Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place September 1.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool.
Rick DeMont of the United States originally won the gold medal in 4:00.26, but was disqualified after he tested positive for ephedrine. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has recognized his gold medal performance in the 1972 Summer Olympics in 2001,[2] but only the IOC has the power to restore his medal, and it has as of 2017 refused to do so.[2]
Medalists
Gold | Brad Cooper |
Silver | Steve Genter |
Bronze | Tom McBreen |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Gunnar Larsson | 4:09.88 | ||
2 | Ton van Klooster | 4:11.72 | ||
3 | Guillermo García | 4:15.33 | ||
4 | Alain Charmey | 4:18.25 | ||
5 | Bruce Robertson | 4:20.31 | ||
6 | Neil Dexter | 4:24.80 | ||
7 | Kamal Kenawi Ali Moustafa | 4:24.97 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bengt Gingsjö | 4:06.59 | OR, Q | |
2 | Hans Fassnacht | 4:09.23 | ||
3 | Udo Poser | 4:09.62 | ||
4 | Peter Rosenkranz | 4:14.01 | ||
5 | Tomás Becerra | 4:20.78 | ||
6 | Dae Imlani | 4:24.01 | ||
7 | Dimitrios Theodoropoulos | 4:30.54 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Steve Genter | 4:05.89 | OR, Q | |
2 | Anders Bellbring | 4:08.38 | ||
3 | Aleksandr Samsonov | 4:11.46 | ||
4 | Wolfram Sperling | 4:14.73 | ||
5 | Sverre Kile | 4:20.86 | ||
6 | José Luis Prado | 4:22.31 | ||
7 | Friðrik Guðmundsson | 4:26.25 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Brad Cooper | 4:04.59 | OR, Q | |
2 | Werner Lampe | 4:04.80 | Q | |
3 | Ralph Hutton | 4:09.27 | ||
4 | Władysław Wojtakajtis | 4:16.04 | ||
5 | Alfredo Machado | 4:18.05 | ||
6 | Arnaldo Cinquetti | 4:19.49 | ||
7 | Gustavo González | 4:21.22 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Rick DeMont | 4:05.70 | Q | |
2 | Graham Windeatt | 4:05.92 | Q | |
3 | Gerardo Vera | 4:11.37 | ||
4 | Jorge Delgado | 4:12.29 | ||
5 | Mark Treffers | 4:14.10 | ||
6 | Antonio Corell | 4:17.81 | ||
7 | Jo O-ryeon | 4:21.78 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Tom McBreen | 4:06.09 | Q | |
2 | Brian Brinkley | 4:06.44 | Q | |
3 | Graham White | 4:08.29 | ||
4 | Ron Jacks | 4:16.08 | ||
5 | Viktor Aboimov | 4:17.04 | ||
6 | Klaus Dockhorn | 4:17.98 | ||
7 | Guillermo Pacheco | 4:18.78 | ||
8 | François Deley | 4:24.73 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Brad Cooper | 4:00.27 | OR | ||
Steve Genter | 4:01.94 | |||
Tom McBreen | 4:02.64 | |||
4 | Graham Windeatt | 4:02.93 | ||
5 | Brian Brinkley | 4:06.69 | ||
6 | Bengt Gingsjö | 4:06.75 | ||
7 | Werner Lampe | 4:06.97 | ||
Rick DeMont | 4:00.26 | DQ |
Key: DQ = Disqualified, OR = Olympic record
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- 1 2 Associated Press (January 30, 2001). "Better late than never". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2001.