# Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 27 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 two lengths of the pool.

## Records

| 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 |
| Olympic 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 |

## 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. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round (final).

## Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| 27 July 2024 | 10:00 | Heats |
| 27 July 2024 | 20:30 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The relay teams with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advance to the final.
Results :
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | China | Wang Haoyu (48.61) Chen Juner (48.10) Ji Xinjie (47.93) Pan Zhanle (46.98) | 3:11.62 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Australia | Jack Cartwright (48.51) William Yang (48.39) Flynn Southam (47.91) Kyle Chalmers (47.44) | 3:12.25 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Great Britain | Duncan Scott (48.61) Jacob Whittle (47.90) Alexander Cohoon (47.91) Tom Dean (48.07) | 3:12.49 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | United States | Ryan Held (48.52) Matthew King (48.40) Hunter Armstrong (47.50) Caeleb Dressel (48.19) | 3:12.61 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Canada | Finlay Knox (49.03) Yuri Kisil (48.34) Javier Acevedo (48.15) Joshua Liendo (47.25) | 3:12.77 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Italy | Lorenzo Zazzeri (48.88) Leonardo Deplano (48.23) Paolo Conte Bonin (48.03) Manuel Frigo (47.80) | 3:12.94 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Hungary | Nándor Németh (48.07) Szebasztián Szabó (48.02) Adam Jaszo (48.74) Hubert Kós (48.13) | 3:12.96 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Germany | Josha Salchow (48.56) Rafael Miroslaw (47.87) Luca Armbruster (48.29) Peter Varjasi (48.43) | 3:13.15 | Q, NR |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Spain | Sergio de Celis Montalbán (48.84) Luis Domínguez (48.27) César Castro (47.91) Mario Molla (48.17) | 3:13.19 | NR |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Brazil | Guilherme Caribé (48.57) Marcelo Chierighini (48.21) Gabriel Santos (48.86) Breno Correia (48.58) | 3:14.22 | |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Serbia | Velimir Stjepanović (49.10) Nikola Aćin (48.66) Justin Cvetkov (49.44) Andrej Barna (47.48) | 3:14.68 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | France | Hadrien Salvan (49.21) Rafael Fente-Damers (48.34) Guillaume Guth (48.66) Wissam-Amazigh Yebba (48.63) | 3:14.84 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Poland | Mateusz Chowaniec (49.13) Dominik Dudys (48.75) Bartosz Piszczorowicz (48.39) Kamil Sieradzki (48.67) | 3:14.94 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Israel | Tomer Frankel (48.60) Gal Cohen Groumi (48.22) Denis Loktev (48.87) Alexey Glivinskiy (49.72) | 3:15.41 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Sweden | Robin Hanson (49.09) Björn Seeliger (48.61) Elias Persson (48.71) Isak Eliasson (49.30) | 3:15.71 | |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Greece | Andreas Vazaios (49.50) Panagiotis Bolanos (49.68) Stergios Marios Bilas (48.70) Odysseus Meladinis (49.59) | 3:17.47 | |

### Final

Results :
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | United States | Jack Alexy (47.67) Chris Guiliano (47.33) Hunter Armstrong (46.75) Caeleb Dressel (47.53) | 3:09.28 | |
| | 5 | Australia | Jack Cartwright (48.03) Flynn Southam (48.00) Kai Taylor (47.73) Kyle Chalmers (46.59) | 3:10.35 | |
| | 7 | Italy | Alessandro Miressi (48.04) Thomas Ceccon (47.44) Paolo Conte Bonin (48.16) Manuel Frigo (47.06) | 3:10.70 | |
| 4 | 4 | China | Pan Zhanle (46.92) OR Ji Xinjie (48.58) Chen Juner (48.10) Wang Haoyu (47.68) | 3:11.28 | |
| 5 | 3 | Great Britain | Matt Richards (47.83) Jacob Whittle (48.54) Tom Dean (47.72) Duncan Scott (47.52) | 3:11.61 | |
| 6 | 2 | Canada | Josh Liendo (47.93) Yuri Kisil (48.18) Finlay Knox (48.26) Javier Acevedo (47.81) | 3:12.18 | |
| 7 | 8 | Germany | Josha Salchow (48.28) Rafael Miroslaw (47.66) Luca Armbruster (48.43) Peter Varjasi (47.92) | 3:12.29 | NR |
| 8 | 1 | Hungary | Nándor Németh (47.76) Szebasztián Szabó (48.46) Ádám Jászó (48.38) Hubert Kós (48.51) | 3:13.11 | |