Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay


The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 9, 1932.
Twenty-eight swimmers from seven nations competed.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.
World Record9:34.0 András Wanié
László Szabados
András Székely
István Bárány
Paris 1931
Olympic Record9:36.2 Austin Clapp
Walter Laufer
George Kojac
Johnny Weissmuller
Amsterdam August 9, 1928

Japan set a new world record with 8:58.4 minutes. They bettered the standing world record by more than 35 seconds and broke the nine-minute barrier.

Results

As there were only seven nation who competed in this event only a final was held.
Final
PlaceSwimmersTimeLeg 1Leg 2Leg 3Leg 4
18:58.4 WR2:14.12:14.72:14.82:14.8
29:10.52:20.22:17.02:18.62:17.7
39:31.42:25.82:26.52:21.32:17.8
49:36.32:26.02:28.02:24.02:18.3
59:45.82:27.42:25.82:25.32:27.1
610:13.1
710:36.5