2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 50 metre medley relay

The men's 4 × 50 metre medley relay competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 15 December 2018.

Men's 4 × 50 metre medley relay at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates	15 December (heats and final)
Nations	14
Winning time	1:30.54
Medalists
Kliment Kolesnikov Oleg Kostin Mikhail Vekovishchev Evgeny Rylov Kirill Prigoda Roman Shevliakov Ivan Kuzmenko   Russia   Ryan Murphy Michael Andrew Caeleb Dressel Ryan Held Matt Grevers Andrew Wilson Jack Conger Michael Chadwick   United States   Guilherme Guido Felipe Lima Nicholas Santos César Cielo Matheus Santana   Brazil

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Kliment Kolesnikov (22.83) Kirill Prigoda (25.26) Aleksandr Popkov (22.11) Vladimir Morozov (20.24)	Russia	1:30.44	Copenhagen	17 December 2017
Championship record	Guilherme Guido (23.42) Felipe França Silva (25.33) Nicholas Santos (21.68) César Cielo (20.08)	Brazil	1:30.51	Doha, Qatar	4 December 2014

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 09:30.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	1	Brazil	Guilherme Guido (22.98) Felipe Lima (25.47) Matheus Santana (22.96) César Cielo (20.77)	1:32.18	Q
2	1	4	Italy	Simone Sabbioni (23.36) Nicolò Martinenghi (26.06) Marco Orsi (22.19) Santo Condorelli (20.59)	1:32.30	Q
3	1	1	United States	Matt Grevers (23.19) Andrew Wilson (26.01) Jack Conger (22.36) Michael Chadwick (20.81)	1:32.37	Q
4	2	4	Russia	Kliment Kolesnikov (23.23) Kirill Prigoda (25.51) Roman Shevliakov (22.72) Ivan Kuzmenko (20.94)	1:32.40	Q
5	1	7	Germany	Christian Diener (23.30) Fabian Schwingenschlögl (26.01) Marius Kusch (22.06) Damian Wierling (21.27)	1:32.64	Q
6	2	7	Japan	Ryosuke Irie (23.52) Yasuhiro Koseki (26.27) Kengo Ida (22.24) Kosuke Matsui (20.98)	1:33.01	Q
7	2	3	Australia	Mitch Larkin (23.36) Grayson Bell (26.51) Cameron Alexander Jones (22.45) Cameron McEvoy (20.74)	1:33.06	Q
8	3	4	Turkey	Iskender Baslakov (23.53) Hüseyin Emre Sakçı (25.64) Umitcan Gures (22.51) Kemal Arda Gürdal (21.43)	1:33.11	Q
9	2	5	Belarus	Viktar Staselovich (23.74) Ilya Shymanovich (25.49) Yauhen Tsurkin (22.58) Hryhory Pekarski (21.44)	1:33.25	R
10	1	3	China	Wang Peng (24.37) Wang Lizhuo (26.34) Li Zhuhao (22.67) Yu Hexin (21.14)	1:34.52	R
11	2	6	Ireland	Conor Ferguson (24.12) Darragh Greene (26.60) Brendan Hyland (23.40) Shane Ryan (20.93)	1:35.05
12	2	2	Switzerland	Thierry Bollin (24.29) Jolann Bovey (26.97) Manuel Leuthard (23.35) Ivo Staub (21.84)	1:36.45
13	1	6	Chinese Taipei	Chuang Mu-lun (24.86) Wu Chun-feng (26.48) Wang Kuan-hung (24.37) Lin Chien-liang (22.00)	1:37.71
	1	2	Austria	Heiko Gigler (24.45) Christopher Rothbauer (26.78) Sascha Subarsky (23.04) Bernhard Reitshammer	DSQ

Final

The final was held at 19:00.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	6	Russia	Kliment Kolesnikov (22.87) Oleg Kostin (25.36) Mikhail Vekovishchev (22.09) Evgeny Rylov (20.22)	1:30.54
	3	United States	Ryan Murphy (22.73) Michael Andrew (26.16) Caeleb Dressel (21.70) Ryan Held (20.31)	1:30.90	NR
	4	Brazil	Guilherme Guido (22.97) Felipe Lima (25.48) Nicholas Santos (22.02) César Cielo (21.02)	1:31.49
4	5	Italy	Simone Sabbioni (23.40) Fabio Scozzoli (25.51) Marco Orsi (22.23) Santo Condorelli (20.40)	1:31.54	NR
5	2	Germany	Christian Diener (23.21) Fabian Schwingenschlögl (25.65) Marius Kusch (21.92) Damian Wierling (21.02)	1:31.80
6	0	Belarus	Viktar Staselovich (23.77) Ilya Shymanovich (25.20) Yauhen Tsurkin(22.06) Artsiom Machekin (21.42)	1:32.45
7	7	Japan	Ryosuke Irie (23.50) Yasuhiro Koseki (26.24) Kengo Ida (22.04) Kosuke Matsui (21.05)	1:32.83
8	1	Australia	Mitch Larkin (23.34) Grayson Bell (26.62) Cameron Jones (22.33) Cameron McEvoy (20.90)	1:33.19
9	8	Turkey	İskender Baskalov (23.89) Hüseyin Emre Sakçı (25.91) Ümitcan Güreş (22.90) Kemal Arda Gürdal (21.68)	1:34.38