Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay Swimming Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Sunday, 18th October

Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay Swimming Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Sunday, 18th October - Gold Medal: United States

	Final	time	gap	L	Rk.	___________________
1.	United States	7:52.1		4	1.
Stephen Clark 2:00.0, Roy Saari 1:58.1, Gary Ilman 1:58.4, Donald Schollander 1:55.6
2.	UT Germany	7:59.3	+7.2s	5	2.
Horst-Günther Gregor 2:02.0, Gerhard Hetz 2:01.8, Frank Wiegand 1:57.6, Hans-Joachim Klein 1:57.9
3.	Japan	8:03.8	+11.7s	6	4.
Makoto Fukui 2:00.5, Kunihiro Iwasaki 2:01.1, Toshio Shoji 2:01.7, Yukiaki Okabe 2:00.5
4.	Australia	8:05.7	+13.7s	8	8.
D?avid Dickson 2:02.2, Allan Wood 2:01.7, Peter Doak 2:03.1, Bob Windle 1:58.7
5.	Sweden	8:08.0	+15.9s	3	3.
M?ats Svensson 2:01.8, Lester Eriksson 2:03.2, Hans Rosendahl 2:03.3, Jan Lundin 1:59.7
6.	France	8:08.7	+16.6s	7	6.
J?ean-Pascal Curtillet 2:02.7, Pierre Canavèse 2:02.8, Francis Luyce 2:02.0, Alain Gottvallès 2:01.2
7.	Soviet Union	8:15.1	+23.0s	2	5.
S?iemion Belitz-Geiman 2:02.7, Vladimir Bieriezin 2:03.6, Aleksandr Paramonov 2:04.8, Yevgieniy Novikov 2:04.0
8.	Italy	8:18.1	+26.0s	1	7.
S?ergio De Gregorio 2:03.3, Bruno Bianchi 2:03.4, Giovanni Orlando 2:06.4, Pietro Boscaini 2:05.0

Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay History

1968 Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay

1960 Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay

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Men 100m Freestyle	Women 100m Freestyle
Men 400m Freestyle	Women 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 200m Backstroke	Women 100m Backstroke
Men 200m Breaststroke	Women 200m Breaststroke
Men 200m Butterfly	Women 100m Butterfly
Men 400m Medley	Women 400m Medley
Men 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x100m Medley Relay	Women 4x100m Medley Relay

In the heats the United States sent out their reserves who qualified in the first position in an Olympic record 4:05.1. The USA team was so strong that they had held swim-offs to determine who would swim in the medley relay. Thompson Mann led off the final with a backstroke leg of 59.6s, breaking the world record for the 100 back. Steve Clark anchored the Americans home in 52.4 for the freestyle leg, under the recognized world record for the 100 free, although he had a flying start. Clark won gold medals in all three relay events in Tokyo. The United States won in 3:58.4, a world record and the first time ever under four minutes for the distance, with Germany over three seconds back in second place.

World Rekord: United States (Bill Mettler, Don Schollander, Mike Wall	Dave Lyons) 8:01.8 Los Angeles, United States, 28th September 1964
Olympic Rekord: United States (George Harrison 2:03.4, Richard Blick 2:01.9, Michael Troy 2:02.9, Jeff Farrell 2:02.0) 8:10.2 Rome, Italy 1 September 1960

Heats> - Saturday, 17th October

	Heat 1	time	gap	L	Rk.	___________________
1.	UT Germany	8:09.7	+0.7s	-	2.
Horst-Günther Gregor 2:03.1, Gerhard Hetz 2:02.9, Frank Wiegand 2:01.8, Hans-Joachim Klein 2:01.9
2.	Japan	8:10.4	+1.4s	-	4.
Makoto Fukui 2:02.6, Kunihiro Iwasaki 2:02.7, Toshio Shoji 2:01.9, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka 2:03.2
3.	Soviet Union	8:14.5	+5.5s	-	5.
Siemion Belitz-Geiman 2:02.3, Vladimir Bieriezin 2:04.1, Aleksandr Paramonov 2:04.1, Yewgieniy Nowikov 2:04.0
4.	Italy	8:17.8	+8.8s	-	7.
Bruno Bianchi 2:04.2, Giovanni Orlando 2:05.9, Pietro Boscaini 2:05.4, Sergio De Gregorio 2:02.3
5.	Canada	8:22.2	+13.2s	-	9.
Ron Jacks 2:06.3, Ralph Hutton 2:05.3, Daniel Sherry 2:05.2, Sandy Gilchrist 2:05.4
6.	Netherlands	8:27.7	+18.7s	-	12.
Johan Bontekoe 2:02.2, Jan Jiskoot 2:07.8, Ron Kroon 2:07.2, Bert Sitters 2:10.5
7.	Mexico	8:50.3	+51.3s	-	15.
Rafael Hernández 2:12.5, Guillermo Echevarría 2:10.5, Alfredo Guzmán 2:17.0, Salvador Ruíz 2:10.3

