# Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4×100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24. The heats and final took place July 24.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Michael Phelps (47.51) Garrett Weber-Gale (47.02) Cullen Jones (47.65) Jason Lezak (46.06) | United States | 3:08.24 | Beijing | August 11, 2008 |
| Championship record | Michael Phelps (47.78) Ryan Lochte (47.03) Matt Grevers (47.61) Nathan Adrian (46.79) | United States | 3:09.21 | Rome | July 26, 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

17 teams participated in 3 heats, qualified teams are listed:
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | France | Alain Bernard (48.37) Jérémy Stravius (47.87) William Meynard (48.23) Fabien Gilot (47.62) | 3:12.09 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | United States | Garrett Weber-Gale (48.49) Ryan Lochte (48.28) Douglas Robison (48.62) David Walters (48.11) | 3:13.50 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Russia | Vladimir Morozov (49.07) Evgeny Lagunov (48.12) Danila Izotov (48.28) Sergey Fesikov (48.14) | 3:13.61 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Italy | Luca Dotto (48.70) Marco Orsi (48.30) Michele Santucci (48.67) Filippo Magnini (47.94) | 3:13.61 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Australia | Kyle Richardson (48.92) Matthew Abood (47.91) James Roberts (48.25) Eamon Sullivan (48.71) | 3:13.79 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Germany | Steffen Deibler (49.01) Markus Deibler (48.06) Christoph Fildebrandt (48.75) Marco di Carli (48.41) | 3:14.23 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | South Africa | Graeme Moore (49.61) Darian Townsend (48.12) Gideon Louw (48.11) Leith Shankland (48.88) | 3:14.72 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Great Britain | Adam Brown (49.05) Liam Tancock (48.51) Grant Turner (48.79) Simon Burnett (49.00) | 3:15.35 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Brazil | Bruno Fratus (49.06) Nicolas Oliveira (48.20) Marcos Macedo (50.32) Marcelo Chierighini (48.70) | 3:16.28 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Japan | Takuro Fujii (48.88) Shogo Hihara (48.83) Yoshihiro Okumura (49.63) Takeshi Matsuda (49.29) | 3:16.63 | |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Sweden | Stefan Nystrand (49.49) Petter Stymne (48.65) Lars Frölander (48.79) Robin Andreasson (50.14) | 3:17.07 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Canada | Brent Hayden (48.77) Colin Russell (49.20) Blake Worsley (49.28) Dominique Massie-Martel (50.10) | 3:17.35 | |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | China | Lü Zhiwu (49.19) Jiang Haiqi (50.14) He Jianbin (48.50) Zhang Enjian (49.73) | 3:17.56 | |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Venezuela | Crox Ernesto Acuna (50.10) Octavio Alesi (50.06) Daniele Tirabassi (49.53) Cristian Quintero (49.49) | 3:19.18 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Slovenia | Peter Mankoč (49.95) Robert Zbogar (50.96) Jan Karel Petric (53.66) Matjaž Markič (1:05.65) | 3:40.22 | |
| – | 1 | 2 | South Korea | | | DNS |
| – | 2 | 2 | Belgium | Yoris Grandjean (49.74) Glenn Surgeloose (49.71) Jasper Aerents (48.57) Pieter Timmers | | DSQ |

### Final

The final was held at 19:20.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time |
| | 2 | Australia | James Magnussen (47.49) Matthew Targett (47.87) Matthew Abood (47.92) Eamon Sullivan (47.72) | 3:11.00 |
| | 4 | France | Alain Bernard (48.75) Jérémy Stravius (47.78) William Meynard (47.39) Fabien Gilot (47.22) | 3:11.14 |
| | 5 | United States | Michael Phelps (48.08) Garrett Weber-Gale (48.33) Jason Lezak (48.15) Nathan Adrian (47.40) | 3:11.96 |
| 4 | 6 | Italy | Luca Dotto (48.56) Marco Orsi (48.51) Michele Santucci (48.01) Filippo Magnini (47.31) | 3:12.39 |
| 5 | 3 | Russia | Evgeny Lagunov (48.89) Andrey Grechin (48.56) Nikita Lobintsev (47.45) Sergey Fesikov (48.09) | 3:12.99 |
| 6 | 1 | South Africa | Graeme Moore (48.15) Darian Townsend (47.76) Gideon Louw (47.91) Leith Shankland (49.56) | 3:13.38 |
| 7 | 7 | Germany | Markus Deibler (49.24) Benjamin Starke (49.22) Christoph Fildebrandt (48.45) Marco di Carli (48.10) | 3:15.01 |
| 8 | 8 | Great Britain | Adam Brown (49.05) Liam Tancock (48.60) Grant Turner (48.86) Simon Burnett (48.52) | 3:15.03 |