The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the sixth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 9, 1932.
Twenty-eight swimmers from seven nations competed.
Yasuji Miyazaki Hisakichi Toyoda Takashi Yokoyama Masanori Yusa | Frank Booth George Fissler Maiola Kalili Manuella Kalili | István Bárány László Szabados András Székely András Wanié |
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 9:34.0 |  András Wanié László Szabados András Székely István Bárány | Paris (FRA) | 1931 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 9:36.2 |  Austin Clapp Walter Laufer George Kojac Johnny Weissmuller | Amsterdam (NED) | August 9, 1928 |
Japan set a new world record with 8:58.4 minutes. They bettered the standing world record by more than 35 seconds and broke the nine-minute barrier.
As there were only seven nation who competed in this event only a final was held.
Final
| Place | width=550 | Swimmers | width=80 | Time | width=50 | Leg 1 | width=50 | Leg 2 | width=50 | Leg 3 | width=50 | Leg 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8:58.4 WR | 2:14.1 | 2:14.7 | 2:14.8 | 2:14.8 | |||||||
| 2 | 9:10.5 | 2:20.2 | 2:17.0 | 2:18.6 | 2:17.7 | |||||||
| 3 | 9:31.4 | 2:25.8 | 2:26.5 | 2:21.3 | 2:17.8 | |||||||
| 4 | 9:36.3 | 2:26.0 | 2:28.0 | 2:24.0 | 2:18.3 | |||||||
| 5 | 9:45.8 | 2:27.4 | 2:25.8 | 2:25.3 | 2:27.1 | |||||||
| 6 | 10:13.1 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 10:36.5 |