Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place July 28 — 29, at the Swimming Stadium.[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
Medalists
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 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) László Gyöngyösi, György Csordás, Géza Kádas, Imre Nyéki and Gusztáv Kettesi (HUN) | 8:54.6 | |
| 3 | .svg.png) Graham Johnston, Dennis Ford, John Durr and Peter Duncan (RSA) | 8:58.7 | |
| 4 | .svg.png) Haroldo Lara, Sylvio dos Santos, Aram Boghossian and João Gonçalves Filho (BRA) | 9:09.0 | |
| 5 | .svg.png) Kamiel Reynders, Joseph Anthoon, Marcel Anthoon and Alfons Bierebeek (BEL) | 9:45.5 | |
- Heat Three
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | .svg.png) Hiroshi Suzuki, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Toru Goto, and Teijiro Tanikawa (JPN) | 8:42.1 | |
| 2 |  Lars Svantesson, Göran Larsson, Per-Olof Östrand, Olle Johansson and Rolf Olander (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 | .svg.png) Gotfryd Gremlowski, Antoni Tołkaczewski, Józef Lewicki and Jerzy Boniecki (POL) | 9:13.7 | |
| 6 | .svg.png) Alberto Isaac, Efrén Fierro, César Borja and Tonatiuh Gutiérrez (MEX) | 9:15.7 | |
References
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- 1908: Derbyshire, Radimilovic, Foster, Taylor (GBR)
- 1912:
 Healy, Champion, Boardman, Hardwick (ANZ)
- 1920: McGillivray, Kealoha, Ross, Kahanamoku (USA)
- 1924: Weissmuller, O'Connor, Glancy, Breyer (USA)
- 1928: Weissmuller, Clapp, Laufer, Kojac (USA)
- 1932: Yusa, Miyazaki, Yokoyama, Toyoda (JPN)
- 1936: Yusa, Sugiura, Arai, Taguchi (JPN)
- 1948: Ris, McLane, Wolf, Smith (USA)
- 1952: Moore, Woolsey, Konno, McLane (USA)
- 1956: O'Halloran, Devitt, Rose, Henricks (AUS)
- 1960:
 Harrison, Blick, Troy, Farrell (USA)
- 1964:
 Schollander, Clark, Saari, Ilman (USA)
- 1968: Schollander, Spitz, Nelson, Rerych (USA)
- 1972: Spitz, Kinsella, Tyler, Genter (USA)
- 1976: Bruner, Furniss, Naber, Montgomery (USA)
- 1980:
.svg.png) Koplyakov, Salnikov, Stukolkin, Krylov (URS)
- 1984: Heath, Larson, Float, Hayes (USA)
- 1988: Dalbey, Cetlinski, Gjertsen, Biondi (USA)
- 1992:
 Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Tayanovich, Sadovyi (EUN)
- 1996: Davis, Hudepohl, Schumacher, Berube (USA)
- 2000: Thorpe, Klim, Pearson, Kirby (AUS)
- 2004: Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller (USA)
- 2008: Phelps, Lochte, Berens, Vanderkaay (USA)
- 2012: Lochte, Dwyer, Berens, Phelps (USA)
- 2016: Dwyer, Haas, Lochte, Phelps (USA)
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