Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
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| Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics  |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | women | |||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
The men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 9, 1932.
Twenty-eight swimmers from seven nations competed.
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Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Japan (JPN)Yasuji Miyazaki Hisakichi Toyoda Takashi Yokoyama Masanori Yusa |
 United States (USA)Frank Booth George Fissler Maiola Kalili Manuella Kalili |
 Hungary (HUN)István Bárány László Szabados András Székely András Wanié |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 9:34.0 |  András Wanié László Szabados András Székely István Bárány |
Paris (FRA) | 1931 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 9:36.2 |  Austin Clapp Walter Laufer George Kojac Johnny Weissmuller |
Amsterdam (USA) | August 9, 1928 |
Japan set a new world record with 8:58.4 minutes. They bettered the standing world record by more than 35 seconds and broke the nine-minute barrier.
Results
As there were only seven nation who competed in this event only a final was held.
Final
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | Leg 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuji Miyazaki, Masanori Yusa, Hisakichi Toyoda, and Takashi Yokoyama (JPN) |
8:58.4 WR | 2:14.1 | 2:14.7 | 2:14.8 | 2:14.8 |
| 2 | Frank Booth, George Fissler, Maiola Kalili, and Manuella Kalili (USA) |
9:10.5 | 2:20.2 | 2:17.0 | 2:18.6 | 2:17.7 |
| 3 | András Wanié, László Szabados, András Székely, and István Bárány (HUN) |
9:31.4 | 2:25.8 | 2:26.5 | 2:21.3 | 2:17.8 |
| 4 | 22x20px George Larson, George Burrows, Munroe Bourne, and Walter Spence (CAN) | 9:36.3 | 2:26.0 | 2:28.0 | 2:24.0 | 2:18.3 |
| 5 |  Joseph Whiteside, Bob Leivers, Reginald Sutton, and Mostyn Ffrench-Williams (GBR) |
9:45.8 | 2:27.4 | 2:25.8 | 2:25.3 | 2:27.1 |
| 6 |  Carlos Kennedy, Leopoldo Tahier, Roberto Peper, and Alfredo Rocca (ARG) |
10:13.1 | ||||
| 7 |  Manuel Silva, Isaac Morais, Manoel Villar, and Benvenuto Nunes (BRA) |
10:36.5 |
References
- Olympic Report
- sports-reference
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