Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place 21 October.[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States
John Nelson
Stephen Rerych
Mark Spitz
Don Schollander
 Australia
Greg Rogers
Graham White
Bob Windle
Michael Wenden
 Soviet Union
Vladimir Bure
Semyon Belits-Geiman
Georgi Kulikov
Leonid Ilyichov

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Place Swimmers Time Notes
1  
Mike Wenden (AUS
)
8:04.8
2  George Smith, Ron Jacks, Sandy Gilchrist, Ralph Hutton (CAN) 8:10.5
3  Hans Ljungberg, Olle Ferm, Gunnar Larsson, Lester Eriksson (SWE) 8:10.9
4  
Bobby McGregor, Tony Jarvis (GBR
)
8:16.3
5  ) 8:26.7
6  José Ferraioli, Michael Goodner, Gary Goodner, Jorge González (PUR) 8:40.2

Heat 2

Place Swimmers Time Notes
1  
Andrew Strenk, Mike Wall (USA
)
8:05.1
2  Michel Rousseau, Gérard Letast, Francis Luyce, Alain Mosconi (FRA) 8:06.3
3  
Olaf, Baron von Schilling, Folkert Meeuw, Wolfgang Kremer (FRG
)
8:07.1
4  Dick Langerhorst, Johan Schans, Aad Oudt, Elt Drenth (NED) 8:17.0
5  Roosevelt Abdulgafur, Tony Asamali, Leroy Goff, Luis Ayesa (PHI) 8:41.0

Heat 3

Place Swimmers Time Notes
1  
Georgijs Kuļikovs, Leonid Ilyichov (URS
)
8:07.6
2  Frank Wiegand, Horst-Günter Gregor, Alfred Müller, Jochen Herbst (GDR) 8:11.2
3  Kunihiro Iwasaki, Teruhiko Kitani, Noboru Waseda, Satoru Nakano (JPN) 8:14.1
4  
José Antonio Chicoy, Juan Martínez (ESP
)
8:23.6
5  
Rafaél Cal, Eduardo Alanís (MEX
)
DQ

Final

[2]

Place Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  John Nelson, Stephen Rerych, Mark Spitz, Don Schollander (USA) 7:52.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  
Mike Wenden (AUS
)
7:53.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  
Semyon Belits-Geyman, Georgijs Kuļikovs, Leonid Ilyichov (URS
)
8:01.6
4  George Smith, Ron Jacks, Sandy Gilchrist, Ralph Hutton (CAN) 8:03.2
5  Michel Rousseau, Gérard Letast, Francis Luyce, Alain Mosconi (FRA) 8:03.7
6  Hans Faßnacht, Olaf von Schilling, Folkert Meeuw, Wolfgang Kremer (FRG) 8:04.3
7  Frank Wiegand, Horst-Günter Gregor, Alfred Müller, Jochen Herbst (GDR) 8:06.0
8  Hans Ljungberg, Gunnar Larsson, Olle Ferm, Lester Eriksson (SWE) 8:12.1

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  2. ^ final