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4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date18 – 20 July 1924
StatusOlympic
LocationPiscine des Tourelles, Saint-Mandé
Participants57 from 13 countries

The American quartet proved to be dominant in this event and broke both the world record and the ten minute barrier in their semi final swim. With the inclusion of Johnny Weissmuller in their line up for the final they took a further six seconds off the world best and finished well clear of Australia and Sweden. Wally O’Connor of the winning American team would take his only Olympic Gold in this event but would go on to play water polo for his country at three more Games.

PosCompetitorsNOCR1SFFinal
1United StatesUSA10:41.6 (1 h1)9:59.4 (1 h2)9:53.4 (1)Gold
Ralph Breyer
Harry Glancy
Wally O'Connor
Johnny Weissmuller
Dick Howell
2AustraliaAUS10:21.2 (1 h3)10:27.0 (1 h1)10:02.2 (2)Silver
Boy Charlton
Moss Christie
Frank Beaurepaire
Ernest Henry
Ivan Stedman
3SwedenSWE11:15.4 (1 h2)10:08.2 (2 h2)10:06.8 (3)Bronze
Arne Borg 2:20.4
Åke Borg 2:31.8
Orvar Trolle 2:32.8
Georg Werner 2:41.6
Thor Henning
Gösta Persson
4JapanJPN10:24.2 (2 h3)10:12.4 (3 h2)10:16.2 (4)
Torahiko Miyahata
Kazuo Noda
Kazuo Onoda
Katsuo Takaishi
5Great BritainGBR10:52.6 (2 h4)10:31.2 (2 h1)10:19.4 (5)
Harold Annison
Albert Dickin
Percy Peter
John Thomson
Leslie Savage
6FranceFRA10:41.4 (1 h4)10:39.4 (3 h1)
Guy Middleton
Henri Padou, Sr.
Édouard Vanzeveren
Emil Zeibig
7ItalyITA11:05.2 (2 h1)11:00.4 (4 h2)
Renato Bacigalupo
Agostino Frassinetti
Gianni Patrignani
Emilio Polli
8NetherlandsNED11:35.6 (2 h2)11:29.0 (4 h1)
Gé Dekker
Otto Hoogesteyn
Sjaak Köhler
Frits Schutte
9CzechoslovakiaTCH11:12.8 (3 h3)– (DNS h1)
Václav Antoš
Stanislav Bičák
Viktor Legát
Rudolf Piowatý
10BelgiumBEL11:14.8 (3 h4)
Albert Buydens
Joseph Callens
Emiel Thienpont
Martial Van Schelle
11ArgentinaARG11:25.0 (4 h3)
Juan Behrensen
Tomás Jones
Jorge Moreau
Alberto Zorrilla
12YugoslaviaYUG12:02.4 (3 h1)
Ivo Arčanin
Ante Roje
Vlado Smokvina
Atilije Venturini
13SpainESP12:21.2 (4 h1)
Ramón Berdomás
Pedro Méndez
Julio Peradejordi
José Manuel Pinillo
DNSGreeceGRE– (DNS h2)1
DNSHungaryHUN– (DNS h2)2

Round One

Date18 July 1924 — 10:30
FormatTop two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the semi-finals.
PosTeamNOCTime
1AustraliaAUS10:21.2Q
2JapanJPN10:24.2Q
3FranceFRA10:41.4Q
4United StatesUSA10:41.6Q
5Great BritainGBR10:52.6Q
6ItalyITA11:05.2Q
7CzechoslovakiaTCH11:12.8q
8BelgiumBEL11:14.8
9SwedenSWE11:15.4Q
10ArgentinaARG11:25.0
11NetherlandsNED11:35.6Q
12YugoslaviaYUG12:02.4
13SpainESP12:21.2
DNSGreeceGRE3
DNSHungaryHUN4

Heat #1

PosCompetitorsNOCTime
1United StatesUSA10:41.6Q
Lead-offRalph Breyer
2nd LegHarry Glancy
3rd LegDick Howell
AnchorWally O'Connor
2ItalyITA11:05.2Q
Lead-offRenato Bacigalupo
2nd LegAgostino Frassinetti
3rd LegGianni Patrignani
AnchorEmilio Polli
3YugoslaviaYUG12:02.4
Lead-offIvo Arčanin
2nd LegAnte Roje
3rd LegVlado Smokvina
AnchorAtilije Venturini
4SpainESP12:21.2
Lead-offRamón Berdomás
2nd LegPedro Méndez
3rd LegJulio Peradejordi
AnchorJosé Manuel Pinillo

Heat #2

PosCompetitorsNOCTime
1SwedenSWE11:15.4Q
Lead-offThor Henning
2nd LegGösta Persson
3rd LegOrvar Trolle
AnchorGeorg Werner
2NetherlandsNED11:35.6Q
Lead-offGé Dekker
2nd LegOtto Hoogesteyn
3rd LegSjaak Köhler
AnchorFrits Schutte
DNSGreeceGRE5
DNSHungaryHUN6

