# Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Unified Team (EUN) Dmitry Lepikov (1:49.55) Vladimir Pyshnenko (1:46.58) Veniamin Tayanovich (1:48.99) Yevgeny Sadovyi (1:46.83) | 7:11.95 | Barcelona, Spain | 27 July 1992 |
| Olympic record | Unified Team (EUN) Dmitry Lepikov (1:49.55) Vladimir Pyshnenko (1:46.58) Veniamin Tayanovich (1:48.99) Yevgeny Sadovyi (1:46.83) | 7:11.95 | Barcelona, Spain | 27 July 1992 |

## Results
### Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | United States | Ryan Berube (1:49.84) Joe Hudepohl (1:49.13) Brad Schumacher (1:49.48) Jon Olsen (1:49.83) | 7:18.28 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Sweden | Christer Wallin (1:50.88) Lars Frölander (1:49.12) Anders Lyrbring (1:51.90) Anders Holmertz (1:48.71) | 7:20.61 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Great Britain | James Salter (1:51.24) Andrew Clayton (1:49.92) Mark Stevens (1:50.32) Paul Palmer (1:50.44) | 7:21.92 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Germany | Konstantin Dubrovin (1:51.68) Christian Keller (1:49.15) Oliver Lampe (1:51.39) Steffen Zesner (1:49.95) | 7:22.17 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Italy | Emiliano Brembilla (1:52.21) Emanuele Idini (1:50.54) Pier Maria Siciliano (1:48.61) Massimiliano Rosolino (1:51.33) | 7:22.69 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | France | Yann de Fabrique (1:50.31) Lionel Poirot (1:50.30) Bruno Orsoni (1:51.74) Christophe Bordeau (1:50.63) | 7:22.98 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Australia | Kieren Perkins (1:51.43) Glen Housman (1:50.40) Ian Vander-Wal (1:51.05) Malcolm Allen (1:50.36) | 7:23.24 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Netherlands | Pieter van den Hoogenband (1:48.88) Tim Hoeijmans (1:51.97) Martin van der Spoel (1:51.51) Mark van der Zijden (1:51.03) | 7:23.39 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | New Zealand | Trent Bray (1:50.77) Murray Burdan (1:51.84) Scott Cameron (1:53.30) Danyon Loader (1:48.44) | 7:24.35 | NR |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Brazil | Cassiano Leal (1:52.35) Luiz Lima (1:51.99) Fernando Saez (1:52.38) André Teixeira (1:52.10) | 7:28.82 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Venezuela | Francisco Sánchez (1:52.34) NR Carlos Santander (1:52.58) Diego Henao (1:52.57) Rafael Manzano (1:55.14) | 7:32.63 | NR |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Uzbekistan | Vyacheslav Kabanov (1:53.76) Aleksandr Agafonov (1:56.44) Dmitriy Pankov (1:56.29) Oleg Tsvetkovskiy (1:54.11) | 7:40.60 | |
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Croatia | Gordan Kožulj (1:57.08) Miroslav Vučetić (1:53.83) Marijan Kanjer (1:53.89) Marko Strahija (1:58.89) | 7:43.69 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | South Korea | Koh Yun-ho (1:52.77) NR Lee Kyu-chang (1:56.84) Woo Chul (1:57.32) Kim Min-suk (1:59.05) | 7:45.98 | NR |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Singapore | Sng Ju Wei (1:55.49) Gerald Koh (2:00.59) Desmond Koh (1:59.41) Thum Ping Tjin (1:58.70) | 7:54.19 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Ecuador | Roberto Delgado (1:57.86) Julio Santos (1:56.60) Javier Santos (1:59.79) Andrés Vasconcellos (2:00.12) | 7:54.37 | |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Kyrgyzstan | Sergey Ashihmin (2:03.05) Andrey Kvassov (1:53.91) Dmitry Lapin (1:56.01) Vitaly Vasilyev (2:07.03) | 8:00.00 | NR |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | United States | Josh Davis (1:48.19) Joe Hudepohl (1:49.29) Brad Schumacher (1:48.89) Ryan Berube (1:48.47) | 7:14.84 | |
| | 5 | Sweden | Christer Wallin (1:50.47) Anders Holmertz (1:47.03) Lars Frölander (1:48.98) Anders Lyrbring (1:51.08) | 7:17.56 | |
| | 6 | Germany | Aimo Heilmann (1:49.31) Christian Keller (1:49.50) Christian Tröger (1:49.80) Steffen Zesner (1:49.10) | 7:17.71 | |
| 4 | 1 | Australia | Daniel Kowalski (1:49.42) Michael Klim (1:48.04) Malcolm Allen (1:50.77) Matthew Dunn (1:50.24) | 7:18.47 | |
| 5 | 3 | Great Britain | Paul Palmer (1:49.19) Andrew Clayton (1:49.84) Mark Stevens (1:50.42) James Salter (1:49.29) | 7:18.74 | |
| 6 | 2 | Italy | Massimiliano Rosolino (1:49.22) Emanuele Idini (1:50.36) Emanuele Merisi (1:51.14) Pier Maria Siciliano (1:49.20) | 7:19.92 | |
| 7 | 8 | Netherlands | Marcel Wouda (1:49.89) Mark van der Zijden (1:50.77) Martin van der Spoel (1:52.05) Pieter van den Hoogenband (1:49.25) | 7:21.96 | NR |
| 8 | 7 | France | Yann de Fabrique (1:50.76) Lionel Poirot (1:50.74) Bruno Orsoni (1:51.97) Christophe Bordeau (1:51.38) | 7:24.85 | |