# Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 28 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
| World record | United States (USA) Michael Phelps (47.51) Garrett Weber-Gale (47.02) Cullen Jones (47.65) Jason Lezak (46.06) | 3:08.24 | Beijing, China | 11 August 2008 |
| Competition record | United States (USA) Michael Phelps (47.78) Ryan Lochte (47.03) Matt Grevers (47.61) Nathan Adrian (46.79) | 3:09.21 | Rome, Italy | 26 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 12:18.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Jimmy Feigen (48.39) Anthony Ervin (47.38) Ricky Berens (47.56) Conor Dwyer (48.36) | United States | 3:11.69 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Andrey Grechin (48.07) Yevgeny Lagunov (48.47) Alexander Sukhorukov (48.11) Danila Izotov (47.78) | Russia | 3:12.43 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | James Roberts (48.57) Kenneth To (48.05) Matthew Targett (48.26) Tommaso D'Orsogna (48.16) | Australia | 3:13.04 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Amaury Leveaux (49.14) Fabien Gilot (47.68) Grégory Mallet (48.70) William Meynard (48.49) | France | 3:14.01 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Luca Leonardi (48.88) Marco Orsi (48.06) Michele Santucci (48.95) Filippo Magnini (48.24) | Italy | 3:14.13 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Marcelo Chierighini (48.91) Nicolas Oliveira (48.05) Fernando Santos (48.43) Vinícius Waked (49.02) | Brazil | 3:14.41 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Steffen Deibler (48.69) Marco di Carli (48.91) Christoph Fildebrandt (48.49) Markus Deibler (48.61) | Germany | 3:14.70 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Shinri Shioura (49.00) Kenji Kobase (49.67) Takuro Fujii (48.80) Kenta Ito (47.99) | Japan | 3:15.46 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Dieter Dekoninck (49.48) Emmanuel Vanluchene (48.71) Glenn Surgeloose (48.45) Jasper Aerents (48.88) | Belgium | 3:15.52 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Lü Zhiwu (49.11) Lou Junyi (49.83) Shi Tengfei (49.04) Chen Zuo (49.34) | China | 3:17.32 | |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Leith Shankland (49.96) Chad le Clos (47.97) Gerhard Zandberg (50.18) Devon Myles Brown (49.80) | South Africa | 3:17.91 | |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Doğa Çelik (49.64) İskender Baslakov (50.07) Furkan Marasli (51.15) Kemal Arda Gürdal (49.14) | Turkey | 3:20.00 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Jan Šefl (50.82) Tomáš Plevko (49.35) Martin Žikmund (50.79) Martin Verner (49.16) | Czech Republic | 3:20.12 | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Joel Greenshields (50.49) Thomas Gossland (50.03) Luke Peddie (49.73) Hassaan Abdel Khalik (49.99) | Canada | 3:20.24 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Yang Jung-Doo (50.79) Chang Gyu-Cheol (51.65) Jeong Jeong-Soo (52.14) Shin Hee-Woong (50.92) | South Korea | 3:25.50 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | Ahmed Akaram (52.05) Marwan Ismail (51.04) Mohamed Khaled (50.37) Shehab Younis (52.79) | Egypt | 3:26.25 | |
| | 1 | 8 | Aitor Martínez (49.72) Markel Alberdi (49.94) Juan Miguel Rando Aschwin Wildeboer | Spain | | DSQ |

### Final

The final was held at 19:34.
| Rank | Lane | Swimmers | Nation | Time |
| | 6 | Yannick Agnel (48.76) Florent Manaudou (47.93) Fabien Gilot (46.90) Jérémy Stravius (47.59) | France | 3:11.18 |
| | 4 | Nathan Adrian (47.95) Ryan Lochte (47.80) Anthony Ervin (47.44) Jimmy Feigen (48.23) | United States | 3:11.42 |
| | 5 | Andrey Grechin (48.09) Nikita Lobintsev (47.91) Vladimir Morozov (47.40) Danila Izotov (48.04) | Russia | 3:11.44 |
| 4 | 3 | James Magnussen (48.00) Cameron McEvoy (47.44) Tommaso D'Orsogna (48.05) James Roberts (48.09) | Australia | 3:11.58 |
| 5 | 2 | Luca Dotto (49.17) Luca Leonardi (48.08) Marco Orsi (47.25) Filippo Magnini (48.12) | Italy | 3:12.62 |
| 6 | 1 | Steffen Deibler (48.43) Markus Deibler (48.59) Christoph Fildebrandt (48.42) Dimitri Colupaev (48.33) | Germany | 3:13.77 |
| 7 | 7 | Nicolas Oliveira (48.72) Fernando Santos (48.98) Vinícius Waked (49.19) Marcelo Chierighini (47.56) | Brazil | 3:14.45 |
| 8 | 8 | Shinri Shioura (48.69) Kenji Kobase (49.09) Takuro Fujii (48.60) Kenta Ito (48.37) | Japan | 3:14.75 |