# Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 15 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
There were 12 teams who took part in this event. Two heats were held. The heat in which a team competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the teams with the top eight times from the both field qualified for the finals.
China won the gold medal with 7 minutes 07.68 seconds. Before this Asian games, Japan got all 15 gold medals of men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay. It was the first time that Japan didn't win this event in Asian games.

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Monday, 15 November 2010 | 10:22 | Heats |
| Monday, 15 November 2010 | 19:31 | Final |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
| World Record | United States | 6:58.55 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
| Asian Record | Japan | 7:02.26 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
| Games Record | Japan | 7:14.86 | Doha, Qatar | 4 December 2006 |

## Results
### Legend

* DNS — Did not start
* DSQ — Disqualified

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Team | Time |
| 1 | 2 | Japan (JPN) | 7:15.57 |
| | | Yuki Kobori | 1:50.80 |
| | | Sho Uchida | 1:47.47 |
| | | Yoshihiro Okumura | 1:48.68 |
| | | Shunsuke Kuzuhara | 1:48.62 |
| 2 | 1 | China (CHN) | 7:19.30 |
| | | Jiang Haiqi | 1:48.08 |
| | | Dai Jun | 1:49.66 |
| | | Jiang Yuhui | 1:50.59 |
| | | Zhang Enjian | 1:50.97 |
| 3 | 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 7:30.96 |
| | | Jang Sang-jin | 1:51.97 |
| | | Park Min-kyu | 1:51.33 |
| | | Kim Yong-sik | 1:51.98 |
| | | Bae Joon-mo | 1:55.68 |
| 4 | 2 | Singapore (SIN) | 7:32.29 |
| | | Danny Yeo | 1:53.13 |
| | | Joshua Lim | 1:54.09 |
| | | Pang Sheng Jun | 1:52.32 |
| | | Clement Lim | 1:52.75 |
| 5 | 1 | Philippines (PHI) | 7:33.52 |
| | | Jessie Lacuna | 1:52.75 |
| | | Charles Walker | 1:52.89 |
| | | Ryan Arabejo | 1:55.47 |
| | | Miguel Molina | 1:52.41 |
| 6 | 2 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 7:35.68 |
| | | David Wong | 1:51.64 |
| | | Derick Ng | 1:53.89 |
| | | Kent Cheung | 1:53.64 |
| | | Kong Chun Yin | 1:56.51 |
| 7 | 2 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 7:38.77 |
| | | Alexandr Ivanov | 1:54.65 |
| | | Artur Dilman | 1:54.07 |
| | | Stanislav Kuzmin | 1:55.05 |
| | | Dmitriy Gordiyenko | 1:55.00 |
| 8 | 2 | Malaysia (MAS) | 7:39.54 |
| | | Daniel Bego | 1:51.26 |
| | | Kevin Yeap | 1:53.84 |
| | | Foo Jian Beng | 1:55.41 |
| | | Kevin Lim | 1:59.03 |
| 9 | 1 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 7:39.62 |
| | | Petr Romashkin | 1:53.92 |
| | | Aleksey Derlyugov | 1:55.11 |
| | | Sobitjon Amilov | 1:54.37 |
| | | Danil Bugakov | 1:54.22 |
| 10 | 1 | India (IND) | 7:40.03 |
| | | Aaron D'Souza | 1:53.17 |
| | | Mandar Divase | 1:56.31 |
| | | Rohit Halvaldar | 1:55.08 |
| | | Rehan Poncha | 1:55.47 |
| — | 1 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | DNS |
| — | 2 | Athletes from Kuwait (IOC) | DNS |

### Final

| Rank | Team | Time | Notes |
| | China (CHN) | 7:07.68 | GR |
| | Zhang Lin | 1:47.30 | |
| | Jiang Haiqi | 1:46.64 | |
| | Li Yunqi | 1:48.09 | |
| | Sun Yang | 1:45.65 | |
| | Japan (JPN) | 7:10.39 | |
| | Yuki Kobori | 1:47.92 | |
| | Sho Uchida | 1:47.29 | |
| | Shunsuke Kuzuhara | 1:47.91 | |
| | Takeshi Matsuda | 1:47.27 | |
| | South Korea (KOR) | 7:24.14 | |
| | Bae Joon-mo | 1:52.83 | |
| | Jang Sang-jin | 1:50.40 | |
| | Lee Hyun-seung | 1:50.16 | |
| | Park Tae-hwan | 1:50.75 | |
| 4 | Philippines (PHI) | 7:30.76 | |
| | Jessie Lacuna | 1:52.21 | |
| | Charles Walker | 1:51.78 | |
| | Ryan Arabejo | 1:55.07 | |
| | Miguel Molina | 1:51.70 | |
| 5 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 7:31.44 | |
| | David Wong | 1:51.25 | |
| | Derick Ng | 1:52.37 | |
| | Kent Cheung | 1:52.67 | |
| | Kong Chun Yin | 1:55.15 | |
| 6 | Malaysia (MAS) | 7:35.66 | |
| | Daniel Bego | 1:50.31 | |
| | Kevin Yeap | 1:53.00 | |
| | Ian James Barr | 1:57.48 | |
| | Foo Jian Beng | 1:54.87 | |
| 7 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 7:37.76 | |
| | Oleg Rabota | 1:53.29 | |
| | Alexandr Ivanov | 1:53.02 | |
| | Dmitriy Gordiyenko | 1:56.96 | |
| | Artur Dilman | 1:54.49 | |
| — | Singapore (SIN) | DSQ | |
| | Danny Yeo | | |
| | Pang Sheng Jun | | |
| | Joshua Lim | | |
| | Clement Lim | | |