| Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place from 28 to 29 July at the Swimming Stadium. [1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
| Rank | Nationality | Name | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  United States | Wayne Moore Bill Woolsey Ford Konno Jimmy McLane | 8:31.1 | OR [2] |
 |  Japan | Hiroshi Suzuki Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Toru Goto Teijiro Tanikawa | 8:33.5 | |
 |  France | Joseph Bernardo Aldo Eminente Alexandre Jany Jean Boiteux | 8:45.9 |
| 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 |  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 |
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wally Wolf , Don Sheff , Frank Dooley and Bumpy Jones (USA) | 8:50.9 | |
| 2 |  György Csordás , László Gyöngyösi , Gusztáv Kettesi and Imre Nyéki (HUN) | 8:54.6 | |
| 3 |  Graham Johnston , Dennis Ford , John Durr and Peter Duncan (RSA) | 8:58.7 | |
| 4 |  Haroldo Lara , Sylvio dos Santos , Aram Boghossian and João Gonçalves Filho (BRA) | 9:09.0 | |
| 5 |  Kamiel Reynders , Joseph Anthoon , Marcel Anthoon and Alfons Bierebeek (BEL) | 9:45.5 |
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshihiro Hamaguchi , Hiroshi Suzuki , Toru Goto and Teijiro Tanikawa (JPN) | 8:42.1 | |
| 2 |  Rolf Olander , Göran Larsson , Olle Johansson and Per-Olof Östrand (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 |  Gotfryd Gremlowski , Antoni Tołkaczewski , Józef Lewicki and Jerzy Boniecki (POL) | 9:13.7 | |
| 6 |  Alberto Isaac , Efrén Fierro , César Borja and Tonatiuh Gutiérrez (MEX) | 9:15.7 |
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Moore , Bill Woolsey , Ford Konno and Jimmy McLane (USA) | 8:31.1 | WR |
| Hiroshi Suzuki , Yoshihiro Hamaguchi , Toru Goto , and Teijiro Tanikawa (JPN) | 8:33.5 | |
| Jo Bernardo , Aldo Eminente , Alex Jany , and Jean Boiteux (FRA) | 8:45.9 | |
| 4 | Lars Svantesson , Göran Larsson , Per-Olof Östrand and Olle Johansson (SWE) | 8:46.8 | |
| 5 | László Gyöngyösi , György Csordás , Géza Kádas and Imre Nyéki (HUN) | 8:52.6 | |
| 6 | Roy Botham , Ronald Burns , Thomas Welsh , and Jack Wardrop (GBR) | 8:52.9 | |
| 7 | Graham Johnston , Dennis Ford , John Durr and Peter Duncan (RSA) | 8:55.1 | |
| 8 | Federico Zwanck , Marcelo Trabucco , Pedro Galvão and Alfredo Yantorno (ARG) | 8:56.9 |
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