The men’s 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London United Kingdom.Four years after being on wrong end of history the French men’s team solidified their triumph for the first time as they edged out the Americans and the Aussies to capture the Olympic freestyle relay title with the help of a sterling anchor leg from Yannick Agnel.