# 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 6 December 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | United States | 3:03.30 | Manchester | 19 December 2009 |
| Championship record | France | 3:03.78 | Doha | 3 December 2014 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 13:37.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 6 | France | Clément Mignon (46.75) Medhy Metella (46.38) Jérémy Stravius (46.56) Yonel Govindin (48.36) | 3:08.05 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 8 | Russia | Nikita Lobintsev (47.76) Aleksei Brianskiy (47.39) Mikhail Vekovishchev (46.84) Aleksandr Popkov (46.40) | 3:08.39 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 9 | Australia | Breyden McCarthy (47.36) Jack Gerrard (47.61) David Morgan (47.50) Tommaso D'Orsogna (46.50) | 3:08.97 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | United States | Paul Powers (48.24) Matthew Josa (47.78) Michael Chadwick (46.66) Blake Pieroni (46.34) | 3:09.02 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Canada | Yuri Kisil (47.26) Markus Thormeyer (47.92) Evan van Moerkerke (48.06) Javier Acevedo (47.56) | 3:10.80 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Japan | Shinri Shioura (47.58) Kenta Ito (47.43) Kosuke Matsui (48.52) Katsuhiro Matsumoto (47.80) | 3:11.33 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Netherlands | Nyls Korstanje (47.99) Ben Schwietert (47.55) Dion Dreesens (47.72) Kyle Stolk (48.81) | 3:12.07 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Belarus | Yauhen Tsurkin (48.64) Anton Latkin (47.97) Viktar Staselovich (48.71) Artsiom Machekin (47.57) | 3:12.89 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | China | Li Zhuhao (48.59) Lin Yongqing (47.49) Yu Hexin (48.73) Liu Zhaochen (48.16) | 3:12.97 | |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Finland | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (48.51) Matias Koski (47.63) Andrei Tuomola (48.39) Riku Poytakivi (48.53) | 3:13.06 | NR |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Sweden | Christoffer Carlsen (48.00) Axel Pettersson (47.98) Daniel Forndal (49.08) Robin Andreasson (48.30) | 3:13.36 | |
| 12 | 2 | 9 | Hungary | Ádám Telegdy (48.40) Maksim Lobanovskii (47.17) Richárd Márton (49.20) Márton Barta (50.47) | 3:15.24 | NR |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | South Africa | Douglas Erasmus (47.96) Alaric Basson (50.27) Alard Basson (50.65) Eben Vorster (50.26) | 3:19.14 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Paraguay | Benjamin Hockin (48.21) Ivo Kunzle Savastano (51.79) Mathias Zacarias (52.35) Charles Hockin (48.10) | 3:20.45 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Macau | Man Hou Chao (50.49) Pok Man Ngou (51.62) Cheng Man Yum (53.39) Sizhuang Lin (51.22) | 3:26.72 | NR |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Papua New Guinea | Sam Seghers (50.84) Stanford Kawale (52.78) Livingston Aika (54.08) Ryan Pini (49.06) | 3:26.76 | NR |
| 17 | 2 | 4 | Costa Rica | Esteban Araya (53.31) José David Solis Rosales (55.26) Arnoldo Herrera (52.62) Juan Dobles (51.47) | 3:32.66 | NR |
| — | 1 | 3 | Dominican Republic | | | DNS |
| — | 2 | 3 | Singapore | | | DNS |
| — | 2 | 8 | Uzbekistan | | | DNS |

### Final

The final was held at 20:22.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time |
| | 5 | Russia | Nikita Lobintsev (47.34) Mikhail Vekovishchev (46.96) Vladimir Morozov (45.42) Aleksandr Popkov (46.18) | 3:05.90 |
| | 4 | France | Clément Mignon (46.91) Jérémy Stravius (46.21) Jordan Pothain (47.90) Mehdy Metella (46.33) | 3:07.35 |
| | 3 | Australia | Brayden McCarthy (47.57) Daniel Smith (46.84) David Morgan (47.48) Tommaso D'Orsogna (45.87) | 3:07.76 |
| | 6 | United States | Michael Chadwick (47.56) Tom Shields (46.59) Paul Powers (47.59) Blake Pieroni (46.02) | 3:07.76 |
| 5 | 7 | Japan | Shinri Shioura (47.48) Kenta Ito (47.10) Kosuke Matsui (47.66) Katsuhiro Matsumoto (47.51) | 3:09.75 |
| 6 | 1 | Netherlands | Nyls Korstanje (47.59) Ben Schwietert (47.83) Dion Dreesens (47.40) Kyle Stolk (47.05) | 3:09.87 |
| 7 | 2 | Canada | Yuri Kisil (47.03) Markus Thormeyer (47.57) Evan van Moerkerke (48.05) Javier Acevedo (47.31) | 3:09.96 |
| 8 | 8 | Belarus | Yauhen Tsurkin (48.43) Anton Latkin (48.07) Viktar Staselovich (48.50) Artsiom Machekin (47.77) | 3:12.77 |