Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
The Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 5 August 2018.
Records
Before the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Team | Time | Location | Date | |
| World record | 6:58.55 | Rome | 31 July 2009 | |
| European record | 6:59.15 | Rome | 31 July 2009 | |
| Championship record | 7:06.71 | Budapest | 14 August 2010 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Nation | Time | Record |
| 5 August | Final | 7:05.32 | CR |
Results
Heats
The heats were started at 10:48.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | Martin Malyutin Viacheslav Andrusenko Danila Izotov Mikhail Vekovishchev | 7:09.00 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Stephen Milne Cameron Kurle Thomas Dean Calum Jarvis | 7:11.91 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Stefano Di Cola Matteo Ciampi Alessio Proietti Colonna Mattia Zuin | 7:12.46 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Poul Zellmann Marius Zobel Henning Mühlleitner Jacob Heidtmann | 7:12.75 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Kyle Stolk Stan Pijnenburg Ferry Weertman Maarten Brzoskowski | 7:14.86 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Alexandre Derache Jordan Pothain Roman Fuchs Lorys Bourelly | 7:15.26 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Victor Johansson Robin Hanson Gustaf Dalman Adam Paulsson | 7:15.55 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | César Castro Alex Ramos Miguel Durán Marc Sánchez | 7:15.65 | Q | |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Balázs Holló Ádám Telegdy Benjámin Grátz Bence Biczó | 7:18.19 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Sebastien De Meulemeester Alexandre Marcourt Thomas Thijs Lorenz Weiremans | 7:18.75 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Daniel Namir Denis Loktev David Gamburg Yonatan Batsha | 7:22.71 | ||
| 12 | 2 | 4 | Danas Rapšys Simonas Bilis Tomas Sungaila Povilas Strazdas | 7:23.51 | ||
| 1 | 4 | Jan Hołub Filip Zaborowski Jakub Kraska Kacper Majchrzak | DSQ |
Final
The final was held at 18:52.| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 3 | Calum Jarvis Duncan Scott Thomas Dean James Guy | 7:05.32 | CR | ||
| 4 | Mikhail Vekovishchev Martin Malyutin Danila Izotov Mikhail Dovgalyuk | 7:06.66 | |||
| 5 | Alessio Proietti Colonna Filippo Megli Matteo Ciampi Mattia Zuin | 7:07.58 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Damian Wierling Henning Mühlleitner Poul Zellmann Jacob Heidtmann | 7:09.31 | ||
| 5 | 8 | César Castro Alex Ramos Marc Sánchez Miguel Durán | 7:13.07 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Jordan Pothain Alexandre Derache Roman Fuchs Jonathan Atsu | 7:13.12 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Kyle Stolk Ferry Weertman Stan Pijnenburg Maarten Brzoskowski | 7:13.46 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Victor Johansson Robin Hanson Gustaf Dalman Adam Paulsson | 7:14.03 |