| Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place from 28 to 29 July at the Swimming Stadium. The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
Medalists
| Rank | Nationality | Name | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
 United States |
Wayne Moore Bill Woolsey Ford Konno Jimmy McLane |
8:31.1 | OR |
 |
 Japan |
Hiroshi Suzuki Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Toru Goto Teijiro Tanikawa |
8:33.5 | |
 |
 France |
Joseph Bernardo Aldo Eminente Alexandre Jany Jean Boiteux |
8:45.9 |
Results
Heats
- Heat One
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jo Bernardo, Aldo Eminente, Alex Jany, and Jean Boiteux (FRA) |
8:55.9 | |
| 2 |  Roy Botham, Ronald Burns, Thomas Welsh, and Jack Wardrop (GBR) |
8:59.7 | |
| 3 |  Rex Aubrey, Frank O'Neill, Garrick Agnew, and John Marshall (AUS) |
9:01.4 | |
| 4 |  Viktor Drobinsky, Vasily Karmanov, Leonid Meshkov, and Lev Balandin (URS) |
9:01.9 | |
| 5 |  Carlo Pedersoli, Egidio Massaria, Angelo Romani, and Giovanni Paliaga (ITA) |
9:17.9 | |
| 6 |  Pentti Ikonen, Pentti Paatsalo, Mauno Valkeinen, and Leo Telivuo (FIN) |
9:26.6 |
- Heat Two
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wally Wolf, Don Sheff, Frank Dooley and Bumpy Jones (USA) |
8:50.9 | |
| 2 |  György Csordás, László Gyöngyösi, Gusztáv Kettesi and Imre Nyéki (HUN) |
8:54.6 | |
| 3 |  Graham Johnston, Dennis Ford, John Durr and Peter Duncan (RSA) |
8:58.7 | |
| 4 |  Haroldo Lara, Sylvio dos Santos, Aram Boghossian and João Gonçalves Filho (BRA) |
9:09.0 | |
| 5 |  Kamiel Reynders, Joseph Anthoon, Marcel Anthoon and Alfons Bierebeek (BEL) |
9:45.5 |
- Heat Three
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Hiroshi Suzuki, Toru Goto and Teijiro Tanikawa (JPN) |
8:42.1 | |
| 2 |  Rolf Olander, Göran Larsson, Olle Johansson and Per-Olof Östrand (SWE) |
8:52.3 | |
| 3 |  Federico Zwanck, Marcelo Trabucco, Pedro Galvão and Alfredo Yantorno (ARG) |
8:59.3 | |
| 4 |  Gerry McNamee, Lucien Beaumont, Leo Portelance and Allen Gilchrist (CAN) |
9:10.9 | |
| 5 |  Gotfryd Gremlowski, Antoni Tołkaczewski, Józef Lewicki and Jerzy Boniecki (POL) |
9:13.7 | |
| 6 |  Alberto Isaac, Efrén Fierro, César Borja and Tonatiuh Gutiérrez (MEX) |
9:15.7 |
Final
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Wayne Moore, Bill Woolsey, Ford Konno and Jimmy McLane (USA) |
8:31.1 | WR |
|
Hiroshi Suzuki, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Toru Goto, and Teijiro Tanikawa (JPN) |
8:33.5 | |
|
Jo Bernardo, Aldo Eminente, Alex Jany, and Jean Boiteux (FRA) |
8:45.9 | |
| 4 | Lars Svantesson, Göran Larsson, Per-Olof Östrand and Olle Johansson (SWE) |
8:46.8 | |
| 5 | László Gyöngyösi, György Csordás, Géza Kádas and Imre Nyéki (HUN) |
8:52.6 | |
| 6 | Roy Botham, Ronald Burns, Thomas Welsh, and Jack Wardrop (GBR) |
8:52.9 | |
| 7 | Graham Johnston, Dennis Ford, John Durr and Peter Duncan (RSA) |
8:55.1 | |
| 8 | Federico Zwanck, Marcelo Trabucco, Pedro Galvão and Alfredo Yantorno (ARG) |
8:56.9 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- "Helsinki 1952 4x200m freestyle relay men". IOC. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- Heats Summary
- Final
