Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Introduction The '''men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay''' at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 25 March 2007 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The top-12 finishers from this race qualified for the event at the 2008 Olympics. 35 teams entered in the event, of which 34 swam.The existing '''records''' when the event started were:*World record (WR): 3:12.46, USA (Phelps, Walker, Jones, Lezak), 19 August 2006 in Victoria, Canada. *Championship record (CR): 3:13.77, USA (Phelps, Walker, Dusing, Lezak), Montreal 2005 (24 July 2005)
Results ===Final=== Place  Nation  Swimmers  Time  Note 1   Michael Phelps   (48.42), Neil Walker   (48.31), Cullen Jones   (48.67), Jason Lezak   (47.32)   3:12.72  '''CR''' 2   Italy Massimiliano Rosolino   (49.35), Alessandro Calvi   (49.06), Christian Galenda   (48.45), Filippo Magnini   (47.18)   3:14.04  3   Fabien Gilot   (49.18), Frédérick Bousquet   (48.48), Julien Sicot   (48.84), Alain Bernard   (48.18)   3:14.68  4   South Africa Ryk Neethling   (49.17), Lyndon Ferns   (48.46), Gerhard Zandberg   (49.16), Roland Schoeman   (47.98)   3:14.77  5   Australia Eamon Sullivan   (48.88), Ashley Callus   (48.86), Andrew Lauterstein   (49.17), Kenrick Monk   (48.98)   3:15.89  6   Sweden Petter Stymne   (49.78), Stefan Nystrand   (48.17), Lars Frölander   (48.71), Christoffer Wikström   (49.43)   3:16.09  7   Brent Hayden   (48.55), Matt Rose   (49.42), Rick Say   (48.88), Joel Greenshields   (50.06)   3:16.91  8   Brazil César Cielo   (48.63), Nicolas Oliveira   (48.82), Rodrigo Castro   (49.45), Thiago Pereira   (50.13)   3:17.03  '''SA'''===Heats=== Rank  Nation Swimmers Time  Note 1   Italy Lorenzo Vismara,   Christian Galenda,  Alessandro Calvi,   Filippo Magnini  3:15.83  '''Q''' Olympic 2   Sweden Petter Stymne,   Stefan Nystrand,  Christoffer Wikström,   Marcus Piehl  3:16.16  '''Q''' Olympic 3   Garrett Weber-Gale,   Ben Wildman-Tobriner,  Cullen Jones,   Neil Walker  3:16.43  '''Q''' Olympic 4   Australia Eamon Sullivan,   Michael Klim,  Patrick Murphy,   Kenrick Monk  3:16.46  '''Q''' Olympic 5   Fabien Gilot,   Grégory Mallet,  Julien Sicot,   Amaury Leveaux  3:16.51  '''Q''' Olympic 6   Rick Say,   Matt Rose,  Joel Greenshields,   Brent Hayden  3:17.38  '''Q''' Olympic 7   Brazil César Cielo,   Nicolas Oliveira,  Eduardo Deboni,   Rodrigo Castro  3:18.00  '''Q''' Olympic 8   South Africa Ryk Neethling,   Lyndon Ferns,  Gerhard Zandberg,   Jean Basson  3:18.15  '''Q''' Olympic 9   Great Britain Chris Cozens,   Simon Burnett,  Ross Davenport,   Ben Hockin  3:18.96  Olympic 10   Jens Schreiber,   Michael Schubert,  Jens Thiele,   Lars Conrad  3:19.00  Olympic 11   Switzerland Dominik Meichtry,   Karel Novy,  Alessandro Gaffuri,   Flori Lang  3:19.22  Olympic 12   Takamitsu Kojima,   Makoto Ito,  Hiroaki Yamamoto,   Daisuke Hosokawa  3:19.70  Olympic 13   Croatia Bruno Barbic,   Mario Todorović,  Mario Delač,   Igor Čerenšek  3:20.53   14   Venezuela Luis Rojas,   Octavio Alesi,  Crox Acuña,   Albert Subirats  3:21.21   15   HUANG Shaohua,   CAI Li,  LU Zhiwu,   CHEN Zuo  3:21.26   16   New Zealand Cameron Gibson,   Robert Voss,  Mark Herring,   Michael Jack  3:21.73   17   Uruguay Paul Kutscher,   Gabriel Melconian,  Francisco Picasso,   Martín Kutscher  3:22.13   18   Kazakhstan Stanislav Kuzmin,   Alaxandr Sklyar,  Vitaliy Khan,   Vyacheslav Titarenko  3:23.11   19   India Ankur Poseria,   Arjun Muralidharan,  Sandeep Nagar Anthal,   Virdhawal Khade  3:32.51   20   Kenya Jason Dunford,   David Dunford,  Rama Vyombo,   Amar Shah  3:32.60   21   Indonesia Brian Howard Ho,   Albert Cristiadi Sutanto,  Felix Cristiadi Sutanto,   Andy Wibowo  3:34.26   22   Virgin Islands Keiran Locke,   Morgan Locke,  Kevin Hensley,   Josh Laban  3:34.92   23   Peru Nikola Ustadvich,   Jose Emmanuel Crescimbeni,  Oscar Jahnsen,   Sebastian Jahnsen  3:35.63   24   Macau Wing Cheung Victor Wong,   Wui Chon Cheong,  Kin Wa Cheong,   Hong Name Lei  3:46.10   25   Guam Carlos Shimizu,   Celestino Aguon,  Hernan Bonsembiante,   Christopher Duenas  3:50.46   26   Guyana Onan Thom,   Niall Roberts,  Jamaal Sobers,   Yannick Roberts  3:55.87   27   Thailand Suriya Suksuphak,   Radomyos Matjiur,  Arwut Chinnapasaen,   Tharnawat Thanakornworakiart  3:56.05   28   Mongolia Batchuluun Mendbayar,   Battushig Enkhtaivan,  Butekhuils Boldbaatar,   Tamir Andrei  3:56.81   29   Lesotho Thabiso Baholo (1:22.22),   Lehlohonolo Moromella (1:34.45),  Boipelo Makhothi (1:18.30),   Seele Benjamin Ntai (1:27.99) 5:42.96  '''NR''' --   Nigeria  DNS   --   Uzbekistan Ravil Nachaev, Sergey Tsoy, Petr Romashkin, Danil Bugakov  DQ   --   Russia Andrey Grechin, Andrey Kapralov, Sergey Fesikov, Evgeny Lagunov  DQ   --   Lithuania Rolandas Gimbutis, Saulius Binevičius, Paulius Viktoravicius, Vytautas Janušaitis  DQ   --   Singapore Shirong Jeffrey Su, Quee Lim Ernest Teo, Bing Ming Thum, Russell Ong  DQ   --   Ukraine Andriy Serdinov, Oleksandr Tsepukh, Oleksandr Isakov, Yuriy Yegoshin  DQ
See also *Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay*Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay*Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
References * Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay '''Heats''' results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11. * Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay '''Final''' results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11.