# 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 13 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Location | Date |
| World record Championship record | Russia | Nikita Lobintsev (1:42.10) Danila Izotov (1:42.15) Evgeny Lagunov (1:42.32) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:42.47) | 6:49.04 | Dubai | 16 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.

## Results
### Heats

16 teams participated in 2 heats.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Germany | Dimitri Colupaev (1:45.23) Christoph Fildebrandt (1:45.69) Yannick Lebherz (1:43.02) Paul Biedermann (1:44.73) | 6:58.67 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Russia | Artem Lobuzov (1:45.29) Yevgeny Lagunov (1:43.81) Dmitri Yermakov (1:45.29) Viatcheslav Andrusenko (1:45.34) | 6:59.73 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Australia | Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:44.65) Jarrod Killey (1:46.52) Travis Mahoney (1:46.81) Robert Hurley (1:43.79) | 7:01.77 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | United States | Garrett Weber-Gale (1:46.62) Michael Klueh (1:44.37) Matt McLean (1:45.45) Michael Weiss (1:45.34) | 7:01.78 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Japan | Yuki Kobori (1:45.46) Fumiya Hidaka (1:45.46) Takuro Fujii (1:46.53) Kenta Hirai (1:46.26) | 7:03.43 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 8 | Italy | Gianluca Maglia (1:46.09) Michele Santucci (1:47.05) Gabriele Detti (1:46.27) Alex di Giorgio (1:45.55) | 7:04.96 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 8 | Great Britain | Ieuan Lloyd (1:45.26) Chris Walker-Hebborn (1:46.67) Roberto Pavoni (1:48.39) Robert Renwick (1:46.18) | 7:06.50 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Brazil | Thiago Simon (1:48.07) Fernando Santos (1:44.41) Vinicius Waked (1:46.86) Samuel Acioli (1:48.06) | 7:07.40 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | China | Hao Yun (1:45.64) Pu Wenjie (1:46.79) Shi Tengfei (1:49.88) Lü Zhiwu (1:49.59) | 7:11.90 | |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Canada | Coleman Allen (1:46.63) Zackariah Chetrat (1:48.23) Thomas Gossland (1:48.51) Luke Peddie (1:49.94) | 7:13.31 | |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Argentina | Martín Naidich (1:49.68) Juan Pereyra (1:49.14) Esteban Paz (1:51.26) Matías Aguilera (1:49.80) | 7:19.88 | NR |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Singapore | Quah Zheng Wen (1:50.29) Pang Sheng Jun (1:51.24) Ng Kai Wee Rainer (1:51.54) Joseph Schooling (1:50.43) | 7:23.50 | NR |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Peru | Jesús Monge (1:54.93) Emmanuel Crescimbeni (1:51.76) Enrique Duran (1:54.92) Jusuf Nikola Ustavdich (1:54.37) | 7:35.98 | NR |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Macau | Ngou Pok Man (1:56.68) Chao Man Hou (1:58.58) Sio Ka Kun (2:05.14) Lao Kuan Fong (1:59.40) | 7:59.80 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | India | Sarma S. P. Nair (1:59.39) Rahul Monal Chokshi (2:04.74) Agnishwar Jayaprakash (1:57.92) Neil Himanshu Contractor (2:00.59) | 8:02.64 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Gibraltar | Colin Bensadon (1:55.48) James Sanderson (1:59.86) Oliver Quick (2:07.03) Michael Hitchcock (2:02.55) | 8:04.92 | |
| | 2 | 0 | Venezuela | | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 21:04.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | United States | Ryan Lochte (1:41.17) Conor Dwyer (1:43.04) Michael Klueh (1:43.20) Matt McLean (1:43.99) | 6:51.40 | |
| | 3 | Australia | Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:42.49) Jarrod Killey (1:42.82) Kyle Richardson (1:44.59) Robert Hurley (1:42.39) | 6:52.29 | OC |
| | 4 | Germany | Paul Biedermann (1:41.93) Dimitri Colupaev (1:42.96) Christoph Fildebrandt (1:45.40) Yannick Lebherz (1:42.93) | 6:53.22 | NR |
| 4 | 5 | Russia | Artem Lobuzov (1:44.75) Yevgeny Lagunov (1:43.14) Dmitri Yermakov (1:45.14) Viatcheslav Andrusenko (1:43.94) | 6:56.97 | |
| 5 | 7 | Italy | Andrea D'Arrigo (1:44.90) Alex di Giorgio (1:45.78) Gianluca Maglia (1:44.01) Filippo Magnini (1:44.53) | 6:59.22 | |
| 6 | 2 | Japan | Yuki Kobori (1:45.57) Fumiya Hidaka (1:45.29) Kosuke Hagino (1:44.41) Daiya Seto (1:45.52) | 7:00.79 | AS |
| 7 | 1 | Great Britain | Ieuan Lloyd (1:45.24) Chris Walker-Hebborn (1:46.81) Roberto Pavoni (1:48.04) Robert Renwick (1:45.64) | 7:05.73 | |
| – | 8 | Brazil | Fernando Santos (1:44.75) Vinicius Waked (1:47.22) Thiago Simon Samuel Acioli | DSQ | |