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4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date	10 – 11 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Schwimmstadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin
Participants	74 from 18 countries

Although eighteen teams took part in the relay competition, only two teams could realistically challenge for the championship. Once again it fell between the United States and Japan to fight for gold. Japan fielded three of the first finishers from the individual and soon moved clear of the Americans to break their own world record and finish ten seconds ahead. Masanori Yusa swam the relay only three times in international competition breaking the world record each time. Hungary finished clear of France for the bronze medals with Germany back in fifth. One of the more remarkable stories in Olympic history concerns French team member Artem Nakache. Nakache returned to the Olympic arena twelve years later in London despite having spent time as a prisoner at Auschwitz extermination camp. He is the only known Olympian to have competed before and after internment in a concentration camp.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Japan	JPN	8:56.1 (1 h3)	8:51.5 (1)	Gold
	Masanori Yusa • Shigeo Sugiura • Masaharu Taguchi • Shigeo Arai • Rokuhei Shimma (DNS) • Sakae Tsuruoka (DNS)
2	United States	USA	9:10.4 (1 h2)	9:03.0 (2)	Silver
	Ralph Flanagan • John Macionis • Paul Wolf • Jack Medica • Ralph Gilman • Charles Hutter
3	Hungary	HUN	9:20.8 (2 h2)	9:12.3 (3)	Bronze
	Árpád Lengyel • Oszkár Abay-Nemes • Ödön Gróf • Ferenc Csík • István Angyal (DNS) • Gyula Zolyomy (DNS)
4	France	FRA	9:21.7 (1 h1)	9:18.2 (4)
	Artem Nakache • Christian Talli • René Cavalero • Jean Taris • Claude Desusclade (DNS) • Marco Diener (DNS)
5	Germany	GER	9:21.4 (2 h3)	9:19.0 (5)
	Werner Plath • Wolfgang Heimlich • Hermann Heibel • Helmut Fischer • Heiko Schwartz (DNS) • Gerhard Nüske (DNS)
6	Great Britain	GBR	9:30.8 (3 h2)	9:21.5 (6)
	Mickey Ffrench-Williams • Rom Gabrielsen • Bobby Leivers • Norman Wainwright • Freddie Dove (DNS) • Willie Pearson (DNS)
7	Canada	CAN	9:40.0 (2 h1)	9:27.5 (7)
	Munroe Bourne • Bob Hamerton • Robert Hooper • Bob Pirie • George Larson (DNS)
8	Sweden	SWE	9:35.3 (3 h3)	9:37.5 (8)
	Björn Borg • Sten-Olof Bolldén • Sven Pettersson • Gunnar Werner • Åke Julin (DNS)
3 h1 r1/2	Brazil	BRA	9:42.5 (3 h1)	–
	Aluizio Lage • Leônidas da Silva • Manoel Villar • Isaac Moraes • João Havelange (DNS)
4 h1 r1/2	Philippines	PHI	9:45.8 (4 h1)	–
	Jikirum Adjaluddin • Arasad Alpad • Nils Christiansen • José Obial • Teófilo Yldefonso (DNS)
4 h2 r1/2	Denmark	DEN	9:39.6 (4 h2)	–
	Poul Petersen • Jørgen Jørgensen • Aage Hellstrøm • John Christensen • Børge Bæth (DNS) • Finn Jensen (DNS)
4 h3 r1/2	Yugoslavia	YUG	9:40.3 (4 h3)	–
	Draško Vilfan • Tonko Gazzari • Zmaj Defilipis • Tone Cerer • Luka Ciganović (DNS) • Mirko Simović (DNS)
5 h1 r1/2	Bermuda	BER	10:50.5 (5 h1)	–
	Edmund Cooper • Leonard Spence • Dudley Spurling • John Young • Foster Cooper (DNS) • Ross Doe (DNS)
5 h2 r1/2	Austria	AUT	10:58.4 (5 h2)	–
	Herbert Hnatek • Franz Seltenheim • Edmund Pader • Günther Zobernig • Hans Schiller (DNS) • Gerhardt Seefranz (DNS)
5 h3 r1/2	Egypt	EGY	10:05.3 (5 h3)	–
	Higazi Said • Fadl Ibrahim • Qadri Mahmud • Zaki Saad al-Dine
6 h1 r1/2	Greece	GRE	10:51.0 (6 h1)	–
	Richardos Brousalis • Spyridon Mavrogiorgos • Panagiotis Provatopoulos • Angelos Vlachos
6 h2 r1/2	Luxembourg	LUX	10:59.8 (6 h2)	–
	Norbert Franck • Pierre Hastert • Marcel Neumann • Georges Tandel • Boyty Staudt (DNS)
AC h2 r1/2	Poland	POL	– (DQ h2)	–		DQ
	Kazimierz Bocheński • Helmut Barysz • Joachim Karliczek • Ilja Szrajbman • Kazimierz Karpiński (DNS)
DNS	Chile	CHI	– (DNS h1)	–
	Jorge Berroeta • Alfonso Casasempere • Washington Guzmán • Carlos Reed
DNS	Peru	PER	– (DNS h3)	–
	Alfredo Álvarez Calderón • Arturo Álvarez Calderón • Walter Ledgard Jiménez • Juan Paz • Daniel Carpio

