Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Venue Djurgårdsbrunnsviken
DatesJuly 12 (semifinals)
July 15 (final)
Competitors20 from 5 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australasian team for Olympic games.svg  Australasia  (ANZ)
Leslie Boardman, Malcolm Champion, Harold Hardwick, Cecil Healy
Silver medal icon.svgUS flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)
Harry Hebner, Ken Huszagh, Duke Kahanamoku, Perry McGillivray
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Thomas Battersby, William Foster, Jack Hatfield, Henry Taylor
  1908
1920  

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908. The competition was held on Friday July 12, 1912 and Monday July 15, 1912.

Twenty swimmers from five nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record10:53.4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Foster
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Radmilovic
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Derbyshire
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Taylor
London (GBR)July 24, 1908
Olympic Record10:53.4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Foster
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Radmilovic
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Derbyshire
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Taylor
London (GBR)July 24, 1908

All five teams swam in times under the standing world record in the semifinals. The Americans, by virtue of winning the first semifinal, held the new record only until the Australasian team won the second in a better time. The Australasians bettered their own record in the final, making the 4x200 free relay an event in which the Olympic record (and world record) was broken each heat.

Results

Semifinals

The top two from each heat and the fastest of third place teams advanced. Since there were only five teams that started, this resulted in all five advancing to the finals with no team eliminated by the semifinals.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmersTimeQual.
1US flag 48 stars.svg  Ken Huszagh , Duke Kahanamoku , Perry McGillivray , Harry Hebner  (USA)10:26.4QF WR
2Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  László Beleznai , Imre Zachár , Alajos Kenyery , Béla Las-Torres  (HUN)10:34.6QF
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Foster , Thomas Battersby , Jack Hatfield , Henry Taylor  (GBR)10:39.4qf

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmersTimeQual.
1Flag of Australasian team for Olympic games.svg  Harold Hardwick , Malcolm Champion , Leslie Boardman , Cecil Healy  (ANZ)10:14.0QF WR
2Flag of the German Empire.svg  Oscar Schiele , Georg Kunisch , Kurt Bretting , Max Ritter  (GER)10:42.2QF

Final

PlaceSwimmersTime
1Flag of Australasian team for Olympic games.svg  Cecil Healy , Malcolm Champion , Leslie Boardman , Harold Hardwick  (ANZ)10:11.2 WR
2US flag 48 stars.svg  Ken Huszagh , Perry McGillivray , Harry Hebner , Duke Kahanamoku  (USA)10:20.2
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Foster , Thomas Battersby , Jack Hatfield , Henry Taylor  (GBR)10:28.6
4Flag of the German Empire.svg  Oscar Schiele , Georg Kunisch , Kurt Bretting , Max Ritter  (GER)10:37.0
5Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg ? (HUN)DNS

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