{"id":325237,"date":"2018-08-11T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=325237"},"modified":"2019-06-26T14:04:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T21:04:59","slug":"united-states-draws-dq-in-men-4x100-free-relay-for-wrong-order-brazil-elevated-to-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/united-states-draws-dq-in-men-4x100-free-relay-for-wrong-order-brazil-elevated-to-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"United States Draws DQ In Men’s 4×100 Free Relay For Wrong Order; Brazil Elevated To Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was originally reported that the United States won the gold medal in men’s 4×100 free relay on the third night at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Tokyo. After the race however, there were rumors that the United States would be disqualified for swimming\u00a0Zach Apple\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Blake Pieroni<\/strong> in the wrong order.<\/p>\n

The disqualification was confirmed on the official results report.<\/p>\n

Pieroni was listed to go second on the start list but swam the third leg after Apple went second. The commentator on the Olympic Channel pointed this out when he said Pieroni was in the water when it was clearly Apple swimming.<\/p>\n

This will elevate Brazil to the gold medal, Australia to silver and Japan to bronze.<\/p>\n

The United States will also lose their meet record they set and the 2010 team will live to survive through 2022.<\/p>\n

2018 World Rankings:<\/h3>\n
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Brazil, 3:12.02<\/li>\n
Russia, 3:12.23<\/li>\n
Australia, 3:12.53<\/li>\n
Japan, 3:12.54<\/li>\n
Italy, 3:12.90<\/li>\n
Poland, 3:14.20<\/li>\n
Canada, 3:14.50<\/li>\n
Hungary, 3:14.51<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Preliminary report: USA men DQ\u2019d due to wrong order. #2018PanPacs<\/a><\/p>\n
— Rowdy Gaines (@RowdyGaines) August 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n