# Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 30 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each swimmer had to swim four lengths of the pool.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | United States (USA)Michael Phelps (1:44.49)Ricky Berens (1:44.13)David Walters (1:45.47)Ryan Lochte (1:44.46) | 6:58.55 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
| Olympic record | United StatesMichael Phelps (1:43.31)Ryan Lochte (1:44.28)Ricky Berens (1:46.29)Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.68) | 6:58.56 | Beijing, China | 13 August 2008 |

## Qualification

For the relays, a maximum of 16 qualifying teams in each event must be permitted to accumulate a total of 112 relay teams; each NOC may enter only one team. The top three teams in each relay race at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan will directly book a slot for their corresponding event at the Olympics, while the remaining thirteen vying for qualification per relay race must attain their best time from the heats and finals at the combined 2023 and 2024 meet in Doha.

## Competition format

The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The teams with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. In the event of a tie in the heats, both tied teams will qualify to the final, and no swim-off will be held.

## Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| 30 July 2024 | 10:00 | Heats |
| 30 July 2024 | 20:30 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

Results :
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Great Britain | James Guy (1:45.04) Jack McMilian (1:45.68) Kieran Bird (1:47.68) Tom Dean (1:46.71) | 7:05.11 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | United States | Drew Kibler (1:46.43) Brooks Curry (1:45.96) Blake Pieroni (1:46.44) Chris Guiliano (1:46.74) | 7:05.57 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | France | Hadrien Salvan (1:47.80) Wissam-Amazigh Yebba (1:46.04) Yann Le Goff (1:46.55) Roman Fuchs (1:45.22) | 7:05.61 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Australia | Kai Taylor (1:47.60) Zac Incerti (1:47.05) Flynn Southam (1:45.62) Thomas Neill (1:45.36) | 7:05.63 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Germany | Lukas Märtens (1:45.66) Rafael Miroslaw (1:46.35) Josha Salchow (1:46.18) Timo Sorgius (1:48.01) | 7:06.20 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | China | Ji Xinjie (1:46.59) Niu Guangsheng (1:48.43) Fei Liwei (1:46.57) Zhang Zhanshuo (1:46.13) | 7:07.72 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | South Korea | Lee Ho-joon (1:46.53) Lee Yoo-yeon (1:47.58) Kim Yeong-hyeon (1:48.26) Kim Woo-min (1:45.59) | 7:07.96 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Japan | Tatsuya Murasa (1:47.30) Katsuhiro Matsumoto (1:45.77) Hidenari Mano (1:48.09) Konosuke Yanagimoto (1:47.27) | 7:08.43 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Israel | Denis Loktev (1:47.32) Bar Soloveychik (1:47.53) Eitan Ben-Shitrit (1:48.01) Gal Cohen Groumi (1:45.57) | 7:08.43 | Q, NR |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Italy | Giovanni Caserta (1:46.85) Alessandro Ragaini (1:48.08) Carlos D'Ambrosio (1:47.24) Filippo Megli (1:46.46) | 7:08.63 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Greece | Dimitrios Markos (1:47.66) Konstantinos Englezakis (1:46.71) Konstantinos Stamou (1:48.00) Andreas Vazaios (1:47.23) | 7:09.60 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Brazil | Murilo Sartori (1:48.56) Fernando Scheffer (1:46.76) Eduardo Oliveira de Moraes (1:48.53) Guilherme Costa (1:46.41) | 7:10.26 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Spain | César Castro (1:46.84) Luis Domínguez (1:46.82) Carlos Garach (1:48.40) Ferran Julià Tous (1:49.56) | 7:11.62 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Canada | Patrick Hussey (1:47.83) Alex Axon (1:47.57) Jeremy Bagshaw (1:48.10) Lorne Wigginton (1:48.57) | 7:12.07 | |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Lithuania | Tomas Navikonis (1:47.08) Danas Rapšys (1:46.29) Tomas Lukminas (1:47.30) Andrius Šidlauskas (1:55.94) | 7:16.61 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Switzerland | Antonio Djakovic (1:47.97) Nils Liess (1:49.95) Jérémy Desplanches (1:49.24) Tiago Behar (1:50.90) | 7:18.06 | |

### Final

Results :
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time |
| | 4 | Great Britain | James Guy (1:45.09) Tom Dean (1:45.28) Matthew Richards (1:45.11) Duncan Scott (1:43.95) | 6:59.43 |
| | 5 | United States | Luke Hobson (1:45.55) Carson Foster (1:45.31) Drew Kibler (1:45.12) Kieran Smith (1:44.80) | 7:00.78 |
| | 6 | Australia | Maximillian Giuliani (1:45.99) Flynn Southam (1:45.53) Elijah Winnington (1:45.19) Thomas Neill (1:45.27) | 7:01.98 |
| 4 | 7 | China | Ji Xinjie (1:47.14) Fei Liwei (1:46.05) Pan Zhanle (1:45.81) Zhang Zhanshuo (1:45.37) | 7:04.37 |
| 5 | 3 | France | Wissam-Amazigh Yebba (1:46.72) Hadrien Salvan (1:46.75) Yann Le Goff (1:45.63) Roman Fuchs (1:45.70) | 7:04.80 |
| 6 | 1 | South Korea | Yang Jae-hoon (1:49.84) Lee Ho-joon (1:46.45) Kim Woo-min (1:44.98) Hwang Sun-woo (1:45.99) | 7:07.26 |
| 7 | 8 | Japan | Tatsuya Murasa (1:46.69) Katsuhiro Matsumoto (1:45.31) Hidenari Mano (1:47.36) Konosuke Yanagimoto (1:48.12) | 7:07.48 |
| 8 | 2 | Germany | Lukas Märtens (1:45.31) Rafael Miroslaw (1:46.32) Timo Sorgius (1:49.18) Josha Salchow (1:48.75) | 7:09.56 |
| 9 | 0 | Israel | Denis Loktev (1:48.16) Gal Cohen Groumi (1:46.25) Tomer Frankel (1:47.71) Bar Soloveychik (1:48.10) | 7:10.22 |