The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place from 28 to 29 July at the Swimming Stadium.[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
Medalists
| Rank | Nationality | Name | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  United States | Wayne Moore Bill Woolsey Ford Konno Jimmy McLane | 8:31.1 | OR[2] |
 |  Japan | Hiroshi Suzuki Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Toru Goto Teijiro Tanikawa | 8:33.5 | |
 |  France | Joseph Bernardo Aldo Eminente Alexandre Jany Jean Boiteux | 8:45.9 |
Results
Heats
- Heat One
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jo Bernardo, Aldo Eminente, Alex Jany, and Jean Boiteux (FRA) | 8:55.9 | |
| 2 |  Roy Botham, Ronald Burns, Thomas Welsh, and Jack Wardrop (GBR) | 8:59.7 | |
| 3 |  Rex Aubrey, Frank O'Neill, Garrick Agnew, and John Marshall (AUS) | 9:01.4 | |
| 4 |  Viktor Drobinsky, Vasily Karmanov, Leonid Meshkov, and Lev Balandin (URS) | 9:01.9 | |
| 5 |  Carlo Pedersoli, Egidio Massaria, Angelo Romani, and Giovanni Paliaga (ITA) | 9:17.9 | |
| 6 |  Pentti Ikonen, Pentti Paatsalo, Mauno Valkeinen, and Leo Telivuo (FIN) | 9:26.6 |
- Heat Two
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wally Wolf, Don Sheff, Frank Dooley and Bumpy Jones (USA) | 8:50.9 | |
| 2 |  György Csordás, László Gyöngyösi, Gusztáv Kettesi and Imre Nyéki (HUN) | 8:54.6 | |
| 3 |  Graham Johnston, Dennis Ford, John Durr and Peter Duncan (RSA) | 8:58.7 | |
| 4 |  Haroldo Lara, Sylvio dos Santos, Aram Boghossian and João Gonçalves Filho (BRA) | 9:09.0 | |
| 5 |  Kamiel Reynders, Joseph Anthoon, Marcel Anthoon and Alfons Bierebeek (BEL) | 9:45.5 |
- Heat Three
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Hiroshi Suzuki, Toru Goto and Teijiro Tanikawa (JPN) | 8:42.1 | |
| 2 |  Rolf Olander, Göran Larsson, Olle Johansson and Per-Olof Östrand (SWE) | 8:52.3 | |
| 3 |  Federico Zwanck, Marcelo Trabucco, Pedro Galvão and Alfredo Yantorno (ARG) | 8:59.3 | |
| 4 |  Gerry McNamee, Lucien Beaumont, Leo Portelance and Allen Gilchrist (CAN) | 9:10.9 | |
| 5 |  Gotfryd Gremlowski, Antoni Tołkaczewski, Józef Lewicki and Jerzy Boniecki (POL) | 9:13.7 | |
| 6 |  Alberto Isaac, Efrén Fierro, César Borja and Tonatiuh Gutiérrez (MEX) | 9:15.7 |
Final
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Moore, Bill Woolsey, Ford Konno and Jimmy McLane (USA) | 8:31.1 | WR |
| Hiroshi Suzuki, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Toru Goto, and Teijiro Tanikawa (JPN) | 8:33.5 | |
| Jo Bernardo, Aldo Eminente, Alex Jany, and Jean Boiteux (FRA) | 8:45.9 | |
| 4 | Lars Svantesson, Göran Larsson, Per-Olof Östrand and Olle Johansson (SWE) | 8:46.8 | |
| 5 | László Gyöngyösi, György Csordás, Géza Kádas and Imre Nyéki (HUN) | 8:52.6 | |
| 6 | Roy Botham, Ronald Burns, Thomas Welsh, and Jack Wardrop (GBR) | 8:52.9 | |
| 7 | Graham Johnston, Dennis Ford, John Durr and Peter Duncan (RSA) | 8:55.1 | |
| 8 | Federico Zwanck, Marcelo Trabucco, Pedro Galvão and Alfredo Yantorno (ARG) | 8:56.9 |
References
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