Hanno partecipato alle batterie di qualificazione 25 nazioni: le prime 8 si sono qualificate per la finale.
Risultati
Batteria Si sono qualificate alla finale le squadre che hanno ottenuto uno dei migliori otto tempi di gara.
Class Gruppo Corsia Nazione Nuotatori Tempo Note 1 4 4 Tripp Schwenk (55.54)Kurt Grote (1:01.65)John Hargis (53.34)Josh Davis (49.40) 3:39.93 Q 2 4 5 Tamás Deutsch (56.51)Károly Güttler (1:01.55)Péter Horváth (53.03)Attila Zubor (49.96) 3:41.05 Q, 3 3 5 Stev Theloke (56.23)Mark Warnecke (1:01.89)Oliver Lampe (53.67)Bengt Zikarsky (49.31) 3:41.10 Q 4 2 4 Toby Haenen (56.92)Phil Rogers (1:02.21)Scott Miller (52.30)Michael Klim (49.87) 3:41.30 Q 5 3 4 Alexandr Popov (55.71)Roman Ivanovsky (1:02.19)Vladislav Kulikov (53.72)Roman Yegorov (49.87) 3:41.49 Q 6 3 3 Mariusz Siembida (55.83) Marek Krawczyk (1:02.55)Rafał Szukała (53.54)Bartosz Kizierowski (49.80) 3:41.72 Q, 7 2 5 Keitaro Konnai (55.64)Akira Hayashi (1:01.71)Takashi Yamamoto (53.82)Shunsuke Itō (50.61) 3:41.78 Q 8 3 2 Eithan Urbach (56.82)Vadim Alexeev (1:02.15)Dan Kutler (54.28)Yoav Bruck (48.99) 3:42.24 Q, 9 1 5 Volodymyr Nikolaychuk (56.96)Oleksandr Dzhaburiya (1:02.74)Denys Sylantyev (53.29)Pavlo Chnykin (49.30) 3:42.29 10 4 7 Martin van der Spoel (57.15)Benno Kuipers (1:02.29)Stefan Aartsen (54.00)Pieter van den Hoogenband (48.98) 3:42.42 11 2 3 Franck Schott (56.08)Vladimir Latocha (1:02.92)Franck Esposito (53.75)Nicolas Gruson (50.19) 3:42.94 12 4 6 Robert Braknis (56.82)Jonathan Cleveland (1:02.66)Edward Parenti (53.83)Stephan Clarke (49.64) 3:42.95 13 4 2 Zhao Yi (57.84)Zeng Qiliang (1:01.75)Jiang Chengji (53.22)Zhao Lifeng (50.69) 3:43.50 14 3 6 Jonathan Winter (57.05)Paul Kent (1:03.10)Danyon Loader (55.20)Trent Bray (50.45) 3:45.80 15 1 4 Sergey Ushkalov (58.41)Aleksandr Savitsky (1:06.45)Andrey Gavrilov (54.05)Aleksey Yegorov (50.60) 3:49.51 16 3 7 Tomislav Karlo (57.32)Krešimir Čač (1:06.02)Miloš Milošević (54.66)Miroslav Vučetić (52.09) 3:50.09 17 3 1 Kim Min-suk (58.75)Cho Kwang-jea (1:02.19)Yang Dae-chul (57.73)Koh Yun-ho (52.17) 3:50.84 18 2 7 Darius Grigalionis (56.66)Nerijus Beiga (1:04.55)Mindaugas Bružas (57.48)Raimundas Mažuolis (52.62) 3:51.31 19 2 1 Carlos Bodega (1:02.33)Todd Torres (1:03.50)Ricardo Busquets (54.45)José González (51.76) 3:52.04 20 1 3 Alex Lim (58.48)Elvin Chia (1:04.42)Anthony Ang (55.23)Wan Azlan Abdullah (54.45) 3:52.58 21 2 8 Konstantin Priahin (1:00.25)Yevgeny Petrashov (1:07.43)Konstantin Andriushin (57.63)Sergey Ashihmin (50.93) 3:56.24 22 4 1 Dulyarit Phuangthong (59.13)Ratapong Sirisanont (1:04.60)Niti Intharapichai (58.32)Torlarp Sethsothorn (54.75) 3:56.80 23 3 8 Gerald Koh (1:00.99)Desmond Koh (1:07.07)Thum Ping Tjin (57.83)Sng Ju Wei (53.62) 3:59.51 24 4 8 Nuno Laurentino (58.02)José Couto (1:03.53)Miguel Cabrita (56.53)Miguel Machado (52.37) 25 4 3 Neil Willey (55.99)Richard Maden (1:01.92)James Hickman (52.69)Nicholas Shackell
Finale
Class Corsia Nazione Nuotatori Tempo Note 4 Jeff Rouse (53.95)Jeremy Linn (1:00.32)Mark Henderson (52.39)Gary Hall Jr. (48.18) 3:34.84 2 Vladimir Sel'kov (55.53)Stanislav Lopukhov (1:01.66)Denis Pankratov (51.55)Alexandr Popov (48.81) 3:37.55 6 Steven Dewick (56.65)Phil Rogers (1:01.71)Scott Miller (52.04)Michael Klim (49.16) 3:39.56 4 3 Ralf Braun (55.76)Mark Warnecke (1:01.40)Christian Keller (53.15)Björn Zikarsky (49.33) 3:39.64 5 1 Keitaro Konnai (55.70)Akira Hayashi (1:01.46)Takashi Yamamoto (53.28)Shunsuke Itō (50.07) 3:40.51 6 5 Tamás Deutsch (56.54)Károly Güttler (1:01.41)Péter Horváth (53.25)Attila Czene (49.64) 3:40.84 7 7 Mariusz Siembida (55.82)Marek Krawczyk (1:02.71)Rafał Szukała (53.29)Bartosz Kizierowski (50.12) 3:41.94 8 8 Eithan Urbach (56.79)Vadim Alexeev (1:02.18)Dan Kutler (54.32)Yoav Bruck (49.61) 3:42.90
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Collegamenti esterni
Categoria:Nuoto ai Giochi della XXVI Olimpiade