Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Introduction The '''men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay''' at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 30 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. 27 teams entered and swam the event.The existing records when the event started were:*World record (WR): 7:04.66, Australia (Hackett, Klim, Kirby, Thorpe), 27 July 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan. *Championship record (CR): 7:04.66, Australia (Hackett, Klim, Kirby, Thorpe), Fukuoka 2001 (27 July 2001)
Results ===Finals=== Place  Nation  Swimmers  Time  Note 1   USA  Michael Phelps    (1:45.36), Ryan Lochte    (1:45.86),Klete Keller    (1:46.31), Peter Vanderkaay    (1:45.71)   7:03.24    2   Australia  Patrick Murphy    (1:48.55), Andrew Mewing    (1:47.52),Grant Brits    (1:48.21), Kenrick Monk   (1:45.77)   7:10.05   3   Canada  Brian Johns    (1:48.46), Brent Hayden    (1:46.59),Rick Say    (1:47.59), Andrew Hurd   (1:48.06)   7:10.70   4   Great Britain  David Carry    (1:48.16), Robert Renwick    (1:48.94),Simon Burnett    (1:47.20), Ross Davenport   (1:46.98)   7:11.28   5   Italy  Filippo Magnini    (1:47.66), Andrea Busato    (1:50.21),Nicola Cassio    (1:47.87), Massimiliano Rosolino   (1:46.57)   7:12.31   6   Russia  Evgeny Lagunov    (1:48.82), Andrey Kapralov    (1:48.86),Nikita Lobintsev    (1:49.26), Sergey Perunin   (1:47.92)   7:14.86   7   Japan  Takeshi Matsuda    (1:49.40), Yuji Sakurai    (1:49.21),Takamitsu Kojima    (1:50.10), Daisuke Hosokawa   (1:48.75)   7:17.46    Poland  Paweł Korzeniowski    (1:48.43), Michal Rokicki    (1:49.57),Lukasz Giminski    (1:50.18), Przemysław Stańczyk   (1:49.28)  ===Heats=== Rank  Nation Swimmers Time  Note 1   USA Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.67),   Jayme Cramer (1:47.97), Dave Walters (1:47.75),   Klete Keller (1:48.60)  7:10.99   '''Q''' Olympic 2   Australia Kenrick Monk (1:49.13),   Andrew Mewing (1:47.95), Grant Brits (1:48.73),   Nick Ffrost (1:49.03)  7:14.84   '''Q''' Olympic 3   Canada Rick Say (1:50.13),   Brian Johns (1:48.06), Andrew Hurd (1:47.63),   Brent Hayden (1:50.18)  7:16.00   '''Q''' Olympic 4   Italy Massimiliano Rosolino (1:48.85),   Andrea Busato (1:49.44), Christian Galenda (1:50.03),   Nicola Cassio (1:48.93)  7:17.42   '''Q''' Olympic 5   Japan Takeshi Matsuda (1:49.05),   Yuji Sakurai (1:49.44), Takamitsu Kojima (1:50.03),   Daisuke Hosokawa (1:48.93)  7:17.45   '''Q''' Olympic 6   Russia Evgeny Lagunov (1:48.96),   Vitaly Romanovich (1:50.63), Sergey Perunin (1:48.92),   Nikita Lobintsev (1:49.63)  7:18.14  '''Q''' Olympic 7   Great Britain Ross Davenport (1:50.34),   Andrew Hunter (1:49.47), Robert Lang (1:50.07),   Robert Renwick (1:48.94) 7:18.82  '''Q''' Olympic 8   Poland Paweł Korzeniowski (1:49.01),   Michal Rokicki (1:49.98), Lukasz Giminski (1:50.64),   Przemysław Stańczyk (1:49.30)  7:18.93  '''Q''' Olympic 9   Germany  Paul Biedermann (1:49.59),   Stefan Herbst (1:49.42), Benjamin Starke (1:49.64),   Lars Conrad (1:50.57)  7:19.22  Olympic 10   France  Fabien Gilot (1:49.02),   Sébastien Rouault (1:49.77), Nicolas Rostoucher (1:50.30),   Grégory Mallet (1:50.63)  7:19.72  Olympic 11   Brazil Thiago Pereira,   Rodrigo Castro, Nicolas Oliveira,   Armando Negreiros  7:20.00   Olympic 12   Greece Andreas Zisimos,   Georgios Demetis, Ioannis Giannoulis,   Nikolaos Zylouris  7:20.07   Olympic 13   China ZHANG Lin,   ZHANG Enjian, YU Chenglong,   CHEN Zuo  7:20.36   14   Portugal Tiago Venâncio,   Fabio Pereira, Diogo Carvalho,   Adriano Niz  7:20.46    15   Netherlands Olaf Wildeboer,   Bas van Velthoven, Joost Reijns,   Mitja Zastrow  7:21.51    16   New Zealand Moss Burmester,   Andrew McMillan, Robert Voss,   Michael Jack  7:22.18    17   Austria Dominik Koll,   Dinko Jukić, David Brandl,   Florian Janistyn  7:22.58    18   Lithuania Vytautas Janušaitis (NR),   Saulius Binevičius, Paulius Andrijauskas,   Paulius Viktoravicius  7:25.37   NR 19   Croatia Dominik Straga,   Saša Imprić, Mario Todorović,   Mario Delač  7:35.43    20   Chile Giancarlo Zolezzi Seoane,   Maximiliano Schnettler, Benjamin Guzman Blanco,   Salvador Mallat Arcaya  7:41.80   21   Uzbekistan Timur Irgashev,   Ibrahim Nazarov, Petr Romashkin,   Danil Bugakov  7:47.20   22   Singapore Zhirong Bryan Tay,   Ju Wei Sng, Wen Hao Joshua Lim,   Bing Ming Thum  7:52.17   23   Indonesia Albert Cristiadi Sutanto,   Felix Cristiadi Sutanto, Brian Howard Ho,   Andy Wibowo  7:52.81   24   Peru Sebastian Jahnsen,   Gianmarco Mosto, Oscar Jahnsen,   Jose Emmanuel Crescimbeni  7:55.97   25   Virgin Islands Kieran Locke,   Josh Laban, Kevin Hensley,   Morgan Locke  7:56.67   26   India Rehan Poncha,   Ankur Poseria, Amar Muralidharan,   Virdhawal Khade  8:01.49    27   Guam Carlos Shimizu,   Celestino Aguon, Hernan Bonsembiante,   Christopher Duenas  8:44.25
See also *Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay*Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay*Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
References * Men's 4x200m 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 4x200m Freestyle Relay '''Final''' results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-076-11.