Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay Swimming Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne, Australia - Monday, 3rd December - Gold Medal: Australia
FinaltimegapRk.____________
1.AUS Australia8:23.6 5.World Record
Kevin O'Halloran 2:06.8, John Devitt 2:06.4, Iain Murray Rose 2:06.0, Jon Henricks 2:04.4
2.USA United States8:31.5+7.9s2.
Dick Hanley 2:08.0, George Breen 2:07.7, Wiiliam Tripp Woolsey 2:07.0, Ford Konno 2:08.8
3.URS Soviet Union8:34.7+11.1s4.
Vitaliy Sorokin 2:07.5, Vladimir Struzhanov 2:11.5, Gennadi Nikolayev 2:09.0, Boris Nikitin 2:06.7
4.JPN Japan8:36.6+13.0s1.
Manbu Koga 2:10.0, Atsushu Tani 2:08.5, Koji Nonoshita 2:10.5, Tsuoyoshi Yamanaka 2:07.6
5.GER UT Germany8:43.4+19.8s6.
Hans Köhler 2:10.3, Hans-Joachin Reich 2:12.1, Hans Zierold 2:08.4, Horst Bleeker 2:12.6
6.GBR Great Britain8:45.2+21.6s3.
Williams 2:11.4, Roberts 2:13.8, McKechnie 2:11.6, Wardrop 2:08.4
7.ITA Italy8:46.2+22.6s8.
Dennerlein 2:09.8, Galletti 2:13.4, Elmi 2:13.5, Romani 2:09.5
8.SAF South Africa8:49.5+25.9s7.
Steuart 2:11.2, Briscoe 2:11.8, Ford 2:13.6, Duncan 2:12.9
Venue: Olympic Swimming Stadium.
_ Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay History, 1960 Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay, 1952 Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay
World Record: Soviet Union 8:24.5 Moscow, Soviet Union 4 November 1956
Olympic Record: United States 8:31.1 Helsinki, Finland 29 July 1952
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index Melbourne 1956index Swimming Melbourne 1956
Men 100m FreestyleWomen 100m Freestyle
Men 400m FreestyleWomen 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 200m ButterflyWomen 100m Butterfly
Men 100m BackstrokeWomen 100m Backstroke
Men 200m BreaststrokeWomen 200m Breaststroke
Men 4x200m Freestyle RelayWomen 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Heats - Saturday, 1st December

First 8 teams advanced to Final.
Heat 1timeRk.____________
1.JPN Japan8:37.91.
Hiroshi Suzuki 2:11.8, Atsushi Tani 2:08.8, Koji Nonoshita 2:10.3, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka 2:07.0
2.USA United States8:38.32.
Dick Hanley 2:08.7, Tim Jecko 2:09.1, Sonny Tanabe 2:12.2, Ford Konno 2:08.3
3.GER UT Germany8:42.56.
Hans Köhler 2:11.7, Hans-Joachim Reich 2:12.0, Hans Zierold 2:07.8, Horst Bleeker 2:11.0
4.SAF South Africa8:43.07.
Billy Steuart 2:09.6, Tony Briscoe 2:08.7, Dennis Ford 2:12.5, Peter Duncan 2:12.2
5.ITA Italy8:43.18.
Fritz Dennerlein 2:09.7, Paolo Galletti 2:13.0, Guido Elmi 2:12.7, Angelo Romani 2:07.7
Heat 2timeRk.____________
1.GBR Great Britain8:39.13.
Kenneth Williams 2:11.7, Ronald Roberts 2:13.1, Neil McKechnie 2:06.6, John Caldwell Wardrop 2:07.7
2.URS Soviet Union8:39.54.
Vitaliy Struzhanov 2:11.6, Gennadi Nikolayev 2:08.8, Sorokin 2:10.4, Boris Nikitini 2:08.7
3.AUS Australia8:40.25.
John Devitt 2:07.5, Gary Chapman 2:08.4, Graham Hamilton 2:15.4, Murray Garretty 2:08.9
4.FRA France8:56.59.
Aldo Eminente 2:11.6, Jacques Collignon 2:13.4, Alexandre Jany 2:13.4, Jean Boiteux 2:18.1
5.HUN Hungary8:57.210.
Gyula Dobay 2:12.8, Gyorgy Csordás 2:16.5, Sandor Záborszky 2:14.7, Jeno Áts 2:13.2
6.PHI Philippines9:05.711.
Dakula Arabani 2:15.9, Agapito Lozada 2:16.9, Bana Sailani 2:15.5, Ulfiano Babol 2:17.4
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