# Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay at the 2009 World Championships took place on July 31, 2009 at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. 30 countries entered the event, of which 27 swam.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:
| World Record | United States (USA) Michael Phelps (1:43.31) Ryan Lochte (1:44.28) Ricky Berens (1:46.29) Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.68) | 6:58.56 | Beijing, China | 13 August 2008 |
| Championship Record | United States (USA) Michael Phelps (1:45.36) Ryan Lochte (1:45.86) Klete Keller (1:46.31) Peter Vanderkaay (1:45.71) | 7:03.24 | Melbourne, Australia | 30 March 2007 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Nation | Time | Record |
| 31 July | Final | United States Michael Phelps (1:44.49) Ricky Berens (1:44.13) David Walters (1:45.47) Ryan Lochte (1:44.46) | 3:09.21 | CR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | United States | Ricky Berens (1:44.95) Daniel Madwed (1:45.63) Davis Tarwater (1:47.94) Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.78) | 7:03.30 | |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | Japan | Shogo Hihara (1:46.75) Yoshihiro Okumura (1:44.73) Shunsuke Kuzuhara (1:46.41) Takeshi Matsuda (1:45.41) | 7:03.30 | AS |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Australia | Nic Ffrost (1:46.93) Robert Hurley (1:45.96) Kirk Palmer (1:46.65) Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:46.02) | 7:05.56 | |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Germany | Paul Biedermann (1:44.02) Felix Wolf (1:48.25) Yannick Lebherz (1:47.54) Clemens Rapp (1:45.81) | 7:05.62 | |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Great Britain | Robert Renwick (1:46.11) NR Andrew Hunter (1:46.85) David Davies (1:46.77) David Carry (1:46.38) | 7:06.11 | |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Russia | Yevgeny Lagunov (1:48.30) Mikhail Polischuk (1:44.93) Sergei Perunin (1:46.53) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:46.68) | 7:06.44 | |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | South Africa | Jean Basson (1:45.99) Darian Townsend (1:46.22) Jan Albert Venter (1:47.78) Sebastien Rousseau (1:48.02) | 7:08.01 | AF |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Italy | Cesare Sciocchetti (1:47.81) Massimiliano Rosolino (1:48.26) Gianluca Maglia (1:45.60) Damiano Lestingi (1:46.40) | 7:08.07 | |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Hungary | László Cseh (1:45.78) NR Péter Bernek (1:47.88) Zoltán Povázsay (1:47.99) Gergő Kis (1:46.59) | 7:08.24 | NR |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Brazil | Thiago Pereira (1:46.57) SA Rodrigo Castro (1:48.23) Lucas Salatta (1:48.48) Nicolas Oliveira (1:46.43) | 7:09.71 | SA |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Canada | Colin Russell (1:47.81) Stefan Hirniak (1:45.62) Blake Worsley (1:48.71) Joel Greenshields (1:47.77) | 7:09.91 | |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Poland | Paweł Korzeniowski (1:46.59) Konrad Czerniak (1:47.49) Lukasz Wojt (1:48.25) Pawel Rupak (1:49.77) | 7:12.10 | |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Portugal | Cesar Faria (1:49.30) Jorge Maia (1:49.67) Diogo Carvalho (1:48.83) Fabio Pereira (1:48.68) | 7:16.48 | NR |
| 14 | 2 | 0 | Belgium | Glenn Surgeloose (1:49.66) Pholien Systermans (1:48.94) Stef Verachten (1:49.48) Yoris Grandjean (1:49.35) | 7:17.43 | NR |
