Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme.^[1] It was the sixth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 9, 1932.

Twenty-eight swimmers from seven nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Japan (JPN) Yasuji Miyazaki Hisakichi Toyoda Takashi Yokoyama Masanori Yusa	United States (USA) Frank Booth George Fissler Maiola Kalili Manuella Kalili	Hungary (HUN) István Bárány László Szabados András Székely András Wanié

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.

World Record	9:34.0	András Wanié László Szabados András Székely István Bárány	Paris (FRA)	1931
Olympic Record	9:36.2	Austin Clapp Walter Laufer George Kojac Johnny Weissmuller	Amsterdam (NED)	August 9, 1928

Japan set a new world record with 8:58.4 minutes. They bettered the standing world record by more than 35 seconds and broke the nine-minute barrier.

Results

As there were only seven nation who competed in this event only a final was held.

Final

Place	Swimmers	Time	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3	Leg 4
1	Yasuji Miyazaki, Masanori Yusa, Hisakichi Toyoda, and Takashi Yokoyama (JPN)	8:58.4 WR	2:14.1	2:14.7	2:14.8	2:14.8
2	Frank Booth, George Fissler, Maiola Kalili, and Manuella Kalili (USA)	9:10.5	2:20.2	2:17.0	2:18.6	2:17.7
3	András Wanié, László Szabados, András Székely, and István Bárány (HUN)	9:31.4	2:25.8	2:26.5	2:21.3	2:17.8
4	George Larson, George Burrows, Munroe Bourne, and Walter Spence (CAN)	9:36.3	2:26.0	2:28.0	2:24.0	2:18.3
5	Joseph Whiteside, Bob Leivers, Reginald Sutton, and Mostyn Ffrench-Williams (GBR)	9:45.8	2:27.4	2:25.8	2:25.3	2:27.1
6	Carlos Kennedy, Leopoldo Tahier, Roberto Peper, and Alfredo Rocca (ARG)	10:13.1
7	Manoel Lourenço, Isaac Moraes, Manoel Villar, and Benvenuto Nunes (BRA)	10:36.5