# Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29, 2011 with the heats and final.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record Championship record | Michael Phelps (1:44.49) Ricky Berens (1:44.13) David Walters (1:45.47) Ryan Lochte (1:44.46) | United States | 6:58.55 | Rome | July 31, 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

16 nations participated in 3 heats.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | United States | David Walters (1:48.01) Conor Dwyer (1:47.31) Ricky Berens (1:46.99) Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.53) | 7:08.84 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Japan | Takeshi Matsuda (1:47.57) Yoshihiro Okumura (1:47.64) Sho Uchida (1:48.57) Shogo Hihara (1:46.68) | 7:10.46 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | France | Jérémy Stravius (1:47.49) Grégory Mallet (1:47.98) Sébastien Rouault (1:49.61) Yannick Agnel (1:46.52) | 7:11.60 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Australia | Kenrick Monk (1:48.77) Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:48.14) Jarrod Killey (1:47.19) Ryan Napoleon (1:47.70) | 7:11.80 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Italy | Gianluca Maglia (1:49.00) Filippo Magnini (1:46.97) Marco Belotti (1:48.17) Samuel Pizzetti (1:48.04) | 7:12.18 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | China | Wang Shun (1:48.04) Zhang Lin (1:46.98) Jiang Yuhui (1:49.90) Li Yunqi (1:47.27) | 7:12.19 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Great Britain | David Carry (1:47.96) Ross Davenport (1:48.08) Jak Scott (1:49.26) Robert Renwick (1:47.85) | 7:13.15 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Germany | Tim Wallburger (1:48.05) Yannick Lebherz (1:49.46) Clemens Rapp (1:49.34) Paul Biedermann (1:46.46) | 7:13.31 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Austria | David Brandl (1:48.95) Christian Scherübl (1:48.35) Markus Rogan (1:48.04) Dinko Jukić (1:48.00) | 7:13.34 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Canada | Blake Worsley (1:48.69) Colin Russell (1:49.20) Chad Bobrosky (1:48.05) Stefan Hirniak (1:47.79) | 7:13.73 | |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | Russia | Danila Izotov (1:48.04) Yevgeny Lagunov (1:48.60) Artem Lobuzov (1:48.76) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:48.72) | 7:14.12 | |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | South Africa | Darian Townsend (1:47.98) Jean Basson (1:48.67) Jan Venter (1:49.85) Sebastien Rousseau (1:49.15) | 7:15.65 | |
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Belgium | Dieter Dekoninck (1:49.77) Glenn Surgeloose (1:49.07) Mathieu Fonteyn (1:50.77) Pieter Timmers (1:47.78) | 7:17.39 | NR |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Brazil | Nicolas Oliveira (1:49.47) André Schultz (1:50.32) Rodrigo Castro (1:49.72) João de Lucca (1:48.93) | 7:18.44 | |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Venezuela | Daniele Tirabassi (1:49.48) Crox Acuña (1:49.80) Ricardo Monasterio (1:54.13) Cristian Quintero (1:48.34) | 7:21.75 | |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Czech Republic | Jan Šefl (1:51.64) Michal Rubáček (1:51.79) Martin Verner (1:49.82) Květoslav Svoboda (1:51.21) | 7:24.46 | NR |
| – | 2 | 2 | South Korea | | DNS | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:41.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | United States | Michael Phelps (1:45.53) Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.07) Ricky Berens (1:46.51) Ryan Lochte (1:44.56) | 7:02.67 | |
| | 3 | France | Yannick Agnel (1:45.25) Grégory Mallet (1:46.81) Jérémy Stravius (1:45.40) Fabien Gilot (1:47.35) | 7:04.81 | NR |
| | 7 | China | Wang Shun (1:47.09) Zhang Lin (1:46.14) Li Yunqi (1:47.30) Sun Yang (1:45.14) | 7:05.67 | NR |
| 4 | 8 | Germany | Paul Biedermann (1:45.20) Tim Wallburger (1:47.70) Christoph Fildebrandt (1:48.16) Benjamin Starke (1:47.26) | 7:08.32 | |
| 5 | 6 | Australia | Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:48.35) Kenrick Monk (1:45.84) Jarrod Killey (1:48.01) Ryan Napoleon (1:46.28) | 7:08.48 | |
| 6 | 1 | Great Britain | Ross Davenport (1:47.31) David Carry (1:47.47) Jak Scott (1:48.78) Robert Renwick (1:47.28) | 7:10.84 | |
| 7 | 5 | Japan | Takeshi Matsuda (1:47.37) Shogo Hihara (1:46.87) Yuki Kobori (1:47.74) Yoshihiro Okumura (1:48.94) | 7:10.92 | |
| 8 | 2 | Italy | Gianluca Maglia (1:48.57) Filippo Magnini (1:47.54) Marco Belotti (1:47.97) Samuel Pizzetti (1:48.18) | 7:12.26 | |