1936 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 4 × 200 m freestyle (men)
sport | swim | ||||||||
discipline | 4 × 200 m freestyle | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 74 athletes from 18 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic swimming stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 10, 1936 (semi-finals) August 11, 1936 (final) |
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Winning time | 8: 51.5 min | ||||||||
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Swimming competitions at the 1936 Olympic Games |
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100 m freestyle | Men | Women |
400 m freestyle | Men | Women |
1500 m freestyle | Men | |
100 m back | Men | Women |
200 m chest | Men | Women |
4 × 100 m freestyle | Women | |
4 × 200 m freestyle | Men |
The men's 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin took place on August 10th and 11th. Olympic champion was the Japanese relay with Yusa Masanori , Sugiura Shigeo , Taguchi Masaharu and Arai Shigeo , who swam a world record time in the final. Silver went to the Americans and bronze to Hungarians.
Records
Before the start of the Olympic Games, the following records were valid.
World record | 8: 52.2 min | Japan | Tokyo , Japan | August 19, 1935 |
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Olympic record | 8: 58.4 min | Los Angeles , United States | August 9, 1932 |
The following new records were set:
World record | 8: 51.5 min | Japan | final |
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Olympic record | 8: 56.1 min | Semi-final 3 |
Results
Semifinals
The semi-finals took place on August 10th. The first two seasons of each run as well as the two fastest third seasons qualified for the finals.
Semi-final 1
rank | nation | Athletes | time | Note |
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1 | France |
René Cavalero Alfred Nakache Christian Talli Jean Taris |
9: 21.7 min | |
2 | Canada |
Munroe Bourne Bob Hamerton Robert Hooper Bob Pirie |
9: 40.0 min | |
3 | Brazil |
Aluizio location Leônidas da Silva Manoel Villar Isaac Morais |
9: 42.5 min | |
4th | Philippines |
Jikirum Adjaluddin Arsad Alpad Nils Christiansen José Obial |
9: 45.8 min | |
5 | Bermuda |
Edmund Cooper Leonard Spence Dudley Spurling John Young |
10: 50.5 min | |
6th | Greece |
Richardos Brousalis Spyridon Mavrogiorgos Panagiotis Provatopoulos Angelos Vlakhos |
10: 51.0 min |
Semi-final 2
rank | nation | Athletes | time | Note |
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1 | United States |
Ralph Gilman Charles Hutter Jack Medica Paul Wolf |
9: 10.4 min | |
2 | Hungary |
Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ferenc Csik Ödön Gróf Árpád Lengyel |
9: 20.8 min | |
3 | Great Britain |
Mostyn Ffrench-Williams Rom and Gabrielsen Bob Leivers Norman Wainwright |
9: 30.8 min | |
4th | Denmark |
Poul Petersen Jørgen Jørgensen Aage Hellstrøm John Christensen |
9: 39.6 min | |
5 | Austria |
Herbert Hnatek Franz Seltenheim Edmund Pader Günther Zobernig |
10: 58.4 min | |
6th | Luxembourg |
Norbert Franck Pierre Hastert Marcel Neumann Georges Tandel |
10: 59.8 min | |
Poland |
Kazimierz Bocheński Helmut Barysz Joachim Karliczek Ilja Szrajbman |
DSQ |
Semi-final 3
rank | nation | Athletes | time | Note |
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1 | Japan |
Arai Shigeo Sugiura Shigeo Taguchi Masaharu Yusa Masanori |
8: 56.1 min | QQ, ( OR ) |
2 | German Empire |
Helmut Fischer Hermann Heibel Wolfgang Heimlich Werner Plath |
9: 21.4 min | |
3 | Sweden |
Björn Borg Sten-Olof Bolldén Sven-Pelle Pettersson Gunnar Werner |
9: 35.3 min | |
4th | Yugoslavia |
Draško Vilfan Tone Gazzari Zmaj Defilipis Anton Cerer |
9: 40.3 min | |
5 | Egypt |
Higazi Said Ibrahim Fadl Mahmoud Kadri Zaki Saad al-Dine |
10:05.3 min |
final
August 11, 1936
rank | nation | Athletes | time |
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1 | Japan |
Yusa Masanori Sugiura Shigeo Taguchi Masaharu Arai Shigeo |
8: 51.5 min ( WR ) |
2 | United States |
Ralph Flanagan John Macionis Paul Wolf Jack Medica |
9: 03.0 min |
3 | Hungary |
Árpád Lengyel Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ödön Gróf Ferenc Csik |
9: 12.3 min |
4th | France |
Alfred Nakache Christian Talli René Cavalero Jean Taris |
9: 18.2 min |
5 | German Empire |
Werner Plath Hermann Heibel Wolfgang Heimlich Helmut Fischer |
9: 19.0 min |
6th | Great Britain |
Mostyn Ffrench-Williams Rom and Gabrielsen Bob Leivers Norman Wainwright |
9: 21.5 min |
7th | Canada |
Munroe Bourne Bob Hamerton Robert Hooper Bob Pirie |
9: 27.5 min |
8th | Sweden |
Björn Borg Sten-Olof Bolldén Sven-Pelle Pettersson Gunnar Werner |
9: 37.5 min |