Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 15 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion is the United States.
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:| World record | Michael Phelps Ricky Berens David Walters Ryan Lochte | 6:58.55 | Rome, Italy | July 31, 2009 |
| Pan American Games record | Thiago Pereira Rodrigo Castro Lucas Salatta Nicolas Oliveira | 7:12.27 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 17, 2007 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Nation | Time | Record |
| 15 July | Final | 7:11.15 | GR |
Schedule
All times are Eastern Time Zone.| Date | Time | Round |
| July 15, 2015 | 11:31 | Heats |
| July 15, 2015 | 21:09 | Final |
Results
Heats
The first round was held on July 15.As only seven teams had entered, the heats served as a ranking round with all seven teams advancing to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Joseph Bentz Ryan Feeley Bobby Bollier Darian Townsend | 7:19.18 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Stefan Milošević Yuri Kisil Ryan Cochrane Coleman Allen | 7:19.86 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Luiz Altamir Melo Henrique Rodrigues Kaio de Almeida Thiago Simon | 7:29.42 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | Andres Doria Rafael D'Avila Andy Arteta Daniele Tirabassi | 7:30.22 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | 7 | Julio Olvera José Martínez Arturo Pérez Ricardo Vargas | 7:30.34 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Lautaro Rodriguez Esteban Paz Juan Pereyra Martín Naidich | 7:39.30 | Q | |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Nicholas Magana Gerardo Huidobro Jean Pierre Monteagudo Gustavo Gutierrez | 8:05.46 | Q |
Final
The final was held on July 15.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 3 | Luiz Altamir Melo João de Lucca Thiago Pereira Nicolas Oliveira | 7:11.15 | GR | ||
| 4 | Michael Weiss Michael Klueh Joseph Bentz Darian Townsend | 7:12.20 | |||
| 5 | Jeremy Bagshaw Alec Page Stefan Milošević Ryan Cochrane | 7:17.33 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Daniele Tirabassi Marcos Lavado Andres Doria Cristian Quintero | 7:21.14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Long Yuan Gutierrez NR Luis Campos José Martínez Julio Olvera | 7:22.12 | NR | |
| 6 | 7 | Federico Grabich Juan Pereyra Guido Buscaglia Martín Naidich | 7:22.82 | NR |