| Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Pool | |||||||||
| Date | 21 July 1976 (final) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:23.22 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 19721980 → | ||||||||||
| Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
The men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on Wednesday, 21 July.
Final
Heats
Heat 1
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  HaJo Geisler, Andreas Schmidt, Werner Lampe, Peter Nocke (FRG) |
7:37.59 | |
| 2 |  Alan McClatchey, David Dunne, Gordon Downie, Brian Brinkley (GBR) |
7:37.92 | |
| 3 |  Marcello Guarducci, Roberto Pangaro, Paolo Barelli, Paolo Revelli (ITA) |
7:41.39 | |
| 4 |  Bent Brask, Arne Borgstrøm, Håkon Iversøn, Fritz Warncke (NOR) |
7:46.42 | |
| 5 |  Marc Lazzaro, Benôit Laffineur, Colin Ress, Fabien Noël (FRA) |
7:47.39 | |
| 6 |  Fernando Cañales, José-Ricardo de Jesús, Arnaldo Pérez, Francisco Cañales (PUR) |
8:05.21 |
Heat 2
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sergey Koplyakov, Andrey Krylov, Andrey Smirnov, Vladimir Mikheyev (URS) |
7:33.21 | |
| 2 |  Roger Pyttel, Wilfried Hartung, Rainer Strohbach, Frank Pfütze (GDR) |
7:40.58 | |
| 3 |  Graham Windeatt, Mark Tonelli, Peter Coughlan, Peter Dawson (AUS) |
7:44.42 | |
| 4 |  Petar Georgiev, Stefan Georgiev, Toni Statelov, Nikolay Ganev (BUL) |
7:57.08 | |
| 5 |  José Pereira, António de Melo, Rui Abreu, Paulo Frischknecht (POR) |
8:26.68 |
Heat 3
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  John Naber, Jim Montgomery, Doug Northway, Tim Shaw (USA) |
7:30.33 | |
| 2 |  Pär Arvidsson, Peter Pettersson, Anders Bellbring, Bengt Gingsjö (SWE) |
7:41.82 | |
| 3 |  Karim Ressang, René van der Kuil, Andre in het Veld, Henk Elzerman (NED) |
7:42.54 | |
| 4 |  David López-Zubero, Jesús Fuentes, Fernando Gómez-Reino, Santiago Esteva (ESP) |
7:49.22 | |
| 5 |  Guillermo García, Eduardo Pérez, Guillermo Zavala, José Luis Prado (MEX) |
8:05.12 | |
| 6 |  Ramón Volcan, Andrés Arraez, Glen Sochasky, Luis Goicoechea (VEN) |
8:08.38 | |
| 7 |  Steve Badger, Bill Sawchuk, Steve Pickell, James Hett (CAN) |
DQ |
References
- "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- Heat 1
- Heat 2
- Heat 3
