Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates September 5, 1973
Nations 14
Winning time 3:27.183 CR
Medalists
 Melvin Nash
Joe Bottom
Jim Montgomery
John Murphy		   United States
 Igor Grivennikov
Viktor Aboimov
Vladimir Krivtsov
Vladimir Bure		   Soviet Union
 Roland Matthes
Roger Pyttel
Peter Bruch
Hartmut Flöckner		   East Germany

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record  United States (USA)
David Edgar (52.69)
John Murphy (52.04)
Jerry Heidenreich (50.78)
Mark Spitz (50.90)		3:26.42Munich, West Germany28 August 1972
Competition record N/AN/AN/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNationAthletesTimeRecord
5 SeptemberHeat France


Michel Rousseau (51.73)		3:35.575CR
5 SeptemberHeat United StatesBill Miller (53.39)
Stan Carper (53.42)
Kurt Krumpholz (52.50)
Rick Klatt (53.13)		3:32.442CR
5 SeptemberFinal United StatesMelvin Nash (52.65)
Joe Bottom (51.42)
Jim Montgomery (51.17)
John Murphy (51.94)		3:27.183CR

Results

Heats

14 teams participated in 2 heats.[1]

RankHeatLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
12- United StatesBill Miller (53.39)
Stan Carper (53.42)
Kurt Krumpholz (52.50)
Rick Klatt (53.13)		3:32.442Q, CR
22- East Germany


3:33.837Q
32- Soviet Union


3:34.700Q
42- Brazil


3:35.256Q
51- France


Michel Rousseau (51.73)		3:35.575Q, CR
62- Italy


3:35.655Q
71- West Germany


3:35.882Q
81- AustraliaMichael Wenden (52.61)
Steve Badger (54.98)
Neil Rogers (54.50)
John Kulasalu (54.47)		3:36.566Q, NR[2]
91- Canada


3:36.915
102- Spain


3:37.686
112- Romania


3:39.171
121- Yugoslavia


3:42.949
131- Puerto Rico


3:48.080
1- Sweden


DSQ

Final

The results of the final are below.[3][4]

RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4 United StatesMelvin Nash (52.65)
Joe Bottom (51.42)
Jim Montgomery (51.17)
John Murphy (51.94)		3:27.183CR
2nd, silver medalist(s)3 Soviet UnionIgor Grivennikov (53.36)
Viktor Aboimov (52.97)
Vladimir Krivtsov (52.68)
Vladimir Bure (52.35)		3:31.367
3rd, bronze medalist(s)5 East GermanyRoland Matthes (53.86)
Roger Pyttel (52.37)
Peter Bruch (52.84)
Hartmut Flöckner (52.96)		3:32.031
41 West GermanyKlaus Steinbach (52.67)
Peter Nocke (53.13)
Gerhard Schiller (53.43)
P. Labudde (54.10)		3:33.336
56 BrazilRuy de Oliveira (53.77)
José Namorado (53.30)
Jim Adams (53.69)
José Aranha (52.63)		3:33.392
68 AustraliaMichael Wenden (52.83)
Steve Badger (54.29)
Neil Rogers (54.16)
John Kulasalu (53.99)		3:35.274
77 ItalyRoberto Pangaro (54.06)
Alberto Castagnetti (55.53)
Paolo Barelli (53.63)
Marcello Guarducci (53.62)		3:36.842
82 FrancePatrick Juge (55.96)
Pierre-Yves Copin (54.79)
André Foucart (56.20)
Alain Hermitte (54.31)		3:41.267

References

  1. ↑ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 6, 1973. p. 21.
  2. ↑ "Swim team 'baby' lifts Aust hopes". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP-Reuters. September 6, 1973. p. 19.
  3. ↑ Krastev, Todor. "Men 4x100m Freestyle Relay Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "For the Record". Swimming World and Junior Swimmer. North Hollywood, California. 14 (10): 73. October 1973.
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