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Day 2 Relay Lineups: Phelps, Held Swimming On U.S. 400 Free Relay

2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES

After some speculation as to what changes would be made to each team’s 400 free relay roster that advanced to the final earlier today, the official lineups have been released, and most of the expected moves were made, with one surprise. Check out the full lineups for tonight below:

  1. Belgium (G.Surgeloose, J.Aerents, E.Vanluchene, P.Timmers)
  2. Canada (S.Condorelli, Y.Kisil, M.Thormeyer, E.Van Moerkerke)
  3. Australia (J.Roberts, K.Chalmers, J.Magnussen, C.McEvoy)
  4. Russia (A.Grechin, D.Izotov, V.Morozov, A.Sukhorukov)
  5. USA (C.Dressel, M.Phelps, R.Held, N.Adrian)
  6. France (M.Metella, F.Gilot, F.Manaudou, J.Stravius)
  7. Brazil (M.Chierighini, N.Oliveira, G.Santos, J.De Lucca)
  8. Japan (K.Nakamura, S.Shinri, K.Kobase, J.Koga)

The big surprise was Ryan Held, who split 47.79 this morning, getting the nod over Anthony Ervin who was 47.65. Other than that, the additions of Caeleb DresselMichael Phelps and Nathan Adrian are as expected. Dressel will lead-off as he has a terrific flat start, Phelps will swim in the same spot he did four years ago, and Adrian has been dynamite on the anchor in the past.

The Australians did as expected, moving out Matthew Abood for Cameron McEvoy, who will anchor head-to-head against Adrian. The Aussies have put their best legs 2nd and 4th with Kyle Chalmers and McEvoy, and will rely on James Roberts and James Magnussen to hold their own on the 1st and 3rd legs.

Russia has made the one expected change, moving out Aleksandr Popkov for Vladimir Morozov, and the French have added Florent Manaudou and Jérémy Stravius, which was also expected. Fabien Gilot and Mehdy Metella remain, moving out Clément Mignon and William Meynard.

Brazil and Belgium also made the moves that we thought they might, adding Emmanuel Vanluchene and Joao De Lucca to their rosters in exchange for Dieter Dekoninck and Matheus Santana who were both over 49 seconds this morning.

And then as expected, Japan and Canada keep the same lineups from this morning in the same order. Buckle up.

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Deb
8 years ago

They did a great job

Sugarman
8 years ago

What do all of you think about the decision to swim Held now? With his talent and Coach DeSorbo, the sky is the limit. Here comes the Wolfpack!

Brute Bradford
8 years ago

The Spirit of Lezak will be with the boys tonight. I hope they watch the tape of that relay and believe in themselves.

Klorn8d
8 years ago

I wouldn’t want to be that Russian anchor trying to hold off Adrian, McEvoy and Stravius (who’s a relay stud)

Brute Bradford
Reply to  Klorn8d
8 years ago

Adrian’s a shark if he has a target to run down.

Jack
8 years ago

I am ok with the Held/Ervin thing. Ervin’s one of my favorite swimmers ever, but I think Anthony would be the first to tell you that’s it’s a coin flip whether he’s gonna die on the back half of any given 100. He’s in for a medal, and I’m ready to see him give the world 3 more great 50’s.

Wolfpackalwaysjumpearly
8 years ago

Will held jump early?

Eddie Rowe
Reply to  Wolfpackalwaysjumpearly
8 years ago

Was never Held that jumped. #ncaarelaychamps

Brute Bradford
8 years ago

Will come down to Adrian. If he is within half a second of the lead, gold to USA. USA Gold, Russia Silver, Australia Bronze.

ArtVanDeLegh10
Reply to  Brute Bradford
8 years ago

Adrian is going to need a lead on Mcevoy.

Wolfpackalwaysjumpearly
8 years ago

Let’s hope…. No DQ

Brute Bradford
Reply to  Wolfpackalwaysjumpearly
8 years ago

They’re disciplined. They’ll be talking to the rookie, letting him know when to release.

Maverick
Reply to  Brute Bradford
8 years ago

That sounded… Somewhat inappropriate

Brute Bradford
Reply to  Maverick
8 years ago

Get your mind out of the gutter 😉

Please no
Reply to  Brute Bradford
8 years ago

God I hope they don’t bring it up. Leading up to the Olympic final is not the time to be talking about when to go on relay starts haha they had a month of training camp to do that

About James Sutherland

James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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