| Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | women | |
| 200 m | men | |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | women | |
| 200 m | men | |
| Individual medley | ||
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place 17 — 18 October. The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
Medalists
Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Horst-Günter Gregor, Gerhard Hetz, Frank Wiegand, Hans-Joachim Klein (GER) |
8:09.7 | |
| 2 |  Makoto Fukui, Kunihiro Iwasaki, Toshio Shoji, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (JPN) |
8:10.4 | |
| 3 |  Semyon Belits-Geyman, Vladimir Berezin, Aleksandr Paramonov, Yevgeny Novikov (URS) |
8:14.5 | |
| 4 |  Sergio De Gregorio, Bruno Bianchi, Giovanni Orlando, Pietro Boscaini (ITA) |
8:17.8 | |
| 5 |  Ron Jacks, Ralph Hutton, Daniel Sherry, Sandy Gilchrist (CAN) |
8:22.2 | |
| 6 |  Johan Bontekoe, Jan Jiskoot, Ron Kroon, Bert Sitters (NED) |
8:27.7 | |
| 7 |  Rafael Hernández, Guillermo Echevarría, Alfredo Guzmán, Salvador Ruíz (MEX) |
8:50.3 |
Heat 2
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bill Mettler, Dave Lyons, Mike Wall, Ed Townsend (USA) |
8:09.0 | |
| 2 |  Mats Svensson, Lester Eriksson, Hans Rosendahl, Jan Lundin (SWE) |
8:10.3 | |
| 3 |  Jean-Pascal Curtillet, Pierre Canavèse, Francis Luyce, Alain Gottvallès (FRA) |
8:17.0 | |
| 4 |  Peter Doak, John Konrads, John Ryan, David Dickson (AUS) |
8:18.3 | |
| 5 |  Ilkka Suvanto, Hannu Vaahtoranta, Tuomo Hämäläinen, Matti Kasvio (FIN) |
8:23.3 | |
| 6 |  Gyula Dobay, Csaba Ali, György Kosztolánczy, József Katona (HUN) |
8:24.4 | |
| 7 |  John Martin-Dye, John Thurley, Bob Lord, Bobby McGregor (GBR) |
8:30.9 | |
| 8 |  Juan Fortuny, Miguel Torres, Antonio Pérez, Antonio Codina (ESP) |
8:32.6 |
Final
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Clark, Roy Saari, Gary Ilman, Don Schollander (USA) |
7:52.1 | WR |
| 2 | Horst-Günter Gregor, Gerhard Hetz, Frank Wiegand, Hans-Joachim Klein (GER) |
7:59.3 | |
| 3 | Makoto Fukui, Kunihiro Iwasaki, Toshio Shoji, Yukiaki Okabe (JPN) |
8:03.8 | NR |
| 4 | David Dickson, Allan Wood, Peter Doak, Bob Windle, John Konrads, John Ryan (AUS) |
8:05.7 | |
| 5 | Mats Svensson, Lester Eriksson, Hans Rosendahl, Jan Lundin (SWE) |
8:08.0 | |
| 6 | Jean-Pascal Curtillet, Pierre Canavèse, Francis Luyce, Alain Gottvallès (FRA) |
8:08.7 | |
| 7 | Semyon Belits-Geyman, Vladimir Berezin, Aleksandr Paramonov, Yevgeny Novikov (URS) |
8:15.1 | |
| 8 | Sergio De Gregorio, Bruno Bianchi, Giovanni Orlando, Pietro Boscaini (ITA) |
8:18.1 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
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