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The men's 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme.[ 1] It was the seventh appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held on Monday and Tuesday, 10 and 11 August 1936.
Seventy-four swimmers from 18 nations competed.
Note: The International Olympic Committee medal database shows only these swimmers as medalists. Ralph Gilman and Charles Hutter swam for the United States in the semi-finals but were not credited with silver medals.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.
In the final the Japan set a new world record with 8:51.5 minutes.
Monday, 10 August 1936: The fastest two in each semi-final and the next two fastest from across the semi-finals advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Place
Swimmers
Time
Qual.
1
René Cavalero , Artem Nakache , Christian Talli , and Jean Taris (FRA )
9:21.7
QQ
2
Munroe Bourne , Bob Hamerton , Robert Hooper , and Bob Pirie (CAN )
9:40.0
QQ
3
Aluizio Lage , Leônidas da Silva , Manoel Villar , and Isaac Moraes (BRA )
9:42.5
4
Jikirum Adjaluddin , Arsad Alpad , Nils Christiansen , and José Obial (PHI )
9:45.8
5
Edmund Cooper , Leonard Spence , Dudley Spurling , and John Young (BER )
10:50.5
6
Rikhardos Brousalis , Spyridon Mavrogiorgos , Panagiotis Provatopoulos , and Angelos Vlakhos (GRE )
10:51.0
Semifinal 2
Place
Swimmers
Time
Qual.
1
Ralph Gilman , Charles Hutter , Jack Medica , and Paul Wolf (USA )
9:10.4
QQ
2
Oszkár Abay-Nemes , Ferenc Csik , Ödön Gróf , and Árpád Lengyel (HUN )
9:20.8
QQ
3
Mostyn Ffrench-Williams , Romund Gabrielsen , Bob Leivers , and Norman Wainwright (GBR )
9:30.8
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4
Poul Petersen , Jørgen Jørgensen , Aage Hellstrøm , and John Christensen (DEN )
9:39.6
5
Herbert Hnatek , Franz Seltenheim , Edmund Pader , and Günther Zobernig (AUT )
10:58.4
6
Norbert Franck , Pierre Hastert , Marcel Neumann , and Georges Tandel (LUX )
10:59.8
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Kazimierz Bocheński , Helmut Barysz , Joachim Karliczek , and Ilja Szrajbman (POL )
DSQ
Semifinal 3
Place
Swimmers
Time
Qual.
1
Shigeo Arai , Shigeo Sugiura , Masaharu Taguchi , and Masanori Yusa (JPN )
8:56.1
QQ
2
Helmuth Fischer , Hermann Heibel , Wolfgang Heimlich , and Werner Plath (GER )
9:21.4
QQ
3
Björn Borg , Sten-Olof Bolldén , Sven-Pelle Pettersson , and Gunnar Werner (SWE )
9:35.3
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4
Draško Vilfan , Tone Gazzari , Zmaj Defilipis, and Tone Cerer (YUG )
9:40.3
5
Higazi Said , Ibrahim Fadl , Mahmoud Kadri , and Saad El-Din Zaki (EGY )
10:05.3
Tuesday, 11 August 1936:
Place
Swimmers
Time
1
Masanori Yusa , Shigeo Sugiura , Masaharu Taguchi , and Shigeo Arai (JPN )
8:51.5 WR
2
Ralph Flanagan , John Macionis , Paul Wolf , and Jack Medica (USA )
9:03.0
3
Árpád Lengyel , Oszkár Abay-Nemes , Ödön Gróf , and Ferenc Csik (HUN )
9:12.3
4
Alfred Nakache , Christian Talli , René Cavalero , and Jean Taris (FRA )
9:18.2
5
Werner Plath , Hermann Heibel , Wolfgang Heimlich , and Helmuth Fischer (GER )
9:19.0
6
Mostyn Ffrench-Williams , Romund Gabrielsen , Bob Leivers , and Norman Wainwright (GBR )
9:21.5
7
Munroe Bourne , Bob Hamerton , Robert Hooper , and Bob Pirie (CAN )
9:27.5
8
Björn Borg , Sten-Olof Bolldén , Sven-Pelle Pettersson , and Gunnar Werner (SWE )
9:37.5
1908 : John Derbyshire , Paul Radmilovic , William Foster , Henry Taylor (GBR )
1912 : Cecil Healy , Malcolm Champion , Leslie Boardman , Harold Hardwick (ANZ )
1920 : Perry McGillivray , Pua Kealoha , Norman Ross , Duke Kahanamoku (USA )
1924 : Johnny Weissmuller , Wally O'Connor , Harry Glancy , Ralph Breyer (USA )
1928 : Johnny Weissmuller , Austin Clapp , Walter Laufer , George Kojac (USA )
1932 : Masanori Yusa , Yasuji Miyazaki , Takashi Yokoyama , Hisakichi Toyoda (JPN )
1936 : Masanori Yusa , Shigeo Sugiura , Shigeo Arai , Masaharu Taguchi (JPN )
1948 : Wally Ris , Jimmy McLane , Wally Wolf , Bill Smith (USA )
1952 : Wayne Moore , Bill Woolsey , Ford Konno , Jimmy McLane (USA )
1956 : Kevin O'Halloran , John Devitt , Murray Rose , Jon Henricks (AUS )
1960 : George Harrison , Dick Blick , Mike Troy , Jeff Farrell (USA )
1964 : Don Schollander , Steve Clark , Roy Saari , Gary Ilman (USA )
1968 : Don Schollander , Mark Spitz , John Nelson , Stephen Rerych (USA )
1972 : Mark Spitz , John Kinsella , Fred Tyler , Steve Genter (USA )
1976 : Mike Bruner , Bruce Furniss , John Naber , Jim Montgomery (USA )
1980 : Sergey Koplyakov , Vladimir Salnikov , Ivar Stukolkin , Andrey Krylov (URS )
1984 : Mike Heath , David Larson , Jeff Float , Bruce Hayes (USA )
1988 : Troy Dalbey , Matt Cetlinski , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA )
1992 : Dmitry Lepikov , Vladimir Pyshnenko , Veniamin Tayanovich , Yevgeny Sadovyi , Aleksey Kudryavtsev , Yury Mukhin (EUN )
1996 : Josh Davis , Joe Hudepohl , Brad Schumacher , Ryan Berube , Jon Olsen (USA )
2000 : Ian Thorpe , Michael Klim , Todd Pearson , Bill Kirby , Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski (AUS )
2004 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Peter Vanderkaay , Klete Keller , Dan Ketchum , Scott Goldblatt (USA )
2008 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Ricky Berens , Peter Vanderkaay , David Walters , Erik Vendt , Klete Keller (USA )
2012 : Ryan Lochte , Conor Dwyer , Ricky Berens , Michael Phelps , Charlie Houchin , Matt McLean , Davis Tarwater (USA )
2016 : Conor Dwyer , Townley Haas , Ryan Lochte , Michael Phelps , Clark Smith , Jack Conger , Gunnar Bentz (USA )
2020 : Tom Dean , James Guy , Matt Richards , Duncan Scott , Calum Jarvis (GBR )
2024 : James Guy , Tom Dean , Matt Richards , Duncan Scott , Jack McMillan , Kieran Bird (GBR )