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

Event:	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Games:	1972 Summer
Venue:	Olympia Schwimmhalle
Date:	28 August 1972 (heats & final)
Gold:	David Edgar, John Murphy, Jerry Heidenreich, Mark Spitz, Dave Fairbank, Gary Conelly
Silver:	Vladimir Bure, Viktor Mazanov, Viktor Aboimov, Igor Grivennikov, Georgi Kulikov*
Bronze:	Lutz Unger, Peter Bruch, Roland Matthes, Wilfried Hartung, Udo Poser* *Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
Win Value:	3:19.03
Prev:	1968
Next:	1984

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

David Edgar
John Murphy
Jerry Heidenreich
Mark Spitz

Vladimir Bure
Viktor Mazanov
Viktor Aboimov
Igor Grivennikov

Roland Matthes
Wilfried Hartung
Peter Bruch
Lutz Unger

Results

Heats

Heat 1^[2]

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		3:32.72
2		3:35.84
3		3:37.59
4		3:38.77
5		3:38.81
6		3:41.36
7		3:43.46

Heat 2^[3]

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		3:28.84
2		3:35.13
3		3:35.64
4		3:35.84
5		3:40.47
6		3:47.39
7		3:49.14

Final

^[4]

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

Notes and References

Web site: Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055223/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/mens-4-x-100-metres-freestyle-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 November 2016 . Sports Reference.
https://www.fina.org/competitions/1100/olympic-games-munich-1972/results?disciplines=SW&event=afd060a2-065d-4b8a-b77f-9d20c2df067c&unit=heat-1 heat 1
https://www.fina.org/competitions/1100/olympic-games-munich-1972/results?disciplines=SW&event=afd060a2-065d-4b8a-b77f-9d20c2df067c&unit=heat-2 heat 2
Web site: Olympic Report Munich 1972 – Men's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay Results . 21 November 2017.