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The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme.[1] 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.
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 |
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Olympic Record | 9:36.2 | Austin Clapp Walter Laufer George Kojac Johnny Weissmuller |
Amsterdam (NED) | 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.
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 |
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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 | 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 | Manoel Lourenço, Isaac Moraes, Manoel Villar, and Benvenuto Nunes (BRA) | 10:36.5 |
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