Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

The Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in the Canadian city of Montreal on 22 July.[1] The United States used two different foursomes in the heats and final - each combination won the race and broke the world record.[2]

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 United States
John Naber
John Hencken
Matt Vogel
Jim Montgomery		 3:42.22 WR
 Canada
Stephen Pickell
Graham Smith
Clay Evans
Gary MacDonald		 3:45.94
 West Germany
Klaus Steinbach
Walter Kusch
Michael Kraus
Peter Nocke		 3:47.49
4.  Great Britain
James Carter
David Wilkie
John Mills
Brian Brinkley		 3:49.56
5.  Soviet Union
Igor Omelchenko
Arvydas Juozaitis
Evgeniy Seredin
Andrey Krylov		 3:49.90
6.  Australia
Mark Kerry
Paul Jarvie
Neil Rogers
Peter Coughlan		 3:51.54
7.  Italy
Enrico Bisso
Giorgio Lalle
Paolo Barelli
Marcello Guarducci		 3:52.92
8.  Japan
Tadashi Honda
Nobutaka Taguchi
Hideaki Hara
Tsuyoshi Yanagidate		 3:54.74

Heats

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmersTimeNotes
1 Steve Pickell, Graham Smith, Clay Evans, Gary MacDonald, Bruce Robertson (CAN)3:50.61
2 Brian Brinkley, Gary Abraham, Duncan Goodhew, Kevin Burns (GBR)3:52.35
3 Mark Kerry, Paul Jarvie, Neil Rogers, Peter Coughlan (AUS)3:53.98
4 Carlos Berrocal, Carlos Nazario, John Daly, Fernando Cañales (PUR)3:58.62
5 Mikael Brandén, Anders Norling, Bengt Gingsjö, Dan Larsson (SWE)3:58.82
6 Ignacio Álvarez, Gustavo Lozano, José Luis Prado, Guillermo García (MEX)4:02.69

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmersTimeNotes
1 Peter Rocca, Chris Woo, Joe Bottom, Jack Babashoff (USA)3:47.28
2 Michael Kraus, Peter Nocke, Peter Lang, Dirk Braunleder (FRG)3:51.57
3 Igor Omelchenk'o, Arvydas Juozaitis, Yevgeny Seredin, Andrey Krylov, Nikolay Pankin, Andrey Bogdanov (URS)3:53.64
4 Tadashi Honda, Nobutaka Taguchi, Hideaki Hara, Tsuyoshi Yanagidate (JPN)3:56.18
5 Enrico Bisso, Giorgio Lalle, Paolo Barelli, Marcello Guarducci (ITA)3:57.30
6 Santiago Esteva, Pedro Balcells, Mario Lloret, Jorge Comas (ESP)3:58.22
7 Ramón Volcan, Glen Sochasky, Luis Goicoechea, Andrés Arraez (VEN)4:05.07
8 Paulo Frischknecht, Henrique Vicêncio, José Pereira, António de Melo (POR)4:20.84

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay". Sports Reference. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 415. ISBN 0140066322.
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