Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Ryan Berube Joe Hudepohl Brad Schumacher Jon Olsen | 7:18.28 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Christer Wallin Lars Frölander Anders Lyrbring Anders Holmertz | 7:20.61 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | James Salter Andrew Clayton Mark Stevens Paul Palmer | 7:21.92 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Konstantin Dubrovin Christian Keller Oliver Lampe Steffen Zesner | 7:22.17 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Emiliano Brembilla Emanuele Idini Pier Maria Siciliano Massimiliano Rosolino | 7:22.69 | Q | |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Yann de Fabrique Lionel Poirot Bruno Orsoni Christophe Bordeau | 7:22.98 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Kieren Perkins Glen Housman Ian Vander-Wal Malcolm Allen | 7:23.24 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Pieter van den Hoogenband Tim Hoeijmans Martin van der Spoel Mark van der Zijden | 7:23.39 | Q | |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Trent Bray Murray Burdan Scott Cameron Danyon Loader | 7:24.35 | NR | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Cassiano Leal Luiz Lima Fernando Saez André Teixeira | 7:28.82 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Francisco Sánchez NR Carlos Santander Diego Henao Rafael Manzano | 7:32.63 | NR | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Vyacheslav Kabanov Aleksandr Agafonov Dmitriy Pankov Oleg Tsvetkovskiy | 7:40.60 | ||
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Gordan Kožulj Miroslav Vučetić Marijan Kanjer Marko Strahija | 7:43.69 | ||
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Koh Yun-ho NR Lee Kyu-chang Woo Chul Kim Min-suk | 7:45.98 | NR | |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Sng Ju Wei Gerald Koh Desmond Koh Thum Ping Tjin | 7:54.19 | ||
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Roberto Delgado Julio Santos Javier Santos Andrés Vasconcellos | 7:54.37 | ||
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Sergey Ashihmin Andrey Kvassov Dmitry Lapin Vitaly Vasilyev | 8:00.00 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Josh Davis Joe Hudepohl Brad Schumacher Ryan Berube | 7:14.81 | |||
| 5 | Christer Wallin Anders Holmertz Lars Frölander Anders Lyrbring | 7:17.56 | |||
| 6 | Aimo Heilmann Christian Keller Christian Tröger Steffen Zesner | 7:17.71 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Daniel Kowalski Michael Klim Malcolm Allen Matthew Dunn | 7:18.47 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Paul Palmer Andrew Clayton Mark Stevens James Salter | 7:18.74 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Massimiliano Rosolino Emanuele Idini Emanuele Merisi Pier Maria Siciliano | 7:19.92 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Marcel Wouda Mark van der Zijden Martin van der Spoel Pieter van den Hoogenband | 7:21.96 | NR | |
| 8 | 7 | Yann de Fabrique Lionel Poirot Bruno Orsoni Christophe Bordeau | 7:24.85 |