The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.
Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 9, 1973 | |||||||||
Nations | 15 | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:49.491 CR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | United States (USA) Mike Stamm Tom Bruce Mark Spitz Jerry Heidenreich |
3:48.16 | Munich, West Germany | 4 September 1972 |
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Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Nation | Athletes | Time | Record |
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9 September | Heat | United States | 3:54.914 | CR | |
9 September | Final | United States | Mike Stamm John Hencken Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery |
3:49.491 | CR |
Results
editHeats
edit15 teams participated in 2 heats.[1]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | - | United States | 3:54.914 | Q, CR | |
2 | 1 | - | East Germany | 3:57.133 | Q | |
3 | 1 | - | West Germany | 3:58.034 | Q | |
4 | 2 | - | Soviet Union | 4:00.011 | Q | |
5 | 2 | - | Canada | 4:00.351 | Q | |
6 | 2 | - | Great Britain | 4:00.855 | Q | |
7 | 1 | - | Hungary | 4:01.119 | Q | |
8 | 2 | - | Australia | 4:02.970 | Q | |
9 | 2 | - | Brazil | 4:04.098 | ||
10 | 1 | - | Spain | 4:04.358 | ||
11 | 2 | - | Yugoslavia | 4:04.814 | ||
12 | 2 | - | Italy | 4:09.074 | ||
13 | 1 | - | Puerto Rico | 4:09.799 | ||
14 | 1 | - | Bulgaria | 4:14.632 | ||
15 | 1 | - | Sweden | - | DNS / DQ |
Final
editThe results of the final are below.
Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
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4 | United States | Mike Stamm John Hencken Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery |
3:49.491 | CR | |
5 | East Germany | Roland Matthes Jürgen Glas Hartmut Flöckner Roger Pyttel |
3:53.246 | ||
2 | Canada | Ian MacKenzie Peter Hrdlitschka Bruce Robertson Brian Phillips |
3:56.372 | ||
4 | 3 | West Germany | Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Folkert Meeuw Peter Nocke |
3:56.389 | |
5 | 6 | Soviet Union | Igor Grivennikov Mikhail Khryukin Sergey Zakharov Vladimir Bure |
3:58.098 | |
6 | 8 | Australia | Brad Cooper Michael Creswick Ross Seymour Michael Wenden |
3:58.590 | |
7 | 7 | Great Britain | Colin Cunningham David Wilkie Martin Edwards Brian Brinkley |
3:59.048 | |
8 | 1 | Hungary | László Cseh Sándor Szabó Zoltán Verrasztó István Szentirmay |
4:01.642 |
References
edit- ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine: 74. October 1973. Retrieved 14 May 2013.