Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
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Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay1973 World Aquatics Championships | |
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Dates | September 7, 1973 |
Nations | 12 |
Winning time | 7:33.221 WR |
Medalists | |
1973 FINA World Championships Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
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Diving | ||||
Individual | ||||
3 m | men | women | ||
10 m | men | women | ||
Swimming | ||||
Freestyle | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | women | |||
1500 m | men | |||
Backstroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Breaststroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Butterfly | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Individual medley | ||||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
Freestyle relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women | ||
4×200 m | men | |||
Medley relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women | ||
Synchronised swimming | ||||
Solo | women | |||
Duet | women | |||
Team | women | |||
Water polo | ||||
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
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Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() John Kinsella () Fred Tyler () Steve Genter (1:52.78) Mark Spitz (1:54.24) |
7:35.78 | Munich, West Germany | 31 August 1972 |
Championship record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Nation | Athletes | Time | Record |
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7 September | Heat | ![]() |
7:51.455 | CR | |
7 September | Heat | ![]() |
7:48.432 | CR | |
7 September | Final | ![]() |
Kurt Krumpholz Robin Backhaus Richard Klatt Jim Montgomery |
7:33.221 | WR |
Results
Heats
12 teams participated in 2 heats.[1]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | - | ![]() |
John Kulasalu Steve Badger Brad Cooper Michael Wenden |
7:48.432 | Q, CR |
2 | 1 | - | ![]() |
7:51.455 | Q, CR | |
3 | 2 | - | ![]() |
7:52.244 | Q | |
4 | 1 | - | ![]() |
7:52.298 | Q | |
5 | 2 | - | ![]() |
7:52.968 | Q | |
6 | 2 | - | ![]() |
7:53.635 | Q | |
7 | 2 | - | ![]() |
7:54.257 | Q, NR[2] | |
8 | 1 | - | ![]() |
7:54.404 | Q | |
9 | 1 | - | ![]() |
7:58.432 | ||
10 | 1 | - | ![]() |
7:58.515 | ||
11 | 2 | - | ![]() |
8:12.066 | ||
12 | 1 | - | ![]() |
8:23.574 |
Final
The results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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8 | ![]() |
Kurt Krumpholz Robin Backhaus Richard Klatt Jim Montgomery |
7:33.221 | WR |
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4 | ![]() |
John Kulasalu (1:57.49) Steve Badger (1:55.97) Brad Cooper (1:54.29) Michael Wenden (1:55.91) |
7:43.659 | CWR[3] |
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3 | ![]() |
Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Peter Nocke Folkert Meeuw |
7:43.684 | |
4 | 7 | ![]() |
Roger Pyttel Peter Bruch Wilfried Hartung Lutz Unger |
7:44.444 | |
5 | 6 | ![]() |
Bernt Zarnowiecki Bengt Gingsjö Anders Bellbring Gunnar Larsson |
7:45.585 | |
6 | 2 | ![]() |
Viktor Aboimov Vladimir Krivtsov Aleksandr Samsonov Vladimir Bure |
7:47.794 | |
7 | 1 | ![]() |
Brian Brinkley Raymond Terrell Colin Cunningham Gordon Downie |
7:54.305 | |
8 | 5 | ![]() |
Patrick Moreau Pierre Amardeilh Olivier Middleton Marc Lazzaro |
8:04.452 |