Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relayat the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Olympia Schwimmhalle Date 28 August 1972 (heats & final) Winning time 3:19.03 WR
United States (USA) David Edgar , John Murphy , Jerry Heidenreich , Mark Spitz , Dave Fairbank *, Gary Conelly *
Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Bure , Viktor Mazanov , Viktor Aboimov , Igor Grivennikov , Georgi Kulikov *
East Germany (GDR) Lutz Unger , Peter Bruch , Roland Matthes , Wilfried Hartung , Udo Poser * *Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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
Results
Heats
Heat 1[2]
Place
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
Vladimir Bure , Viktor Mazanov , Viktor Aboimov , Georgijs Kuļikovs (URS )
3:32.72
2
Gilles Vigne , Alain Mosconi , Alain Hermitte , Michel Rousseau (FRA )
3:35.84
3
Gerhard Schiller , Rainer Jacob , Hans-Günther Vosseler , Kersten Meier (FRG )
3:37.59
4
Jorge Comas , Antonio Culebras , Enrique Melo , José Pujol (ESP )
3:38.77
5
Roberto Pangaro , Paolo Barelli , Marcello Guarducci , Alberto Castagnetti (ITA )
3:38.81
6
Peter Prijdekker , Bert Bergsma , Roger van Hamburg , Hans Elzerman (NED )
3:41.36
7
Jorge Urreta , José Joaquín Santibáñez , Guillermo García , Roberto Strauss (MEX )
3:43.46
Heat 2[3]
Place
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
Jerry Heidenreich , Mark Spitz , David Fairbank , Gary Conelly (USA )
3:28.84
WR
2
Wilfried Hartung , Peter Bruch , Udo Poser , Lutz Unger (GDR )
3:35.13
3
Bruce Robertson , Brian Phillips , Timothy Bach , Bob Kasting (CAN )
3:35.64
4
Ruy de Oliveira , Paulo Zanetti , Paulo Becskehazy , José Roberto Aranha (BRA )
3:35.84
5
Neil Rogers , Graham White , Bruce Featherston , Greg Rogers (AUS )
3:40.47
6
Luis Ayesa , Dae Imlani , Carlos Singson , Jairulla Jaitulla (PHI )
3:47.39
7
Salvador Vilanova , Reynaldo Patiño , Tomás Rengifo , Antonio Ferracuti (ESA )
3:49.14
Final
[4]
References
1964 : Steve Clark , Mike Austin , Gary Ilman , Don Schollander (USA )
1968 : Zac Zorn , Stephen Rerych , Mark Spitz , Ken Walsh (USA )
1972 : David Edgar , John Murphy , Jerry Heidenreich , Mark Spitz (USA )
1984 : Chris Cavanaugh , Mike Heath , Matt Biondi , Rowdy Gaines (USA )
1988 : Chris Jacobs , Troy Dalbey , Tom Jager , Matt Biondi (USA )
1992 : Joe Hudepohl , Matt Biondi , Tom Jager , Jon Olsen , Shaun Jordan , Joel Thomas (USA )
1996 : Jon Olsen , Josh Davis , Brad Schumacher , Gary Hall Jr. , David Fox , Scott Tucker (USA )
2000 : Michael Klim , Chris Fydler , Ashley Callus , Ian Thorpe , Todd Pearson , Adam Pine (AUS )
2004 : Roland Schoeman , Lyndon Ferns , Darian Townsend , Ryk Neethling (RSA )
2008 : Michael Phelps , Garrett Weber-Gale , Cullen Jones , Jason Lezak , Nathan Adrian , Ben Wildman-Tobriner , Matt Grevers (USA )
2012 : Amaury Leveaux , Fabien Gilot , Clément Lefert , Yannick Agnel , Alain Bernard , Jérémy Stravius (FRA )
2016 : Caeleb Dressel , Michael Phelps , Ryan Held , Nathan Adrian , Jimmy Feigen , Blake Pieroni , Anthony Ervin (USA )
2020 : Caeleb Dressel , Blake Pieroni , Bowe Becker , Zach Apple , Brooks Curry (USA )
2024 : Jack Alexy , Chris Guiliano , Hunter Armstrong , Caeleb Dressel , Ryan Held , Matt King (USA )