Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
| Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | August 17, 2004 (heats & final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 75 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:07.33 AM | |||||||||
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 United States (USA)Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller, Scott Goldblatt*, Dan Ketchum* |
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 Australia (AUS)Grant Hackett, Michael Klim, Nicholas Sprenger, Ian Thorpe, Antony Matkovich*, Todd Pearson*, Craig Stevens* |
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*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats. |
Italy (ITA)
Emiliano Brembilla, Massimiliano Rosolino, Simone Cercato, Filippo Magnini, Federico Cappellazzo*, Matteo Pelliciari*
The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay took place on 17 August at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece.
Team USA had a satisfactory triumph over the Australians with a gold medal for the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Klete Keller, along with Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, and Peter Vanderkaay of the Team USA, edged out the Australians, led by Ian Thorpe, to a first-place finish by 0.13 of a second, in an American record time of 7:07.33. As the defending Olympic champions from Sydney, the Australian team of Thorpe, Michael Klim, Nicholas Sprenger, and Grant Hackett earned a silver medal in 7:07.46. The Italians got the bronze in 7:11.83, after a powerful second leg from former Olympic silver medalist Massimiliano Rosolino.
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