# Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 May 2021.

## Records

Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| | Team | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | United States | 6:58.55 | Rome | 31 July 2009 |
| European record | Russia | 6:59.15 | Rome | 31 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Great Britain | 7:05.32 | Glasgow | 5 August 2018 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Team | Time | Record |
| 19 May | Final | Russia | 7:03.48 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 11:26.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Great Britain | Max Litchfield (1:47.70) Calum Jarvis (1:48.47) Matthew Richards (1:46.69) James Guy (1:45.72) | 7:08.58 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Russia | Mikhail Vekovishchev (1:46.91) Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:47.07) Ivan Girev (1:48.17) Aleksandr Shchegolev (1:47.53) | 7:09.68 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Italy | Manuel Frigo (1:49.46) Matteo Ciampi (1:46.85) Filippo Megli (1:47.07) Marco De Tullio (1:46.88) | 7:10.26 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | France | Jonathan Atsu (1:48.26) Enzo Tesic (1:46.87) Roman Fuchs (1:48.97) Jordan Pothain (1:46.34) | 7:10.44 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Switzerland | Nils Liess (1:49.10) Antonio Djakovic (1:45.71) Roman Mityukov (1:48.49) Noè Ponti (1:47.85) | 7:11.15 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Ireland | Finn McGeever (1:49.60) Jack McMillan (1:46.78) Gerry Quinn (1:48.70) Jordan Sloan (1:47.65) | 7:12.73 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Spain | César Castro (1:47.46) Moritz Berg (1:47.77) Miguel Durán (1:49.19) Mario Mollà (1:48.66) | 7:13.08 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Belgium | Alexandre Marcourt (1:48.24) Lorenz Weiremans (1:49.57) Thomas Thijs (1:48.57) Sebastien De Meulemeester (1:46.81) | 7:13.19 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 8 | Israel | Tomer Frankel (1:50.20) Denis Loktev (1:48.36) Daniel Namir (1:48.58) Gal Cohen Groumi (1:48.65) | 7:15.79 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Hungary | Dominik Kozma (1:48.14) Gábor Zombori (1:50.96) Richárd Márton (1:49.54) Nándor Németh (1:47.41) | 7:16.05 | |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | Poland | Jakub Majerski (1:49.24) Bartosz Piszczorowicz (1:49.52) Jan Świtkowski (1:50.73) Jan Hołub (1:46.82) | 7:16.31 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Serbia | Aleksa Bobar (1:51.25) Velimir Stjepanović (1:47.03) Vuk Čelić (1:51.32) Andrej Barna (1:48.30) | 7:17.90 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Greece | Konstantinos Englezakis (1:47.57) Dimitrios Markos (1:47.24) Dimitrios Negris (1:50.78) Apostolos Papastamos (1:52.51) | 7:18.10 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Turkey | Efe Turan (1:51.59) Doğa Çelik (1:52.68) Yiğit Aslan (1:51.92) Melikşah Düğen (1:51.33) | 7:27.52 | |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Slovakia | Jakub Poliačik (1:54.31) Richard Nagy (1:53.50) Ádám Halás (1:58.15) Matej Duša (1:58.43) | 7:44.39 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:50.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Russia | Martin Malyutin (1:45.15) Aleksandr Shchegolev (1:45.39) Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:46.52) Mikhail Vekovishchev (1:46.42) | 7:03.48 | CR |
| | 4 | Great Britain | Thomas Dean (1:46.47) Matthew Richards (1:46.97) James Guy (1:45.88) Duncan Scott (1:45.29) | 7:04.61 | |
| | 3 | Italy | Stefano Ballo (1:47.30) Matteo Ciampi (1:46.17) Marco De Tullio (1:46.02) Stefano Di Cola (1:46.56) | 7:06.05 | |
| 4 | 6 | France | Jordan Pothain (1:46.91) Enzo Tesic (1:46.88) Mewen Tomac (1:46.96) Jonathan Atsu (1:46.49) | 7:07.24 | |
| 5 | 7 | Ireland | Jack McMillan (1:47.46) Jordan Sloan (1:47.81) Finn McGeever (1:48.65) Gerry Quinn (1:48.08) | 7:12.00 | NR |
| 6 | 1 | Spain | César Castro (1:47.13 NR) Moritz Berg (1:48.34) Mario Mollà (1:49.08) Miguel Durán (1:48.94) | 7:13.49 | |
| 7 | 8 | Belgium | Alexandre Marcourt (1:48.17) Sebastien De Meulemeester (1:47.57) Thomas Thijs (1:50.30) Lorenz Weiremans (1:50.35) | 7:16.39 | |
| | 2 | Switzerland | Antonio Djakovic (1:46.75) Nils Liess (1:45.90) Noè Ponti (1:57.23) Roman Mityukov (DSQ) | Disqualified | Disqualified |