Heat #3

PosCompetitorsNOCTime
1AustraliaAUS10:21.2Q
Lead-offMoss Christie
2nd LegFrank Beaurepaire
3rd LegErnest Henry
AnchorIvan Stedman
2JapanJPN10:24.2Q
Lead-offTorahiko Miyahata
2nd LegKazuo Noda
3rd LegKazuo Onoda
AnchorKatsuo Takaishi
3CzechoslovakiaTCH11:12.8q
Lead-offVáclav Antoš
2nd LegStanislav Bičák
3rd LegViktor Legát
AnchorRudolf Piowatý
4ArgentinaARG11:25.0
Lead-offJuan Behrensen
2nd LegTomás Jones
3rd LegJorge Moreau
AnchorAlberto Zorrilla

Heat #4

PosCompetitorsNOCTime
1FranceFRA10:41.4Q
Lead-offGuy Middleton
2nd LegHenri Padou, Sr.
3rd LegÉdouard Vanzeveren
AnchorEmil Zeibig
2Great BritainGBR10:52.6Q
Lead-offHarold Annison
2nd LegAlbert Dickin
3rd LegPercy Peter
AnchorLeslie Savage
3BelgiumBEL11:14.8
Lead-offAlbert Buydens
2nd LegJoseph Callens
3rd LegEmiel Thienpont
AnchorMartial Van Schelle

Semi-Finals

Date18 July 1924 — 15:00
FormatTop two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the final.
PosTeamNOCTime
1United StatesUSA9:59.4QWR
2SwedenSWE10:08.2Q
3JapanJPN10:12.4q
4AustraliaAUS10:27.0Q
5Great BritainGBR10:31.2Q
6FranceFRA10:39.4
7ItalyITA11:00.4
8NetherlandsNED11:29.0
DNSCzechoslovakiaTCH7

Heat #1

PosCompetitorsNOCTime
1AustraliaAUS10:27.0Q
Lead-offMoss Christie
2nd LegFrank Beaurepaire
3rd LegErnest Henry
AnchorIvan Stedman
2Great BritainGBR10:31.2Q
Lead-offHarold Annison
2nd LegAlbert Dickin
3rd LegPercy Peter
AnchorJohn Thomson
3FranceFRA10:39.4
Lead-offGuy Middleton
2nd LegHenri Padou, Sr.
3rd LegÉdouard Vanzeveren
AnchorEmil Zeibig
4NetherlandsNED11:29.0
Lead-offGé Dekker
2nd LegOtto Hoogesteyn
3rd LegSjaak Köhler
AnchorFrits Schutte
DNSCzechoslovakiaTCH8

Heat #2

PosCompetitorsNOCTime
1United StatesUSA9:59.4QWR
Lead-offRalph Breyer
2nd LegHarry Glancy
3rd LegDick Howell
AnchorWally O'Connor
2SwedenSWE10:08.2Q
Lead-offÅke Borg
2nd LegArne Borg
3rd LegOrvar Trolle
AnchorGeorg Werner
3JapanJPN10:12.4q
Lead-offTorahiko Miyahata
2nd LegKazuo Noda
3rd LegKazuo Onoda
AnchorKatsuo Takaishi
4ItalyITA11:00.4
Lead-offRenato Bacigalupo
2nd LegAgostino Frassinetti
3rd LegGianni Patrignani
AnchorEmilio Polli

Final

Date20 July 1924 — 10:30
PosCompetitorsNOCTimeTimeExchange
1United StatesUSA9:53.49:53.4– (–)WR
Lead-offRalph Breyer AC (–)
2nd LegHarry Glancy AC (–)
3rd LegWally O'Connor AC (–)
AnchorJohnny Weissmuller AC (–)
2AustraliaAUS10:02.210:02.2– (–)
Lead-offBoy Charlton AC (–)
2nd LegMoss Christie AC (–)
3rd LegFrank Beaurepaire AC (–)
AnchorErnest Henry AC (–)
3SwedenSWE10:06.810:06.8– (–)
Lead-offArne Borg 2:20.42:20.4???? (–)
2nd LegÅke Borg 2:31.82:31.8???? (–)
3rd LegOrvar Trolle 2:32.82:32.8???? (–)
AnchorGeorg Werner 2:41.62:41.6AC (–)
4JapanJPN10:16.210:16.2– (–)
Lead-offTorahiko Miyahata AC (–)
2nd LegKazuo Noda AC (–)
3rd LegKazuo Onoda AC (–)
AnchorKatsuo Takaishi AC (–)
5Great BritainGBR10:19.410:19.4– (–)
Lead-offHarold Annison AC (–)
2nd LegAlbert Dickin AC (–)
3rd LegPercy Peter AC (–)
AnchorJohn Thomson AC (–)