Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay - 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay World Champions, men

1973 United States   1975 West Germany 1978 United States 1982 United States 1986 East Germany 1991 Germany 1994 Sweden 1998 Australia 2001 Australia 2003 Australia 2005 United States 2007 United States 2009 United States 2011 United States

(Kurt Krumpholz, Robin Backhaus, Richard Klatt, Jim Montgomery) (Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Hans Joachim Geissler, Peter Nocke) (Bruce Furniss, Bill Forrester, Bobby Hackett, Rowdy Gaines) (Richard Saeger, Jeffrey Float, Kyle Miller, Rowdy Gaines) (Lars Hinnenburg, Thomas Flemming, Dirk Richter, Sven Lodziewski) (Peter Sitt, Steffen Zesner, Stefan Pfeiffer, Michael Groß) (Christer Wallin, Tommy Werner, Lars Frölander, Anders Holmertz) (Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Daniel Kowalski) (Grant Hackett, William Kirby, Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe) (Grant Hackett, Craig Stevens, Nicholas Sprenger, Ian Thorpe) (Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller) (Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller, Peter Vanderkaay) (Michael Phelps, Ricky Berens, David Walters, Ryan Lochte, Daniel Madwed, Davis Tarwater, Peter Vanderkaay) (Michael Phelps, Peter Vanderkaay, Ricky Berens, Ryan Lochte, David Walters, Conor Dwyer)