Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay explained

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place August 31.^[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Medalists

John Kinsella Fred Tyler Steve Genter Mark Spitz

Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Hans Vosseler Hans Fassnacht

Igor Grivennikov Viktor Mazanov Georgi Kulikov Vladimir Bure

Results

Heats

Heat 1^[2]

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		7:49.03	OR
2		7:57.69
3		7:58.33
4		8:00.87
5		8:08.39
6		8:17.91
7		8:44.01

Heat 2^[3]

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		7:46.42	OR
2		7:51.11
3		7:51.44
4		7:53.98
5		7:57.54
6		8:00.79
7		8:03.98

Final

^[4]

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
		7:35.78	WR
		7:41.69
		7:45.76
4		7:47.37
5		7:48.66
6		7:49.11
7		7:53.61
8		7:55.59

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055234/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/mens-4-x-200-metres-freestyle-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 November 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. https://www.fina.org/competitions/1100/olympic-games-munich-1972/results?disciplines=SW&event=01926bcf-8826-457f-97ac-e7fc44ac4735&unit=heat-1 Heat 1
3. https://www.fina.org/competitions/1100/olympic-games-munich-1972/results?disciplines=SW&event=01926bcf-8826-457f-97ac-e7fc44ac4735&unit=heat-2 Heat 2
4. https://www.fina.org/competitions/1100/olympic-games-munich-1972/results?disciplines=SW&event=01926bcf-8826-457f-97ac-e7fc44ac4735&unit=final final