Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
| Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Danube Arena | |||||||||
| Dates | 17 May 2021 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 93 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 21 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:10.41 | |||||||||
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The Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 May 2021.[1][2]
Records
Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Team | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  United States | 3:08.24 | Beijing | 11 August 2008 |
| European record |  France | 3:08.32 | ||
| Championship record | 3:11.64 | Berlin | 18 August 2014 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Nation | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May | Final |  Russia | 3:10.41 | CR |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 11:48.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 6 |  Italy | Alessandro Miressi (47.95) Manuel Frigo (48.05) Leonardo Deplano (48.87) Lorenzo Zazzeri (47.98) | 3:12.85 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 7 |  Serbia | Velimir Stjepanović (49.25) Uroš Nikolić (48.68) Andrej Barna (47.74) Nikola Aćin (48.24) | 3:13.91 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 2 | 2 |  Great Britain | Matthew Richards (49.12) James Guy (48.15) Jacob Whittle (48.43) Joe Litchfield (48.59) | 3:14.29 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Russia | Andrey Zhilkin (48.93) Mikhail Vekovishchev (48.42) Ivan Girev (48.54) Evgeny Rylov (48.61) | 3:14.50 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 6 |  Switzerland | Roman Mityukov (48.21) Nils Liess (49.02) Noè Ponti (48.70) Antonio Djakovic (48.79) | 3:14.72 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 3 | 5 |  Netherlands | Nyls Korstanje (48.88) Stan Pijnenburg (48.01) Thom de Boer (49.00) Jesse Puts (48.91) | 3:14.80 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 0 |  Greece | Apostolos Christou (48.65 NR) Kristian Golomeev (48.46) Odysseus Meladinis (49.56) Andreas Vazaios (48.49) | 3:15.16 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 8 |  Hungary | Dominik Kozma (49.49) Péter Holoda (48.90) Szebasztián Szabó (48.84) Richárd Bohus (48.38) | 3:15.61 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 |  Sweden | Robin Hanson (48.93) Björn Seeliger (48.37) Isak Eliasson (48.57) Elias Persson (49.96) | 3:15.83 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 |  Poland | Konrad Czerniak (49.30) Bartosz Piszczorowicz (48.88) Kacper Stokowski (49.16) Kacper Majchrzak (48.78) | 3:16.12 | |
| 11 | 3 | 3 |  Belgium | Alexandre Marcourt (49.58) Jasper Aerents (49.03) Thomas Thijs (49.04) Sebastien De Meulemeester (48.97) | 3:16.62 | |
| 12 | 3 | 1 |  Ireland | Jack McMillan (49.12) Jordan Sloan (49.20) Shane Ryan (49.02) Max McCusker (49.54) | 3:16.88 | NR |
| 13 | 3 | 7 |  Israel | Tomer Frankel (49.85) Meiron Cheruti (49.18) Denis Loktev (49.56) Gal Cohen Groumi (49.23) | 3:17.82 | NR |
| 14 | 3 | 2 |  Ukraine | Valentyn Nesterkin (49.79) Sergii Shevtsov (48.18) Illya Linnyk (50.04) Artem Bondar (50.03) | 3:18.04 | |
| 15 | 1 | 3 |  Turkey | Yalım Acımış (50.07) Ümitcan Güreş (50.10) Baturalp Ünlü (49.33) Doğa Çelik (49.91) | 3:19.41 | |
| 16 | 3 | 4 |  Lithuania | Deividas Margevičius (50.35) Simonas Bilis (48.71) Daniil Pancerevas (50.52) Jokūbas Keblys (50.13) | 3:19.71 | |
| 17 | 2 | 1 |  Norway | Markus Lie (50.06) Niksa Stojkovski (49.65) Nicholas Lia (49.01) Jon Jøntvedt (51.68) | 3:20.40 | NR |
| 18 | 1 | 4 |  Luxembourg | Max Mannes (50.98) Raphaël Stacchiotti (51.43) Pit Brandenburger (50.07) Ralph Daleiden (49.14) | 3:21.62 | NR |
| 19 | 2 | 5 |  Slovakia | Ádám Halás (51.76) Matej Duša (49.64) Jakub Poliačik (52.17) Alex Kušík (52.42) | 3:25.99 | NR |
| 20 | 3 | 0 |  Portugal | Miguel Nascimento (49.66) Diogo Carvalho (51.62) Alexis Santos (53.87) Francisco Santos (53.37) | 3:28.52 | |
| 21 | 2 | 8 |  Kosovo | Olt Kondirolli (55.84) Vigan Bytyqi (55.26) Dren Ukimeraj (57.74) Arti Krasniqi (52.92) | 3:41.76 |
Final
The final was held at 19:09.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6 | Russia | Andrey Minakov (48.18) Aleksandr Shchegolev (47.64) Vladislav Grinev (47.49) Kliment Kolesnikov (47.10) | 3:10.41 | CR |
 | 3 | Great Britain | Thomas Dean (48.32) Matthew Richards (48.13) James Guy (47.92) Duncan Scott (47.19) | 3:11.56 | NR |
 | 4 | Italy | Alessandro Miressi (47.74 NR) Lorenzo Zazzeri (48.30) Thomas Ceccon (47.98) Manuel Frigo (47.85) | 3:11.87 | |
| 4 | 8 | Hungary | Nándor Németh (48.41) Szebasztián Szabó (48.25) Richárd Bohus (48.34) Kristóf Milák (47.50) | 3:12.50 | |
| 5 | 1 | Greece | Apostolos Christou (48.39 NR) Kristian Golomeev (47.77) Odysseus Meladinis (49.09) Andreas Vazaios (48.14) | 3:13.39 | NR |
| 6 | 2 | Switzerland | Roman Mityukov (48.20) Nils Liess (48.53) Noè Ponti (48.57) Antonio Djakovic (48.11) | 3:13.41 | NR |
| 7 | 5 | Serbia | Velimir Stjepanović (48.72) Uroš Nikolić (49.14) Andrej Barna (47.15) Nikola Aćin (48.72) | 3:13.73 | NR |
| 8 | 7 | Netherlands | Nyls Korstanje (48.86) Stan Pijnenburg (47.79) Thom de Boer (49.03) Jesse Puts (48.11) | 3:13.79 | NR |
