Swimming at the 2012 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games
Host City: London, Great Britain
Venue(s): London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Date Started: July 28, 2012
Date Finished: July 28, 2012
Format: Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final
| Gold: | Ryan Lochte |
| Silver: | Thiago Pereira |
| Bronze: | Kosuke Hagino |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradley Ally | 25 | Barbados | BAR | 4:21.32 | 0.66 | |
| 2 | Anton Sveinn McKee | 18 | Iceland | ISL | 4:25.06 | 0.77 | |
| 3 | Marko Blazhevski | 19 | Macedonia | MKD | 4:32.38 | 0.75 | |
| 4 | Rafael Alfaro | 20 | El Salvador | ESA | 4:35.80 | 0.75 | |
| 5 | Ahmed Ghithe | 18 | Qatar | QAT | 5:21.30 | 0.75 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ward Bauwens | 19 | Belgium | BEL | 4:16.71 | 0.67 | |
| 2 | Raphaël Stacchiotti | 20 | Luxembourg | LUX | 4:17.20 | 0.61 | |
| 3 | Yury Suvorov | 21 | Belarus | BLR | 4:23.06 | 0.76 | |
| 3 | Diogo Carvalho | 24 | Portugal | POR | 4:23.06 | 0.71 | |
| 5 | Jeong Won-Yong | 20 | South Korea | KOR | 4:23.12 | 0.68 | |
| 6 | Esteban Enderica | 21 | Ecuador | ECU | 4:24.32 | 0.65 | |
| 7 | Pedro Pinotes | 22 | Angola | ANG | 4:24.69 | 0.68 | |
| 8 | Quah Zheng Wen | 15 | Singapore | SIN | 4:26.81 | 0.63 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosuke Hagino | 17 | Japan | JPN | 4:10.01 | 0.71 | Q |
| 2 | Thiago Pereira | 26 | Brazil | BRA | 4:12.39 | 0.68 | Q |
| 3 | Gal Nevo | 25 | Israel | ISR | 4:14.77 | 0.65 | |
| 4 | Yang Zhixian | 20 | China | CHN | 4:15.45 | 0.71 | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Tikhonov | 24 | Russia | RUS | 4:18.12 | 0.73 | |
| 6 | David Verrasztó | 23 | Hungary | HUN | 4:18.31 | 0.82 | |
| 7 | Joe Roebuck | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:20.24 | 0.75 | |
| AC | Taki Mrabet | 23 | Tunisia | TUN | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Phelps | 27 | United States | USA | 4:13.33 | 0.74 | Q |
| 2 | László Cseh, Jr. | 26 | Hungary | HUN | 4:13.40 | 0.78 | |
| 3 | Yannick Lebherz | 23 | Germany | GER | 4:15.41 | 0.82 | |
| 4 | Roberto Pavoni | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:15.56 | 0.69 | |
| 5 | Wang Chengxiang | 20 | China | CHN | 4:15.57 | 0.76 | |
| 6 | Maksym Shemberiev | 18 | Ukraine | UKR | 4:16.63 | 0.84 | |
| 7 | Ioannis Drymonakos | 28 | Greece | GRE | 4:17.04 | 0.70 | |
| 8 | Alec Page | 18 | Canada | CAN | 4:19.17 | 0.74 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad le Clos | 20 | South Africa | RSA | 4:12.24 | 0.76 | Q |
| 2 | Ryan Lochte | 27 | United States | USA | 4:12.35 | 0.69 | Q |
| 3 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | 20 | Australia | AUS | 4:12.66 | 0.70 | Q |
| 4 | Luca Marin | 26 | Italy | ITA | 4:13.02 | 0.76 | Q |
| 5 | Yuya Horihata | 21 | Japan | JPN | 4:13.09 | 0.71 | Q |
| 6 | Riaan Schoeman | 22 | South Africa | RSA | 4:17.22 | 0.68 | |
| 6 | Federico Turrini | 25 | Italy | ITA | 4:17.22 | 0.76 | |
| 8 | Dan Tranter | 20 | Australia | AUS | 4:25.76 | 0.68 |