Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Swimming at the 1956 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 |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | women | |
| 200 m | men | |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | women | |
| 4×200 m | men | |
The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1956 Summer Olympic Games took place December 1 – 3.[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
Contents
1 Medalists
2 Results
2.1 Heats
2.1.1 Heat 1
2.1.2 Heat 2
2.2 Final
3 References
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 AustraliaKevin O'Halloran John Devitt Murray Rose Jon Henricks |  United StatesDick Hanley George Breen Bill Woolsey Ford Konno |  Soviet UnionVitaly Sorokin Vladimir Struzhanov Gennady Nikolayev Boris Nikitin |
Results
Heats
Two heats were held; the teams with the eight fastest times advanced to the Finals. The teams that advanced are highlighted.
Heat 1
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Manabu Koga, Atsushi Tani, Koji Nonoshita, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka and Hiroshi Suzuki (JPN) | 8:37.9 | |
| 2 | Bill Woolsey, Ford Konno, Tim Jecko and Sonny Tanabe (USA) | 8:38.3 | |
| 3 |  Hans Köhler, Hans-Joachim Reich, Hans Zierold and Horst Bleeker (GER) | 8:42.5 | |
| 4 |  Billy Steuart, Tony Briscoe, Dennis Ford and Peter Duncan (RSA) | 8:43.0 | |
| 5 |  Fritz Dennerlein, Paolo Galletti, Guido Elmi and Angelo Romani (ITA) | 8:43.1 |
Heat 2
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kenneth Williams, Ronald Roberts, Neil McKechnie and Jack Wardrop (GBR) | 8:39.1 | |
| 2 | Vitaly Sorokin, Vladimir Struzhanov, Gennady Nikolayev and Boris Nik'it'ini (URS) | 8:39.5 | |
| 3 | Jon Henricks, Gary Chapman, Graham Hamilton and Murray Garretty (AUS) | 8:40.2 | |
| 4 |  Aldo Eminente, Jacques Collignon, Alex Jany and Jean Boiteux (FRA) | 8:56.5 | |
| 5 |  Gyula Dobay, György Csordás, Sándor Záborszky and Jenő Áts (HUN) | 8:57.2 | |
| 6 |  Dakula Arabani, Agapito Lozada, Bana Sailani and Ulfiano Babol (PHI) | 9:05.7 |
Final
| Rank | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 8:23.6 |
| 2 | United States | 8:31.5 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 8:34.7 |
| 4 | Japan | 8:36.6 |
| 5 | Germany | 8:43.4 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 8:45.2 |
| 7 | Italy | 8:46.2 |
| 8 | South Africa | 8:49.5 |
References
^ "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay". Sports Reference. Retrieved 5 October 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
Olympic champions in men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | |
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Healy, Champion, Boardman, Hardwick 
Harrison, Blick, Troy, Farrell 
Schollander, Clark, Saari, Ilman 
Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Tayanovich, Sadovyi, Kudryavtsev, Mukhin 
