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Caeleb Dressel leads the U.S. to victory in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay.

Results from the men’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay.

Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times

The United States prevailed in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay Monday, topping Italy with the third fastest relay in history.

Men’s 4x100-Meter Freestyle Relay

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Race visualization is shown at 5x speed.

By Rich Harris, Eden Weingart, Alice Fang, Nikolas Diamant and Ashley Wu

The Americans put up a statement race leading from wire-to-wire. Caeleb Dressel gave the U.S. the early lead and Blake Pieroni kept it through the halfway mark. Bowen Becker turned over a half-body length lead to Zach Apple who took the Americans home.

The men from Russia had been expected to give the U.S. men their toughest competition but failed to make the podium. Australia won the bronze medal.

Men’s 4×100m Freestyle Relay Final

100m

200m

300m

400m

Total

Gold

United States
47.26 47.58 47.44 46.69 3:08.97

Silver

Italy
47.72 47.45 47.31 47.62 3:10.11

Bronze

Australia
48.07 47.55 48.16 46.44 3:10.22

4

Canada
47.98 47.51 47.15 48.17 3:10.82

5

Hungary
48.24 47.44 47.81 47.57 3:11.06

6

France
47.51 47.62 48.01 47.94 3:11.09

7

Russian Olympic Committee
47.71 47.94 48.15 48.40 3:12.20

8

Brazil
48.69 48.23 48.76 47.72 3:13.41

Matthew Futterman is a veteran sports journalist and the author of two books, “Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed” and “Players: How Sports Became a Business.” More about Matthew Futterman

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