title: Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
text: # Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
  
  The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 26.
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
  
  | | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | World record | United States | 6:58.55 | Rome | July 31, 2009 |
  | European record | Russia | 6:59.15 | Rome | July 31, 2009 |
  | Championship record | Russia | 7:06.71 | Budapest | August 14, 2010 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  12 nations participated in 2 heats.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | 7 | Alex Di Giorgio Marco Belotti Gianluca Maglia Samuel Pizzetti | Italy | 7:15.67 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | 5 | Tim Wallburger Dimitri Colupaev Clemens Rapp Paul Biedermann | Germany | 7:15.77 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | 2 | Dominik Kozma Gergő Kis Péter Bernek László Cseh | Hungary | 7:18.84 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | 6 | Yoris Grandjean Glenn Surgeloose Louis Croenen Pieter Timmers | Belgium | 7:19.48 | Q |
  | 5 | 1 | 4 | Stefan Šorak Dorde Marković Velimir Stjepanović Radovan Siljevski | Serbia | 7:19.91 | Q, NR |
  | 6 | 2 | 4 | Pavel Medvetskiy Alexander Selin Evgeny Kulikov Viacheslav Andrusenko | Russia | 7:22.44 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | 2 | David Karasek Dominik Meichtry Alexandre Liess Jean-Baptiste Febo | Switzerland | 7:22.48 | Q |
  | 8 | 1 | 3 | David Brandl Christian Scherübl Markus Rogan Dinko Jukić | Austria | 7:23.75 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | 3 | Tiago Venâncio Diogo Carvalho Luis Emanuel Vaz Mario Alexandre Pereira | Portugal | 7:24.22 | |
  | 10 | 1 | 6 | Michal Poprawa Radoslaw Bor Filip Bujoczek Pawel Werner | Poland | 7:24.93 | |
  | 11 | 1 | 7 | Tomas Havránek Martin Verner Květoslav Svoboda Jan Šefl | Czech Republic | 7:27.47 | |
  | 12 | 2 | 5 | Gard Kvale Marco Aldabe-Bomstad Ole Martin Ree Sindri Thor Jakobsson | Norway | 7:33.64 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held at 18:48.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 5 | Paul Biedermann Dimitri Colupaev Clemens Rapp Tim Wallburger | Germany | 7:09.17 | |
  | | 4 | Gianluca Maglia Riccardo Maestri Samuel Pizzetti Filippo Magnini | Italy | 7:13.10 | |
  | | 3 | Dominik Kozma Gergő Kis Péter Bernek László Cseh | Hungary | 7:13.60 | |
  | 4 | 6 | Dieter Dekoninck Glenn Surgeloose Louis Croenen Pieter Timmers | Belgium | 7:15.58 | NR |
  | 5 | 8 | David Brandl Markus Rogan Christian Scherübl Dinko Jukić | Austria | 7:19.32 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Viacheslav Andrusenko Pavel Medvetskiy Alexander Selin Evgeny Kulikov | Russia | 7:19.45 | |
  | 7 | 2 | Dorde Marković Stefan Šorak Velimir Stjepanović Radovan Siljevski | Serbia | 7:20.20 | |
  | 8 | 1 | David Karasek Dominik Meichtry Alexandre Liess Jean-Baptiste Febo | Switzerland | 7:22.30 | NR |
  