.89) Cai Bing-rong (50.97) Wang Hsing-hao (49.06) | 3:17.25 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | South Africa | Simon Haddon (48.75) Clayton Jimmie (48.75) Kian Keylock (50.70) Matthew Sates (57.31) | 3:25.51 | |
| | 2 | 3 | China | | Did not start | Did not start |

### Final

The final was held at 21:32.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Italy | Alessandro Miressi (46.15) Paolo Conte Bonin (45.93) Leonardo Deplano (45.54) Thomas Ceccon (45.13) | 3:02.75 | WR |
| | 6 | Australia | Flynn Southam (47.04) Matthew Temple (46.06) Thomas Neill (46.55) Kyle Chalmers (44.98) | 3:04.63 | OC |
| | 3 | United States | Drew Kibler (46.84) Shaine Casas (45.90) Carson Foster (46.58) Kieran Smith (45.77) | 3:05.09 | |
| 4 | 5 | Brazil | Gabriel Santos (47.04) Breno Correia (46.64) Lucas Peixoto (46.54) Pedro Spajari (46.63) | 3:06.85 | |
| 5 | 1 | Canada | Ruslan Gaziev (47.08) Yuri Kisil (46.41) Javier Acevedo (46.18) Ilya Kharun (47.43) | 3:07.10 | NR |
| 6 | 2 | Spain | Sergio de Celis (46.90) Luis Domínguez (46.63) Mario Mollà (46.44 ) Carles Coll (47.22) | 3:07.19 | NR |
| 7 | 8 | Japan | Katsuhiro Matsumoto (46.72) Katsumi Nakamura (46.63) Masahiro Kawane (46.93) Hidenari Mano (47.65) | 3:07.93 | |
| 8 | 7 | Netherlands | Stan Pijnenburg (47.74) Caspar Corbeau (46.75) Nyls Korstanje (46.96) Thom de Boer (47.39) | 3:08.84 | |