Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held on Saturday 11 August 1928.

Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Bronze medal team from Canada. Back row, left to right: Bourne, Thompson, Spence, and Ault
Venue	Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium
Date	11 August
Competitors	55 from 13 nations
Medalists
Austin Clapp George Kojac Walter Laufer Johnny Weissmuller  United States Nobuo Arai Tokuhei Sada Katsuo Takaishi Hiroshi Yoneyama  Japan Garnet Ault Munroe Bourne Walter Spence James Thompson  Canada

Fifty-five swimmers from 13 nations competed.

Note: The International Olympic Committee medal database shows only these four swimmers from the United States as gold medalist. Paul Samson and David Young both swam in the semi-final are not credited with medals. Also the Japanese Kazuo Noda who swam in the semi-final is not listed as silver medalist.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	9:49.6			1927
Olympic Record	9:53.4	Ralph Breyer Harry Glancy Wally O'Connor Johnny Weissmuller	Paris (FRA)	20 July 1924

The United States with Paul Samson, Austin Clapp, David Young, and Johnny Weissmuller set a new world record in the semi-final with 9:38.8 minutes. In the final the United States with Austin Clapp, Walter Laufer, George Kojac, and Johnny Weissmuller bettered the world record to 9:36.2 minutes.

Results

Semifinals

The fastest two in each semi-final and the fastest third-placed from across the semi-finals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	United States	Paul Samson Austin Clapp David Young Johnny Weissmuller	9:38.8	Q, WR
2	Japan	Kazuo Noda Hiroshi Yoneyama Tokuhei Sada Katsuo Takaishi	9:42.6	Q
3	Sweden	Aulo Gustafsson Sven-Pelle Pettersson Eskil Lundahl Arne Borg	10:03.2	Q
4	Argentina	Francisco Uranga Amilcar Álvarez Emilio Vives Alberto Zorrilla	Unknown

Semifinal 2

Rank	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	Canada	Munroe Bourne James Thompson Garnet Ault Walter Spence	9:55.0	Q
2	Great Britain	Edward Peter Joseph Whiteside Reginald Sutton Albert Dickin	10:16.6	Q
3	France	Philippe Tisson Gustave Klein Jean Taris Albert Vandeplancke	10:31.4
4	Netherlands	Henk van Essen Gerrit van Voorst Piet Bannenberg Johannes Brink	Unknown
5	Belgium	Louis Van Parijs Pierre Coppieters Martial van Schelle Gérard Blitz	Unknown

Semifinal 3

Rank	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	Hungary	András Wanié Rezső Wanié Géza Szigritz István Bárány	9:46.6	Q
2	Spain	Francisco Segalá Estanislao Artal Ramón Artigas José González	11:50.6	Q
3	Italy	Emilio Polli Giuseppe Perentin Antonio Conelli Paolo Costoli	10:03.2
4	Germany	Karl Schubert August Heitmann Friedel Berges Herbert Heinrich	Unknown

Final

Rank	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	United States	Austin Clapp Walter Laufer George Kojac Johnny Weissmuller	9:36.2	WR
	Japan	Hiroshi Yoneyama Nobuo Arai Tokuhei Sada Katsuo Takaishi	9:41.4
	Canada	Munroe Bourne James Thompson Garnet Ault Walter Spence	9:47.8
4	Hungary	András Wanié Rezső Wanié Géza Szigritz István Bárány	9:57.0
5	Sweden	Aulo Gustafsson Sven-Pelle Pettersson Eskil Lundahl Arne Borg	10:01.8
6	Great Britain	Reginald Sutton Joseph Whiteside Edward Peter Albert Dickin	10:15.8
7	Spain	José González Estanislao Artal Ramón Artigas Francisco Segalá	Unknown

External links

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 12 October 2008.