Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date26 July 1996 (heats & final)
Competitors112 from 25 nations
Winning time3:34.84 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Jeff Rouse, Jeremy Linn, Mark Henderson, Gary Hall, Jr., Josh Davis*, Kurt Grote*, John Hargis*, Tripp Schwenk*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Vladimir Selkov, Stanislav Lopukhov, Denis Pankratov, Alexander Popov, Roman Ivanovsky*, Vladislav Kulikov*, Roman Yegorov*
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Steven Dewick, Phil Rogers, Scott Miller, Michael Klim, Toby Haenen*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
  1992
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The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. [1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Jeff Rouse (53.86)
Nelson Diebel (1:01.45)
Pablo Morales (52.83)
Jon Olsen (48.79)
3:36.93 Barcelona, Spain 31 July 1992
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Jeff Rouse (53.86)
Nelson Diebel (1:01.45)
Pablo Morales (52.83)
Jon Olsen (48.79)
3:36.93 Barcelona, Spain 31 July 1992

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
26 JulyFinal Jeff Rouse (53.95)
Jeremy Linn (1:00.32)
Mark Henderson (52.39)
Gary Hall, Jr. (48.18)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:34.84 WR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q). [2]

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
144Flag of the United States.svg  United States Tripp Schwenk (55.54)
Kurt Grote (1:01.65)
John Hargis (53.34)
Josh Davis (49.40)
3:39.93Q
245Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Tamás Deutsch (56.51)
Károly Güttler (1:01.55)
Péter Horváth (53.03)
Attila Zubor (49.96)
3:41.05Q, NR
335Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Stev Theloke (56.23)
Mark Warnecke (1:01.89)
Oliver Lampe (53.67)
Bengt Zikarsky (49.31)
3:41.10Q
424Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Toby Haenen (56.92)
Phil Rogers (1:02.21)
Scott Miller (52.30)
Michael Klim (49.87)
3:41.30Q
534Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Alexander Popov (55.71)
Roman Ivanovsky (1:02.19)
Vladislav Kulikov (53.72)
Roman Yegorov (49.87)
3:41.49Q
633Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Mariusz Siembida (55.83) NR
Marek Krawczyk (1:02.55)
Rafał Szukała (53.54)
Bartosz Kizierowski (49.80)
3:41.72Q, NR
725Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Keitaro Konnai (55.64)
Akira Hayashi (1:01.71)
Takashi Yamamoto (53.82)
Shunsuke Ito (50.61)
3:41.78Q
832Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Eithan Urbach (56.82)
Vadim Alexeev (1:02.15)
Dan Kutler (54.28)
Yoav Bruck (48.99)
3:42.24Q, NR
915Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Volodymyr Nikolaychuk (56.96)
Oleksandr Dzhaburiya (1:02.74)
Denys Sylantyev (53.29)
Pavlo Khnykin (49.30)
3:42.29 NR
1047Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Martin van der Spoel (57.15)
Benno Kuipers (1:02.29)
Stefan Aartsen (54.00)
Pieter van den Hoogenband (48.98)
3:42.42
1123Flag of France.svg  France Franck Schott (56.08)
Vladimir Latocha (1:02.92)
Franck Esposito (53.75)
Nicolas Gruson (50.19)
3:42.94
1246Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Robert Braknis (56.82)
Jonathan Cleveland (1:02.66)
Edward Parenti (53.83)
Stephan Clarke (49.64)
3:42.95
1342Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Zhao Yi (57.84)
Zeng Qiliang (1:01.75)
Jiang Chengji (53.22)
Zhao Lifeng (50.69)
3:43.50
1436Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Jonathan Winter (57.05)
Paul Kent (1:03.10)
Danyon Loader (55.20)
Trent Bray (50.45)
3:45.80
1514Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Sergey Ushkalov (58.41)
Aleksandr Savitsky (1:06.45)
Andrey Gavrilov (54.05)
Aleksey Yegorov (50.60)
3:49.51
1637Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Tomislav Karlo (57.32)
Krešimir Čač (1:06.02)
Miloš Milošević (54.66)
Miroslav Vučetić (52.09)
3:50.09
1731Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Kim Min-suk (58.75)
Cho Kwang-jea (1:02.19)
Yang Dae-chul (57.73)
Koh Yun-ho (52.17)
3:50.84
1827Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania Darius Grigalionis (56.66)
Nerijus Beiga (1:04.55)
Mindaugas Bružas (57.48)
Raimundas Mažuolis (52.62)
3:51.31
1921Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Carlos Bodega (1:02.33)
Todd Torres (1:03.50)
Ricardo Busquets (54.45)
José González (51.76)
3:52.04
2013Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Alex Lim (58.48)
Elvin Chia (1:04.42)
Anthony Ang (55.23)
Wan Azlan Abdullah (54.45)
3:52.58
2128Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan Konstantin Priahin (1:00.25)
Yevgeny Petrashov (1:07.43)
Konstantin Andriushin (57.63)
Sergey Ashihmin (50.93)
3:56.24
2241Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Dulyarit Phuangthong (59.13)
Ratapong Sirisanont (1:04.60)
Niti Intharapichai (58.32)
Torlarp Sethsothorn (54.75)
3:56.80
2338Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Gerald Koh (1:00.99)
Desmond Koh (1:07.07)
Thum Ping Tjin (57.83)
Sng Ju Wei (53.62)
3:59.51
48Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Nuno Laurentino (58.02)
José Couto (1:03.53)
Miguel Cabrita (56.53)
Miguel Machado (52.37)
DSQ
43Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Neil Willey (55.99)
Richard Maden (1:01.92)
James Hickman (52.69)
Nicholas Shackell
DSQ

Final

[3] [4]

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Jeff Rouse (53.95)
Jeremy Linn (1:00.32)
Mark Henderson (52.39)
Gary Hall, Jr. (48.18)
3:34.84 WR
Silver medal icon.svg2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Vladimir Selkov (55.53)
Stanislav Lopukhov (1:01.66)
Denis Pankratov (51.55)
Alexander Popov (48.81)
3:37.55 EU
Bronze medal icon.svg6Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Steven Dewick (56.65)
Phil Rogers (1:01.71)
Scott Miller (52.04)
Michael Klim (49.16)
3:39.56 OC
43Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Ralf Braun (55.76)
Mark Warnecke (1:01.40)
Christian Keller (53.15)
Björn Zikarsky (49.33)
3:39.64
51Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Keitaro Konnai (55.70)
Akira Hayashi (1:01.46)
Takashi Yamamoto (53.28)
Shunsuke Ito (50.07)
3:40.51 AS
65Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Tamás Deutsch (56.54)
Károly Güttler (1:01.41)
Péter Horváth (53.25)
Attila Czene (49.64)
3:40.84 NR
77Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Mariusz Siembida (55.82)
Marek Krawczyk (1:02.71)
Rafał Szukała (53.29)
Bartosz Kizierowski (50.12)
3:41.94
88Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Eithan Urbach (56.79)
Vadim Alexeev (1:02.18)
Dan Kutler (54.32)
Yoav Bruck (49.61)
3:42.90

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