Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
The men's 4×100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24. The heats and final took place July 24.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
| World record | Michael Phelps Garrett Weber-Gale Cullen Jones Jason Lezak | 3:08.24 | Beijing | August 11, 2008 | |
| Championship record | Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Matt Grevers Nathan Adrian | 3:09.21 | Rome | July 26, 2009 |
Results
Heats
17 teams participated in 3 heats, qualified teams are listed:| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Alain Bernard Jérémy Stravius William Meynard Fabien Gilot | 3:12.09 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Garrett Weber-Gale Ryan Lochte Douglas Robison David Walters | 3:13.50 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Vladimir Morozov Evgeny Lagunov Danila Izotov Sergey Fesikov | 3:13.61 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Luca Dotto Marco Orsi Michele Santucci Filippo Magnini | 3:13.61 | Q | |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Kyle Richardson Matthew Abood James Roberts Eamon Sullivan | 3:13.79 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Steffen Deibler Markus Deibler Christoph Fildebrandt Marco di Carli | 3:14.23 | Q, NR | |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Graeme Moore Darian Townsend Gideon Louw Leith Shankland | 3:14.72 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Adam Brown Liam Tancock Grant Turner Simon Burnett | 3:15.35 | Q | |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Bruno Fratus Nicolas Oliveira Marcos Macedo Marcelo Chierighini | 3:16.28 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Takuro Fujii Shogo Hihara Yoshihiro Okumura Takeshi Matsuda | 3:16.63 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Stefan Nystrand Petter Stymne Lars Frölander Robin Andreasson | 3:17.07 | ||
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Brent Hayden Colin Russell Blake Worsley Dominique Massie-Martel | 3:17.35 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Lü Zhiwu Jiang Haiqi He Jianbin Zhang Enjian | 3:17.56 | ||
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Crox Ernesto Acuna Octavio Alesi Daniele Tirabassi Cristian Quintero | 3:19.18 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Peter Mankoč Robert Zbogar Jan Karel Petric Matjaž Markič | 3:40.22 | ||
| – | 1 | 2 | DNS | |||
| – | 2 | 2 | Yoris Grandjean Glenn Surgeloose Jasper Aerents Pieter Timmers | DSQ |
Final
The final was held at 19:20.| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 2 | James Magnussen Matthew Targett Matthew Abood Eamon Sullivan | 3:11.00 | |||
| 4 | Alain Bernard Jérémy Stravius William Meynard Fabien Gilot | 3:11.14 | |||
| 5 | Michael Phelps Garrett Weber-Gale Jason Lezak Nathan Adrian | 3:11.96 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Luca Dotto Marco Orsi Michele Santucci Filippo Magnini | 3:12.39 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Evgeny Lagunov Andrey Grechin Nikita Lobintsev Sergey Fesikov | 3:12.99 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Graeme Moore Darian Townsend Gideon Louw Leith Shankland | 3:13.38 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Markus Deibler Benjamin Starke Christoph Fildebrandt Marco di Carli | 3:15.01 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Adam Brown Liam Tancock Grant Turner Simon Burnett | 3:15.03 |