Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Men's 4×100 metre freestyle relay at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships Dates 22 July 2001 Winning time 3:14.10
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place in Marine Messe in Fukuoka , Japan in 22 July 2001.[ 1] [ 2]
Prior to this meet, the United States have never lost this race since the inception of the World Championships in 1973. The final of the relay was notable for Ian Thorpe 's swimming the closing leg for Australia with his fastest-ever relay split of 47.87 s, for the 47.02 seconds final leg, the fastest relay leg in history by Pieter van den Hoogenband and for the disqualification after the race of the American team.[ 3] [ 4]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:
The following record was established during the competition:
Results
Heats
Final
References
1973 : Melvin Nash , Joe Bottom , Jim Montgomery , John Murphy (USA)
1975 : Bruce Furniss , Jim Montgomery , Andy Coan , John Murphy (USA)
1978 : Jack Babashoff , Rowdy Gaines , Jim Montgomery , David McCagg (USA)
1982 : Chris Cavanaugh , Robin Leamy , David McCagg , Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1986 : Tom Jager , Mike Heath , Paul Wallace , Matt Biondi (USA)
1991 : Tom Jager , Brent Lang , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA)
1994 : Jon Olsen , Josh Davis , Uğur Taner , Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
1998 : Scott Tucker , Jon Olsen , Neil Walker , Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
2001 : Michael Klim , Ashley Callus , Todd Pearson , Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2003 : Andrey Kapralov , Ivan Usov , Denis Pimankov , Alexander Popov (RUS)
2005 : Michael Phelps , Neil Walker , Nate Dusing , Jason Lezak (USA)
2007 : Michael Phelps , Neil Walker , Cullen Jones , Jason Lezak (USA)
2009 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Matt Grevers , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2011 : James Magnussen , Matt Targett , Matthew Abood , Eamon Sullivan (AUS)
2013 : Yannick Agnel , Florent Manaudou , Fabien Gilot , Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
2015 : Mehdy Metella , Florent Manaudou , Fabien Gilot , Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
2017 : Caeleb Dressel , Townley Haas , Blake Pieroni , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2019 : Caeleb Dressel , Blake Pieroni , Zach Apple , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2022 : Caeleb Dressel , Ryan Held , Justin Ress , Brooks Curry (USA)
2023 : Jack Cartwright , Flynn Southam , Kai Taylor , Kyle Chalmers (AUS)
2024 : Pan Zhanle , Ji Xinjie , Zhang Zhanshuo , Wang Haoyu (CHN)