Swimming at the 1936 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 1936 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held on Monday and Tuesday, 10 and 11 August 1936.
Seventy-four swimmers from 18 nations competed.
Medalists
Note: The shows only these swimmers as medalists. Ralph Gilman and Charles Hutter swam for the United States in the semi-finals but were not credited with silver medals.Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.| World Record | 8:52.2 |  Masanori Yusa Shozo Makino Sunao Ishiharada Hiroshi Negami | Tokyo | 19 August 1935 |
| Olympic Record | 8:58.4 | Yasuji Miyazaki Masanori Yusa Hisakichi Toyoda Takashi Yokoyama | Los Angeles | 9 August 1932 |
In the final the Japan set a new world record with 8:51.5 minutes.
Results
Semifinals
Monday, 10 August 1936: The fastest two in each semi-final and the next two fastest from across the semi-finals advanced to the final.Semifinal 1
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | 9:21.7 | ||
| 2 | 9:40.0 | ||
| 3 | 9:42.5 | ||
| 4 | 9:45.8 | ||
| 5 | 10:50.5 | ||
| 6 | 10:51.0 |
Semifinal 2
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | 9:10.4 | ||
| 2 | 9:20.8 | ||
| 3 | 9:30.8 | ||
| 4 | 9:39.6 | ||
| 5 | 10:58.4 | ||
| 6 | 10:59.8 | ||
| — | DSQ |
Semifinal 3
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | 8:56.1 | ||
| 2 | 9:21.4 | ||
| 3 | 9:35.3 | ||
| 4 | 9:40.3 | ||
| 5 | 10:05.3 |
Final
Tuesday, 11 August 1936:| Place | Swimmers | Time |
| 1 | 8:51.5 WR | |
| 2 | 9:03.0 | |
| 3 | 9:12.3 | |
| 4 | 9:18.2 | |
| 5 | 9:19.0 | |
| 6 | 9:21.5 | |
| 7 | 9:27.5 | |
| 8 | 9:37.5 |