# Swimming at the 2015 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 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 7 August with the heats and final.

## 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 were held at 10:50
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Australia | Grant Hackett (1:47.83) Kurt Herzog (1:47.96) Daniel Smith (1:46.02) Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:46.59) | 7:08.40 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | United States | Reed Malone (1:48.21) Michael Weiss (1:46.14) Michael Klueh (1:47.67) Conor Dwyer (1:46.53) | 7:08.55 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Great Britain | Robert Renwick (1:47.43) Nicholas Grainger (1:47.19) Daniel Wallace (1:46.03) Duncan Scott (1:48.35) | 7:09.00 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Germany | Jacob Heidtmann (1:47.86) Florian Vogel (1:48.31) Clemens Rapp (1:47.14) Paul Biedermann (1:46.03) | 7:09.34 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Poland | Jan Świtkowski (1:47.17) Kacper Klich (1:48.86) Michael Domagala (1:47.81) Kacper Majchrzak (1:46.36) | 7:10.20 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 3 | 9 | Netherlands | Dion Dreesens (1:47.73) Kyle Stolk (1:48.52) Joost Reijns (1:48.20) Sebastiaan Verschuren (1:46.38) | 7:10.83 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Russia | Nikita Lobintsev (1:48.29) Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:46.99) Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:47.59) Artem Lobuzov (1:47.97) | 7:10.84 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 9 | Belgium | Louis Croenen (1:48.74) Glenn Surgeloose (1:47.48) Dieter Dekoninck (1:47.45) Pieter Timmers (1:47.25) | 7:10.92 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Spain | Miguel Duran (1:49.45) Victor Martin (1:46.92) Albert Puig (1:48.04) Marc Sánchez (1:46.98) | 7:11.39 | NR |
| 10 | 3 | 8 | Japan | Yuki Kobori (1:47.51) Tsubasa Amai (1:48.56) Naito Ehara (1:47.64) Daiya Seto (1:47.88) | 7:11.59 | |
| 11 | 3 | 7 | France | Jordan Pothain (1:48.34) Grégory Mallet (1:48.41) Lorys Bourelly (1:47.45) Clément Mignon (1:48.48) | 7:12.68 | |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | Denmark | Daniel Skaaning (1:48.71) Magnus Westermann (1:49.72) Søren Dahl (1:48.55) Anders Lie (1:46.74) | 7:13.72 | NR |
| 13 | 3 | 5 | Italy | Gianluca Maglia (1:48.64) Marco Belotti (1:49.44) Damiano Lestingi (1:47.91) Filippo Magnini (1:47.78) | 7:13.77 | |
| 14 | 2 | 5 | China | Xu Qiheng (1:49.71) He Tianqi (1:49.93) Shang Keyuan (1:48.37) Zhang Jie (1:48.66) | 7:16.67 | |
| 15 | 2 | 0 | Brazil | Luiz Altamir Melo (1:48.80) João de Lucca (1:50.25) Thiago Pereira (1:49.45) Nicolas Oliveira (1:48.35) | 7:16.85 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Switzerland | Alexandre Haldemann (1:48.90) Nils Liess (1:49.99) Jérémy Desplanches (1:49.50) Jean-Baptiste Febo (1:49.60) | 7:17.99 | NR |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Austria | Felix Auböck (1:48.30) David Brandl (1:48.66) Sebastian Steffan (1:50.51) Christian Scherübl (1:51.50) | 7:18.97 | |
| 18 | 2 | 6 | Serbia | Stefan Šorak (1:50.67) Velimir Stjepanović (1:46.08) Uroš Nikolić (1:51.87) Vuk Čelić (1:51.67) | 7:20.29 | |
| 19 | 1 | 6 | Ukraine | Illia Teslenko (1:49.34) Mykhailo Romanchuk (1:51.14) Serhiy Frolov (1:50.18) Anton Goncharov (1:51.08) | 7:21.74 | |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Egypt | Marwan El-Kamash (1:49.36) Mohamed Khaled (1:50.64) Akram Ahmed (1:50.04) Ahmed Hamdy (1:51.82) | 7:21.86 | |
| 21 | 1 | 3 | Turkey | Nezir Karap (1:50.00) Doğa Çelik (1:49.75) Kaan Türker Ayar (1:51.58) Kemal Arda Gürdal (1:50.82) | 7:22.15 | |
| 22 | 2 | 4 | Venezuela | Cristian Quintero (1:48.04) Marcos Lavado (1:49.94) Daniele Tirabassi (1:52.23) Andy Arteta (1:54.92) | 7:25.13 | |
| | 3 | 3 | India | | | DNS |
| | 3 | 6 | Singapore | | | DNS |

### Final

The final was held at 19:11.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Great Britain | Daniel Wallace (1:47.04) Robert Renwick (1:45.98) Calum Jarvis (1:46.57) James Guy (1:44.74) | 7:04.33 | NR |
| | 5 | United States | Ryan Lochte (1:45.71) Conor Dwyer (1:45.33) Reed Malone (1:46.92) Michael Weiss (1:46.79) | 7:04.75 | |
| | 4 | Australia | Cameron McEvoy (1:46.46) David McKeon (1:47.05) Daniel Smith (1:46.38) Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:45.45) | 7:05.34 | |
| 4 | 1 | Russia | Danila Izotov (1:46.25) Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:45.64) Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:47.45) Alexandr Sukhorukov (1:47.55) | 7:06.89 | |
| 5 | 6 | Germany | Jacob Heidtmann (1:47.94) Clemens Rapp (1:46.88) Christoph Fildebrandt (1:49.39) Paul Biedermann (1:44.80) | 7:09.01 | |
| 6 | 8 | Belgium | Louis Croenen (1:48.43) Glenn Surgeloose (1:47.41) Dieter Dekoninck (1:47.29) Pieter Timmers (1:46.51) | 7:09.64 | NR |
| 7 | 7 | Netherlands | Dion Dreesens (1:47.20) Kyle Stolk (1:48.87) Joost Reijns (1:47.55) Sebastiaan Verschuren (1:46.13) | 7:09.75 | NR |
| 8 | 2 | Poland | Jan Świtkowski (1:47.03) Kacper Klich (1:49.33) Michael Domagala (1:46.90) Kacper Majchrzak (1:47.08) | 7:10.34 | |