Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay explained

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place 17 - 18 October.^[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Medalists

Steve Clark Roy Saari Gary Ilman Don Schollander

Horst-Günther Gregor Gerhard Hetz Frank Wiegand Hans-Joachim Klein

Makoto Fukui Kunihiro Iwasaki Toshio Shoji Yukiaki Okabe

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		8:09.7
2		8:10.4
3		8:14.5
4		8:17.8
5		8:22.2
6		8:27.7
7		8:50.3

Heat 2

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		8:09.0
2		8:10.3
3		8:17.0
4		8:18.3
5		8:23.3
6		8:24.4
7		8:30.9
8		8:32.6

Final

^[2]

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		7:52.1	WR
2		7:59.3
3		8:03.8	NR
4		8:05.7
5		8:08.0
6		8:08.7
7		8:15.1
8		8:18.1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165953/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/SWI/mens-4-x-200-metres-freestyle-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 30 October 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. https://www.fina.org/competitions/1102/olympic-games-tokyo-1964/results?disciplines=SW&event=5256bab9-d2ad-4318-ba59-3a9eea416cee&unit=final final