Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Final
Table:
Rank
Lane
Nation
Swimmers
Time
Time behind
Notes

4
Australia
Ian Thorpe (1:46.03)
Michael Klim (1:46.40)
Todd Pearson (1:47.36)
Bill Kirby (1:47.26)
7:07.05

WR

5
United States
Scott Goldblatt (1:49.66)
Josh Davis (1:46.49)
Jamie Rauch (1:48.74)
Klete Keller (1:47.75)
7:12.64
5.59

2
Netherlands
Martijn Zuijdweg (1:49.89)
Johan Kenkhuis (1:49.37)
Marcel Wouda (1:48.56)
Pieter van den Hoogenband (1:44.88)
7:12.70
5.65
NR

4
3
Italy
Andrea Beccari (1:49.67)
Matteo Pelliciari (1:48.41)
Emiliano Brembilla (1:48.92)
Massimiliano Rosolino (1:45.91)
7:12.91
5.86

5
7
Great Britain
Edward Sinclair (1:49.61)
Paul Palmer (1:47.15)
Marc Spackman (1:48.85)
James Salter (1:47.37)
7:12.98
5.93

6
6
Germany
Stefan Pohl (1:50.83)
Christian Keller (1:50.01)
Stefan Herbst (1:49.05)
Christian Tröger (1:50.30)
7:20.19
13.14

7
1
Canada
Mark Johnston (1:50.44)
Mike Mintenko (1:49.94)
Rick Say (1:48.71)
Yannick Lupien (1:52.83)
7:21.92
14.87

8
8
Russia
Dmitry Chernyshov (1:50.44)
Andrey Kapralov (1:51.16)
Sergey Lavrenov (1:51.65)
Alexei Filipets (1:51.12)
7:24.37
17.32

Examining the table titled section "Final" within Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, respond to this question in a short sentence: Which nations placed in the bottom 3 for the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay final? Provide just your answer in a JSON object {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Germany (7:20.19), Canada (7:21.92), and Russia (7:24.37) placed in the bottom 3 in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay final.