Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
| Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
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 StatesJohn Kinsella Fred Tyler Steve Genter Mark Spitz |
 West GermanyKlaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Hans Vosseler Hans Fassnacht |
 Soviet UnionIgor Grivennikov Viktor Mazanov Georgi Kulikov Vladimir Bure |
Results[]
Heats[]
Heat 1
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mike Wenden, Graham Windeatt, Robert Nay, Brad Cooper, Bruce Featherston, Graham White (AUS) |
7:49.03 | |
| 2 |  Bruce Robertson, Brian Phillips, Ian MacKenzie, Ralph Hutton, Deane Buckboro (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 |  Alfredo Carlos Machado, Ruy de Oliveira, Paulo Zanetti, José Roberto Aranha (BRA) |
8:17.91 | |
| 7 |  Dae Imlani, Edwin Borja, Carlos Singson, Jairulla Jaitulla (PHI) |
8:44.01 |
Heat 2
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Spitz, Gary Conelly, Tom McBreen, Mike Burton (USA) |
7:46.42 | |
| 2 |  Wilfried Hartung, Peter Bruch, Udo Poser, Lutz Unger, Roger Pyttel (GDR) |
7:51.11 | |
| 3 | Georgijs Kuļikovs, Vladimir Bure, Viktor Aboimov, Aleksandr Samsonov (URS) |
7:51.44 | |
| 4 | Hans-Günther Vosseler, Hans Faßnacht, Gerhard Schiller, Folkert Meeuw (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[]
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References[]
- ^ "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.
 Olympic champions in men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | |
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