Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
# 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 | United States | 6:58.55 | Rome | 31 July 2009 |
| European record | Russia | 6:59.15 | Rome | 31 July 2009 |
| Championship record | Russia | 7:06.71 | Budapest | 14 August 2010 |

The following new records were set during this competition.

| Date | Event | Nation | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 August | Final | Great Britain | 7:05.32 | CR |

## Results

### Heats

The heats were started at 10:48.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | Russia | Martin Malyutin (1:47.54) Viacheslav Andrusenko (1:48.14) Danila Izotov (1:46.18) Mikhail Vekovishchev (1:47.14) | 7:09.00 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Great Britain | Stephen Milne (1:48.64) Cameron Kurle (1:49.08) Thomas Dean (1:47.64) Calum Jarvis (1:46.55) | 7:11.91 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Italy | Stefano Di Cola (1:49.58) Matteo Ciampi (1:47.11) Alessio Proietti Colonna (1:47.76) Mattia Zuin (1:48.01) | 7:12.46 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Germany | Poul Zellmann (1:48.05) Marius Zobel (1:49.83) Henning Mühlleitner (1:48.03) Jacob Heidtmann (1:46.84) | 7:12.75 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Netherlands | Kyle Stolk (1:48.71) Stan Pijnenburg (1:48.86) Ferry Weertman (1:48.96) Maarten Brzoskowski (1:48.33) | 7:14.86 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | France | Alexandre Derache (1:49.07) Jordan Pothain (1:48.50) Roman Fuchs (1:48.52) Lorys Bourelly (1:49.17) | 7:15.26 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Sweden | Victor Johansson (1:48.67) Robin Hanson (1:48.45) Gustaf Dalman (1:49.55) Adam Paulsson (1:48.88) | 7:15.55 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Spain | César Castro (1:48.35) Alex Ramos (1:48.76) Miguel Durán (1:49.91) Marc Sánchez (1:48.63) | 7:15.65 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Hungary | Balázs Holló (1:50.10) Ádám Telegdy (1:48.93) Benjámin Grátz (1:50.21) Bence Biczó (1:48.95) | 7:18.19 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Belgium | Sebastien De Meulemeester (1:49.15) Alexandre Marcourt (1:51.25) Thomas Thijs (1:49.67) Lorenz Weiremans (1:48.68) | 7:18.75 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Israel | Daniel Namir (1:50.19) Denis Loktev (1:48.83) David Gamburg (1:50.91) Yonatan Batsha (1:52.78) | 7:22.71 | |
| 12 | 2 | 4 | Lithuania | Danas Rapšys (1:49.36) Simonas Bilis (1:50.31) Tomas Sungaila (1:52.50) Povilas Strazdas (1:51.34) | 7:23.51 | |
| | 1 | 4 | Poland | Jan Hołub (1:49.24) Filip Zaborowski (1:49.17) Jakub Kraska Kacper Majchrzak | DSQ | |

### Final

The final was held at 18:52.

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Great Britain | Calum Jarvis (1:47.17) Duncan Scott (1:45.48) Thomas Dean (1:47.07) James Guy (1:45.60) | 7:05.32 | CR |
| | 4 | Russia | Mikhail Vekovishchev (1:46.78) Martin Malyutin (1:46.84) Danila Izotov (1:46.86) Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:46.18) | 7:06.66 | |
| | 5 | Italy | Alessio Proietti Colonna (1:48.20) Filippo Megli (1:45.44) Matteo Ciampi (1:46.49) Mattia Zuin (1:47.45) | 7:07.58 | |
| 4 | 6 | Germany | Damian Wierling (1:48.86) Henning Mühlleitner (1:46.94) Poul Zellmann (1:47.57) Jacob Heidtmann (1:45.94) | 7:09.31 | |
| 5 | 8 | Spain | César Castro (1:47.85) Alex Ramos (1:48.14) Marc Sánchez (1:48.63) Miguel Durán (1:48.45) | 7:13.07 | |
| 6 | 7 | France | Jordan Pothain (1:48.94) Alexandre Derache (1:48.32) Roman Fuchs (1:47.88) Jonathan Atsu (1:47.98) | 7:13.12 | |
| 7 | 2 | Netherlands | Kyle Stolk (1:48.46) Ferry Weertman (1:48.75) Stan Pijnenburg (1:48.16) Maarten Brzoskowski (1:48.09) | 7:13.46 | |
| 8 | 1 | Sweden | Victor Johansson (1:48.68) Robin Hanson (1:48.56) Gustaf Dalman (1:47.84) Adam Paulsson (1:48.95) | 7:14.03 | |
