Medalists
| Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
United States
Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Michael Phelps Jason Lezak Matt Grevers Mark Gangloff Ian Crocker Garrett Weber-Gale |
Australia
Hayden Stoeckel Brenton Rickard Andrew Lauterstein Eamon Sullivan Ashley Delaney Christian Sprenger Adam Pine Matt Targett |
Japan
Junichi Miyashita Kosuke Kitajima Takuro Fujii Hisayoshi Sato |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record |
United States (USA)
Aaron Peirsol (53.45) Brendan Hansen (59.37) Ian Crocker (50.28) Jason Lezak (47.58) |
3:30.68 |
Athens, Greece |
21 August 2004 |
| Olympic Record |
United States (USA)
Aaron Peirsol (53.45) Brendan Hansen (59.37) Ian Crocker (50.28) Jason Lezak (47.58) |
3:30.68 |
Athens, Greece |
21 August 2004 |
Qualification summary
| Pos |
NOC |
Qualification |
| 1 |
Japan |
FINA World Championships |
| 2 |
Russia |
| 3 |
South Africa |
| 4 |
Australia |
| 5 |
France |
| 6 |
Great Britain |
| 7 |
Italy |
| 8 |
Romania |
| 9 |
Brazil |
| 10 |
Ukraine |
| 11 |
New Zealand |
| 12 |
Belarus |
| 13 |
United States |
3:34.37 |
4 best remaining teams |
| 14 |
Canada |
3:34.99 |
| 15 |
Croatia |
3:36.32 |
| 16 |
Sweden |
3:36.85 |
Heats
Heat 1
| Rank |
Lane |
NOC |
Names |
Time |
Notes |
| 1 |
4 |
Australia |
Ashley Delaney 53.74
Christian Sprenger 59.95 Adam Pine 51.66 Matt Targett 47.41 |
3:32.76 |
Q |
| 2 |
5 |
Japan |
Junichi Miyashita 54.29
Kosuke Kitajima 58.79 Takuro Fujii 50.86 Hisayoshi Sato 48.87 |
3:32.81 |
Q |
| 3 |
6 |
Great Britain |
Liam Tancock 54.67
Christopher Cook 59.40 Michael Rock 51.99 Simon Burnett 47.77 |
3:33.83 |
Q |
| 4 |
2 |
Sweden |
Simon Sjodin 55.27
Jonas Andersson 1:01.22 Lars Frolander 51.13 Jonas Persson 48.21 |
3:35.83 |
|
| 5 |
1 |
Romania |
Razvan Ionut Florea 54.81
Valentin Preda 1:01.41 Ioan Stefan Gherghel 52.44 Norbert Trandafir 49.34 |
3:38.00 |
|
| 6 |
3 |
Brazil |
Guilherme Guido 54.78
Felipe Silva 1:02.06 Kaio Almeida 53.31 Nicolas Oliveira 48.51 |
3:38.66 |
|
| 7 |
7 |
Ukraine |
Oleksandr Isakov 56.66
Valerii Dymo 1:00.61 Sergii Breus 52.38 Yuriy Yegoshin 49.11 |
3:38.76 |
|
| 8 |
8 |
Belarus |
Pavel Sankovich 55.11
Viktar Vabishchevich 1:01.89 Evgeny Lazuka 52.63 Stanislav Neverovsky 49.76 |
3:39.39 |
|
Heat 2
| Rank |
Lane |
NOC |
Names |
Time |
Notes |
| 1 |
4 |
United States |
Matt Grevers 53.59
Mark Gangloff 1:00.35 Ian Crocker 50.85 Garrett Weber-Gale 47.96 |
3:32.75 |
Q |
| 2 |
3 |
Russia |
Arkady Vyatchanin 53.86
Roman Sludnov 59.63 Nikolay Skvortsov 51.62 Andrey Grechin 48.48 |
3:33.59 |
Q |
| 3 |
8 |
New Zealand |
Daniel Bell 54.52
Glenn Snyders 59.46 Corney Swanepoel 52.12 Cam Gibson 47.99 |
3:34.09 |
Q |
| 4 |
6 |
South Africa |
Gerhard Zandberg 54.19
Cameron van der Burgh 59.68 Lyndon Ferns 52.33 Darian Townsend 47.96 |
3:34.16 |
Q |
| 5 |
7 |
Italy |
Mirco di Tora 54.05
Alessandro Terrin 1:01.25 Mattia Nalesso 51.96 Filippo Magnini 47.06 |
3:34.32 |
Q |
| 6 |
1 |
France |
Benjamin Stasiulis 55.46
Hugues Duboscq 59.29 Christophe Lebon 51.97 Fabien Gilot 48.06 |
3:34.78 |
|
| 7 |
5 |
Canada |
Jake Tapp 55.16
Mike Andrew Brown 1:00.98 Joe Bartoch 52.58 Brent Hayden 46.84 |
3:35.56 |
|
| 8 |
2 |
Croatia |
Gordan Kozulj 54.91
Vanja Rogulj 1:01.30 Mario Todorovic 51.52 Duje Draganja 49.96 |
3:37.69 |
|
Final
| Rank |
Lane |
NOC |
Names |
Time |
Notes |
| 1 |
4 |
United States |
Aaron Peirsol 53.16
Brendan Hansen 59.27 Michael Phelps 50.15 Jason Lezak 46.76 |
3:29.34 |
WR |
| 2 |
5 |
Australia |
Hayden Stoeckel 53.80
Brenton Rickard 58.56 Andrew Lauterstein 51.03 Eamon Sullivan 46.65 |
3:30.04 |
OC |
| 3 |
3 |
Japan |
Junichi Miyashita 53.87
Kosuke Kitajima 58.07 Takuro Fujii 50.89 Hisayoshi Sato 48.35 |
3:31.18 |
AS |
| 4 |
6 |
Russia |
Arkady Vyatchanin 53.36
Roman Sludnov 59.45 Evgeny Korotyshkin 51.62 Evgeny Lagunov 47.49 |
3:31.92 |
ER |
| 5 |
7 |
New Zealand |
Daniel Bell 54.74
Glenn Snyders 59.87 Corney Swanepoel 51.78 Cam Gibson 47.00 |
3:33.39 |
|
| 6 |
2 |
Great Britain |
Liam Tancock 54.69
Christopher Cook 59.65 Michael Rock 52.02 Simon Burnett 47.33 |
3:33.69 |
NR |
| 7 |
1 |
South Africa |
Gerhard Zandberg 54.69
Cameron van der Burgh 59.40 Lyndon Ferns 51.39 Darian Townsend 48.22 |
3:33.70 |
AF |
| — |
8 |
Italy |
Mirco di Tora 54.52
Loris Facci 1:00.55 Mattia Nalesso 52.26 Filippo Magnini (false start) |
DSQ |
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- Q = Qualified, DSQ = Disqualified
- WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record
- AF = African Record, AS = Asian Record, ER = European Record, OC = Oceania Record
- CR = Commonwealth Record, NR = National Record
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