Heiko Gigler Anchors Austria To Win In 47.58 Freestyle Leg In Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay

2024 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

MEN’S 4×100 MEDLEY RELAY – FINAL

  • World Record: 3:26.78 – USA (2021)
  • European Record: 3:27.51 – Great Britain (2021)
  • Championship Record: 3:28.46 – Italy (2022)
  1. Austria (Reitshammer, Bayer, Bucher, Gigler) – 3:33.41
  2. Poland (Masiuk, Kalusowski, Majerski, Sieradzki) – 3:33.44
  3. Ukraine (Zheltiakov, Lisovets, Kovalov, Linnyk) – 3:33.50
  4. Hungary (Jaszo, Sos, Kos, Szabo) – 3:35.05
  5. Denmark (Pedersen, Elsgaard, Puggaard, Lentz) – 3:35.30
  6. Germany (Jahn, De Geus, Kammann, Varjasi) – 3:35.44
  7. Serbia (Kovacevic, Zivanovic, Matic, Acin) – 3:38.23
  8. Israel (Gerchik, Pitshugin, Glivinskiy, Kartavi) – 3:38.82

The men’s 400 medley relay was a tight race that came down to the final touch as Austria out-touched both Poland and Ukraine by less than a tenth of a second.

Ukraine got off to the lead as Oleksandr Zheltiakov touched first at the backstroke leg in a 53.91, the fastest split by over half a second. Volodymyr Lisovets then posted the fastest breaststroke split with a 58.96 to extend the team’s lead over Poland but Austria and Poland were within range to catch the relay.

Then, Ukraine’s lead shrunk from 1.37 seconds over Poland to just 0.64 seconds heading into the final exchange. Heiko Gigler blasted a huge 47.58 freestyle split for Austria to move the team up from 3rd to 1st after diving in 1.06 seconds behind Ukraine.

Back Breast Fly Free
Zheltiakov UKR 53.91 Lisovets UKR 58.96 Puggaard DEN 50.87 Gigler AUT 47.58
Masiuk POL 54.5 Kalusowski POL 59.74 Majerski POL 51.17 Sieradzki POL 48.03
Reitshammer AUT 54.54 Bayer AUT 59.87 Kos HUN 51.41 Varjasi GER 48.2
Jaszo HUN 54.59 Elsgaard DEN 59.9 Bucher AUT 51.42 Acin SRB 48.21
Jahn GER 54.97 De Geus GER 1:00.22 Kovalov UKR 51.9 Lentz DEN 48.27
Gerchik ISR 55.24 Pitshugin ISR 1:00.22 Kammann GER 52.05 Szabo HUN 48.3
Kovacevic SRB 56.06 Sos HUN 1:00.85 Matic SRB 52.1 Linnyk UKR 48.73
Pedersen DEN 56.26 Zivanovic SRB 1:01.86 Glivinskiy ISR 53.46 Kartavi ISR 49.9

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