# Nuoto ai Giochi della XXXI Olimpiade - Staffetta 4x200 metri stile libero maschile

La staffetta 4x200 metri maschile dei Giochi di Rio de Janeiro 2016 è stata disputata il 9 agosto 2016 allo Stadio acquatico olimpico di Rio de Janeiro in Brasile. Hanno partecipato 16 nazionali.

## Record

Prima della competizione i record mondiale e olimpico erano i seguenti:
| 6'58"55 | Stati Uniti Michael Phelps Ricky Berens David Walters Ryan Lochte | 31 luglio 2009 Roma, Italia |
| 6'58"56 | Stati Uniti Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Ricky Berens Peter Vanderkaay | 13 agosto 2008 Pechino, Cina |

## Risultati
### Batterie

| Posizione | Batteria | Corsia | Nazione | Nuotatori | Tempo | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Gran Bretagna | Stephen Milne (1:46.70) Robbie Renwick (1:48.17) Daniel Wallace (1:46.39) Duncan Scott (1:45.05) | 7:06.31 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Stati Uniti | Clark Smith (1:47.20) Jack Conger (1:45.73) Gunnar Bentz (1:48.01) Ryan Lochte (1:45.80) | 7:06.74 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Russia | Michail Dovgaljuk (1:46.91) Vyacheslav Andrusenko (1:47.50) Nikita Lobintsev (1:46.42) Aleksandr Krasnych (1:45.98) | 7:06.81 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Germania | Florian Vogel (1:47.16) Jacob Heidtmann (1:47.17) Clemens Rapp (1:46.61) Paul Biedermann (1:46.72) | 7:07.66 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Giappone | Kōsuke Hagino (1:46.60) Naito Ehara (1:47.12) Yūki Kobori (1:47.60) Takeshi Matsuda (1:46.36) | 7:07.68 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Australia | Daniel Smith (1:47.55) Mack Horton (1:46.32) Jacob Hansford (1:47.70) Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:46.41) | 7:07.98 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Belgio | Louis Croenen (1:48.35) Dieter Dekoninck (1:46.57) Emmanuel Vanluchene (1:47.79) Glenn Surgeloose (1:46.01) | 7:08.72 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Paesi Bassi | Dion Dreesens (1:47.86) Kyle Stolk (1:47.13) Ben Schwietert (1:47.92) Maarten Brzoskowski (1:46.25) | 7:09.16 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 8 | Italia | Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo (1:47.65) Alex Di Giorgio (1:47.74) Marco Belotti (1:47.01) Gabriele Detti (1:46.80) | 7:09.20 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Polonia | Jan Świtkowski (1:47.95) Paweł Korzeniowski (1:48.14) Kacper Klich (1:49.52) Kacper Majchrzak (1:45.50) | 7:11.11 | dq |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Sudafrica | Myles Brown (1:46.47) Sebastien Rousseau (1:48.35) Calvyn Justus (1:49.04) Dylan Bosch (1:48.75) | 7:12.61 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Spagna | Victor Martín (1:48.74) Miguel Durán (1:48.10) Albert Puig (1:48.13) Marc Sánchez (1:47.65) | 7:12.62 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Danimarca | Anders Lie Nielsen (1:47.62) Daniel Skaaning (1:46.78) Soren Dahl (1:47.43) Magnus Westermann (1:50.83) | 7:12.66 | |
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Francia | Jordan Pothain (1:46.56) Grégory Mallet (1:47.60) Lorys Bourelly (1:48.62) Damien Joly (1:50.93) | 7:13.71 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Brasile | Luiz Altamir Melo (1:48.19) João de Lucca (1:47.77) Andre Pereira (1:49.19) Nicolas Oliveira (1:48.69) | 7:13.84 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Ungheria | Péter Bernek (1:47.69) Gergő Kis (1:51.02) Benjámin Grátz (1:48.71) Dominik Kozma (1:51.09) | 7:18.51 | dq |

### Finale

| Posizione | Corsia | Nazione | Nuotatori | Tempo |
| | 5 | Stati Uniti | Conor Dwyer (1:45.23) Townley Haas (1:44.14) Ryan Lochte (1:46.03) Michael Phelps (1:45.26) | 7:00.66 |
| | 4 | Gran Bretagna | Stephen Milne (1:46.97) Duncan Scott (1:45.05) Daniel Wallace (1:46.26) James Guy (1:44.85) | 7:03.13 |
| | 2 | Giappone | Kōsuke Hagino (1:45.34) Naito Ehara (1:46.11) Yūki Kobori (1:45.71) Takeshi Matsuda (1:46.34) | 7:03.50 |
| 4 | 7 | Australia | Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:45.81) David McKeon (1:45.63) Daniel Smith (1:47.37) Mack Horton (1:45.37) | 7:04.18 |
| 5 | 3 | Russia | Danila Izotov (1:46.72) Aleksandr Krasnych (1:45.67) Nikita Lobintsev (1:46.31) Michail Dovgaljuk (1:47.00) | 7:05.70 |
| 6 | 6 | Germania | Florian Vogel (1:47.16) Christoph Fildebrandt (1:47.91) Clemens Rapp (1:46.12) Paul Biedermann (1:46.09) | 7:07.28 |
| 7 | 8 | Paesi Bassi | Dion Dreesens (1:47.58) Maarten Brzoskowski (1:46.87) Kyle Stolk (1:47.59) Sebastiaan Verschuren (1:47.06) | 7:09.10 |
| 8 | 1 | Belgio | Louis Croenen (1:48.95) Dieter Dekoninck (1:47.50) Glenn Surgeloose (1:46.91) Pieter Timmers (1:48.28) | 7:11.64 |