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

Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Dates September 9, 1973
Nations 15
Winning time 3:49.491 CR
Medalists
    United States
    East Germany
    Canada

The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.

Records

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

World record  United States (USA)
Mike Stamm
Tom Bruce
Mark Spitz
Jerry Heidenreich
3:48.16Munich, West Germany4 September 1972
Competition record N/AN/AN/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNationAthletesTimeRecord
9 SeptemberHeat United States3:54.914CR
9 SeptemberFinal United StatesMike Stamm
John Hencken
Joe Bottom
Jim Montgomery
3:49.491CR

Results

Heats

15 teams participated in 2 heats.[1]

RankHeatLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
11- United States3:54.914Q, CR
21- East Germany3:57.133Q
31- West Germany3:58.034Q
42- Soviet Union4:00.011Q
52- Canada4:00.351Q
62- Great Britain4:00.855Q
71- Hungary4:01.119Q
82- Australia4:02.970Q
92- Brazil4:04.098
101- Spain4:04.358
112- Yugoslavia4:04.814
122- Italy4:09.074
131- Puerto Rico4:09.799
141- Bulgaria4:14.632
151- Sweden-DNS / DQ

Final

The results of the final are below.

RankLaneNationAthletesTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4 United StatesMike Stamm
John Hencken
Joe Bottom
Jim Montgomery
3:49.491CR
2nd, silver medalist(s)5 East GermanyRoland Matthes
Jürgen Glas
Hartmut Flöckner
Roger Pyttel
3:53.246
3rd, bronze medalist(s)2 CanadaIan MacKenzie
Peter Hrdlitschka
Bruce Robertson
Brian Phillips
3:56.372
43 West GermanyKlaus Steinbach
Walter Kusch
Folkert Meeuw
Peter Nocke
3:56.389
56 Soviet UnionIgor Grivennikov
Mikhail Khryukin
Sergey Zakharov
Vladimir Bure
3:58.098
68 AustraliaBrad Cooper
Michael Creswick
Ross Seymour
Michael Wenden
3:58.590
77 Great BritainColin Cunningham
David Wilkie
Martin Edwards
Brian Brinkley
3:59.048
81 HungaryLászló Cseh
Sándor Szabó
Zoltán Verrasztó
István Szentirmay
4:01.642

References

  1. "For the Record" (pdf). Swimming World Magazine: 74. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
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