Round One (10 August 1936 — 10:30)

Top two in each heat and the next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	France	FRA		9:21.7	Q
		René Cavalero		–	– (–)
		Artem Nakache		–	– (–)
		Christian Talli		–	– (–)
		Jean Taris		–	– (–)
2	2	Canada	CAN		9:40.0	Q
		Munroe Bourne		–	– (–)
		Bob Hamerton		–	– (–)
		Robert Hooper		–	– (–)
		Bob Pirie		–	– (–)
3	1	Brazil	BRA		9:42.5
		Aluizio Lage		–	– (–)
		Leônidas da Silva		–	– (–)
		Manoel Villar		–	– (–)
		Isaac Moraes		–	– (–)
4	7	Philippines	PHI		9:45.8
		Jikirum Adjaluddin		–	– (–)
		Arasad Alpad		–	– (–)
		Nils Christiansen		–	– (–)
		José Obial		–	– (–)
5	6	Bermuda	BER		10:50.5
		Edmund Cooper		–	– (–)
		Leonard Spence		–	– (–)
		Dudley Spurling		–	– (–)
		John Young		–	– (–)
6	3	Greece	GRE		10:51.0
		Richardos Brousalis		–	– (–)
		Spyridon Mavrogiorgos		–	– (–)
		Panagiotis Provatopoulos		–	– (–)
		Angelos Vlachos		–	– (–)
DNS	5	Chile	CHI		–
		Jorge Berroeta (DNS)		–	– (–)
		Alfonso Casasempere (DNS)		–	– (–)
		Washington Guzmán (DNS)		–	– (–)
		Carlos Reed (DNS)		–	– (–)

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	2	United States	USA		9:10.4	Q
		Ralph Gilman		–	– (–)
		Charles Hutter		–	– (–)
		Jack Medica		–	– (–)
		Paul Wolf		–	– (–)
2	5	Hungary	HUN		9:20.8	Q
		Oszkár Abay-Nemes		–	– (–)
		Ferenc Csík		–	– (–)
		Ödön Gróf		–	– (–)
		Árpád Lengyel		–	– (–)
3	1	Great Britain	GBR		9:30.8	q
		Mickey Ffrench-Williams		–	– (–)
		Rom Gabrielsen		–	– (–)
		Bobby Leivers		–	– (–)
		Norman Wainwright		–	– (–)
4	7	Denmark	DEN		9:39.6
		Poul Petersen		–	– (–)
		Jørgen Jørgensen		–	– (–)
		Aage Hellstrøm		–	– (–)
		John Christensen		–	– (–)
5	6	Austria	AUT		10:58.4
		Herbert Hnatek		–	– (–)
		Franz Seltenheim		–	– (–)
		Edmund Pader		–	– (–)
		Günther Zobernig		–	– (–)
6	4	Luxembourg	LUX		10:59.8
		Norbert Franck		–	– (–)
		Pierre Hastert		–	– (–)
		Marcel Neumann		–	– (–)
		Georges Tandel		–	– (–)
DQ	3	Poland	POL		–
		Kazimierz Bocheński		–	– (–)
		Helmut Barysz		–	– (–)
		Joachim Karliczek		–	– (–)
		Ilja Szrajbman		–	– (–)

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	Japan	JPN		8:56.1	QOR
		Shigeo Arai		–	– (–)
		Shigeo Sugiura		–	– (–)
		Masaharu Taguchi		–	– (–)
		Masanori Yusa		–	– (–)
2	3	Germany	GER		9:21.4	Q
		Helmut Fischer		–	– (–)
		Hermann Heibel		–	– (–)
		Wolfgang Heimlich		–	– (–)
		Werner Plath		–	– (–)
3	1	Sweden	SWE		9:35.3	q
		Björn Borg		–	– (–)
		Sten-Olof Bolldén		–	– (–)
		Sven Pettersson		–	– (–)
		Gunnar Werner		–	– (–)
4	2	Yugoslavia	YUG		9:40.3
		Draško Vilfan		–	– (–)
		Tonko Gazzari		–	– (–)
		Zmaj Defilipis		–	– (–)
		Tone Cerer		–	– (–)
5	4	Egypt	EGY		10:05.3
		Higazi Said		–	– (–)
		Fadl Ibrahim		–	– (–)
		Qadri Mahmud		–	– (–)
		Zaki Saad al-Dine		–	– (–)
DNS	6	Peru	PER		–
		Alfredo Álvarez Calderón (DNS)		–	– (–)
		Arturo Álvarez Calderón (DNS)		–	– (–)
		Walter Ledgard Jiménez (DNS)		–	– (–)
		Juan Paz (DNS)		–	– (–)
		Daniel Carpio (DNS)		–	– (–)

Final (11 August 1936 — 15:30)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	2	Japan	JPN		8:51.5	WR
		Masanori Yusa		–	– (–)
		Shigeo Sugiura		–	– (–)
		Masaharu Taguchi		–	– (–)
		Shigeo Arai		–	– (–)
2	5	United States	USA		9:03.0
		Ralph Flanagan		–	– (–)
		John Macionis		–	– (–)
		Paul Wolf		–	– (–)
		Jack Medica		–	– (–)
3	4	Hungary	HUN		9:12.3
		Árpád Lengyel		–	– (–)
		Oszkár Abay-Nemes		–	– (–)
		Ödön Gróf		–	– (–)
		Ferenc Csík		–	– (–)
4	8	France	FRA		9:18.2
		Artem Nakache		–	– (–)
		Christian Talli		–	– (–)
		René Cavalero		–	– (–)
		Jean Taris		–	– (–)
5	1	Germany	GER		9:19.0
		Werner Plath		–	– (–)
		Wolfgang Heimlich		–	– (–)
		Hermann Heibel		–	– (–)
		Helmut Fischer		–	– (–)
6	7	Great Britain	GBR		9:21.5
		Mickey Ffrench-Williams		–	– (–)
		Rom Gabrielsen		–	– (–)
		Bobby Leivers		–	– (–)
		Norman Wainwright		–	– (–)
7	6	Canada	CAN		9:27.5
		Munroe Bourne		–	– (–)
		Bob Hamerton		–	– (–)
		Robert Hooper		–	– (–)
		Bob Pirie		–	– (–)
8	3	Sweden	SWE		9:37.5
		Björn Borg		–	– (–)
		Sten-Olof Bolldén		–	– (–)
		Sven Pettersson		–	– (–)
		Gunnar Werner		–	– (–)