Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships Dates July 20 Nations 30 Winning time 3 minutes 14.06 seconds
The Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on July 20, 2003. Preliminary[1] heats swam in the morning session that day, with the top eight teams advancing to swim again in the Final[2] that evening.
At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:
Results
Final
Rank
Nation
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
Russia
Andrei Kapralov (49.21), Ivan Usov (48.69), Denis Pimankov (48.45), Alexander Popov (47.71)
3:14.06
CR
2
USA
Scott Tucker (49.57), Neil Walker (48.22), Ryan Wochomurka (49.12), Jason Lezak (47.89)
3:14.80
3
France
Romain Barnier (49.75), Julien Sicot (49.41), Fabien Gilot (49.47), Frederick Bousquet (47.03)
3:15.66
4
Australia
Ashley Callus (49.19), Todd Pearson (49.05), Adam Pine (49.45), Ian Thorpe (47.98)
3:15.67
5
Germany
Jens Thiele (50.01), Torsten Spanneberg (48.14), Lars Conrad (49.12), Stefan Herbst (48.71)
3:15.98
6
Italy
Lorenzo Vismara (49.46), Christian Galenda (49.08), Michele Scarica (49.32), Filippo Magnini (48.13)
3:15.99
7
Canada
Yannick Lupien (50.16), Riley Janes (49.01), Mike Mintenko (48.78), Brent Hayden (48.88)
3:16.83
8
South Africa
Darian Townsend (50.37), Roland Schoeman (49.24), Lyndon Ferns (50.26), Ryk Neethling (48.92)
3:18.79
Preliminaries
Rank
Heat/Lane
Nation
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
H2 L7
Russia
Andrei Kapralov , Dmitri Talepov Ivan Usov , Denis Pimankov
3:16.17
q
2
H4 L4
United States
Randall Bal , Nate Dusing Ryan Wochomurka , Neil Walker
3:16.98
q
3
H3 L3
France
Romain Barnier , Julien Sicot Fabien Gilot , Frédérick Bousquet
3:17.51
q
4
H2 L4
Germany
Lars Conrad , Torsten Spanneberg Jens Thiele , Stefan Herbst
3:17.53
q
5
H2 L5
Italy
Filippo Magnini , Michele Scarica Klaus Lanzarini , Christian Galenda
3:17.66
q
6
H4 L5
Canada
Yannick Lupien , Mike Mintenko Riley Janes , Brent Hayden
3:18.51
q
7
H2 L3
South Africa
Darian Townsend , Roland Schoeman Lyndon Ferns , Ryk Neethling
3:18.73
q
8
H3 L4
Australia
Todd Pearson , Casey Flouch Antony Matkovich , Adam Pine
3:18.79
q
9
H3 L5
Sweden
Eric la Fleur , Stefan Nystrand Lars Frölander , Mattias Ohlin
3:19.22
10
H4 L3
Netherlands
Johan Kenkhuis , Klaas Erik Zwering Gijs Damen , Ewout Holst
3:19.36
11
H4 L6
Great Britain
Chris Cozens , Alexander Scotcher Ross Davenport , Simon Burnett
3:20.46
12
H3 L2
Brazil
Gustavo Borges , Jader Souza Fernando Scherer , Carlos Jayme
3:20.49
13
H2 L1
Ukraine
Vyacheslav Shyrshov , Oleksandr Volynets Denys Syzonenko , Artem Ivanov
3:21.16
14
H3 L7
Lithuania
Rolandas Gimbutis , Saulius Binevičius Paulius Viktoravičius , Vytautas Janušaitis
3:21.81
15
H2 L6
Croatia
Mario Delač , Duje Draganja Ivan Mladina , Igor Čerenšek
3:22.42
16
H3 L6
China
Shaohua Huang , Yu Liu Hao Jin , Zuo Chen
3:22.95
17
H4 L2
Switzerland
Philipp Gilgen , Karel Novy Dominik Meichtry , Christoph Bühler
3:22.97
18
H4 L1
Greece
Alexandros Tsoltos , Spyridon Bitsakis Apostolos Tsagkarakis , Dimitros Manganas
3:23.03
19
H2 L2
South Korea
Min Sung , Min Suk Kim Yun Ho Koh , Kyu Chul Han
3:24.38
20
H4 L8
Venezuela
Luis Rojas , Oswaldo Quevedo Albert Subirats , Raymond Rosal
3:25.92
21
H2 L8
Estonia
Danil Haustov , Sven Schneider Ken Tomson , Martin Viilep
3:27.42
22
H3 L8
Uzbekistan
Ravil Nachaev , Alexander Agafonov Oleg Pukhnaty , Petr Vasilev
3:29.04
23
H4 L7
Portugal
Nuno Laurentino , Luis Monteiro Simão Morgado , Pedro Silva
3:29.09
24
H3 L1
Slovenia
Peter Mankoč , Blaž Medvešek Bojan Zdešar , Matjaž Markič
3:29.51
25
H1 L4
Barbados
Sean Dehere , Terrence Haynes Cliff Gittens , Martyn Forde
3:35.46
26
H1 L5
Hong Kong
Shui Ki Szeto , Wing Fu Kin Lun Doo , Kwok Leung Chung
3:35.82
27
H1 L7
Nigeria
Afolabi Adeleke-Adedoyin , Musa Bakare Eric Williams , Gentle Offoin
3:42.78
28
H1 L2
Seychelles
Bertrand Bristol , Barnsley Albert Jean Paul Adam , Kenny Roberts
3:46.76
29
H1 L3
Macau
Wing Cheung Victor Wong , Kuan Fong Lao Chan Wai Ma , Chi Lon Lei
3:48.65
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Ivory Coast
DNS
References
1973 : Melvin Nash , Joe Bottom , Jim Montgomery , John Murphy (USA)
1975 : Bruce Furniss , Jim Montgomery , Andy Coan , John Murphy (USA)
1978 : Jack Babashoff , Rowdy Gaines , Jim Montgomery , David McCagg (USA)
1982 : Chris Cavanaugh , Robin Leamy , David McCagg , Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1986 : Tom Jager , Mike Heath , Paul Wallace , Matt Biondi (USA)
1991 : Tom Jager , Brent Lang , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA)
1994 : Jon Olsen , Josh Davis , Uğur Taner , Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
1998 : Scott Tucker , Jon Olsen , Neil Walker , Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
2001 : Michael Klim , Ashley Callus , Todd Pearson , Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2003 : Andrey Kapralov , Ivan Usov , Denis Pimankov , Alexander Popov (RUS)
2005 : Michael Phelps , Neil Walker , Nate Dusing , Jason Lezak (USA)
2007 : Michael Phelps , Neil Walker , Cullen Jones , Jason Lezak (USA)
2009 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Matt Grevers , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2011 : James Magnussen , Matt Targett , Matthew Abood , Eamon Sullivan (AUS)
2013 : Yannick Agnel , Florent Manaudou , Fabien Gilot , Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
2015 : Mehdy Metella , Florent Manaudou , Fabien Gilot , Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
2017 : Caeleb Dressel , Townley Haas , Blake Pieroni , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2019 : Caeleb Dressel , Blake Pieroni , Zach Apple , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2022 : Caeleb Dressel , Ryan Held , Justin Ress , Brooks Curry (USA)
2023 : Jack Cartwright , Flynn Southam , Kai Taylor , Kyle Chalmers (AUS)
2024 : Pan Zhanle , Ji Xinjie , Zhang Zhanshuo , Wang Haoyu (CHN)