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

By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam

2024 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

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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)

Austria (Reitshammer, Bayer, Bucher, Gigler) – 3:33.41
Poland (Masiuk, Kalusowski, Majerski, Sieradzki) – 3:33.44
Ukraine (Zheltiakov, Lisovets, Kovalov, Linnyk) – 3:33.50
Hungary (Jaszo, Sos, Kos, Szabo) – 3:35.05
Denmark (Pedersen, Elsgaard, Puggaard, Lentz) – 3:35.30
Germany (Jahn, De Geus, Kammann, Varjasi) – 3:35.44
Serbia (Kovacevic, Zivanovic, Matic, Acin) – 3:38.23
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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