| 15 | 1 | 3 | China | Sun Yang (1:51.30) Xin Tong (1:50.27) Shi Tengfei (1:49.54) Chen Zuo (1:49.39) | 7:20.50 | |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Venezuela | Daniele Tirabassi (1:49.77) Roberto Gomez (1:51.31) Alejandro Gómez (1:51.03) Crox Acuna (1:48.45) | 7:20.56 | NR |
| 17 | 1 | 9 | Switzerland | David Karasek (1:49.46) Dominik Meichtry (1:48.67) Duncan Furrer (1:53.00) Simon Rabold (1:51.50) | 7:22.63 | NR |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Kazakhstan | Artur Dilman (1:54.76) Oleg Rabota (1:51.64) Stanislav Kuzmin (1:53.70) Dmitriy Gordiyenko (1:52.98) | 7:33.08 | |
| 19 | 1 | 7 | Uzbekistan | Petr Romashkin (1:53.01) Danil Bugakov (1:53.47) Sobitjon Amilov (1:54.29) Daniil Tulupov (1:53.94) | 7:34.71 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Chinese Taipei | Hsu Chi-Chieh (1:52.70) Chien Jui-Ting (1:53.37) Pan Kai-Wen (1:55.63) Lin Kuan-Ting (1:55.13) | 7:36.83 | |
| 21 | 2 | 7 | Singapore | Danny Yeo (1:57.33) Lim Wen Hao Joshua (1:52.67) Tan Xue Wei Nicholas (1:53.98) Lim Clement (1:54.56) | 7:38.54 | |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | India | Mandar Divase (2:00.23) Virdhawal Khade (2:01.54) Rehan Poncha (2:04.98) Ashwin Menon (2:01.09) | 8:07.84 | |
| 23 | 2 | 8 | United Arab Emirates | Mohammed Al Ghaferi (2:00.57) Ali Al Kaabi (2:02.70) Mubarak Al Besher (2:04.63) Obaid Al Jasmi (1:59.99) | 8:07.89 | NR |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Macau | Antonio Tong (2:00.51) Lao Kuan Fong (2:02.52) Wong Wing Cheung Victor (2:01.88) Ngou Pok Man (2:03.72) | 8:08.63 | |
| 25 | 2 | 9 | Malta | Neil Agius (1:59.92) dEdward Caruana Dingli (2:03.55) Mark Sammut (2:04.69) Andrea Agius (2:03.50) | 8:11.66 | |
| 26 | 3 | 0 | Albania | Endi Babi (1:58.90) Mario Sulkja (2:14.21) Jon Pepaj (2:07.03) Sidni Hoxha (2:05.19) | 8:25.33 | |
| 27 | 1 | 8 | Northern Mariana Islands | Eli Ebenezer Wong (2:02.46) Cooper Graf (2:16.29) Shin Kimura (2:15.07) Kailan Staal (2:01.92) | 8:35.74 | |
| – | 1 | 0 | Croatia | | DNS | |
| – | 3 | 1 | Kuwait | | DNS | |
| – | 3 | 9 | Czech Republic | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Note |
| | 4 | United States | Michael Phelps (1:44.49) Ricky Berens (1:44.13) David Walters (1:45.47) Ryan Lochte (1:44.46) | 6:58.55 | WR |
| | 7 | Russia | Nikita Lobintsev (1:45.10) Mikhail Polischuk (1:45.42) Danila Izotov (1:44.48) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:44.15) | 6:59.15 | ER |
| | 3 | Australia | Kenrick Monk (1:46.00) Robert Hurley (1:46.47) Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:44.82) Patrick Murphy (1:44.36) | 7:01.65 | OC |
| 4 | 5 | Japan | Sho Uchida (1:45.90) Yoshihiro Okumura (1:45.83) Shogo Hihara (1:45.99) Takeshi Matsuda (1:44.54) | 7:02.26 | AS |
| 5 | 6 | Germany | Paul Biedermann (1:42.81) Felix Wolf (1:47.65) Yannick Lebherz (1:47.31) Clemens Rapp (1:45.42) | 7:03.19 | NR |
| 6 | 8 | Italy | Emiliano Brembilla (1:46.29) NR Gianluca Maglia (1:45.85) Marco Belotti (1:45.46) Filippo Magnini (1:45.88) | 7:03.48 | NR |
| 7 | 2 | Great Britain | Robert Renwick (1:45.99) NR Robert Bale (1:47.18) David Carry (1:46.41) Ross Davenport (1:46.09) | 7:05.67 | NR |
| 8 | 1 | South Africa | Jean Basson (1:46.13) Darian Townsend (1:46.81) Jan Albert Venter (1:47.13) Sebastien Rousseau (1:48.44) | 7:08.51 | |