Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
| Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place August 31.[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
Medalists
[edit]Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1[2]
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Graham Windeatt, Bruce Featherston, Graham White, Mike Wenden (AUS) |
7:49.03 | OR |
| 2 |  Ralph Hutton, Deane Buckboro, Ian MacKenzie, Brian Phillips (CAN) |
7:57.69 | |
| 3 |  Brian Brinkley, John Mills, Michael Bailey, Colin Cunningham (GBR) |
7:58.33 | |
| 4 |  Peter Prijdekker, Bert Bergsma, Roger van Hamburg, Hans Elzerman (NED) |
8:00.87 | |
| 5 |  Guillermo García, Roberto Strauss, José Luis Prado, Jorge Urreta (MEX) |
8:08.39 | |
| 6 |  Alfredo Carlos Machado, Ruy de Oliveira, Paulo Zanetti, José Roberto Aranha (BRA) |
8:17.91 | |
| 7 |  Dae Imlani, Edwin Borja, Carlos Singson, Jairulla Jaitulla (PHI) |
8:44.01 |
Heat 2[3]
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mark Spitz, Gary Conelly, Tom McBreen, Mike Burton (USA) |
7:46.42 | OR |
| 2 |  Wilfried Hartung, Udo Poser, Roger Pyttel, Lutz Unger (GDR) |
7:51.11 | |
| 3 |  Georgijs Kuļikovs, Vladimir Bure, Viktor Aboimov, Aleksandr Samsonov (URS) |
7:51.44 | |
| 4 |  Hans Faßnacht, Gerhard Schiller, Folkert Meeuw, Hans-Günther Vosseler (FRG) |
7:53.98 | |
| 5 |  Bengt Gingsjö, Hans Ljungberg, Anders Bellbring, Gunnar Larsson (SWE) |
7:57.54 | |
| 6 |  Pierre Caland, Pierre-Yves Copin, Jean-Jacques Moine, Michel Rousseau (FRA) |
8:00.79 | |
| 7 |  Roberto Pangaro, Arnaldo Cinquetti, Lorenzo Marugo, Riccardo Targetti (ITA) |
8:03.98 |
Final
[edit]| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter, Mark Spitz (USA) |
7:35.78 | WR |
 |
Klaus Steinbach, Werner Lampe, Hans-Günther Vosseler, Hans Faßnacht (FRG) |
7:41.69 | |
 |
Igor Grivennikov, Viktor Mazanov, Georgijs Kuļikovs, Vladimir Bure (URS) |
7:45.76 | |
| 4 | Bengt Gingsjö, Hans Ljungberg, Anders Bellbring, Gunnar Larsson (SWE) |
7:47.37 | |
| 5 | Mike Wenden, Graham Windeatt, Robert Nay, Brad Cooper (AUS) |
7:48.66 | |
| 6 | Wilfried Hartung, Peter Bruch, Udo Poser, Lutz Unger (GDR) |
7:49.11 | |
| 7 | Bruce Robertson, Brian Phillips, Ian MacKenzie, Ralph Hutton (CAN) |
7:53.61 | |
| 8 | Brian Brinkley, John Mills, Michael Bailey, Colin Cunningham (GBR) |
7:55.59 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ^ Heat 1
- ^ Heat 2
- ^ final
