Olympic Swimming 2024: Men's 4x100M Medley Relay Medal Winners, Times, Results

The United States lost the men's 4x100-meter mixed relay for the first in Olympic history on Sunday.

The Americans came up just short with a silver-medal performance to China.

China received an incredible 45.92-second split from 100-meter freestyle gold medalist Pan Zhanle to take home gold.

Caeleb Dressel and Hunter Armstrong delivered impressive splits of their own in the final two legs for the United States to take second place ahead of France.

Results

1. China - 3:27.46

2. United States - 3:28.01

3. France - 3:28.38

4. Great Britain - 3:29.60

5. Canada - 3:31.27

6. Australia - 3:31.86

7. Germany - 3:32.46

8. Netherlands - 3:32.52

China, the United States and France were in close competition for all four legs of the medley relay.

China pulled ahead on the final leg thanks to Pan's incredible sub-46-second split that blew away the rest of the competition.

Hunter Armstrong swam a 47.19-second leg to keep the United States in the silver-medal position.

The United States was in a spot to win the relay after the third leg thanks to a 49.41-second butterfly leg out of Caeleb Dressel.

Dressel had a disappointing individual Olympics, but he saved his best swim for the relay to at least give his team a chance of extending the gold-medal winning streak that dates back to 1960.

Ryan Murphy and Nic Fink swam in the backstroke and breaststroke legs for the Americans.

France used a strong breaststroke leg by four-time Paris gold medalist Leon Marchand to put itself in medal contention. Florent Manaudou used a 47.59-second freestyle split to give bronze to the host nation.