Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay explained

The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place 21 October.^[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Medalists

John Nelson Stephen Rerych Mark Spitz Don Schollander

Greg Rogers Graham White Bob Windle Michael Wenden

Vladimir Bure Semyon Belits-Geiman Georgi Kulikov Leonid Ilyichov

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		8:04.8
2		8:10.5
3		8:10.9
4		8:16.3
5		8:26.7
6		8:40.2

Heat 2

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		8:05.1
2		8:06.3
3		8:07.1
4		8:17.0
5		8:41.0

Heat 3

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		8:07.6
2		8:11.2
3		8:14.1
4		8:23.6
5			DQ

Final

^[2]

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
		7:52.3
		7:53.7
		8:01.6
4		8:03.2
5		8:03.7
6		8:04.3
7		8:06.0
8		8:12.1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165134/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/SWI/mens-4-x-200-metres-freestyle-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 11 November 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. https://www.fina.org/competitions/1101/olympic-games-mexico-1968/results?disciplines=SW&event=3cfa2104-02c6-45b4-a360-1a1ddf71b146 final