Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympia Schwimmhalle
Date28 August 1972 (heats & final)
Winning time3:19.03 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States (USA)
David Edgar, John Murphy, Jerry Heidenreich, Mark Spitz, Dave Fairbank*, Gary Conelly*
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Bure, Viktor Mazanov, Viktor Aboimov, Igor Grivennikov, Georgi Kulikov*
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  East Germany (GDR)
Lutz Unger, Peter Bruch, Roland Matthes, Wilfried Hartung, Udo Poser*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place August 28.[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Medalists[edit]

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States
David Edgar
John Murphy
Jerry Heidenreich
Mark Spitz
 Soviet Union
Vladimir Bure
Viktor Mazanov
Viktor Aboimov
Igor Grivennikov
 East Germany
Roland Matthes
Wilfried Hartung
Peter Bruch
Lutz Unger

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Heat 1[2]

Place Swimmers Time Notes
1  Vladimir Bure, Viktor Mazanov, Viktor Aboimov, Georgijs Kuļikovs (URS) 3:32.72
2  Gilles Vigne, Alain Mosconi, Alain Hermitte, Michel Rousseau (FRA) 3:35.84
3  Gerhard Schiller, Rainer Jacob, Hans-Günther Vosseler, Kersten Meier (FRG) 3:37.59
4  Jorge Comas, Antonio Culebras, Enrique Melo, José Pujol (ESP) 3:38.77
5  Roberto Pangaro, Paolo Barelli, Marcello Guarducci, Alberto Castagnetti (ITA) 3:38.81
6  Peter Prijdekker, Bert Bergsma, Roger van Hamburg, Hans Elzerman (NED) 3:41.36
7  Jorge Urreta, José Joaquín Santibáñez, Guillermo García, Roberto Strauss (MEX) 3:43.46

Heat 2[3]

Place Swimmers Time Notes
1  Jerry Heidenreich, Mark Spitz, David Fairbank, Gary Conelly (USA) 3:28.84 WR
2  Wilfried Hartung, Peter Bruch, Udo Poser, Lutz Unger (GDR) 3:35.13
3  Bruce Robertson, Brian Phillips, Timothy Bach, Bob Kasting (CAN) 3:35.64
4  Ruy de Oliveira, Paulo Zanetti, Paulo Becskehazy, José Roberto Aranha (BRA) 3:35.84
5  Neil Rogers, Graham White, Bruce Featherston, Greg Rogers (AUS) 3:40.47
6  Luis Ayesa, Dae Imlani, Carlos Singson, Jairulla Jaitulla (PHI) 3:47.39
7  Salvador Vilanova, Reynaldo Patiño, Tomás Rengifo, Antonio Ferracuti (ESA) 3:49.14

Final[edit]

[4]

Rank Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States David Edgar (52.69)
John Murphy (52.04)
Jerry Heidenreich (50.78)
Mark Spitz (50.90)
3:26.42 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union Vladimir Bure (52.26)
Viktor Mazanov (53.13)
Viktor Aboimov (52.75)
Igor Grivennikov (51.57)
3:29.72
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  East Germany Roland Matthes (52.89)
Wilfried Hartung (53.31)
Peter Bruch (53.20)
Lutz Unger (53.01)
3:32.42
4  Brazil Ruy de Oliveira (53.62)
Paulo Zanetti (53.61)
Paulo Becskehazy (53.73)
José Aranha (52.17)
3:33.14
5  Canada Bruce Robertson (53.52)
Brian Phillips (52.56)
Timothy Bach (54.41)
Robert Kasting (52.70)
3:33.20
6  West Germany Klaus Steinbach (53.45)
Werner Lampe (52.81)
Rainer Jacob (53.81)
Hans Fassnacht (53.82)
3:33.90
7  France Gilles Vigne (54.47)
Alain Mosconi (54.57)
Alain Hermitte (53.41)
Michel Rousseau (51.66)
3:34.13
8  Spain Jorge Comas (54.32)
Antonio Culebras (55.02)
Enrique Melo (54.77)
José Pujol (54.09)
3:38.21

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. ^ heat 1
  3. ^ heat 2
  4. ^ "Olympic Report Munich 1972 – Men's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2017.