# 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 9 December 2016.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record Championship record | Russia | 6:49.04 | Dubai | 16 December 2010 |

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held at 11:18.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | United States | Blake Pieroni (1:43.37) Jacob Pebley (1:43.89) Pace Clark (1:44.05) Zane Grothe (1:42.60) | 6:53.91 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 8 | Australia | Clyde Lewis (1:44.07) Alexander Graham (1:43.39) Daniel Smith (1:42.97) Jack Gerrard (1:44.29) | 6:54.72 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Denmark | Sebastian Ovesen (1:43.93) Daniel Skaaning (1:44.01) Anders Lie (1:42.64) Frans Johannessen (1:44.30) | 6:54.88 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Japan | Yuki Kobori (1:44.36) Daiya Seto (1:44.54) Katsuhiro Matsumoto (1:44.01) Tsubasa Amai (1:44.58) | 6:57.49 | Q, AS |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Russia | Daniil Pasynkov (1:45.37) Artem Lobuzov (1:44.79) Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:44.19) Mikhail Vekovishchev (1:43.39) | 6:57.74 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | China | Qiu Ziao (1:46.01) Shang Keyuan (1:45.18) Qian Zhiyong (1:43.81) Wang Shun (1:43.03) | 6:58.03 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Netherlands | Dion Dreesens (1:44.86) Maarten Brzoskowski (1:44.56) Ben Schwietert (1:45.32) Kyle Stolk (1:43.81) | 6:58.55 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Great Britain | Adam Barrett (1:45.98) Mark Szaranek (1:46.01) Max Litchfield (1:44.49) Stephen Milne (1:44.55) | 7:01.03 | Q, WD |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Belgium | Louis Croenen (1:45.14) Thomas Thijs (1:47.63) Pieter Timmers (1:42.51) Lorenz Weiremans (1:47.06) | 7:02.34 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Sweden | Adam Paulsson (1:45.58) Christoffer Carlssen (1:45.60) Victor Johansson (1:45.62) Mattias Carlsson (1:45.55) | 7:02.35 | NR |
| 11 | 3 | 7 | Hungary | Péter Bernek (1:45.44) Ádám Telegdy (1:45.80) Richárd Márton (1:45.01) Tamás Kenderesi (1:47.41) | 7:03.66 | NR |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Canada | Markus Thormeyer (1:45.76) Stefan Milosevic (1:46.25) Javier Acevedo (1:47.67) Jeremy Bagshaw (1:45.10) | 7:04.78 | |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Portugal | Miguel Nascimento (1:46.56) Gabriel Lopes (1:46.99) Diogo Carvalho (1:46.31) Alexis Santos (1:45.07) | 7:04.93 | NR |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Norway | Henrik Christiansen (1:45.40) Markus Lie (1:45.09) Truls Wigdel (1:46.86) Erik Arsland (1:47.84) | 7:05.19 | NR |
| 15 | 3 | 9 | France | Jordan Pothain (1:43.70) Oleg Garasymovytch (1:47.38) Jean Dencausse (1:48.97) Joris Bouchaut (1:46.93) | 7:06.98 | |
| 16 | 2 | 5 | Czech Republic | Jan Micka (1:47.09) Tomáš Franta (1:48.50) Jan Šefl (1:48.72) Tomáš Havránek (1:48.30) | 7:12.61 | |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Chile | Matias Pinto (1:51.15) Felipe Quiroz Uteau (1:54.87) Felipe Tapia Salinas (1:52.89) Joaquin Sepulveda Parra (1:57.06) | 7:35.97 | |
| 18 | 3 | 4 | Costa Rica | Antonio Gonzales (1:55.29) Bryan Alvarez (1:55.90) Arnoldo Herrera (1:55.53) Esteban Araya (1:54.38) | 7:41.10 | NR |
| 19 | 2 | 4 | Macau | Lin Sizhuang (1:52.78) Ngou Pok Man (1:56.12) Yum Cheng Man (2:00.32) Chao Man Hou (1:56.83) | 7:46.05 | NR |
| 20 | 2 | 6 | Gibraltar | David Hitchcock (1:58.84) Colin Bensadon (1:55.61) James Sanderson (1:57.01) Matt Savitz (1:57.60) | 7:49.06 | NR |
| | 2 | 0 | South Africa | | | DNS |
| | 2 | 3 | Venezuela | | | DNS |

### Final

The final was held at 20:19.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | United States | Blake Pieroni (1:43.14) Jacob Pebley (1:43.38) Pace Clark (1:44.16) Zane Grothe (1:42.66) | 6:53.34 | |
| | 6 | Japan | Yuki Kobori (1:43.97) Daiya Seto (1:42.54) Tsubasa Amai (1:44.11) Katsuhiro Matsumoto (1:42.92) | 6:53.54 | AS |
| | 5 | Australia | Clyde Lewis (1:43.64) Mitch Larkin (1:45.20) Daniel Smith (1:41.58) Alexander Graham (1:43.30) | 6:53.72 | |
| 4 | 3 | Denmark | Sebastian Ovesen (1:44.75) Daniel Skaaning (1:44.15) Frans Johannessen (1:43.70) Anders Lie (1:41.89) | 6:54.49 | NR |
| 5 | 1 | Netherlands | Kyle Stolk (1:45.58) Maarten Brzoskowski (1:43.90) Ben Schwietert (1:46.27) Dion Dreesens (1:43.35) | 6:59.10 | |
| 6 | 7 | China | Qiu Ziao (1:45.37) Shang Keyuan (1:45.78) Qian Zhiyong (1:45.67) Wang Shun (1:44.75) | 7:01.57 | |
| 7 | 8 | Belgium | Louis Croenen (1:45.32) Thomas Thijs (1:46.66) Pieter Timmers (1:44.01) Lorenz Weiremans (1:46.37) | 7:02.36 | |
| DSQ | 2 | Russia | Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:44.27) Mikhail Vekovishchev (1:42.86) Artem Lobuzov (1:44.04) Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:40.93) | 6:52.10 | |