4 × 200 m freestyle relay, men, 25 m pool

What to remember

Luke Hobson led off the American relay with a 200 m in 1:38.91, clearly the fastest of the four legs. On December 13, 2024, at the short course World Championships in Budapest, the United States covered the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay in 6 min 40.51 s.

Behind Hobson, the other three legs were closely matched: Carson Foster in 1:40.77, Shaine Casas in 1:40.34 and Kieran Smith in 1:40.49. Hobson swam for the University of Texas, and he holds the short course world record over that distance, as well as the US Open and American records in the 200 yard freestyle.

The relay had already marked his summer: at the 2024 Paris Olympics, he won silver in the 4 × 200 m freestyle with the United States, along with bronze in the individual 200 m. Both the men's and the women's 25-metre pool records belong to them.