Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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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

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States
John Kinsella
Fred Tyler
Steve Genter
Mark Spitz
 West Germany
Klaus Steinbach
Werner Lampe
Hans Vosseler
Hans Fassnacht
 Soviet Union
Igor Grivennikov
Viktor Mazanov
Georgi Kulikov
Vladimir Bure

Results

Heats

Heat 1[2]

Place Swimmers Time Notes
1  
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  
José Roberto Aranha (BRA
)
8:17.91
7  
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-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

[4]

Place Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter, Mark Spitz (USA) 7:35.78 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  
Hans-Günther Vosseler, Hans Faßnacht (FRG
)
7:41.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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  ) 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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Heat 1
  3. ^ Heat 2
  4. ^ final