	Heat 2	time	gap	L	Rk.	___________________
1.	United States	8:09.0		-	1.
Bill Mettler 2:02.6, Dave Lyons 2:02.8, Mike Wall 2:01.8, Ed Townsend 2:01.8
2.	Sweden	8:10.3	+1.3s	-	3.
Jan Lundin 2:01.9, Lester Eriksson 2:03.8, Hans Rosendahl 2:02.5, Mats Svensson 2:02.1
3.	France	8:17.0	+8.0s	-	6.
Pierre Canavèse 2:04.1, Jean-Pascal Curtillet 2:03.2, Francis Luyce 2:04.5, Alain Gottvallès 2:05.2
4.	Australia	8:18.3	+9.3s	-	8.
Peter Doak 2:03.7, John Konrads 2:02.8, John Ryan 2:07.4, David Dickson 2:04.4
5.	Finland	8:23.3	+14.3s	-	10.
Ilkka Suvanto 2:05.6, Hannu Vaahtoranta 2:07.6, Tuomo Hämäläinen 2:06.3, Matti Kasvio 2:03.8
6.	Hungary	8:24.4	+15.4s	-	11.
Gyula Dobay 2:02.8, Csaba Ali 2:08.1, György Kosztolánczy 2:08.0, József Katona 2:05.5
7.	Great Britain	8:30.9	+21.9s	-	13.
John Martin-Dye 2:05.5, John Thurley 2:09.7, Bob Lord 2:06.3, Bob McGregor 2:09.4
8.	Spain	8:32.6	+33.6s	-	14.
Juan Fortuny 2:06.7, Miguel Torres 2:09.0, Antonio Pérez 2:08.7, Antonio Codina 2:08.2

Final

time

gap

Rk.

United States

7:52.1

Stephen Clark 2:00.0, Roy Saari 1:58.1, Gary Ilman 1:58.4, Donald Schollander 1:55.6

UT Germany

7:59.3

+7.2s

Horst-Günther Gregor 2:02.0, Gerhard Hetz 2:01.8, Frank Wiegand 1:57.6, Hans-Joachim Klein 1:57.9

Japan

8:03.8

+11.7s

Makoto Fukui 2:00.5, Kunihiro Iwasaki 2:01.1, Toshio Shoji 2:01.7, Yukiaki Okabe 2:00.5

Australia

8:05.7

+13.7s

D?avid Dickson 2:02.2, Allan Wood 2:01.7, Peter Doak 2:03.1, Bob Windle 1:58.7

Sweden

8:08.0

+15.9s

M?ats Svensson 2:01.8, Lester Eriksson 2:03.2, Hans Rosendahl 2:03.3, Jan Lundin 1:59.7

France

8:08.7

+16.6s

J?ean-Pascal Curtillet 2:02.7, Pierre Canavèse 2:02.8, Francis Luyce 2:02.0, Alain Gottvallès 2:01.2

Soviet Union

8:15.1

+23.0s

S?iemion Belitz-Geiman 2:02.7, Vladimir Bieriezin 2:03.6, Aleksandr Paramonov 2:04.8, Yevgieniy Novikov 2:04.0

Italy

8:18.1

+26.0s

S?ergio De Gregorio 2:03.3, Bruno Bianchi 2:03.4, Giovanni Orlando 2:06.4, Pietro Boscaini 2:05.0

Heat 1

time

gap

Rk.

Heat 2

time

gap

Rk.

United States

8:09.0

Bill Mettler 2:02.6, Dave Lyons 2:02.8, Mike Wall 2:01.8, Ed Townsend 2:01.8

UT Germany

8:09.7

+0.7s

Horst-Günther Gregor 2:03.1, Gerhard Hetz 2:02.9, Frank Wiegand 2:01.8, Hans-Joachim Klein 2:01.9

Sweden

8:10.3

+1.3s

Jan Lundin 2:01.9, Lester Eriksson 2:03.8, Hans Rosendahl 2:02.5, Mats Svensson 2:02.1

Japan

8:10.4

+1.4s

Makoto Fukui 2:02.6, Kunihiro Iwasaki 2:02.7, Toshio Shoji 2:01.9, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka 2:03.2

Soviet Union

8:14.5

+5.5s

Siemion Belitz-Geiman 2:02.3, Vladimir Bieriezin 2:04.1, Aleksandr Paramonov 2:04.1, Yewgieniy Nowikov 2:04.0

France

8:17.0

+8.0s

Pierre Canavèse 2:04.1, Jean-Pascal Curtillet 2:03.2, Francis Luyce 2:04.5, Alain Gottvallès 2:05.2

Italy

8:17.8

+8.8s

Bruno Bianchi 2:04.2, Giovanni Orlando 2:05.9, Pietro Boscaini 2:05.4, Sergio De Gregorio 2:02.3

Australia

8:18.3

+9.3s

Peter Doak 2:03.7, John Konrads 2:02.8, John Ryan 2:07.4, David Dickson 2:04.4

Canada

8:22.2

+13.2s

Ron Jacks 2:06.3, Ralph Hutton 2:05.3, Daniel Sherry 2:05.2, Sandy Gilchrist 2:05.4

Finland

8:23.3

+14.3s

10.

Ilkka Suvanto 2:05.6, Hannu Vaahtoranta 2:07.6, Tuomo Hämäläinen 2:06.3, Matti Kasvio 2:03.8

Hungary

8:24.4

+15.4s

11.

Gyula Dobay 2:02.8, Csaba Ali 2:08.1, György Kosztolánczy 2:08.0, József Katona 2:05.5

Netherlands

8:27.7

+18.7s

12.

Johan Bontekoe 2:02.2, Jan Jiskoot 2:07.8, Ron Kroon 2:07.2, Bert Sitters 2:10.5

Great Britain

8:30.9

+21.9s

13.

John Martin-Dye 2:05.5, John Thurley 2:09.7, Bob Lord 2:06.3, Bob McGregor 2:09.4

Spain

8:32.6

+33.6s

14.

Juan Fortuny 2:06.7, Miguel Torres 2:09.0, Antonio Pérez 2:08.7, Antonio Codina 2:08.2

Mexico

8:50.3

+51.3s

15.

Rafael Hernández 2:12.5, Guillermo Echevarría 2:10.5, Alfredo Guzmán 2:17.0, Salvador Ruíz 2:10.3

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