Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay Swimming 4th Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1908 - Friday, 24th July

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

First time this event was held in Olympic Games.

Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay History

1912 Men 4x200m Freestyle

1920 Men 4x200m Freestyle

1924 Men 4x200m Freestyle

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Men 100m Freestyle	Men 100m Backstroke
Men 400m Freestyle	Men 200m Breaststroke
Men 1500m Freestyle	Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay

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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