1956 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 4 × 200 m freestyle (men)
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sport | swim |
competition | 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay |
gender | Men |
place | Swimming and Diving Stadium , Melbourne |
Attendees | 11 teams from 11 nations |
Competition phase | December 1st and 3rd, 1956 |
Medals |
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Season Competition over 4 times 200 meters freestyle men at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the Australian city of Melbourne was on 1 and 3 December at the Swimming and Diving Stadium discharged.
Participating Nations
A total of 11 teams with 50 swimmers took part in the competition.
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Japan (5)
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Philippines (4)
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Soviet Union (4)
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South African Union (4)
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Hungary (4)
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United States (6)
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United Kingdom (4)
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Existing records
World record |
![]() Boris Nikitin , Vladimir Struschanow , Gennady Nikolayev and Vitaly Sorokin |
8: 24.5 min | Moscow , Soviet Union | 4th November 1956 |
Olympic record |
![]() Wayne Moore , William Woolsey , Ford Konno and James McLane |
8: 31.1 min | Helsinki , Finland | July 29, 1952 |
Prelims
There were two preliminary runs on December 1st. The eight fastest teams from both heats qualified for the final two days later.
Forward 1
rank | nation | Names | time |
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Hiroshi Suzuki (2: 11.8 min) Atsushi Tani (2: 08.8 min) Koji Nonoshita (2: 10.3 min) Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (2: 07.0 min) |
8: 37.9 min |
2 |
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Dick Hanley (2: 08.7 min) Tim Jecko (2: 09.1 min) Sonny Tanabe (2: 12.2 min) Ford Konno (2: 08.3 min) |
8: 38.3 min |
3 |
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Hans Köhler (2: 11.7 min) Hans-Joachim Reich (2: 12.0 min) Hans Zierold (2: 07.8 min) Horst Bleeker (2: 11.0 min) |
8: 42.5 min |
4th |
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Billy Steuart (2: 09.6 min) Tony Briscoe (2: 08.7 min) Dennis Ford (2: 12.5 min) Peter Duncan (2: 12.2 min) |
8: 43.0 min |
5 |
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Fritz Dennerlein (2: 09.7 min) Paolo Galletti (2: 13.0 min) Guido Elmi (2: 12.7 min) Angelo Romani (2: 07.7 min) |
8; 43.1 min |
Forward 2
rank | nation | Names | time |
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1 |
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Kenneth Williams (2: 11.7 min) Ronald Roberts (2: 13.1 min) Neil McKechnie (2: 06.6 min) John Caldwell Wardrop (2: 07.7 min) |
8: 39.1 min |
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Vitaly Sorokin (2: 11.6 min) Vladimir Struzhanov (2: 08.8 min) Gennady Nikolayev (2: 10.4 min) Boris Nikitin (2: 08.7 min) |
8: 39.5 min |
3 |
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John Devitt (2: 07.5 min) Gary Chapman (2: 08.4 min) Graham Hamilton (2: 15.4 min) Murray Garretty (2: 08.9 min) |
8: 40.2 min |
4th |
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Aldo Emorien (2: 11.6 min) Jacques Collignon (2: 13.4 min) Alexandre Jany (2: 13.4 min) Jean Boiteux (2: 18.1 min) |
8: 56.5 min |
5 |
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Gyula Dobay (2: 12.8 min) György Csordás (2: 16.5 min) Sándor Záborszky (2: 14.7 min) Jenő Áts (2: 13.2 min) |
8: 57.2 min |
6th |
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Dakula Arabani (2: 15.9 min) Agapito Lozada (2: 16.9 min) Bana Sailani (2: 15.5 min) Ulfiano Babol (2: 17.4 min) |
9: 05.7 min |
final
The final took place on December 3rd. The Australian season won in a new world record time of 8: 23.6 minutes; it improved the previous best time by 0.9 s and that of the Olympic record by 7.5 s.
rank | nation | Names | time |
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Kevin O'Halloran (2: 06.8 min) John Devitt (2: 06.4 min) Murray Rose (2: 06.0 min) Jon Henricks (2: 04.4 min) |
8: 23.6 min world record |
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Dick Hanley (2: 08.0 min) George Breen (2: 07.7 min) William Tripp Woolsey (2: 07.0 min) Ford Konno (2: 08.8 min) |
8: 31.5 min |
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Vitaly Sorokin (2: 07.5 min) Vladimir Struzhanov (2: 11.5 min) Gennady Nikolayev (2: 09.0 min) Boris Nikitin (2: 06.7 min) |
8: 34.7 min |
4th |
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Manabu Koga (2: 10.0 min) Atsushi Tani (2: 08.5 min) Koji Nonoshita (2: 10.5 min) Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (2: 07.6 min) |
8: 36.6 min |
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Hans Köhler (2: 10.3 min) Hans-Joachim Reich (2: 12.1 min) Hans Zierold (2: 08.4 min) Horst Bleeker (2: 12.6 min) |
8: 43.4 min |
6th |
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Kenneth Williams (2: 11.4 min) Ronald Roberts (2: 13.8 min) Neil McKechnie (2: 11.6 min) John Caldwell Wardrop (2: 08.4 min) |
8: 45.2 min |
7th |
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Fritz Dennerlein (2: 09.8 min) Paolo Galletti (2: 13.4 min) Guido Elmi (2: 13.5 min) Angelo Romani (2: 09.5 min) |
8: 46.2 min |
8th |
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Billy Steuart (2: 11.2 min) Tony Briscoe (2: 11.8 min) Dennis Ford (2: 13.6 min) Peter Duncan (2: 12.9 min) |
8: 49.5 min |
Web links
- 1956 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 4 × 200 m freestyle in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )