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The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place 21 October.[ 1] 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
Greg Rogers , Graham White , Bob Windle , Mike Wenden (AUS )
8:04.8
2
George Smith , Ron Jacks , Sandy Gilchrist , Ralph Hutton (CAN )
8:10.5
3
Hans Ljungberg , Olle Ferm , Gunnar Larsson , Lester Eriksson (SWE )
8:10.9
4
John Thurley , Raymond Terrell , Bobby McGregor , Tony Jarvis (GBR )
8:16.3
5
Tomas Becerra , Federico Sicard , Ricardo González , Julio Arango (COL )
8:26.7
6
José Ferraioli , Michael Goodner , Gary Goodner , Jorge González (PUR )
8:40.2
Heat 2
Place
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
William Johnson , David Johnson , Andrew Strenk , Mike Wall (USA )
8:05.1
2
Michel Rousseau , Gérard Letast , Francis Luyce , Alain Mosconi (FRA )
8:06.3
3
Hans Faßnacht , Olaf, Baron von Schilling , Folkert Meeuw , Wolfgang Kremer (FRG )
8:07.1
4
Dick Langerhorst , Johan Schans , Aad Oudt , Elt Drenth (NED )
8:17.0
5
Roosevelt Abdulgafur , Tony Asamali , Leroy Goff , Luis Ayesa (PHI )
8:41.0
Heat 3
Place
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
Vladimir Bure , Semyon Belits-Geyman , Georgijs Kuļikovs , Leonid Ilyichov (URS )
8:07.6
2
Frank Wiegand , Horst-Günter Gregor , Alfred Müller , Jochen Herbst (GDR )
8:11.2
3
Kunihiro Iwasaki , Teruhiko Kitani , Noboru Waseda , Satoru Nakano (JPN )
8:14.1
4
Juan Fortuny , Santiago Esteva , José Antonio Chicoy , Juan Martínez (ESP )
8:23.6
5
Juan Alanís , Jorge Urreta , Rafaél Cal , Eduardo Alanís (MEX )
DQ
Final
[ 2]
Place
Swimmers
Time
Notes
John Nelson , Stephen Rerych , Mark Spitz , Don Schollander (USA )
7:52.3
Greg Rogers , Graham White , Bob Windle , Mike Wenden (AUS )
7:53.7
Vladimir Bure , Semyon Belits-Geyman , Georgijs Kuļikovs , Leonid Ilyichov (URS )
8:01.6
4
George Smith , Ron Jacks , Sandy Gilchrist , Ralph Hutton (CAN )
8:03.2
5
Michel Rousseau , Gérard Letast , Francis Luyce , Alain Mosconi (FRA )
8:03.7
6
Hans Faßnacht , Olaf von Schilling , Folkert Meeuw , Wolfgang Kremer (FRG )
8:04.3
7
Frank Wiegand , Horst-Günter Gregor , Alfred Müller , Jochen Herbst (GDR )
8:06.0
8
Hans Ljungberg , Gunnar Larsson , Olle Ferm , Lester Eriksson (SWE )
8:12.1
References
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 )