Svømming under Sommer-OL 2008 – 4 × 200 meter fri stafett menn

Alle tider er China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Heat

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nationality	Name	Time	Notes
1	2	4	USA	David Walters (1:46.57) Ricky Berens (1:45.47) Erik Vendt (1:47.11) Klete Keller (1:45.51)	7:04.66	Q, OR
2	1	4	Italia	Nicola Cassio (1:48.76) Marco Belotti (1:45.82) Emiliano Brembilla (1:46.46) Massimiliano Rosolino (1:46.80)	7:07.84	Q, EU
3	1	6	Russland	Mikhail Polishchuk (1:48.54) Danila Izotov (1:47.24) Nikita Lobintsev (1:46.84) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:45.24)	7:07.86	Q
4	2	3	Storbritannia	David Carry (1:46.47) NR Andrew Hunter (1:46.88) Ross Davenport (1:47.15) Robert Renwick (1:47.39)	7:07.89	Q, NR
5	1	5	Canada	Brian Johns (1:47.44) Rick Say (1:47.24) Adam Sioui (1:47.05) Andrew Hurd (1:46.31)	7:08.04	Q
6	2	5	Australia	Nic Ffrost (1:47.47) Grant Brits (1:46.84) Kirk Palmer (1:47.02) Leith Brodie (1:47.08)	7:08.41	Q
7	1	7	Japan	Yoshihiro Okumura (1:47.19) Sho Uchida (1:46.59) Yasunori Mononobe (1:47.29) Hisato Matsumoto (1:48.05)	7:09.12	Q, AS
8	2	2	Sør-Afrika	Jean Basson (1:45.99) Darian Townsend (1:46.14) Jan Venter (1:48.32) Sebastien Rousseau (1:50.46)	7:10.91	Q, AF
9	2	6	Østerrike	Dominik Koll (1:47.72) NR David Brandl (1:46.45) Florian Janistyn (1:50.48) Markus Rogan (1:46.80)	7:11.45
10	1	2	Kina	Zhang Lin (1:46.13) Zhang Enjian (1:49.31) Sun Yang (1:48.73) Shi Haoran (1:49.40)	7:13.57
10	1	8	Frankrike	Clement Lefert (1:48.34) Sébastien Bodet (1:49.47) Matthieu Madelaine (1:49.87) Amaury Leveaux (1:45.89)	7:13.57
12	1	1	Tyskland	Paul Biedermann (1:47.48) Benjamin Starke (1:48.51) Christian Kubusch (1:49.28) Stefan Herbst (1:48.65)	7:13.92
13	2	1	Ungarn	Gergő Kis (1:47.39) Tamás Kerékjártó (1:49.09) Dominik Kozma (1:49.26) Norbert Kovács (1:48.40)	7:14.14
14	2	7	Polen	Łukasz Gąsior (1:49.43) Łukasz Wójt (1:48.54) Michał Rokicki (1:51.14) Przemysław Stańczyk (1:48.98)	7:18.09
15	2	8	Hellas	Andreas Zisimos (1:49.05) Nikos Xylouris (1:49.53) Ioannis Giannoulis (1:48.96) Vasileios Demetis (1:50.72)	7:18.26
16	1	3	Brasil	Nicolas Oliveira (1:49.49) Rodrigo Castro (1:48.31) Phillip Morrison (1:49.35) Lucas Salatta (1:52.39)	7:19.54

Finale

Rank	Lane	Nationality	Name	Time	Time behind	Notes
01	4	USA	Michael Phelps (1:43.31) Ryan Lochte (1:44.28) Ricky Berens (1:46.29) Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.68)	6:58.56		VR
02	3	Russland	Nikita Lobintsev (1:46.64) Yevgeny Lagunov (1:46.56) Danila Izotov (1:45.86) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:44.65)	7:03.70	5.14	EU
03	7	Australia	Patrick Murphy (1:45.95) Grant Hackett (1:45.87) Grant Brits (1:47.13) Nic Ffrost (1:46.03)	7:04.98	6.42
4	5	Italia	Marco Belotti (1:47.37) Emiliano Brembilla (1:47.33) Massimiliano Rosolino (1:46.53) Filippo Magnini (1:44.12)	7:05.35	6.79	NR
5	2	Canada	Colin Russell (1:46.89) Brian Johns (1:47.61) Brent Hayden (1:44.42) Andrew Hurd (1:46.85)	7:05.77	7.21	NR
6	6	Storbritannia	David Carry (1:46.78) Andrew Hunter (1:46.73) Robbie Renwick (1:46.16) Ross Davenport (1:46.25)	7:05.92	7.36	NR
7	1	Japan	Yoshihiro Okumura (1:46.61) Sho Uchida (1:47.36) Yasunori Mononobe (1:47.72) Hisato Matsumoto (1:48.62)	7:10.31	11.75
8	8	Sør-Afrika	Jean Basson (1:46.67) Darian Townsend (1:47.24) Jan Venter (1:49.56) Sebastien Rousseau (1:49.55)	7:13.02	14.46

Ny verdensrekord

I finalen ble det satt ny verdensrekord, som da også ble ny olympisk rekord:

•  USA, Michael Phelps (1.43,31), Ryan Lochte (1.44,28), Ricky Berens (1.46,29) og Peter Vanderkaay (1.44,68), 6.58,56, Beijing, Kina, 13. august 2008