| Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Paris Aquatics Centre, | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 3 and 4 August 2024 (heats and final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 74 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 16 teams | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:27.46 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |||
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| Qualification | |||
| Freestyle | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| 800 m | men | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women | |
| Backstroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Breaststroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Butterfly | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Individual medley | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| Freestyle relay | |||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women | |
| Medley relay | |||
| 4 × 100 m | men | mixed | women |
| Marathon | |||
| 10 km | men | women | |
The men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 3 and 4 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.
China won gold, with the United States finishing second and France third. This marked the first time since the event's inclusion in the 1960 Olympics that the U.S. competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay and did not win gold.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record |
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3:26.78 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 August 2021 |
| Olympic record |
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3:26.78 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 August 2021 |
Qualification
Main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – QualificationFor the relays, a maximum of 16 qualifying teams in each event must be permitted to accumulate a total of 112 relay teams; each NOC may enter only one team. The top three teams in each relay race at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan will directly book a slot for their corresponding event at the Olympics, while the remaining thirteen vying for qualification per relay race must attain their best time from the heats and finals at the combined 2023 and 2024 meet in Doha.
Competition format
The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The teams with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round (final).
Schedule
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2024 | 10:00 | Heats |
| 4 August 2024 | 20:30 | Final |
Results
Heats
Final
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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5 |  China |
Xu Jiayu (52.37) Qin Haiyang (57.98) Sun Jiajun (51.19) Pan Zhanle (45.92) |
3:27.46 | |
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3 |  United States |
Ryan Murphy (52.44) Nic Fink (58.97) Caeleb Dressel (49.41) Hunter Armstrong (47.19) |
3:28.01 | |
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4 |  France |
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (52.60) Léon Marchand (58.62) Maxime Grousset (49.57) Florent Manaudou (47.59) |
3:28.38 | NR |
| 4 | 2 |  Great Britain |
Oliver Morgan (52.83) Adam Peaty (58.16) Duncan Scott (51.30) Matthew Richards (47.31) |
3:29.60 | |
| 5 | 1 |  Canada |
Blake Tierney (53.75) Finlay Knox (59.75) Ilya Kharun (50.46) Josh Liendo (47.31) |
3:31.27 | |
| 6 | 7 |  Australia |
Isaac Cooper (54.28) Joshua Yong (59.26) Matthew Temple (50.89) Kyle Chalmers (47.43) |
3:31.86 | |
| 7 | 8 |  Germany |
Ole Braunschweig (54.38) Melvin Imoudu (59.37) Luca Armbruster (50.96) Josha Salchow (47.75) |
3:32.46 | |
| 8 | 6 |  Netherlands |
Kai van Westering [nl] (54.60) Caspar Corbeau (59.19) Nyls Korstanje (50.60) Stan Pijnenburg (48.13) |
3:32.52 |
References
- "Paris Olympics: U.S. swimming streak in men's medley relay ends, team settles for silver". Yahoo Sports. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- Byrnes, Liz (17 July 2022). "FINA Confirm Doha 2024 Will Be Olympic Relay Qualification Meet; Only Top Three To Book Slots In Fukuoka". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
