Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Danube Arena
Dates	17 May 2021
Competitors	93 from 21 nations
Teams	21
Winning time	3:10.41
Medalists
Andrey Minakov Aleksandr Shchegolev Vladislav Grinev Kliment Kolesnikov Andrey Zhilkin Mikhail Vekovishchev Ivan Girev Evgeny Rylov   Russia   Thomas Dean Matthew Richards James Guy Duncan Scott Jacob Whittle Joe Litchfield   Great Britain   Alessandro Miressi Lorenzo Zazzeri Thomas Ceccon Manuel Frigo Leonardo Deplano   Italy

The Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 May 2021.

Records

Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

	Team	Time	Location	Date
World record	United States	3:08.24	Beijing	11 August 2008
European record	France	3:08.32
Championship record		3:11.64	Berlin	18 August 2014

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Nation	Time	Record
17 May	Final	Russia	3:10.41	CR

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 11:48.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	6	Italy	Alessandro Miressi (47.95) Manuel Frigo (48.05) Leonardo Deplano (48.87) Lorenzo Zazzeri (47.98)	3:12.85	Q
2	2	7	Serbia	Velimir Stjepanović (49.25) Uroš Nikolić (48.68) Andrej Barna (47.74) Nikola Aćin (48.24)	3:13.91	Q, NR
3	2	2	Great Britain	Matthew Richards (49.12) James Guy (48.15) Jacob Whittle (48.43) Joe Litchfield (48.59)	3:14.29	Q
4	2	4	Russia	Andrey Zhilkin (48.93) Mikhail Vekovishchev (48.42) Ivan Girev (48.54) Evgeny Rylov (48.61)	3:14.50	Q
5	3	6	Switzerland	Roman Mityukov (48.21) Nils Liess (49.02) Noè Ponti (48.70) Antonio Djakovic (48.79)	3:14.72	Q, NR
6	3	5	Netherlands	Nyls Korstanje (48.88) Stan Pijnenburg (48.01) Thom de Boer (49.00) Jesse Puts (48.91)	3:14.80	Q
7	2	0	Greece	Apostolos Christou (48.65 NR) Kristian Golomeev (48.46) Odysseus Meladinis (49.56) Andreas Vazaios (48.49)	3:15.16	Q
8	3	8	Hungary	Dominik Kozma (49.49) Péter Holoda (48.90) Szebasztián Szabó (48.84) Richárd Bohus (48.38)	3:15.61	Q
9	1	5	Sweden	Robin Hanson (48.93) Björn Seeliger (48.37) Isak Eliasson (48.57) Elias Persson (49.96)	3:15.83
10	2	3	Poland	Konrad Czerniak (49.30) Bartosz Piszczorowicz (48.88) Kacper Stokowski (49.16) Kacper Majchrzak (48.78)	3:16.12
11	3	3	Belgium	Alexandre Marcourt (49.58) Jasper Aerents (49.03) Thomas Thijs (49.04) Sebastien De Meulemeester (48.97)	3:16.62
12	3	1	Ireland	Jack McMillan (49.12) Jordan Sloan (49.20) Shane Ryan (49.02) Max McCusker (49.54)	3:16.88	NR
13	3	7	Israel	Tomer Frankel (49.85) Amir Cheruti (49.18) Denis Loktev (49.56) Gal Cohen Groumi (49.23)	3:17.82	NR
14	3	2	Ukraine	Valentyn Nesterkin (49.79) Sergii Shevtsov (48.18) Illya Linnyk (50.04) Artem Bondar (50.03)	3:18.04
15	1	3	Turkey	Yalım Acımış (50.07) Ümitcan Güreş (50.10) Baturalp Ünlü (49.33) Doğa Çelik (49.91)	3:19.41
16	3	4	Lithuania	Deividas Margevičius (50.35) Simonas Bilis (48.71) Daniil Pancerevas (50.52) Jokūbas Keblys (50.13)	3:19.71
17	2	1	Norway	Markus Lie (50.06) Niksa Stojkovski (49.65) Nicholas Lia (49.01) Jon Jøntvedt (51.68)	3:20.40	NR
18	1	4	Luxembourg	Max Mannes (50.98) Raphaël Stacchiotti (51.43) Pit Brandenburger (50.07) Ralph Daleiden (49.14)	3:21.62	NR
19	2	5	Slovakia	Ádám Halás (51.76) Matej Duša (49.64) Jakub Poliačik (52.17) Alex Kušík (52.42)	3:25.99	NR
20	3	0	Portugal	Miguel Nascimento (49.66) Diogo Carvalho (51.62) Alexis Santos (53.87) Francisco Santos (53.37)	3:28.52
21	2	8	Kosovo	Olt Kondirolli (55.84) Vigan Bytyqi (55.26) Dren Ukimeraj (57.74) Arti Krasniqi (52.92)	3:41.76

Final

The final was held at 19:09.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	6	Russia	Andrey Minakov (48.18) Aleksandr Shchegolev (47.64) Vladislav Grinev (47.49) Kliment Kolesnikov (47.10)	3:10.41	CR
	3	Great Britain	Thomas Dean (48.32) Matthew Richards (48.13) James Guy (47.92) Duncan Scott (47.19)	3:11.56	NR
	4	Italy	Alessandro Miressi (47.74 NR) Lorenzo Zazzeri (48.30) Thomas Ceccon (47.98) Manuel Frigo (47.85)	3:11.87
4	8	Hungary	Nándor Németh (48.41) Szebasztián Szabó (48.25) Richárd Bohus (48.34) Kristóf Milák (47.50)	3:12.50
5	1	Greece	Apostolos Christou (48.39 NR) Kristian Golomeev (47.77) Odysseus Meladinis (49.09) Andreas Vazaios (48.14)	3:13.39	NR
6	2	Switzerland	Roman Mityukov (48.20) Nils Liess (48.53) Noè Ponti (48.57) Antonio Djakovic (48.11)	3:13.41	NR
7	5	Serbia	Velimir Stjepanović (48.72) Uroš Nikolić (49.14) Andrej Barna (47.15) Nikola Aćin (48.72)	3:13.73	NR
8	7	Netherlands	Nyls Korstanje (48.86) Stan Pijnenburg (47.79) Thom de Boer (49.03) Jesse Puts (48.11)	3:13.79	NR