Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event.

Men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueStade Nautique d'Antwerp
DatesAugust 25–29
Competitors29 from 7 nations
Medalists
Duke Kahanamoku, Pua Kealoha, Perry McGillivray, Norman Ross
 United States
Frank Beaurepaire, Henry Hay, William Herald, Ivan Stedman
 Australia
Harold Annison, Edward Peter, Leslie Savage, Henry Taylor
 Great Britain
Swimming at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
300 mwomen
400 mmen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmen
Breaststroke
200 mmen
400 mmen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mwomen
4×200 mmen

A total of 29 swimmers, representing seven teams from seven nations, competed in the event, which was held from Wednesday, August 25 to Sunday, August 29, 1920. Keith Kirkland was replaced by Frank Beaurepaire on the Australian squad between the semifinals and finals. The International Olympic Committee medal database does not show Keith Kirkland as silver medalist for Australia.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record 10:11.2 Cecil Healy
Malcolm Champion
Leslie Boardman
Harold Hardwick		 Stockholm (SWE) July 15, 1912
Olympic Record 10:11.2 Cecil Healy
Malcolm Champion
Leslie Boardman
Harold Hardwick		 Stockholm (SWE) July 15, 1912

Note: The team competed as Australasia at the 1912 Games.

In the final the United States set a new world record with 10:04.4 minutes.

Results

Semifinals

Wednesday, August 25, 1920: The top two from each heat and the fastest of third place teams advanced.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmersTimeQual.
1 Pua Kealoha, Perry McGillivray, Norman Ross, and Duke Kahanamoku (USA)10:20.4Q
2 Henry Hay, William Herald, Ivan Stedman, and Keith Kirkland (AUS)10:23.0Q
3 Robert Andersson, Frans Möller, Orvar Trolle, and Arne Borg (SWE)10:54.4q
4 Albert Mayaud, Paul Vasseur, Georges Pouilley, and Henri Padou (FRA)11:53.0

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmersTimeQual.
1 Leslie Savage, Edward Peter, Henry Taylor, and Harold Annison (GBR)10:51.0Q
2 Mario Massa, Agostino Frassinetti, Antonio Quarantotto, and Gilio Bisagno (ITA)11:01.2Q
3 Jean-Pierre Vermetten, Joseph Cludts, René Bauwens, Gérard Blitz (BEL)11:12.2

Final

Sunday, August 29, 1920: The split times for the winning team McGillivray 2:27.2, Kealoha 2:33.2, Ross 2:30.0, and Kahanamoku 2:34.0 minutes.

PlaceSwimmersTime
1 Perry McGillivray, Pua Kealoha, Norman Ross, and Duke Kahanamoku (USA)10:04.4 WR
2 Henry Hay, William Herald, Ivan Stedman, and Frank Beaurepaire (AUS)10:25.4
3 Leslie Savage, Edward Peter, Henry Taylor, Harold Annison (GBR)10:37.2
4 Robert Andersson, Frans Möller, Orvar Trolle, and Arne Borg (SWE)10:50.2
5 Mario Massa, Agostino Frassinetti, Antonio Quarantotto, and Gilio Bisagno (ITA)

References
  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 25 April 2008.
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