| Final 20:51 | time | +time | L | | | 1. United States |  | 6:59.70 | | 04 | Stats | | 2. France |  | 7:02.77 | +3.07s | 05 | Stats | | 3. China |  | 7:06.30 | +6.60s | 07 | Stats | | 4. Germany |  | 7:06.59 | +6.89s | 03 | Stats | | 5. Australia |  AUS | 7:07.00 | +7.30s | 06 | Stats | | 6. Great Britain |  | 7:09.33 | +9.63s | 02 | Stats | | 7. South Africa |  | 7:09.65 | +9.95s | 01 | Stats | | 8. Hungary |  | 7:13.66 | +13.96s | 08 | Stats |
|
|
 | | United States |
|
|
| Heat 1 | time | +time | L | Rk | React. | | | 1. France | | 7:09.18 | - | 04 | 2. | 0.74 | Times | | 2. Germany | | 7:09.23 | +0.05 | 05 | 3. | 0.75 | Times | | 3. South Africa | | 7:11.51 | +2.33 | 08 | 7. | 0.68 | Times | | 4. Hungary | | 7:11.64 | +2.46 | 02 | 8. | 0.64 | Times | | 5. Japan |  | 7:11.74 | +2.56 | 03 | 9. | 0.67 | Times | | 6. Italy |  | 7:12.69 | +3.51 | 06 | 11. | 0.77 | Times | | 7. Denmark |  | 7:15.04 | +5.86 | 01 | 14. | 0.60 | Times | | 8. New Zealand |  | 7:17.18 | +8.00 | 07 | 15. | 0.72 | Times |
| Heat 2 | time | +time | L | Rk | React. | | | 1. United States | | 7:06.75 | - | 04 | 1. | 0.75 | Times | | 2. Australia | | 7:10.50 | +3.75 | 03 | 4. | 0.76 | Times | | 3. Great Britain | | 7:10.70 | +3.95 | 06 | 5. | 0.71 | Times | | 4. China | | 7:11.35 | +4.60 | 05 | 6. | 0.71 | Times | | 5. Russia |  | 7:11.86 | +5.11 | 01 | 10. | 0.70 | Times | | 6. Belgium |  | 7:14.44 | +7.69 | 08 | 12. | 0.66 | Times | | 7. Canada |  | 7:15.22 | +8.47 | 07 | 13. | 0.70 | Times | | 8. Austria |  | 7:17.94 | +11.19 | 02 | 16. | 0.71 | Times |
|
|
| 12 Best WC 2011 | WC | Odds | | World 2011 Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay | | 1. United States | 1 | 2/7 | | 2. France | 2 | 3/1 | | 3. China | 3 | 12/1 | | 4. Germany | 4 | 18/1 | | 5. Australia | 5 | 16/1 | | 6. Japan | 7 | 33/1 | | 7. Great Britain | 6 | 28/1 | | 8. Italy | 8 | 50/1 | | 9. Austria | 9 | | | 11.Canada | 10 | | | 13.Russia | 11 | 40/1 | | 16.South Africa | 12 | |
|
| Next best times | WC | | 10.Hungary | | | 12.New Zealand | | | 14.Denmark | | | 15.Belgium | 13 |
|
|
| 
London 2012