Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
| Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | women | |
| 4×200 m | men | |
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.
Medalists[]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Japan (JPN)Shigeo Arai Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Masanori Yusa |
 United States (USA)Ralph Flanagan John Macionis Jack Medica Paul Wolf |
 Hungary (HUN)Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ferenc Csik Ödön Gróf Árpád Lengyel |
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.
Records[]
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 8:52.2 |  Masanori Yusa Shozo Makino Sunao Ishiharada Hiroshi Negami
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Tokyo (JPN) | 19 August 1935 |
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| Olympic Record | 8:58.4 | Yasuji Miyazaki Masanori Yusa Hisakichi Toyoda Takashi Yokoyama
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Los Angeles (USA) | 9 August 1932 |
In the final the Japan set a new world record with 8:51.5 minutes.
Results[]
Semifinals[]
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 | |
| 2 |  Munroe Bourne, Bob Hamerton, Robert Hooper, and Bob Pirie (CAN) |
9:40.0 | |
| 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 | |
| 2 | Oszkár Abay-Nemes, Ferenc Csik, Ödön Gróf, and Árpád Lengyel (HUN) |
9:20.8 | |
| 3 |  Mostyn Ffrench-Williams, Romund Gabrielsen, Bob Leivers, and Norman Wainwright (GBR) |
9:30.8 | |
| 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 | |
| — |  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 | |
| 2 |  Helmuth Fischer, Hermann Heibel, Wolfgang Heimlich, and Werner Plath (GER) |
9:21.4 | |
| 3 |  Björn Borg, Sten-Olof Bolldén, Sven-Pelle Pettersson, and Gunnar Werner (SWE) |
9:35.3 | |
| 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 |
Final[]
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 |
References[]
- ^ "Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
External links[]
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 6 December 2008.
 Olympic champions in men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | |
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- Men's events at the 1936 Summer Olympics