Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
| Swimming at the 1952 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 event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place from 28 to 29 July at the Swimming Stadium.[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
Medalists[]
| Rank | Nationality | Name | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 United States |
Wayne Moore Bill Woolsey Ford Konno Jimmy McLane |
8:31.1 | OR[2] |
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 Japan |
Hiroshi Suzuki Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Toru Goto Teijiro Tanikawa |
8:33.5 | |
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 France |
Joseph Bernardo Aldo Eminente Alexandre Jany Jean Boiteux |
8:45.9 |
Results[]
Heats[]
- Heat One
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jo Bernardo, Aldo Eminente, Alex Jany, and Jean Boiteux (FRA) |
8:55.9 | |
| 2 |  Roy Botham, Ronald Burns, Thomas Welsh, and Jack Wardrop (GBR) |
8:59.7 | |
| 3 |  Rex Aubrey, Frank O'Neill, Garrick Agnew, and John Marshall (AUS) |
9:01.4 | |
| 4 |  Viktor Drobinsky, Vasily Karmanov, Leonid Meshkov, and Lev Balandin (URS) |
9:01.9 | |
| 5 |  Carlo Pedersoli, Egidio Massaria, Angelo Romani, and Giovanni Paliaga (ITA) |
9:17.9 | |
| 6 |  Pentti Ikonen, Pentti Paatsalo, Mauno Valkeinen, and Leo Telivuo (FIN) |
9:26.6 |
- Heat Two
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wally Wolf, Don Sheff, Frank Dooley, and Bumpy Jones (USA) |
8:50.9 | |
| 2 |  László Gyöngyösi, György Csordás, Géza Kádas, Imre Nyéki and Gusztáv Kettesi (HUN) |
8:54.6 | |
| 3 |  Graham Johnston, Dennis Ford, John Durr and Peter Duncan (RSA) |
8:58.7 | |
| 4 |  Haroldo Lara, Sylvio dos Santos, Aram Boghossian and João Gonçalves Filho (BRA) |
9:09.0 | |
| 5 |  Kamiel Reynders, Joseph Anthoon, Marcel Anthoon and Alfons Bierebeek (BEL) |
9:45.5 |
- Heat Three
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiroshi Suzuki, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Toru Goto, and Teijiro Tanikawa (JPN) |
8:42.1 | |
| 2 |  Lars Svantesson, Göran Larsson, Per-Olof Östrand, Olle Johansson and Rolf Olander (SWE) |
8:52.3 | |
| 3 |  Federico Zwanck, Marcelo Trabucco, Pedro Galvão and Alfredo Yantorno (ARG) |
8:59.3 | |
| 4 |  Gerry McNamee, Lucien Beaumont, Leo Portelance and Allen Gilchrist (CAN) |
9:10.9 | |
| 5 |  Gotfryd Gremlowski, Antoni Tołkaczewski, Józef Lewicki and Jerzy Boniecki (POL) |
9:13.7 | |
| 6 |  Alberto Isaac, Efrén Fierro, César Borja and Tonatiuh Gutiérrez (MEX) |
9:15.7 |
References[]
- ^ "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "Helsinki 1952 4x200m freestyle relay men". IOC. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
 Olympic champions in men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | |
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