Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relayat the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Stade Nautique d'Antwerp Dates August 25–29 Competitors 29 from 7 nations
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.
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.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
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.
Wednesday, August 25, 1920: The top two from each heat and the fastest of third place teams advanced.
Semifinal 1
Place
Swimmers
Time
Qual.
1
Pua Kealoha , Perry McGillivray , Norman Ross , and Duke Kahanamoku (USA )
10:20.4
Q
2
Henry Hay , William Herald , Ivan Stedman , and Keith Kirkland (AUS )
10:23.0
Q
3
Robert Andersson , Frans Möller , Orvar Trolle , and Arne Borg (SWE )
10:54.4
q
4
Albert Mayaud , Paul Vasseur , Georges Pouilley , and Henri Padou (FRA )
11:53.0
Semifinal 2
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.
Place
Swimmers
Time
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 )
Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 25 April 2008 .
1908 : John Derbyshire , Paul Radmilovic , William Foster , Henry Taylor (GBR )
1912 : Cecil Healy , Malcolm Champion , Leslie Boardman , Harold Hardwick (ANZ )
1920 : Perry McGillivray , Pua Kealoha , Norman Ross , Duke Kahanamoku (USA )
1924 : Johnny Weissmuller , Wally O'Connor , Harry Glancy , Ralph Breyer (USA )
1928 : Johnny Weissmuller , Austin Clapp , Walter Laufer , George Kojac (USA )
1932 : Masanori Yusa , Yasuji Miyazaki , Takashi Yokoyama , Hisakichi Toyoda (JPN )
1936 : Masanori Yusa , Shigeo Sugiura , Shigeo Arai , Masaharu Taguchi (JPN )
1948 : Wally Ris , Jimmy McLane , Wally Wolf , Bill Smith (USA )
1952 : Wayne Moore , Bill Woolsey , Ford Konno , Jimmy McLane (USA )
1956 : Kevin O'Halloran , John Devitt , Murray Rose , Jon Henricks (AUS )
1960 : George Harrison , Dick Blick , Mike Troy , Jeff Farrell (USA )
1964 : Don Schollander , Steve Clark , Roy Saari , Gary Ilman (USA )
1968 : Don Schollander , Mark Spitz , John Nelson , Stephen Rerych (USA )
1972 : Mark Spitz , John Kinsella , Fred Tyler , Steve Genter (USA )
1976 : Mike Bruner , Bruce Furniss , John Naber , Jim Montgomery (USA )
1980 : Sergey Koplyakov , Vladimir Salnikov , Ivar Stukolkin , Andrey Krylov (URS )
1984 : Mike Heath , David Larson , Jeff Float , Bruce Hayes (USA )
1988 : Troy Dalbey , Matt Cetlinski , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA )
1992 : Dmitry Lepikov , Vladimir Pyshnenko , Veniamin Tayanovich , Yevgeny Sadovyi , Aleksey Kudryavtsev , Yury Mukhin (EUN )
1996 : Josh Davis , Joe Hudepohl , Brad Schumacher , Ryan Berube , Jon Olsen (USA )
2000 : Ian Thorpe , Michael Klim , Todd Pearson , Bill Kirby , Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski (AUS )
2004 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Peter Vanderkaay , Klete Keller , Dan Ketchum , Scott Goldblatt (USA )
2008 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Ricky Berens , Peter Vanderkaay , David Walters , Erik Vendt , Klete Keller (USA )
2012 : Ryan Lochte , Conor Dwyer , Ricky Berens , Michael Phelps , Charlie Houchin , Matt McLean , Davis Tarwater (USA )
2016 : Conor Dwyer , Townley Haas , Ryan Lochte , Michael Phelps , Clark Smith , Jack Conger , Gunnar Bentz (USA )
2020 : Tom Dean , James Guy , Matt Richards , Duncan Scott , Calum Jarvis (GBR )
2024 : James Guy , Tom Dean , Matt Richards , Duncan Scott , Jack McMillan , Kieran Bird (GBR )