Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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 Olympic Games took place December 1 – 3. The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia Kevin O'Halloran John Devitt Murray Rose Jon Henricks	United States Dick Hanley George Breen Bill Woolsey Ford Konno	Soviet Union Vitaly 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

Rank	Country	Time
1	Japan	8:37.9
2	United States	8:38.3
3	Germany	8:42.5
4	South Africa	8:43.0
5	Italy	8:43.1

Heat 2

Rank	Country	Time
1	Great Britain	8:39.1
2	Soviet Union	8:39.5
3	Australia	8:40.2
4	France	8:56.5
5	Hungary	8:57.2
6	Philippines	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

• 1956 Summer Olympics results: Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-10-28.