2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
The men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships took place 13 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Nation | Swimmers | Time | Location | Date | |
| World record Championship record | Nikita Lobintsev Danila Izotov Evgeny Lagunov Alexander Sukhorukov | 6:49.04 | Dubai | 16 December 2010 |
No new records were set during this competition.
Results
Heats
16 teams participated in 2 heats.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | GER | Dimitri Colupaev Christoph Fildebrandt Yannick Lebherz Paul Biedermann | 6:58.67 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | RUS | Artem Lobuzov Yevgeny Lagunov Dmitri Yermakov Viatcheslav Andrusenko | 6:59.73 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | AUS | Tommaso D'Orsogna Jarrod Killey Travis Mahoney Robert Hurley | 7:01.77 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | USA | Garrett Weber-Gale Michael Klueh Matt McLean Michael Weiss | 7:01.78 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | JPN | Yuki Kobori Fumiya Hidaka Takuro Fujii Kenta Hirai | 7:03.43 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 8 | ITA | Gianluca Maglia Michele Santucci Gabriele Detti Alex di Giorgio | 7:04.96 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 8 | GBR | Ieuan Lloyd Chris Walker-Hebborn Roberto Pavoni Robert Renwick | 7:06.50 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | BRA | Thiago Simon Fernando Santos Vinicius Waked Samuel Acioli | 7:07.40 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | CHN | Hao Yun Pu Wenjie Shi Tengfei Lü Zhiwu | 7:11.90 | |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | CAN | Coleman Allen Zackariah Chetrat Thomas Gossland Luke Peddie | 7:13.31 | |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | ARG | Martín Naidich Juan Pereyra Esteban Paz Matías Aguilera | 7:19.88 | NR |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | SIN | Quah Zheng Wen Pang Sheng Jun Ng Kai Wee Rainer Joseph Schooling | 7:23.50 | NR |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | PER | Jesús Monge Emmanuel Crescimbeni Enrique Duran Jusuf Nikola Ustavdich | 7:35.98 | NR |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | MAC | Ngou Pok Man Chao Man Hou Sio Ka Kun Lao Kuan Fong | 7:59.80 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | IND | Sarma S. P. Nair Rahul Monal Chokshi Agnishwar Jayaprakash Neil Himanshu Contractor | 8:02.64 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | GIB | Colin Bensadon James Sanderson Oliver Quick Michael Hitchcock | 8:04.92 | |
| 2 | 0 | VEN |
Final
The final was held at 21:04.| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 6 | USA | Ryan Lochte Conor Dwyer Michael Klueh Matt McLean | 6:51.40 | ||
| 3 | AUS | Tommaso D'Orsogna Jarrod Killey Kyle Richardson Robert Hurley | 6:52.29 | OC | |
| 4 | GER | Paul Biedermann Dimitri Colupaev Christoph Fildebrandt Yannick Lebherz | 6:53.22 | NR | |
| 4 | 5 | RUS | Artem Lobuzov Yevgeny Lagunov Dmitri Yermakov Viatcheslav Andrusenko | 6:56.97 | |
| 5 | 7 | ITA | Andrea D'Arrigo Alex di Giorgio Gianluca Maglia Filippo Magnini | 6:59.22 | |
| 6 | 2 | JPN | Yuki Kobori Fumiya Hidaka Kosuke Hagino Daiya Seto | 7:00.79 | AS |
| 7 | 1 | GBR | Ieuan Lloyd Chris Walker-Hebborn Roberto Pavoni Robert Renwick | 7:05.73 | |
| – | 8 | BRA | Fernando Santos Vinicius Waked Thiago Simon Samuel Acioli |