# Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 June 2022.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | United States | 6:58.55 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |
| Competition record | United States | 6:58.55 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats started at 10:13.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | United States | Carson Foster (1:45.62) Trey Freeman (1:46.91) Coby Carrozza (1:46.22) Trenton Julian (1:45.64) | 7:04.39 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Brazil | Fernando Scheffer (1:46.33) Vinicius Assunção (1:46.81) Murilo Sartori (1:47.11) Breno Correia (1:46.73) | 7:06.98 | Q, SA |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Hungary | Richárd Márton (1:46.52) Nándor Németh (1:47.17) Balázs Holló (1:47.03) Kristóf Milák (1:46.74) | 7:07.46 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | South Korea | Hwang Sun-woo (1:46.42) Kim Woo-min (1:46.65) Lee Yoo-yeon (1:48.04) Lee Ho-joon (1:47.38) | 7:08.49 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | China | Hong Jinquan (1:47.54) Zhang Ziyang (1:47.34) Chen Juner (1:48.45) Pan Zhanle (1:46.20) | 7:09.53 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Great Britain | Tom Dean (1:46.71) Matthew Richards (1:48.21) Joe Litchfield (1:47.36) Jacob Whittle (1:47.48) | 7:09.76 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | France | Jordan Pothain (1:47.99) Hadrien Salvan (1:46.55) Roman Fuchs (1:46.97) Enzo Tesic (1:48.44) | 7:09.95 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Australia | Brendon Smith (1:49.14) Zac Incerti (1:46.44) Samuel Short (1:46.97) Mack Horton (1:47.43) | 7:09.98 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Italy | Stefano Ballo (1:47.63) Matteo Ciampi (1:47.27) Gabriele Detti (1:47.89) Stefano Di Cola (1:47.37) | 7:10.16 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Israel | Denis Loktev (1:48.74) Bar Soloveychik (1:48.53) Daniel Namir (1:47.55) Gal Cohen Groumi (1:47.88) | 7:12.70 | |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Canada | Ruslan Gaziev (1:48.57) Finlay Knox (1:48.48) Jeremy Bagshaw (1:49.23) Patrick Hussey (1:52.06) | 7:18.34 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Singapore | Glen Lim Jun Wei (1:50.64) Ardi Mohamed Azman (1:49.69) Jonathan Tan (1:51.31) Quah Zheng Wen (1:48.67) | 7:20.31 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Vietnam | Trần Hưng Nguyên (1:51.27) Nguyễn Hữu Kim Sơn (1:52.86) Hoàng Quý Phước (1:50.79) Nguyễn Huy Hoàng (1:54.82) | 7:29.74 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Thailand | Tonnam Kanteemool (1:52.01) Dulyawat Kaewsriyong (1:54.33) Ratthawit Thammananthachote (1:57.29) Navaphat Wongcharoen (1:56.64) | 7:40.27 | |

### Final

The final started at 19:37.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | United States | Drew Kibler (1:45.54) Carson Foster (1:45.04) Trenton Julian (1:45.31) Kieran Smith (1:44.35) | 7:00.24 | |
| | 8 | Australia | Elijah Winnington (1:45.83) Zac Incerti (1:45.51) Samuel Short (1:46.44) Mack Horton (1:45.72) | 7:03.50 | |
| | 7 | Great Britain | James Guy (1:46.31) Jacob Whittle (1:46.80) Joe Litchfield (1:47.36) Tom Dean (1:43.53) | 7:04.00 | |
| 4 | 5 | Brazil | Fernando Scheffer (1:45.52) Vinicius Assunção (1:46.44) Murilo Sartori (1:46.34) Breno Correia (1:46.39) | 7:04.69 | SA |
| 5 | 3 | Hungary | Richárd Márton (1:48.12) Nándor Németh (1:45.73) Balázs Holló (1:47.74) Kristóf Milák (1:44.68) | 7:06.27 | |
| 6 | 6 | South Korea | Hwang Sun-woo (1:45.30) Kim Woo-min (1:46.57) Lee Yoo-yeon (1:48.28) Lee Ho-joon (1:46.78) | 7:06.93 | NR |
| 7 | 1 | France | Jordan Pothain (1:48.41) Léon Marchand (1:47.59) Roman Fuchs (1:46.27) Hadrien Salvan (1:46.51) | 7:08.78 | |
| 8 | 2 | China | Hong Jinquan (1:47.74) Zhang Ziyang (1:47.95) Chen Juner (1:49.53) Pan Zhanle (1:45.71) | 7:10.93 | |