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Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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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

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Gold Silver Bronze
 Japan (JPN)
Shigeo Arai
Shigeo Sugiura
Masaharu Taguchi
Masanori Yusa
 United States (USA)
Ralph Flanagan
John Macionis
Jack Medica
Paul Wolf
 Hungary (HUN)
Oszkár Abay-Nemes
Ferenc Csik
Ödön Gróf
Árpád Lengyel

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

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.

World Record 8:52.2 Japan Masanori Yusa
Japan Shozo Makino
Japan Sunao Ishiharada
Japan Hiroshi Negami
Tokyo (JPN) 19 August 1935
Olympic Record 8:58.4 Japan Yasuji Miyazaki
Japan Masanori Yusa
Japan Hisakichi Toyoda
Japan Takashi Yokoyama
Los Angeles (USA) 9 August 1932

In the final the Japan set a new world record with 8:51.5 minutes.

Results

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Semifinals

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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 qq
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
 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 qq
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

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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

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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