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
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.
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
QQ
2
Munroe Bourne , Bob Hamerton , Robert Hooper , and Bob Pirie (CAN )
9:40.0
QQ
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
QQ
2
Oszkár Abay-Nemes , Ferenc Csik , Ödön Gróf , and Árpád Lengyel (HUN )
9:20.8
QQ
3
Mostyn Ffrench-Williams , Romund Gabrielsen , Bob Leivers , and Norman Wainwright (GBR )
9:30.8
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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
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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
QQ
2
Helmuth Fischer , Hermann Heibel , Wolfgang Heimlich , and Werner Plath (GER )
9:21.4
QQ
3
Björn Borg , Sten-Olof Bolldén , Sven-Pelle Pettersson , and Gunnar Werner (SWE )
9:35.3
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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
External links
1908 : John Derbyshire , Paul Radmilovic , William Foster , Henry Taylor (GBR )
1912 : Cecil Healy , Malcolm Champion , Leslie Boardman , Harold Hardwick (ANZ )
1920 : Perry McGillivray , Pua Kealoha , Norman Ross , Duke Kahanamoku (USA )
1924 : Johnny Weissmuller , Wally O'Connor , Harry Glancy , Ralph Breyer (USA )
1928 : Johnny Weissmuller , Austin Clapp , Walter Laufer , George Kojac (USA )
1932 : Masanori Yusa , Yasuji Miyazaki , Takashi Yokoyama , Hisakichi Toyoda (JPN )
1936 : Masanori Yusa , Shigeo Sugiura , Shigeo Arai , Masaharu Taguchi (JPN )
1948 : Wally Ris , Jimmy McLane , Wally Wolf , Bill Smith (USA )
1952 : Wayne Moore , Bill Woolsey , Ford Konno , Jimmy McLane (USA )
1956 : Kevin O'Halloran , John Devitt , Murray Rose , Jon Henricks (AUS )
1960 : George Harrison , Dick Blick , Mike Troy , Jeff Farrell (USA )
1964 : Don Schollander , Steve Clark , Roy Saari , Gary Ilman (USA )
1968 : Don Schollander , Mark Spitz , John Nelson , Stephen Rerych (USA )
1972 : Mark Spitz , John Kinsella , Fred Tyler , Steve Genter (USA )
1976 : Mike Bruner , Bruce Furniss , John Naber , Jim Montgomery (USA )
1980 : Sergey Koplyakov , Vladimir Salnikov , Ivar Stukolkin , Andrey Krylov (URS )
1984 : Mike Heath , David Larson , Jeff Float , Bruce Hayes (USA )
1988 : Troy Dalbey , Matt Cetlinski , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA )
1992 : Dmitry Lepikov , Vladimir Pyshnenko , Veniamin Tayanovich , Yevgeny Sadovyi , Aleksey Kudryavtsev , Yury Mukhin (EUN )
1996 : Josh Davis , Joe Hudepohl , Brad Schumacher , Ryan Berube , Jon Olsen (USA )
2000 : Ian Thorpe , Michael Klim , Todd Pearson , Bill Kirby , Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski (AUS )
2004 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Peter Vanderkaay , Klete Keller , Dan Ketchum , Scott Goldblatt (USA )
2008 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Ricky Berens , Peter Vanderkaay , David Walters , Erik Vendt , Klete Keller (USA )
2012 : Ryan Lochte , Conor Dwyer , Ricky Berens , Michael Phelps , Charlie Houchin , Matt McLean , Davis Tarwater (USA )
2016 : Conor Dwyer , Townley Haas , Ryan Lochte , Michael Phelps , Clark Smith , Jack Conger , Gunnar Bentz (USA )
2020 : Thomas Dean , James Guy , Matt Richards , Duncan Scott , Calum Jarvis (GBR )