Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay Swimming 4th Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1908 - Friday, 24th July - Gold Medal: Great Britain
Venue: White City Stadium. 100-metre Swimming Pool especialy constructed inside track and field oval. 24 swimmers from 6 teams.
Final 16:20 time ________________ 1. Great Britain GBR 10:55.6 Rob Derbyshire, Paul Radmilovic, William Foster, Henry Taylor 2. Hungary HUN 10:59.0 Jozsef Munk, Imre Zachár, Bela von Las-Torres, Zoltan von Halmay 3. United States USA 11:02.8 Harry Hebner, Leo Goodwin, Charles Daniels, Lesile Rich 4. Australasia ANZ 11:14.0 Frank Beaurepaire, Frederick Springfield, Reginald Baker, Theodore Tartakover
Leg 1 1. Jozsef Munk (HUN) 2:40.8 2. Frank Beaurepaire (ANZ) +4 yards 3. Rob Derbyshire (GBR) 4. Harry Hebner (USA)
Leg 2 1. Imre Zachár (HUN) 5:27.2 2. Paul Radmilovic (GBR) +8 yards -. Leo Goodwin (USA) -. Frederick Springfield (ANZ)
Leg 3 1. Bela von Las-Torres (HUN) 8:10.0 2. Charlie Daniels (USA) 8:15.2 3. William Foster (GBR) 8:18.6 4. Reginald Baker (ANZ)
The race apeared to be over with redoutable Zoltan von Halmay (HUN) swimming anchor leg. Mainly a sprinter, he went to fast, leading Leslie Rich (USA) by 15 yards after 700 metres, with Britain's Henry Taylor another 5 yards back. Taylor caught Rich with 50 metres left and pulled away from him. Halmay was now a shambles and swam into the wall only 20 metres from the finish. Taylor passed Halmay and won by 3 yards.
Semi-Finals - Thursday, 24th July 14:30 Winners and Best Second progress to Final. Heat 3 was cancelled after withdrawls of Italy and Netherlands.
Heat 1 time Rk. ____________ 1. Australasia ANZ 11:35.0 3. Q Frank Beaurepaire, Frederick Springfield, Reginald Baker, Theodore Tartakover 2. Denmark DEN 12:53.0 4. Poul Holm, Harald Klem, Ludvig Dam, Hjalmar Saxtorph -. Belgium BEL DNS
Heat 2 time Rk. ____________ 1. Great Britain GBR 10:53.4 1. Q John Derbyshire, Paul Radmilovic, William Foster, Henry Taylor 2. United States USA 11:01.4 2. q Harry Hebner, Leo Goodwin, Charles Daniels, Lesile Rich 3. Sweden SWE Unknown Gustaf Wretman, Gunnar Wennerström, Harald Julin, Adolf Andersson
Heat 3 time Rk. ____________ 1. Hungary HUN Swimm-Over Q Jozsef Munk, Imre Zachár, Bela von Las-Torres, Zoltan von Halmay -. Italy ITA DNS -. Netherlands NED DNS
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