# Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | United States (USA) Chris Jacobs (49.63) Troy Dalbey (49.75) Tom Jager (49.34) Matt Biondi (47.81) | 3:16.53 | Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 |
| Olympic record | United States (USA) Chris Jacobs (49.63) Troy Dalbey (49.75) Tom Jager (49.34) Matt Biondi (47.81) | 3:16.53 | Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 |

## Results
### Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Unified Team | Pavlo Khnykin (49.82) Vladimir Pyshnenko (49.31) Veniamin Tayanovich (49.52) Iurie Başcatov (48.83) | 3:17.48 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | United States | Joe Hudepohl (49.78) Shaun Jordan (49.94) Joel Thomas (50.04) Jon Olsen (48.74) | 3:18.50 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Sweden | Håkan Karlsson (50.20) Göran Titus (50.54) Fredrik Letzler (49.18) Tommy Werner (49.00) | 3:18.92 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Germany | Mark Pinger (49.75) Andreas Szigat (50.27) Dirk Richter (49.73) Bengt Zikarsky (49.86) | 3:19.61 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Brazil | José Carlos Souza (51.24) Gustavo Borges (49.07) Emanuel Nascimento (49.72) Cristiano Michelena (50.47) | 3:20.50 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Great Britain | Mike Fibbens (51.23) Mark Foster (49.93) Paul Howe (50.31) Roland Lee (49.94) | 3:21.41 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | France | Stéphan Caron (50.33) Frédéric Lefèvre (50.29) Ludovic Dépickère (51.02) Bruno Gutzeit (50.37) | 3:22.01 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Australia | Chris Fydler (50.67) Andrew Baildon (50.68) Tom Stachewicz (50.56) Darren Lange (50.33) | 3:22.24 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | New Zealand | John Steel (50.76) Nicholas Sanders (50.50) Trent Bray (51.31) Mark Weldon (50.52) | 3:23.09 | NR |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Italy | Giorgio Lamberti (51.12) Emanuele Idini (51.43) Roberto Gleria (50.82) Massimo Trevisan (50.06) | 3:23.43 | |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | South Africa | Darryl Cronjé (51.07) Peter Williams (50.06) Seddon Keyter (51.12) Craig Jackson (51.28) | 3:23.53 | AF |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Finland | Jani Sievinen (51.53) Janne Vermasheinä (51.76) Janne Blomqvist (51.39) Vesa Hanski (50.79) | 3:25.47 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Puerto Rico | Manuel Guzmán (51.90) Jorge Herrera (54.62) David Monasterio (52.77) Ricardo Busquets (51.19) | 3:30.48 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Hong Kong | Arthur Li Kai Yien (51.93) Wu Tat Cheung (53.28) Kelvin Li Kar Wai (53.38) Michael Wright (52.02) | 3:30.61 | |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Bermuda | Ian Steed Raynor (53.07) Michael Cash (52.35) Craig Morbey (53.51) Geribryan Mewett (52.24) | 3:31.17 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Guam | Adrian Romero (55.37) Ray Flores (57.61) Frank Flores (55.69) Patrick Sagisi (53.64) | 3:42.31 | |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Guatemala | Andrés Sedano (55.51) Roberto Bonilla (55.68) Helder Torres (56.95) Gustavo Bucaro (54.39) | 3:42.53 | |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | United Arab Emirates | Ahmad Faraj (56.03) Obaid Al-Rumaithi (59.79) Abdullah Sultan (58.64) Mohamed Bin Abid (57.14) | 3:51.60 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | United States | Joe Hudepohl (50.05) Matt Biondi (48.69) Tom Jager (49.72) Jon Olsen (48.28) | 3:16.74 | |
| | 4 | Unified Team | Pavlo Khnykin (49.92) Gennadiy Prigoda (50.05) Iurie Başcatov (49.76) Alexander Popov (47.83) | 3:17.56 | |
| | 6 | Germany | Christian Tröger (49.97) Dirk Richter (49.35) Steffen Zesner (49.78) Mark Pinger (48.80) | 3:17.90 | |
| 4 | 1 | France | Christophe Kalfayan (50.21) Franck Schott (49.83) Frédéric Lefèvre (50.47) Stéphan Caron (48.65) | 3:19.16 | NR |
| 5 | 3 | Sweden | Tommy Werner (49.93) Håkan Karlsson (49.88) Fredrik Letzler (50.60) Anders Holmertz (49.69) | 3:20.10 | |
| 6 | 2 | Brazil | José Carlos Souza (51.15) Gustavo Borges (48.90) Emanuel Nascimento (50.01) Cristiano Michelena (50.93) | 3:20.99 | |
| 7 | 7 | Great Britain | Roland Lee (50.97) Mark Foster (50.00) Mike Fibbens (50.45) Paul Howe (50.33) | 3:21.75 | |
| 8 | 8 | Australia | Chris Fydler (50.38) Andrew Baildon (50.70) Tom Stachewicz (50.65) Darren Lange (50.31) | 3:22.04 | |