{"id":7815,"date":"2004-08-15T08:17:58","date_gmt":"2004-08-15T13:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2004\/08\/mens-400-freestyle-relay-prelims-south-africans-rock-with-a-new-continental-record-313-84-second-fastest-in-history-us-qualifies-second\/"},"modified":"2014-07-25T16:30:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T23:30:20","slug":"mens-400-freestyle-relay-prelims-south-africans-rock-with-a-new-continental-record-313-84-second-fastest-in-history-us-qualifies-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mens-400-freestyle-relay-prelims-south-africans-rock-with-a-new-continental-record-313-84-second-fastest-in-history-us-qualifies-second\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s 400 Freestyle Relay Prelims: South Africans Rock with a New Continental Record 3:13.84, Second Fastest in History; US Qualifies Second"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Stephen J. Thomas<\/p>\n<p>ATHENS, Greece. 15 August. THE 400 freestyle relay is always a crowd-pleaser.  The event, formerly owned by the USA, was won in Sydney by the Australians in a world record that still stands today.<\/p>\n<p>Up until last year, the sprint relay in Athens appeared to be shaping up as another US vs. Australia battle.  But then Russia won the crown at last year&#39;s World Championships, vaulting the Popov-anchored Russskies into the mix, along with the surprising French.<\/p>\n<p>Then, a few months ago, <a href=http:\/\/www.swiminfo.com\/swimshop\/shop_detail.asp?iPid=740&#038;iCatId=2><i>Swimming World<\/i> magazine<\/a> pointed out an overlooked contender: little South Africa.  The Springboks quickly became the darling of all those folks who cheer for the underdog, who identify with David against the Goliaths of the swimming world.<\/p>\n<p>But few expected the South Africans to pull off what they did this morning, with a sensational prelim swim &#8211; 3:13.84, the second fastest in history.  Only the world record set in Sydney by the Aussies when they took gold ahead of the Yanks in one of the great relay battles in the history of Olympic swimming is faster. On that day USA went 3:13.86, 0.02 of a second slower than the Springboks this morning. It is expected that the South Africans will probably go with the same team tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA was second fastest this morning in 3:15.83 but there will be up to three changes to the team tonight with Phelps, Crocker and Lezak coming onto the team.  <\/p>\n<p>Neil Walker&#39;s 48.16 was easily the fastest American split this morning, a performance which almost certainly will nail down the #4 spot on the US relay team for the Texas grad.  Gary Hall, Jr., who protested a procedure in which Michael Phelps was placed on the relay without swimming the 100 free at Trials and without a swim-off to earn the spot, had the second-fastest split at 48.73.<\/p>\n<p>Italy was third in 3:16.18 and will have Filippo Magnini, ranked fifth in 2004 over the distance, to call on. The Dutch were next in 3:16.42 and they will call on that man Hoogenband, who has the two fastest splits in history to give them a shot at a medal.<\/p>\n<p>The Russians, reigning world champs with Alex Popov and France with Fred Bousquet will also be in the race.<\/p>\n<p>Australia, the 2000 Olympic champions, will struggle to be in the medals. Ashley Callus, part of the team in Sydney, did not perform this morning and may be replaced. 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